When comparing Deadly Reentry vs Environmental Visual Enhancements, the Slant community recommends Environmental Visual Enhancements for most people. In the question“What are the best Kerbal Space Program mods?” Environmental Visual Enhancements is ranked 2nd while Deadly Reentry is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose Environmental Visual Enhancements is:
Adds city lights for Kerbin and adds clouds and better atmospheres to planets.
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Pros
Pro Add reentry heating
As the craft comes in from outer space and into and through gases in the atmosphere it will get damaged by the heat. Mod includes heat shield for reentry.
Pro Adds g-force overloads
Crew can die from inability to cope with weight produced by acceleration.
Pro Prettifies the game
Adds city lights for Kerbin and adds clouds and better atmospheres to planets.
Pro Allows choosing only the wanted enhancements and skipping others
All unwanted plugins can be deleted from:
GameData/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/Plugins
Cons
Con Can cause damage at speeds well below reentry heating
Con G-forces and reentry heating are already part of the game
Con Does not support KSP 0.25 Windows x64 release
Con 8K textures don't work on Macs
Macs need to use low resolution textures.