Hi, I'm looking to do some specific trajectory planning using RSS and the newly released REX to explore the Centauri and Trappist systems. Short description of problem: mod update incompatibility for what I want to do. Long description:
I have played 300+ hours of
-stock 1.6.1,
-stock 1.7.x and
-stock 1.8.1,
-1.6.1 RSS/RO/ TAClife support and planetary bases + several other mods (RIP PC)
And now I am trying to simplify for the sake of GPU performance. Current setup through 1.7.3 Ckan is RSS, SMURFF, Near Future Prop, Elec, Solar, FireSpitter (for Titan Launches), and Extraplanetary Bases. I manually downloaded REX and it works fine in 1.7.3. I am running a career w/o RP-1, just 125% science and funds rewards (once again to limit mods), and as the game progresses through the tech tree, I will install Free Thinker's KSP Interstellar Extended for the beam propulsion, come what may with the nerfed NF reactors. Then I plan to install Free Thinker's Photon Sailor, which is where my problem begins.
Photon Sailor is compatible with 1.7.0 or 1.8.1, not 1.7.3. RSS, SMURFF, NF work well with 1.7.0-1.7.3, so I could theoretically play at 1.7.0 and still enjoy AGL altimeter function. However, Extraplanetary Bases is locked at 1.7.3 or 1.8.1, so the 1.7.0 run is a no-go. Likewise, RSS and thus REX are not yet up to date for 1.8.1, so upgrading the whole package is likewise a no-go. So after looking at several forum, github, and reddit pages for research, my questions are: 1. when will RSS (and REX) be ready for 1.8.x play?
2. would Free Thinker be willing to work on Photon Sailor to allow the warning errors with 1.7.3 to go away? When manually downloaded in local Game Data, I can load aluminum, gold, etc sails, but they will not open in VAB or in flight in 1.7.3, only change size in VAB with Tweakscale.
Thanks all for your responses!
