I am in desperate need of a walkthrough...

[Kelly Johnson]

I\'ve been loving KSP for a few months now, and before I get into modeling ACTUAL custom parts, I want to try my hand at just modifying the parameters (thrust, strength, ect.) of existing parts. Ergo, 'cheating'. This is just for my enjoyment however, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to even get a part to load in the parts lab, despite reading the read me text included in the SDK file. Can someone please, as if to a 6 year old, tell me how to load a part so I can edit? I\'m frustrated.

[Capt'n Skunky]

Just open the config file in the part folder with your favorite text editor. Part Lab is not used to edit them, only check they are working properly. Part Lab may also need an update to work. It gets left behind sometimes.

Cheers!

Capt\'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[Tiberion]

You don\'t edit parts in Partslab, at this point it basically functions as a way to preview parts without loading up the game (including their video FX trails as if actively thrusting)

To make partslab run, you install its files into the KSP Main folder, so that KSP.exe and Partslab.exe are in the same folder.

To edit part configs, you\'ll be using a normal text editor like notepad to open the CFG files in each part folder.

You\'ll find a lot of config file documentation here: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/~kerbalsp/wiki/index.php?title=CFG_File_Documentation

[Kelly Johnson]

Thanks guys, that was exactly what I needed to know. I feel dumb for not noticing everyone else editing in notepad, but we\'ve all gotta learn at some point, right?

[engelnicht]

Hey isn\'t there a CFG command to make parts function after they\'ve been jettisoned? I can\'t find it anywhere.

[Tiberion]

It is:

ActivatesEvenIfDisconnected = True

Doesn\'t work on all parts, and I actually am not sure which ones it does work on; Parachutes, decouplers, solid boosters for sure, maybe liquid engines too. Not winglets or RCS blocks which require input to activate.