[1.12.x] CSA Contares 'CORE' 2.0.16

[hraban]

CSA Contares 'CORE' contains most of components that are used across all CSA Contares Sub-Mods.

 

SUB-Mods:

 

comming soon

CAS Contares 'BYOSSM' medium part sub-mod; Build Your Own Space Station Modul

 

CSA Contares 'CORE' includes:

• Interstage Adapters
• Docking Ports (10 different Types most inspired by terrestrian stuff)
• Antennas
• Radars and Scanner (Compatible with ScanSat)
• SAS Modules
• RCS Thrusters
• Truss components
• Airbags / Floater
• Fairings
• TAC-LS components
• RTG modules
• Solar panels (inspired by Chinese, Russian, Japanese and European types)
• Paraglider
• Parachutes and Drogue-Chutes
• Pivoting wings (inspired by Baikal-Booster)
• Skids and Landing Legs
• ... more

What you get with CSA Contares 'CORE' and the Sub-Mods?

All objects are created as accurately as possible on a 50% scale.
50% scale means 1/2 of the size, 1/4 of the thrust, 1/8 of the weight.
Further adjustments are due to the physical properties of the Kerbal universe.

Reference diameters are 0.3125m, 0.625m, 0.9375m, 1.25m, 1.5m, 1.5625m,  1.875m, 2.1875m, 2.2m (ESA Parts only), 2.5m, 3.75m and 5.0m.
Inquiries regarding diameters are superfluous by the effort of simple head calculations or a calculator.

Fuel tanks designed for use with Contares LH2/LOX engines contain significantly less fuel. Fuel tanks which do not contain an entry for LH2/LOX in the description as well as all stock tanks should be set to 30% Liquid Fuel/Oxidizer when combined with Contares LH2/LOX engines.

Regarding the arrangement of parts in the techtree there is certainly still much to steer.  This work i am glad to leave to ambitious users because i personally have no interest in career or scientific mode.

 

Required mods:

- Installation of RealPlume (contained engines use this engine effects mod only)  RealPlume is out of support
- Installation of  Waterfall (engine plumes now all use Waterfall effects)
- Installation of Tweakscale (change size of parts;reduces unnecessary duplication of standard parts; actualli not realy compatible but it's work!)
- Installation of RetractableLiftingSurface (Module which allows you to have a folding wing or other retractable lifting surface; used on Paraglider and Baikal-Booster Wings and Dream Crusher Wings)
- Installation of Firespitter (Plugins only; allows Texture switching, Prop-Animations and more; used on UNION parts; more to come)
- Installation of USI-Tools (Plugin used for floaters and inflatable [air]bags)
- Installation of DMagic's Module Science Animate

 

Supported mods:

- RemoteTech Patch supported by @fwdixon and @Cheesecake 
- ScanSat
- Connected Living Space Patch supported by @Rissa
- DMagic Orbital Science
- TACLS (TAC Life support)
- Procedural Fairings (mostly compatible with KSP 1.8.1; hope the work will be better!)
- KIS and KAS (Many Capsules, Spaceplanes and Storage-Modules use KIS)

Download:

Download via SpaceDock 

 

Thanks to:

@fwdixon (RemoteTech MM patch), @Beale (initial advice), @CobaltWolf (suggestions for textures), @Well (support on Dassault Hermes and Ariane), @Cheesecake (for some TechTree  and RemoteTech support), @Rissa (Patch for 'Connected Living Space')

Use your imagination!

 

Contares Rules:

Rule 1: Do not ask of others something you would not do yourself.
Rule 2: The desire for mod compatibility must include the readiness to act for this desire.
Rule 3: If there are more complex issues to discuss, ask me via PM in my native language German.

 

Licence:

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Versions / Update

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2.0.0 initial
2.0.1 small changes to show up all parts
2.0.2 add CLS Patch. More finetuning.
2.0.3 add missing parts for CSA Contares 'RUS', more finetuning on parts and patches
2.0.4 add new antennas, add more separator solid fuel engines, add missing parts, add more TweakScale support
2.0.5 change all ModuleRCS to ModuleRCSFX.
2.0.6 Change and update all SAS modules. Include DefaultScales.cfg into ReadMe Folder. Replace the DefaultScales.cfg of TweakScale if you want.
2.0.7 More cfg optimizing, add missing RealPlume settings
2.0.8 adds more science parts. edit tweakscale settings
2.0.9 adds Molnija and other more solar panels, science parts and other small adjustments
2.0.10 Version update (marginal changes)
2.0.11 adds PTK NP Solar Panel and new Docking System. Small changes to Antennas. Remove some artefacts of old releases.
2.0.12 compatibility update. adds new HG folding antenna
2.0.13 replace RCS Thruster and Antennas. Compatibility update to KSP 1.8.1
2.0.14 changelog on GitHub
2.0.15 TweakScale updates
2.0.16 compatibility update
2.0.17 update all engine plumes by Waterfall effects!

 

Edited April 3 by hraban
1.12.x update

[Beale]

Looks very nice, good to have things modular and I would believe many people will love a pack of utility pieces.

Are you keeping the Contares name? I don't think there is any cross-over between our two mods anymore?

[hraban]

1 minute ago, Beale said:

Looks very nice, good to have things modular and I would believe many people will love a pack of utility pieces.

Are you keeping the Contares name? I don't think there is any cross-over between our two mods anymore?

Thank you! Yes, the name Contares will stay, it's the name the license is initiated.

[hraban]

5 more sub-mods come in the next two weeks.

Have Fun

[Deltac]

Hey there!  Love the splitting

By the way, you're linking to the wrong Procedural Fairing thread.

Here's the latest version: 

 

[hraban]

5 minutes ago, Deltac said:

Hey there!  Love the splitting

By the way, you're linking to the wrong Procedural Fairing thread.

Thanks!

[Wildcat111]

THANK YOU @hraban! Now I can down load the Chinese and ISRO launchers only! This is probably not going to crash now, as there are less parts.

 

[gc1ceo]

Will everything be also uploaded for CKAN?

[hraban]

1 hour ago, gc1ceo said:

Will everything be also uploaded for CKAN?

No not yet. As soon as all sub-mods are finished it is thought about.

Edited February 26, 2018 by hraban

[Abpilot]

May i ask, you have the energia M but not the original energia?

[hraban]

7 hours ago, Abpilot said:

May i ask, you have the energia M but not the original energia?

Right! The Energija comes later as part's in the sub-mod CSA Contares 'RUS'!

 

Edited February 28, 2018 by hraban

[Abpilot]

2 hours ago, hraban said:

Right! The Energija comes later as part's in the sub-mod CSA Contares 'RUS'!

 

Ahh ok cannot wait XD 

[9uyJ0nes]

Love the look!

Does this work with USI-Life Support?

Also is there a mod out there that is similar to this one but more focused on American rockets? That still looks stock like in a way.  

Edited March 1, 2018 by 9uyJ0nes

[hraban]

9 hours ago, 9uyJ0nes said:

Love the look!

Does this work with USI-Life Support?

Also is there a mod out there that is similar to this one but more focused on American rockets? That still looks stock like in a way.  

What is not listed in the mod description as recommended or necessary is also not supported. Please make yourself, the other readers and me the favor first to read the manual and then, if necessary, to ask questions.
USI Life Support is not supported so far. If there is a good soul who writes a corresponding MM-Patch?

The 'American' Sub-Mod CSA Contares 'NAM' is expected to be released on the weekend.

[hraban]

With the next release, probably next weekend, the range of available antennas will be expanded. Presumably, some older models will be replaced by finer modeled versions. The older versions will be preserved for one or two minor releases.

Edited March 5, 2018 by hraban

[hraban]

The successor to the CONCOM 7 array antenna.

[hraban]

[hraban]

[hraban]

Details of Agena like antenna and a very early basic magnetometer (use DMagic Science and Animate)

Edited March 9, 2018 by hraban

[hraban]

Obviously, SpaceDock has been having major accessibility and performance issues. This delays the scheduled updates until further notice.

[hraban]

So far so good!

The CSA Contares Mods / Submods CORE, MEU, KHI, PROBE and NAM are updated, but still on 1.3.1.
 

All CSA Contares Mods are running under 1.4.0. There are only in the required foreign mods still a deficit. TweakScale, MechJeb and Module-Manager are already running. Further tests are carried out.

[hraban]

The ModuleRCS works under 1.4.0 with negative axes. Thus, CSA Contares has to change all RCS modules of all submods to the relatively new but badly working ModuleRCSFX.

[hraban]

Update to 1.4.1 compatibility is on deploying on SpaceDock.

- Change all ModuleRCS to ModuleRCSFX

[hraban]

Thank you to @Kottabos for the nice video

 

[evilman222]

 I've got the latest version of all the submods installed, nut for some reason I can't get any of the parachutes from the CORE added to the VAB. I tried loading some of the premade ships included with the mod, but they all give me a "contains missing or invalid parts" error. The parts of the mod that are working (which is about 90% of it) are amazing, so keep up the good work!