Kerbin NPC Ground Relay Stations

[Regiampiero]

Is there anyway to shut them off?  I think that starting at moderate difficulty those ground relay stations should not work, forcing players to establish their own comms network. Thoughts? 

[Capt. Hunt]

I'd have to check, but I'm pretty sure the ground stations can be turned off in difficulty settings.

[Capt. Hunt]

I checked, just turn off the radio button that says "Enable Extra Groundstations" under the Advanced difficulty settings.

Edited April 27, 2017 by Capt. Hunt

[Spricigo]

 

I think would be nice to have the option to enable/upgrade the ground stations individually. However something like this may be more suited for a mod.

 

[fourfa]

More fun to place your own stations with the existing tools, than to get more granular about enabling the CommNet stations selectively

[Spricigo]

1 minute ago, fourfa said:

More fun to place your own stations with the existing tools, than to get more granular about enabling the CommNet stations selectively

Well, different people will have different ideas of what is fun or a chore.

It don't change the fact that to add some feature its necessary someone to work in the development. But more option is usually a good thing.

[Regiampiero]

On 4/27/2017 at 2:30 PM, Capt. Hunt said:

I checked, just turn off the radio button that says "Enable Extra Groundstations" under the Advanced difficulty settings.

Can this only be done in a new save?

[Capt. Hunt]

I think so.  Some of the difficulty settings can be adjusted in a game in progress, but I'm pretty sure this isn't one of them.  You can manually edit the persistant file to remove them.

In the "CommNetParams" module, set "enableGroundStations = True"  to False

[bewing]

29 minutes ago, Regiampiero said:

Can this only be done in a new save?

Actually you can do it at any time. Pause Menu/Settings/Difficulty Options/Advanced -- and click the "Enable Ground Stations" button.