having trouble installing parallax

[ladiesman217]

hen i launch it says that shaderbank.cfg is missing, but when i go to where that file is, i can see that the file is very much there, but the game gets stuck in an infinite loading cycle, and i do not know why it is doing this please help.

[✪KSPBugger✪]

Originally posted by literally jebediah kerman:

hen i launch it says that shaderbank.cfg is missing, but when i go to where that file is, i can see that the file is very much there, but the game gets stuck in an infinite loading cycle, and i do not know why it is doing this please help.

pictures and or mod list

[ladiesman217]

Originally posted by ☭KSPBugger☭:

Originally posted by literally jebediah kerman:

hen i launch it says that shaderbank.cfg is missing, but when i go to where that file is, i can see that the file is very much there, but the game gets stuck in an infinite loading cycle, and i do not know why it is doing this please help.

pictures and or mod list

only other mod i have is restock

[Namdaets]

You're probably missing Kopernicus, if ReStock is the only other mod you have installed. It's a dependency of Parallax: https://github.com/Kopernicus/Kopernicus/releases

Full instructions are on the official Parallax forum post: https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/209714-112x-parallax-pbr-terrain-and-surface-objects-207/

1. Download Parallax, Parallax_StockTextures and Parallax_ScatterTextures from the GitHub release page.
   
2. Download and install Kopernicus. Minimum version release 139 or later.
   
3. Open the Parallax zip and move the Parallax Folder to GameData.
   
4. Open the Parallax_StockTextures zip and move the Parallax_StockTextures folder to GameData.
   
5. Open the Parallax_ScatterTextures.zip and move the Parallax_StockTextures folder to GameData, merging it with the existing folder. Yes, they are named the same. This is intentional. Do not miss this step.
   
6. Launch the game, and set your terrain quality to High. Set your terrain shader quality to High or Ultra. Ultra will enable tessellation.

[Magoobleheimer]

I used CKAN and checked the box beside Parallax, Parallax - Stock Planet Textures and Parallax - Stock Scatter Textures and hit the apply button.

It all works and I didn't have to do anything too complicated.
Thank you CKAN.

[ladiesman217]

turns out im a dumbass and forgot to extract the file

[Lord Vill]

i have the same problem and the file is not there
please help

[Namdaets]

Originally posted by Lord Vill:

i have the same problem and the file is not there
please help

You didn't install Parallax Stock Scatter Textures if "_Scatters/ShaderBank.cfg" is missing from the "GameData/Parallax_StockTextures" folder. Follow the 6-step instructions exactly, or just use CKAN (which does all of this automatically for you).

[Lord Vill]

huh

[Lord Vill]

i did follow the instructions

[Lord Vill]

i just didnt download scatter textures

[Namdaets]

Originally posted by Lord Vill:

huh. i did follow the instructions. i just didnt download scatter textures

That's literally step #1 of the instructions. 😅

[MechBFP]

Originally posted by Namdaets:

Originally posted by Lord Vill:

huh. i did follow the instructions. i just didnt download scatter textures

That's literally step #1 of the instructions. 😅

You must have missed step 0, which is “feel free to ignore any future steps.” ;)

[Lord Vill]

how do i disable scatters