[1.8.1-1.12.x] Modular Launch Pads v2.6.1: Launch clamps evolved: Real-style launch bases and towers [03 July 2023]

[DaOPCreeper]

ah ok

 

[DaOPCreeper]

is it just more do the scissor umbilical's not line up on the flat slab mast/ Ariane 5 tower? https://imgur.com/a/tTiNyTX

edit, never mind i figured it out

Edited February 10, 2023 by DaOPCreeper

[JonnySpace]

Only recently discovered this mod - it's brilliant thank you. One slight issue I am having (which I think is likely something I am doing wrong) is with the vanguard launch pad. The vanguard rocket seems to collapse on to it when I try and release it (causing a very historically accurate explosion!) I can't work out what I am doing incorrectly. Any help would be much appreciated

[JonnySpace]

20 minutes ago, JonnySpace said:

Only recently discovered this mod - it's brilliant thank you. One slight issue I am having (which I think is likely something I am doing wrong) is with the vanguard launch pad. The vanguard rocket seems to collapse on to it when I try and release it (causing a very historically accurate explosion!) I can't work out what I am doing incorrectly. Any help would be much appreciated

Ignore me! I figured it out! It was me being dense!

[Ultim32]

@AlphaMensae, would you be able to update the SOCK MLP craft file to include the ORANGES ET and Photon Corp SRBs?

[AlphaMensae]

27 minutes ago, Ultim32 said:

@AlphaMensae, would you be able to update the SOCK MLP craft file to include the ORANGES ET and Photon Corp SRBs?

If someone sends me a craft file with those, I can.

[AtomicUnleashed]

The parts don't show up. Any fix?

[AlphaMensae]

1 hour ago, AtomicUnleashed said:

The parts don't show up. Any fix?

1) They're hidden from the stock categories, use either of the custom  categories instead.

2) In science/career mode, most of them have to be unlocked first in custom tech tree nodes.

[AtomicUnleashed]

15 hours ago, AlphaMensae said:

1) They're hidden from the stock categories, use either of the custom  categories instead.

2) In science/career mode, most of them have to be unlocked first in custom tech tree nodes.

The custom categories are empty and the nodes on the tech tree are empty.

[AlphaMensae]

20 minutes ago, AtomicUnleashed said:

The custom categories are empty and the nodes on the tech tree are empty.

Then the mod is installed wrong.

[AtomicUnleashed]

38 minutes ago, AlphaMensae said:

Then the mod is installed wrong.

Ok. What is the recommended method of installation?

[AlphaMensae]

8 minutes ago, AtomicUnleashed said:

Ok. What is the recommended method of installation?

Instructions are in the OP. Or use CKAN if you don't know how to copy folders.

[tg626]

[AlphaMensae]

After a long break, I finally felt like doing the new Medium General Launch Base. I also added a 9th color to the GeneralBases texture series: the yellow-beige I used for the Ariane-style flat slab mast. Now the new Small Base, the new Medium Base and eventually all the General parts can be that color.

Medium base has 4m and 6m exhaust hole widths, width an alternate style for 6m short variant...it sort of happened from the way I set up the punch-out deck sections.

New Medium Base is now on the master branch of the Github.

 

[Ultim32]

@AlphaMensae, when I installed MLP on my computer, the M1*1 and M2*2 stock parts dissapeared from the part selection menu. But when I go into the stock gamedata folder, both parts are there.

[Cheesecake]

1 hour ago, Ultim32 said:

@AlphaMensae, when I installed MLP on my computer, the M1*1 and M2*2 stock parts dissapeared from the part selection menu. But when I go into the stock gamedata folder, both parts are there.

Do you mean the structural panels? This must be another mod because MLP does nothing to this parts. For me the panels are there.

[AlphaMensae]

4 hours ago, Ultim32 said:

@AlphaMensae, when I installed MLP on my computer, the M1*1 and M2*2 stock parts dissapeared from the part selection menu. But when I go into the stock gamedata folder, both parts are there.

Uh, are those the panels from Making History?  I don't have that. MLP does nothing to affect stock parts, as Cheesecake said.

[Ultim32]

Yea, apparently it was some other mod. Also, I downloaded the dev version on GitHub, and I love the new parts that you added!

 

EDIT: I'm almost positive that reDIRECT is the mod that caused it. I installed it, and those two structural panels were gone.

Edited May 8, 2023 by Ultim32
Found the problem

[AlphaMensae]

If you look at the PAW for the new bases, you'll see the "Clamp Parts" switch. This turns off the launch clamp bits (the stretchy columns and footings) som they are not in the way. For these new bases, and then for all the launch bases and stands that don't use the clamp parts as the structure, I'm making the clamp bits very tiny and adding the switch to turn them off. They have to be present in the .mu or the launch clamp function won't work, so I'm using B9PS to turn them off afterwards.

[svcino]

will rework atlas clamp have variants for Both Classic atlas and Modern atlas when have time?

Edited March 17, 2023 by svcino

[Aussie Toad Stool]

Nice, would you consider parts to form the launch structures for the KAXA's H series of rockets? This mod just makes each launch more ... mwuah

[Ultim32]

@AlphaMensae, would it be possible to add the Saturn Mobile Service Structure for the Saturn launch pad?

[AlphaMensae]

18 minutes ago, Ultim32 said:

@AlphaMensae, would it be possible to add the Saturn Mobile Service Structure for the Saturn launch pad?

I had thought about it some years ago, but then Katniss made one for their Katniss's Parts Pack of fictional Saturn MLV parts, and I no longer feel like doing it.

[Ultim32]

Ok!

[Ultim32]

@AlphaMensae, would you be able to add just the crew access arm for SLS?