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Volumetric Explosions

Kerbal Space Program 1's explosions as a small simulation of fire, smoke and dust, drawn as a true volume. The short version is on the repository's front page; these pages are the long one.

Using it

• The long description: everything the front page said before it was cut short, and what was tried on each system
• Installing, and the one extra step on a Mac
• Settings
• Limits

What it does

• What decides how an explosion looks: what blew up, why, and where
• What the smoke does
• Real crash smoke: how real fuel fires and crashes look, from fire science and footage, and what was changed to match
• Real fire: how real flames and fireballs look, how films and games draw fire, and how the mod draws it
• Shock fronts, debris and burn marks
• Engines' smoke and flames: how another mod says what is burning, and what the air does with it

How it works, and how well

• How it is drawn, and where: the shaders, the grid, Mac, Linux and Windows
• What it costs
• What was tested
• Building it yourself