benjee10 3,892 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Planetside Exploration Technologies | V1.0.1 | Stockalike MMSEV & Surface Bases Planetside Exploration Technologies adds a suite of parts designed to support planetary surface operations, from small outposts to expansive modular bases in the furthest corners of the solar system. Key features include: PLANETSIDE EXPLORATION VEHICLE The Planetside Exploration Vehicle is a small, multi-purpose spacecraft which can be configured in two ways - as a surface exploration rover, or a free-flying deep space excursion pod. On the surface, Breaking Ground-enabled rotary wheels allow the vehicle to move in any direction, making docking & manoeuvring easy. In space, the craft can be fitted with a custom made monopropellant tank and a modular grabbing unit, making it ideal for exploring asteroids, or as a space station construction tug. PLANETSIDE BASE SYSTEM To accompany the rover, Planetside features a complete set of 1.875m surface base parts, including a science lab, habitation modules, and even a greenhouse. Combined with a set of adapters and ground platforms, the base parts are designed to fit together perfectly and provide a perfectly-aligned set of docking ports for the Planetside rover. Additionally, a set of hydraulic jacks make moving modules around easy - install a small docking port on the underside, raise the jacks, and drive an empty rover platform underneath before carrying it to its destination! All parts are designed with surface bases in mind, but would work equally well used on an orbital station or spaceship! 3.75m BASE PARTS Along with the 1.875m surface base parts, Planetside features colossal 3.75m, vertically oriented base parts, inspired by NASA’s Habitat Demonstration Unit modules. These parts offer huge amounts of living space, as well as an inflatable attic for storing naughty kerbals supplies. WIND POWER Unique to Planetside Exploration Technologies is a new way of generating electricity in Kerbal Space Program: wind power. Using a custom plugin, a complete set of wind turbines allow you to draw power on atmospheric bodies even when the Sun won't shine. Just make sure to pack the right one - turbines are optimised for different environments, so pick the wrong type and you may end up generating no power at all, or worse, destroying your precious turbines in high winds! Wind turbines come in three different types: Tracking - automatically track into the wind direction Static - Require manually pointing into the wind direction Vertical-axis - spin perpendicular to the wind direction The Planetside wind turbine plugin is simple but robust, basing power yields on atmospheric density, wind direction and a random fluctuation. Because of this it will work out-of-the-box with any planet mod. Planetside also offers difficulty settings to configure the wind turbines to your liking, such as disabling breakable turbines or adjusting the frequency of power outages. A UI toggled in the Part Action Window helps to align wind turbines with the wind direction. FULL INTERNALS Every crewable part is just as detailed on the inside as the outside! USER SCREENSHOTS (may feature other mods): Spoiler (By JayTheAmazing) (by ElonMusket) (By Zarbon) DEPENDENCIES Planetside requires B9PartSwitch, ModuleManager, HabTechProps, and Benjee10_sharedAssets to function, all of which are bundled in the download. Rotating wheel mounts & wind turbine servos require the KSP Breaking Ground DLC. Support is provided for TAC Life Support. In theory this mod should be compatible with previous KSP versions going back to 1.8.0, but please backup your saves before you try it! DOWNLOAD (SPACEDOCK)DOWNLOAD & SOURCE (GITHUB) CREDITS Art by @benjee10 Plugin by @ValiZockt Huge thanks to Vali for making this possible & creating an awesome plugin that brings something really new to the game. Big love <3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hatattack 42 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 This is incredible! I always wanted habtech like surface base parts, seems my wish came true! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chris-kerbal 55 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 What an awesome mod... ISS is getting competition on the ground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValiZockt 273 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) This is truly incredible, as always this is exceptional work, looks damn beautiful! Congrats on release! 10 minutes ago, benjee10 said: Huge thanks to Vali for making this possible & creating an awesome plugin that brings something really new to the game. Big love <3 <3 Edited April 3 by ValiZockt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman.Spiff 1,074 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Holy moly! Benjee is on a roll! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davidy12 327 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Oh my God, that is pure beauty. We've got SLS, we've got the ISS, and now we've got a MMSEV and stockalike bases. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stone Blue 2,024 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) O...M....G..... Thread reported..... for causing excessive heart rate and shortness of breath... Edited April 4 by Stone Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DirtyFace83 172 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Oh... make it stop... please... Another great mod. Thanks so much for this guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hendrack 305 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Awesome. *looks at PC* RAM: *nervous sweating* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hypercore 36 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Congratulations on release! Will definitely get ASAP! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StarStreak2109 773 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 First! Oh and awesome mod! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DirtyFace83 172 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 @benjee10 I might be mistaken, but I think the bundled B9PartSwitch is not the latest version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Angel-125 13,767 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 This is a fabulously crafted mod! The attention to detail is astounding, and the addition of wind-powered generators is a novel concept. Well done @benjee10! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daedalus3000 44 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Congrats on the release! I am so downloading this for my beyond home play through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kochi 8 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 damn boy congrats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caerfinon 805 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Bravo! Huzzah! Well done you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pioneer_Steve 218 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 These parts are just so fluid. Lovely work Benjee! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kochi 8 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 also what is the mod for the space suits on the trailer the the one at 0:19 and 0:33 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nertea 15,762 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Such a beautiful, well-designed and well-integrated piece of work. The promotional content is next-level as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Invaderchaos 760 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 This is certainly a game-changing mod. Your work somehow always manages to get better and better with every mod release. Can't wait for what's next in store! Also love the ability to use the MMSEV in zero-g environments. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AmateurAstronaut1969 83 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Amazing Work Again Benjee!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starhelperdude 721 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 OMG!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zorg 4,866 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I'm practically speechless. This is astonishing work Benjee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dev_135 1 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Hey Benjee! I have a couple questions. 1.Will you ever make a discord for all of your mods? 2. May you make tutorials on how to make Planetside bases? All questions from my friend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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