Cinematic Shaders

A shader mod for Kerbal Space Program 1.12 - GTAO currently available, more planned...

Available Shaders

• GTAO (Ground-Truth Ambient Occlusion) – Horizon-based occlusion with normal-aware filtering

Requirements

• KSP 1.12.x
• Deferred – Required for effects to function.

Installation

Unzip the archive into your Kerbal Space Program/ folder.

The folder structure should be: GameData/CinematicShaders/

Usage

1. Open UI: Click the wireframe sphere icon on the toolbar
2. Enable: Check "Enable Ground-Truth AO" in the GTAO tab (only functional if Deferred is installed)
3. Adjust:
4. Radius: Search distance for occluders (0.5m–10m)
5. Intensity: Shadow strength multiplier (0.0–2.0)
6. Shadow Spread: Maximum pixel radius for shadows
7. Quality: Preset controlling sample count (Low/Ultra)
8. Debug: Use the "Debug Visualization" dropdown for Raw AO or normal buffer inspection

License

MIT License – See included LICENSE.txt file.

Credits

• GTAO implementation based on XeGTAO