[1.10] StarLink Satellite Pack 1.1.0 | 2020.9.13

[Dr. Boo]

Great idea for a mod, I launch several hundred into orbits and it made my save unusable. But that is ok, I understand.  Now I have to figure out how to control all of them, putting them into right inclination and resonance to make them useful. Can do it hyperedit or Engineer Redux one by one but would like to do it with KOS. Also need to get solar  panel facing sun too... Any geniuses have any ideas.

 

[Atlas Gaming]

I have the mod installed via ckan, but I don't see the parts for the sats.. only part that seems to show up is the decoupler at the bottom of the photo. Anyone else have this problem and found a fix?

[Akino]

2 hours ago, Dr. Boo said:

Great idea for a mod, I launch several hundred into orbits and it made my save unusable. But that is ok, I understand.  Now I have to figure out how to control all of them, putting them into right inclination and resonance to make them useful. Can do it hyperedit or Engineer Redux one by one but would like to do it with KOS. Also need to get solar  panel facing sun too... Any geniuses have any ideas.

 

Oh, that's a good question. I thought about it when I made this MOD. I think I need to wait for a genius to coming.

[Mecripp]

On 9/7/2020 at 9:22 PM, Atlas Gaming said:

Does it have the anti reflective coating on the bottom or will it be ruining Kerbastrian Astronomy?

Added some anti reflective to base part now just solar panel what you think is better https://www.dropbox.com/s/t43l0slqrhdwf27/shine2.png?dl=0

there is small error trying to work out why panel 3 has no shine

EDIT- Add anyone want to use this has scansat satellite ?

@Atlas Gaming and not sure what your problem could be on ckan  beside using ckan IMO its not really hard to install things your self and i know everyone cry it takes to long but not really but i do see some mods i unzip in my gamedata fold just fine and some are in a gamedata/gamdata fold so i then have to pull it out of that folder and put it in just ksp/gamedata so i dont have ksp/gamedata/gamedate not sure how ckan works that out or even if thats your problem 

Edited September 11, 2020 by Mecripp

[JadeOfMaar]

On 9/6/2020 at 3:38 AM, Mecripp said:

This DDS format https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ms3iy2rh90c35l/DDS.png?dl=0

This PNG format https://www.dropbox.com/s/5uevj0tkox8xhzh/PNG.png?dl=0

Png looks like it use  103 more memory but the png is 296 less mono what is better ?

Texture files need to be DDS: DXT5 (alpha channel used by specular or metal reflectivity) or DDS: DXT1 (when alpha channel is not needed, like emissives) or DDS: DXT5_NM (for normals).

DDS files (with MipMaps, most of the time) take up more file space but the GPU doesn't need to do the extra work of converting from other formats to DDS.

[Mecripp]

2 hours ago, JadeOfMaar said:

Texture files need to be DDS: DXT5 (alpha channel used by specular or metal reflectivity) or DDS: DXT1 (when alpha channel is not needed, like emissives) or DDS: DXT5_NM (for normals).

DDS files (with MipMaps, most of the time) take up more file space but the GPU doesn't need to do the extra work of converting from other formats to DDS.

Yes i know KSP uses DDS but what i was trying to ask is PNG uses less memory in one area but twice has much Mono so really whats best mono not matter ?

EDIT- file size PNG 24 mb DDS 142 mb I know it doesnt matter but some might freak out

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by Mecripp

[Mecripp]

On 9/6/2020 at 8:16 AM, northern said:

I opened the Config files and changed DIRECT to RELAY, but i dont wanna do that every time

 

Is the Ion thruster meant to be off set? it keeps spinning me around

SAS will stop that

[Akino]

The next update may be on next month. If you have any ideas or questions, please feel free to share them here.

[Geonovast]

Congratulations on Thread Of The Month, @Akino!

[Gordon Dry]

On 9/6/2020 at 1:52 PM, Stone Blue said:

You can do that to comment out whole blocks of text, instead of '//' line by line... at least in NotePad++

In Notepad++ just highlight the block and press CTRL+K to comment out each line with '//' or SHIFT+CTRL+K to uncomment.
It's safer to have every line commented out and it's quickly done in Notepad++.

This works when the Notepad++ language file for ModuleManager is used:
(place in Notepad++ subfolder userDefineLangs)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pcck95jcgpzafia/modmanager_udl.xml?dl=1

@Akino

only two of the four part configs have a TechRequired defined.

 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Gordon Dry

[Miguelsgamingch]

Fun fact: i send my Starlink in a Starship Not A Falcon 9 Lol

[cameronisher3]

I've got the most recent KJR and autostrut + rigid attach and the stack still becomes a noodle. I'm not even physwarping, it just happens

https://imgur.com/a/iXkgbzw

any idea on how I could fix this? 

[adriangm44]

On 9/13/2020 at 6:53 PM, Akino said:

The next update may be on next month. If you have any ideas or questions, please feel free to share them here.

You need to add a "TechRequired = whatever level you want" line in the cfg files. Otherwise the satellites won't appear in career or science mode 

[mafs]

i think the solar panel is reversed, it seems to me like it's generating power when averted from the sun

[mafs]

On 11/4/2020 at 1:50 PM, adriangm44 said:

You need to add a "TechRequired = whatever level you want" line in the cfg files. Otherwise the satellites won't appear in career or science mode 

thanks for the advice, was wondering why the parts did not appear in my career save!

[realjuliusPGKC]

Does this work with Tundra's falcon 9 by anychance?

[Cheesecake]

8 hours ago, realjuliusPGKC said:

Does this work with Tundra's falcon 9 by anychance?

The answer is in Post 1 of this thread. There is a FAQ.

[BlackShade]

Any Ro configs?

 

[warlord13f]

Is this project still alive? There is no more information beyond April 2021.

[Frost114]

Any new updates for this mod?

[OrbitalManeuvers]

Downloaded this yesterday to try it out, and thought I'd share my experiences, in case it helps anyone else. My install has KSP 1.12.3, JNSQ, and I'm using Tundra's Falcon.

The biggest problem I had is that neither the L or R parts have a TechRequired tag, and therefore they don't show up in the VAB or the tech tree. The only way to get the parts instantiated is to load the craft file or do what I did, and fix the cfgs. 

The craft file is made at the "real" scale, which isn't for Tundra/JNSQ. This means that if you use the resize cfg then the craft loads wonky - with the parts spaced out for large scale, but sized down to smaller scale. I did go back and remove the resize cfg just to see the example craft file load correctly, and figure out how they're supposed to stack.

I believe this is at least partially correct, albeit incomplete:

Spoiler

I started with the R part, and added a L, then R, etc - with the necessary part rotations to get them into this orientation. Probably supposed to use 4 support polls, and I have only 2 here, and just a few sats for testing.

I don't really have a use for them, I just have a part mod obsession and needed to see what they're like!

I've shared a subassembly from the mount upwards, exactly as pictured above, here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1K2ZF2_fukaBA0A2gD5MsOXdctj5mw-QN?usp=sharing

The author hasn't been on the forums since June, but maybe someday they will see this Thank You for making these parts!