How do I know how much my ship weighs in the VAB (without using TAC part lister)

[NoClass]

Hello all,

Since upgrading to .24 (64 bit version), I haven't been able to get TAC part lister to work. Hopefully I can get it to work again.

In the meantime, is there any other way to determine how much my craft weighs in the VAB? It seems strange that Squad has not made this a part of the stock UI.

Am I missing something, or do most people have no idea of ship mass until launch? (seems impossible)

Edited July 23, 2014 by NoClass

[Tank Buddy]

Kerbal Engineer or MechJeb. I'd avoid the latter.

[Roastduck]

Parts in the VAB have their mass listed in their description. From there, just add as you attach parts

[Master Tao]

Parts in the VAB have their mass listed in their description. From there, just add as you attach parts

Except for those pesky physicsless parts. Kerbal Engineer does account for them.

[NoClass]

I'll have to look at Kerbal Engineer. IIRC, it has a bit bigger UI footprint than I'd like, but it's far better than manually adding up the mass of each part!

Thanks for the answers folks.

[cantab]

In stock, the workaround is to launch, go to map view, and click the i icon on the right and you'll see the basic ship stats. Then revert to the VAB/SPH of course.

Modswise, besides KER and Mechjeb there's VOID. I don't find it as useful as KER in the VAB as it only shows the dV for the bottom stage and the total not every stage, but in-flight I favour VOID since it has a HUD, including biome/situation info for sciencing, and doesn't need a part on the ship.

[Aethon]

I found out today that the developers version of KER lists the biome you're in.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/72062-Test-of-continuing-KER-developments-0-23