Sigma88

after the 1.4.5 update the game is still not offering an option to opt-out of data collection as far as I can tell

it is possible to set custom parameters for every planet using the "planet specific syntax" more info here

Like benjamin said, SD has not been abandoned yet, however I didn't have time to test the mod in the last release of KSP so it might have some problems there. it *should* work fine with KSP 1.4.3

In the OP you can find Thomas' paypal link. I used to have a paypal link as well but since nobody was using it I removed it from the forums some time ago. Depending if I decide to update my mods to 1.4.5 I might bring the link back on github. My general attitude towards donations is that they should only be considered as "thank you" for past content. This is important (for me at least) because if I decide to drop a mod I don't want anyone to feel cheated out of their money. The code is freely available on github, and we have a discord for discussion. However I would advise you to start experimenting with a release of kopernicus that works, maybe trying to look into one of the minor bugs. At this point (a ksp update just dropped) we have a list of stuff to check and we might not have the time to help you on discord. (the code is pretty convoluted, which doesn't help) I haven't looked into this specifically but if squad reverted something they messed up in 1.4.4 then I would assume that would be one less thing to check for 1.4.5 I don't think this would have been an extremely bad bug for kopernicus, but it could have been relevant for one of my mods, so I'm glad they reverted whatever they goofed up in 1.4.4

I now realize there has been no updates from a kopernicus developer in a while. Me and @Thomas P. have been busy lately, the summer is always a weird period since schools have exams and work places get a little crazy. We don't have any current ETA on a kopernicus update, so please be patient. We have an issue open on the project's github repository, we will post there any updates. (you can find the issue here) If you don't want to follow the github repo you can rest assured we will also announce it in this thread when a new version of kopernicus has been released (like always) Have a good summer people (except for @KillAshley)

I haven't received any complaints about cartographer, are you sure it doesn't work on 1.4.4?

idk, with all the current european laws it seems weird that we are still arguing about what is or isn't being shared. I was under the impression that those laws were introduced explicitly to avoid this kind of confusion that is why I am leaning toward the option "no data at all is shared", or alternatively, "somewhere it is explained what data is shared and why" but I still haven't found that place

I wanted to avoid speculation, that's why I asked a staff member to get an official answer. I don't think SQUAD would go as far as saying they removed red shell because of people's feedback and then keep getting data anyways. and yes, I could use some tools to get the answer myself, but I had other things to do so I thought asking the staff would be quicker and less time consuming.

I don't think that's the case since they said they removed red shell because of the feedback from the community, and the community was complaning about undisclosed data gathering in general, not only the one done by red shell.

no I ran the game without any changes to make sure it wasn't caused by any third party software

I'm happy to hear about this. However I noticed that the ksp application is still trying to access the internet, is there a list of the various reasons why ksp.exe goes online? I am sure there are different good reasons why it would, but I haven't found any list and the game itself never mentions it.

yes stock KSP has a set of variables that define the length of a minute, hour, day, and year (in seconds) kronometer will change those variables, so any mod that is using them will be able to adapt mods that hardcode the values will remain hardcoded and ignore kronometer this is an issue that should be reported to the mod devs responsible for those mods

no issue was opened on github so, either the mod still works or nobody cares enough to report a bug

I'm going to address this when I get around to update my mods, I'll need to get in touch with everybody that currently uses SR for skyboxes and get organized with them to change the naming convention to something that can be compatible with TRR

To be clear, I haven't left the forums. I just don't provide support for my mods here, and I don't update the threads anymore. I don't have the time. The only way to get support on my mods is using github (open an issue and wait for a reply)