Volumetric Explosion FX

Volumetric fireballs, smoke, shock waves, nuclear detonations, visual debris, ground fires and water impacts for KSP 1.12.5. Effects respond to the vessel's resources, motion and environment. BDArmory warheads are drawn too. Visual only: gameplay, physics and sound are not changed.

In game

What's new in 1.1

• Fireballs come from a baked fluid simulation. No two explosions are alike, and the impact shapes each one.
• Smoke is lit by the sun, by fires and by floodlights, and casts its shadow on the ground.
• Nuclear detonations have their own renderer: real proportions for the yield, a blinding flash, a blast wave with its wall of dust, condensation rings and a glowing heart at night.
• BDArmory, BDArmory Extended and Kerbal Powers Armory explosions are drawn by VEFX, scaled by each warhead.
• Volumetric water impacts, ground marks that differ for every blast, wreckage cut from the destroyed part.
• A new settings window: five styles, three layouts, quick setups (Cinematic, Balanced, Performance) and a photo mode (Alt+F7).

Screenshots

Installation

Close KSP, copy VolumetricExplosionFX into GameData. No other mods are required. When updating from 1.0, replace the folder and keep PluginData/settings.cfg to retain your settings.

Compatibility

Tested on Windows with KSP 1.12.5. macOS and Linux are not validated. Works with BDArmory, EVE, Waterfall, Parallax Continued, Scatterer, Deferred, TUFX, Kopernicus, Firefly and SmokeScreen. Ultra is the default quality; use the Performance quick setup if you need more frame rate.

Links

• Source and screenshots: https://github.com/warnix91/Volumetric-Explosion-FX
• Bug reports: GitHub Issues. Include your KSP version, GPU and the [VEFX] lines of KSP.log.

MIT licensed. Created and maintained by Warnix, with the help of AI tools.