Rescue Smoke (SpaceDock description)

Short description: Orange distress smoke for EVA Kerbals — a true volumetric plume that follows the Kerbal and bends with real weather wind.

Full description:

Rescue Smoke adds an orange distress smoke signal for EVA Kerbals. Right-click a Kerbal, toggle the smoke on, and a true volumetric raymarched plume rises from the Kerbal's backpack along the local surface normal.

Features

• Toggle on/off from the EVA part action window; the on/off state persists in the save and restores on load.
• Volumetric raymarched plume: turbulent breakup, vertical streaks, dense source and fading tail; no flat billboard smoke.
• The plume anchors to the Kerbal's backpack and follows when the Kerbal moves (smooth, throttled while standing still).
• Wind-aware: if WindUnifier, NaturalWeather/Keystone, FAR, KerbalWeatherProject, Nature's Fury or VEFX is installed, the plume leans with real wind; otherwise it uses a light default wind.
• In-game difficulty options: plume height (10–60 m) and maximum wind lean (0–90°).
• Up to 8 simultaneous plumes with automatic quality scaling, plus day/night lighting.

Dependencies

• Required: Module Manager
• Recommended: WindUnifier (unified wind), NaturalWeather/Keystone, KerbalWeatherProject, FerramAerospaceResearch, Nature's Fury

Compatibility

• KSP 1.12.x (tested on 1.12.5, Unity 2019.4.18f1)
• Works in stock aero and FAR/deferred environments.

Notes

• Vertical direction follows the local surface normal (GetUpAxis), not the KSP world y axis.
• If the volume shader bundle fails to load, the mod falls back to a simple translucent box.

License: MIT Tags: effects, graphics https://github.com/ThreeMACH/RescueSmoke/blob/release/1.0.0/docs/screenshots/01-rain-runway.jpg