Thread 713993831

What are the essential mods?

i would like to apologize to all the mexican developers i insulted in /kspg/ several years ago

such a shame that they fucked up the sequel
could have really been something

>>713994198
Haven''t really caught up on the whole thing. How did they ruin it, exactly?

>>713994283
Released a shitty buggy mess that ran at about 10fps before completely dropping all development
Like the game is literally abandoned in an unfinished state its insane

I dont remeber which one it was, but the life support mod. Also one that adds some better base facility parts. Like, the kind you would fly to the mun and try to put together a big surface outpost shipping 1 or 2 parts at a time.

Makes it fun to build cool stuff like mining outpost on moons with refueling station in their orbit. I have fun doing stuff like that because you can use lower tech stuff to just get off of kerbin since you have developed logistics and stuff in space to support your crafts on their missions.

>>713994198
Out fucked up so badly that ksp1 player numbers never recovered. The sequel killed itself and the original by being so shit

Answer my question please.

>>713995582
give me a second, I'll get you a list

>>713995582
Essential is something like RCS build aid and kerbal engineer.

>>713993831 (OP)
Don't remember what it was called. It showed
>delta v
>twr
>time to apogee
>time to perigee
>time to impact (ETA)
You want that info.

>>713996681
Thanks.

>>713995582
step 1, install CKAN
step 2: install the following mods:

100% needed:

Kerbal engineer redux
Mechjeb and Engineer for all (no need to install mechjeb, in fact, I don't recommend it)
Editor extensions redux
Navball Docking Alignment Indicator CE-2
The janitor's closet (you can use it to hide parts that you 100% know you're never going to use, like the fireworks)
Minimum Ambient Lighting Updated (by linuxGuruGamer)


Very nice mods for extra cool parts:
Restock and/or restock+
Near future (any of its derivatives) (I specially like electrical and propulsion and solar)


Nice mods for it to look good:
vapor cones
waterfall
Firefly
Scatterer
Parallax and Volumetric clouds and deferred rendering (they can be found in a patreon and can be pirated via kemono.party)
Actually let me just share the piracy link with you:
https://drive.
google.
com/file/d/1vl8NpuySQBzNfN4pH6X0kmjBIC2BC8p3/view
how to play:
select science mode, set science rewards to 75% if you like a challenge, and enjoy.
pda: also install ForScience! if you want to skip having to manually click all the science experiments

>>713997876
Posting screenshots to show you how it looks with the mods

>>713997876
>>713998049
>>713998281
>>713998949
Awesome, thanks anon.

>>713994283
>KSP gets sold to Take2
>Take2 starts development on paid expansions for KSP1
>At the same time those are development, they also greenlight a sequel with a separate team that the KSP1 devs don't know about
>KSP2 is initially planned to be less ambitious in scope, more like a remaster of the first game
>Director of the project pushes for lots of feature creep
>KSP2 dev team is understaffed and is struggling to build off the decade old KSP1 code none of them are experienced in working with
>KSP2 goes overbudget and starts getting delayed, Take2 is initially OK with this since the 2 KSP1 expansions aren't even out yet and they don't want to hit people with a sequel while they're still milking the first game
>KSP1 expansions are done. KSP1 devs finally learn about KSP2 and are merged into the KSP2 team
>Development starts going a bit more smoothly since they now have a full team and devs that are more familiar with the KSP1 code that 2 is being built on top of
>Take2 demands the game be finished soon. They also demand multiplayer be added, which is far out of the scope of the original plan
>KSP2 is announced to the public
>Devs are struggling. Game is an unplayable mess in it's current state and the KSP1 code they were building off of is creating more problems than shortcuts
>Zero chance to make deadlines. Take2 gives in and allows the devs to shelve multiplayer for now and promise to release it in a patch later
>Deadline comes. Game releases in an obvious beta state
>Poor reviews, poor sales. Missing features that were promised
>Take2 now massively in the red over KSP2. Lays off devs, kills the project
Typical publishers ruining everything story.

>>713997876
Waterfall doesn't show up in CKAN, only Restock Waterfall Expansion, RSMP, Stock Waterfall Effects, Waterfall - Restock, Waterfall Core, and Waterfall Extensions.

My game doesn't look right after installing all those mods. Hold on.

>>713993831 (OP)
I have fond memories of downloading OP mods like the doctor who phonebooth and other such things to fly to planets in near-real time. defeated the challenge of the game, but it was cool to see the eye candy without having to git gud.

>>714003078
I can't remember how to get waterfall, I played it earlier this year. IIRC, waterfall is a mod for "plume" effects from exhaust in rockets. You could just skip it probably
>>714005751
what's the matter?

>>714005751
Nah, it's fine. Jeb is supposed to be naked.

>>714006042
>>714007037
It looks like this now.

Install RP-1

No idea what I did wrong.

>>714010954
i'd check potential missed dependencies or if load order matters desu

>>714011856
Ok, I reset the mod folder and reinstalled everything and it works now. BUT adding the files from the Drive folder in here >>713997876 seems to break the atmospheric shit.

>>714005878
I might try and do something similar.
Build a big ssto, have a single fueltank with extra capacity and have everything else empty, then i can tweak the centre of mass by moving it.
Otherwise building vtol craft is such a massive pain in the ass. RCS build aid helps but its still a pain in the ass having rotating engines because any amount of torque really screws you over.

>>713997876
oh nice, that cloud mod is hidden behind a patron right?

>>713993831 (OP)
Play it vanilla like a real man, no hand holding, no quality of life improvement, just like NASA engineer in the 60s.

the near/far future mods are pretty good.
Nuclear salt water engines are overpowered, but damn are they cool.,

>reinstall the game
>get to the moon as a refresher
>get bored and uninstall the game again
How do I brake this cycle?

>>714007147
there should be clouds, did you install the volumetric clouds mod? just drag and drop the folder into GameData

>>714014135
Biplane ssto
Build it, perfect it.

>>714014135
Install RSS or wait for KSA.

>>714014265
It asks to replace a bunch of existing files.

>>714014135
just keep playing

>>714013308
yes indeed
>>714014135
plant a flag in every planet
>>714014080
yeah but they feel so nice to unlock and use, and they aren't easy to master either
>>714012871
I wish I could recall what was wrong. Check out the install instructions here https://kemono.su/patreon/user/46258590/post/94613561

>>714014360
>>714014450
It's been months since I've done it. Did the download come with the instructions here? >>714014450

Oh, it works now for some reason. Thanks a lot anons.

>>714014135
Land on purple then try to get your people out.

1000 TONS
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500 TONS
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>500 TONS

bump

That was so cool. I can't wait to plan my own autistic missions. Thanks again anons for helping me with the mods.

>>714020157
you're welcome anon, enjoy