CobaltWolf

No worries! Honestly once this is all ironed out, could you compile everything into a post with links that I can bookmark for the next time someone needs help with this particular configuration? Seeing as, from my POV, it's the 'official' one for BDB.

It's not remotely done, needs a couple more evenings. Especially since there are 3 more variants that need to be made (granted, they are mostly textured already. Balancing will be the hard part). I'm working with Jso and some others to correct the bugs and balance issues in the last release, the AJ-260s will be included in the upcoming hotfix to keep things spicy. After that... I'm not sure. LDC Titan is definitely on deck, because I promised someone back in March I'd get to it, as is the E-1. I'd like to get the Gemini lander and Big G finished in the next update, as well as finish revamping MOL, Delta II, and Juno as those are the most glaring things that still need a revamp. I would like to spend a good chunk of time updating the Saturn and Titan engines but they likely need nearly full revamps and I'm not sure if that's a wise time investment right now. They definitely aren't aging well - I'm the first to admit the Making History engines, at least model-wise, are far superior. There's a chance S-1D could make it into the next update (btw, next update means major update not this hotfix), but no promises. It will really come down to whatever I feel inspiration to work on. Saturn is definitely overdue for further expansion though. The nice thing is that there are a lot of individual (or nearly individual, like S-1D which requires two parts) parts that can represent pretty significant / iconic additions. Those always feel really cool to get done since most people know them, if only from discussing them here on the BDB thread. Similar with E-1, M-1 etc... Though, as I believe @awsumindyman said, the next update really should just be all the unfinished stuff on my HDD.

I believe @Electrocutor was working on some.

I used Sigma Dimensions, I can't remember the specifics past it being 2.5x. I feel I recall needing some extra compatibility files, I think for graphics mods. Can't remember - it was the better part of 4 months ago now.

Indeed but the adapter @IronCretin is making for this X-20 is a 1.875m adapter. There's really nothing lost on it, you just can't do the Titan 1 configuration.

Ooph, we should have made @IronCretin 's service adapter a Dynasoar>1.5m adapter and then included an extra 1.5m > 1.875m adapter to go under it... too late I suppose.

I believe that was the idea, he is mostly just making the high quality statics and allowing others to build custom space centers with them. Though I believe there will be a 'demo' version that has them all added to the KSC..? (Sorry @Omega482 if I am putting words in your mouth)

Waiting for Proton revamp / expansion be like...

The Dynasoar flight plan at time of cancellation called for several suborbital test launches on Titan 1/2, with those types of wings added for stability. The operational orbital launches would have used Titan IIIC, and would not have had wings because the overall design of the stack and the thrust vectoring of the SRBs being sufficient to control it until atmospheric forces were manageable.

No problem! Welcome to the forums by the way.

Sure thing! go into Gamedata/Bluedog_DB/Parts/ and delete all the folders except Apollo and Skylab. Leave the Saturn folder alone as well if you want to have the launchers.

No... the LEM and CSM should not be connected to each other at launch, and if you're talking about after they have docked, just right click the docking ports and decouple them.

its ok i guess

The LEM has to be detached manually via the right click menu after you've done the TLI burn and completed transposition and docking. Staging is only intended to open the panels and release the Apollo CSM. The CSM should be attached to the SLA via the hidden node at the top of it's service engine / the base of the nozzle.

Gonna need more info. Ach, sorry. Some time ago @TimothyC made me a cleaner roadmap which is available here. It should be updated. If there are questions about anything I can provide some reading material but this roadmap still covers... probably damn near a year of content. Alright, that was just a guess I'm afraid. I've been talking to @Jso (co author who does compatibility and balancing) about this. Broadly speaking, providing RO / Real Fuels support is somewhat outside of our area of responsibilities due to the accuracy/rigor required by those mods. As such pretty much any realism mod compatibility would fall under the purview of the authors/communities for those mods. Looking at RealFuels Stockalike's forum thread, they do not list BDB compatibility. Negative. Colliders for ladders and hatches are pretty much just never something I have been able to figure out, being human and thus not possessing the dark magic which allows SQUAD to somehow make them work consistently.

Yeah honestly we are feature complete for an initial release... Just need zome volunteers to do some rigorous balance / bug testing on it. Thats not to say we don't have a ton more we'd love to make, but myself, Beale and Steedcrugeon all have a lot on my plate.

I believe going into your Bluedog_DB/compatibility folder and deleting the B9PartSwitch folder will fox it. Let me know if that works?

Kurt, scroll up a bit and you'll see previews of the new LEM IVA that @bcink is very kindly working on. He hasn't said anything about working on the Apollo CM IVA, but I bet if enough people asked nicely enough, or even PM'd him asking where they could send donations, we might get one yet.

I'm sorry.

They are the original design for the Titan boosters. Back when X-20 was sort of the impetus for upgrading Titan, they originally looked at smaller SRBs named SOLTAN (SOLid tiTAN) boosters. The smaller size meant that they acted more as ridiculous thrust augmentation boosters (ie, insufficient TWR to lift the whole stack), which would have required somewhat significant redesign of the Titan in order to properly fly. Eventually they realized that they could simply scale up the boosters more and have them loft an entire, relatively unmodified Titan II as a core, and thus Titan III was born. In BDB, they were fairly easy to make (basically took the SRMs and the USRM and said "now kith!") and I like to think they serve some sort of a niche... I'd like to see someone use the inline one to make a J-I looking launcher for satellites. EDIT: In other news, just to keep people in the loop - current plan is to try and get the AJ-260 done ASAP and include it in the upcoming hotfix as an extra present.

Yes. Especially because those fins don't have any control surfaces.

Guess how many segments are in that SRB?

Alright well, you've twisted my arm. Seeing as I'm finally free and don't have any commitments this evening, I'm going to try and get a bit of work done tonight on some parts that have been laying around my hard drive... I'll take care of the issues another night (plus me and Jso are still figuring out the best way to tackle some of these issues moving forward instead of just trying to slap a band aid on). Expect a development stream on my twitch channel starting some time between 6 and 7 PM Eastern. What will I be working on? Hmmm, I wonder... Hrmm, I'm not sure there's much I can do about that. It's worth noting that hitting the skirts was a big worry IRL. That's why you have the famous staging sequence between the S-IC and the S-II - the skirt isn't dropped until the S-II is stabilized and has sufficient TWR to pull away from the skirt sufficiently fast that they felt it safe and the skirt wouldn't float and hit the engines. Of course, if we were worried about that, I'd prefer incorrect / sloppy / unsafe staging to result in a RUD rather than something that looks glitchy...

@Beale I think you should make that TKS fairing base from @TK-313 a part of stock tantares.

Are you sure that's how it re-enter's? I always thought it went nose-first with the extended lip extended behind/below to provide lift.