Parallel KSP Instances

[bjbeardse]

I was sitting here in my uncomfortable chair, getting madder and madder at Unity for not fixing the x64 platform, and had a random thought.

Can you run more than one instance of KSP?

So I cranked two up.

One is a United States historical setup, the other is IN SOVIET RUSSIA!(Sarcasm Warning)

They worked, I could play both at the same time! Perhaps I found a work around for the lack of a stable x64 Unity engine...

Now I just need to get them to talk together.

Any Ideas? I am not a programmer/software guy in anyway.

[Hotblack Desiato]

there is a multiplayer-mod, which needs a server.

and there is/was a dual-screen mod, so one ksp-setup shows the craft while the second one shows map-view, and they can communicate with each other.

[godarklight]

I literally do this all the time while testing DMP

It's fine, KSP doesn't care how many instances you actually run (I top out somewhere around 4 or 5), and DMP server needs very little resources to run if you go that approach.

I'm unsure if the standalone map view mod was ever updated to 1.0 - It's kind of like a non-multiplayer version of multiplayer, it does some very similar things from memory.

PS: 2 32-bit programs don't make a 64bit one. Remember 2*32bit == 33bit

[sedativechunk]

bjbeardse, I don't have anything to add into your post, I just wanted to say I approved of your Garak avatar from DS9, loved his character! I liked his conversations with Dr. Bashir. I went to a DS9 convention years ago and got most of the cast's autographs including Captain Sisko's!