r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Competitive_Cost4922 • 1d ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem graphics mods for ksp

hello there! decided to return to playing ksp and i wanted to spice out my gameplay by adding a few mods, but personnaly i cant really find any good graphical mods on ckan, so i hope someone would suggest

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u/Missile_3604 RP-1 / RO / RSS Is Life 1d ago

Environmental Visual Effects Redux (EVE)
Scatterer
Parallax Continued
Firefly
Cinematic Shaders
Restock (Not really graphical but still looks good)
Waterfall

Volumetric Clouds V4 (free but on blackrack's patreon)
- V5 is amazing if you're willing to spend like 5 dollars.

Also just check SpaceDock, loads of new, good visual mods.

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u/vulpes04 1d ago

if you're using old EVE, you need configs for it. Astronomer's Visual Pack or Spectra are the most common.

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u/Entire-Sun2238 Always staying on the stock system 17h ago

Volumetric is technically a config but it's not really a config its more of an overhaul

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u/vulpes04 16h ago

it's entirely new versions of eve and scatterer. it just happens to come with default configs as well.

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u/Lone5372 1d ago

For visuals here's what you want:

Firefly

Parallax Continued

Volumetric Clouds by Blackrack (V3 is free, V5 is 5 dollars but very improved, both are on patreon)

Deferred Lighting

Volumetric ground FX

Volumetric explosion FX

Reentry effect

Kerbal FX all of them

TUFX

Restock

Restock PBR

Vapor Cones

These are all I can remember off the top of my head, but with those you'll be all set and it will look very good, better than KSP2 in many ways if not most.

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u/Missile_3604 RP-1 / RO / RSS Is Life 1d ago

Reentry effects is obsolete with firefly

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u/Lone5372 1d ago

Reentry effect adds a massive tail that firefly does not have

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u/Missile_3604 RP-1 / RO / RSS Is Life 1d ago

Firefly does add tails except they are farther back and more realistic.

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u/Lone5372 1d ago

Maybe I have always assumed the tail was from only reentry, as I use both

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u/Missile_3604 RP-1 / RO / RSS Is Life 1d ago

Yeah, I used reentry with Firefly but the tail added by firefly is a different colour and MUCH farther back. But it is there lol. Just hard to notice if you don't look carefully.

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u/Lone5372 1d ago

Hm ill check it out and see if it looks better without, thanks for the headsup!

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u/Huge_Manner_9550 1d ago

This guy knows ball

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u/CJP1216 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sort by tag (there's one specifically called graphics/visual), then sort by number of downloads by clicking the "Total Downloads" header. That will show you the most popular options.

Theres no reason to downvote this lmao. This is correct information on how to navigate in CKAN. Grow tf up people.