Ringworld Clouds v1.0.0

Release notes

1.0.0 September 30, 2026

Weather-driven cloud volumes, ten configurable cloud families, quality-scaled shape detail, depth clipping, daylight response and a transition to the base distant cloud layer.

This is the first standalone release, extracted from Niven Ringworld's development renderer. Requires NivenRingworld 1.1.5 and KSP 1.12.5. Harmony is required by the base. Cyla and the other Ringworld extension are optional. Dependencies are installed separately and never bundled.

Extract the ZIP into the KSP root, merging GameData. The base remains usable without this extension. Settings and presets stay in the Ringworld control panel; removing the extension does not remove terrain, water physics or saved vessels.

Validation and limits

Base-only, each-extension and combined installation tests passed on Windows/Direct3D 11. Full flight scenes used Slow on the development laptop; higher shader modes used small GPU probes. Combined tests passed photo capture/restoration. This is not certification for every GPU or graphics API.

The renderer is original Ringworld code, not an EVE/Scatterer port. See the settings guide for approximations and missing features. CKAN metadata is included in the repository and attached to this release for submission; an attached recipe does not itself establish CKAN availability.