Life support visual mods

[Cadet_BNSF]

So I am designing a mission to Duna, my first one ever, and I am going to make it a huge deal, with stations around Duna and Ike, ground bases on both, multiple shuttles, rovers on the two smaller moons, Prov and Smolla( they are from the Stock Planets Expansion by @The White Guardian, love the pack by the way). I digress. Anyways, I am playing with TAC-LS, and the recycling and reclamation systems are underwhelming. What mods make those look better, i.e. greenhouses, pumps, just nicer looking stuff?

[Streetwind]

USI-LS comes with some fancier greenhouses. But generally, what you are looking for isn't found in life support mods, which tend to only offer a rudimentary parts set and focus more on the functionality that extends to stock or third party parts.

Instead, look at mods that add colony building and management. Modular Kolonization System is intricately tied with USI-LS, but will (last I checked) also work with TAC. But do note that MKS is an incredibly expansive and complex mod, probably the most complex in all of KSP. A little simpler and more focused would be Pathfinder, which also supports many different life support mods and has good models and some unique gameplay mechanics.

[Cadet_BNSF]

9 hours ago, Streetwind said:

USI-LS comes with some fancier greenhouses. But generally, what you are looking for isn't found in life support mods, which tend to only offer a rudimentary parts set and focus more on the functionality that extends to stock or third party parts.

Instead, look at mods that add colony building and management. Modular Kolonization System is intricately tied with USI-LS, but will (last I checked) also work with TAC. But do note that MKS is an incredibly expansive and complex mod, probably the most complex in all of KSP. A little simpler and more focused would be Pathfinder, which also supports many different life support mods and has good models and some unique gameplay mechanics.

Are either of these good for stations as well?

[DStaal]

6 hours ago, Cadet_BNSF said:

Are either of these good for stations as well?

MKS has a couple of dedicated station parts, and most of the rest are dual-use.  Pathfinder itself doesn't have any station parts, but DSEV and MOLE are part of the same set of mods and have decent station parts.

For ground bases I'd also look at Planetary Base Systems - it's got some very nice parts, with configs for most major LS systems.  (Including TAC and USI-LS.)

[Cadet_BNSF]

I already have planetary base systems, but I will look into MKS