Rotate the Mun

[Sarxis]

I want to switch the facing of the Mun.  It's always bothered me that the Farside Crater faces the Mun's prograde orientation instead of, you know, actually facing the farside (Eastside Crater too for that matter).  

So I am wondering if it's possible to delve into the game's core files and manipulate them easily just to turn the Mun 90° to rectify this IMMENSE and SERIOUSLY IMPORTANT issue.   

Thanks for any info! 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Sarxis

[Superfluous J]

It's not possible without Kopernicus. With Kopernicus it's pretty easy. Once you learn Kopernicus

Pick your poison depending on your version:

 

[Sarxis]

I do have Kopernicus!  I also didn't think about Hyperedit (mostly because I've never personally used Hyperedit.)

 

But I was curious if it's possible to change the game files by hand directly, because hacking my core game files is my preferred way of destroying my KSP installation

[Superfluous J]

2 hours ago, Sarxis said:

But I was curious if it's possible to change the game files by hand directly

It's not. Planet definitions aren't in any of the configs, sadly.

[Sarxis]

It's alright - just ended up using Hyperedit to change the Mun's initial rotation orientation from 230° to 150°,  which put the Farside Crater on the... far side. 

Thanks for your help! 

[Superfluous J]

10 minutes ago, Sarxis said:

It's alright - just ended up using Hyperedit to change the Mun's initial rotation orientation from 230° to 150°,  which put the Farside Crater on the... far side. 

Thanks for your help! 

No problem. I'm not 100% sure but I *think* you have to make that change every time you load the game.

[Sarxis]

There's a way in Hyperedit to save the changes to a file which loads every time you start KSP.  

From HyperEdit - Kerbaltek:

 

"Can I save the positions of planets after changing them with Planet Editor?

Yes! Version 1.3 saves your changes to a file and then reloads them on startup."

[Rambow_Ninja94]

I believe hyper edit can do this as well.

OOPS didn't see the above comment

Edited April 5, 2021 by Rambow_Ninja94
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