Building outside the VAB?

[WarpPrime]

I created an interstellar mod (don't ask me for it, it's still in its dev stage!!!), and need to launch several 2000+ ton starships into low Kerbin orbit for orbital assembly. Each starship covers at least half of the VAB's height, leaving almost no room for the launcher. Is there a way to build outside of the VAB in stock KSP, or do I need a mod to do this?

[Stamp20]

Hangar Extender gives you more space to work with in the VAB.

[rynther]

You can build them in chunks and assemble them in orbit.  You might try the aircraft hanger, but you can't assemble things in the parking lot as far as I know.

[king of nowhere]

You can move the ship around in the VAB, so you can center the bit you're working in and exclude the rest.

I've been doing it for several 7000-ton ships, and i know for a fact someone built a bridge over the dres canyon with a ship 4 km long

[Spricigo]

As far I know, the game will not mind if attach a subassemble that will mostly fall outside the VAB. In that case, working in chunks is the way to do it in Stock.

 

But You really want Hangar Extender if building giant huge spacecraft will be  a common occurrence.

[JebNotFound]

forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/162790-19x-hangar-extender-extended/

[JB182]

you can use this mod but its looks like its discontinued

[Mythos]

On 4/6/2021 at 2:51 AM, SpaceX_Boi said:

forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/162790-19x-hangar-extender-extended/

Is that what happens, when modern browsers tell new users, that the "http(s)://" part needs to be hidden/excluded? 

[JebNotFound]

On 4/5/2021 at 8:05 PM, JB182 said:

you can use this mod but its looks like its discontinued

Ya, it's definitely dead, the forum thread doesn't even exist anymore

But it has a continued thread and download, which I posted on this page