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I started looking at the new development version. Here is a feature request (no clue how difficult). When the contracts are collapsed, perhaps have the ones with available contracts have a green icon or something similar. For my pack for example, I have 10 different sub-contract styles and it is a pain to have the player have to click through to see each one. Thanks for the new features! I look forward to working with them!

I'm excited to utilize this new awesome feature! Thanks for all of your career improvement mods!

I think that when the project was taken over, the new person working on the mod did not realize the exact JPL Horizons values to use. They made the changes in order to make the new planets fit.

There is a config file in the mod that changes the inclinations of the existing RSS planets. If it is deleted this would work, but all of these planetary bodies are inclined wrong.

It is possible, you just have to use KSC Switcher (an additional mod) to accomplish it. https://github.com/KSP-RO/KSCSwitcher/releases

Hi @JONATHAN HILLLZ, it is hard for me to say what you did wrong since the install is pretty straightforward. As a help, if you are installing Half Size RSS on a clean install of KSP, these are the only folders that you should have in GameData: Kopernicus ModuleFlightIntegrator HalfRSS Squad

I am struggling with figuring out the logic of this situation. I have a planet with multiple moons. I want to return the moon with the largest mass DATA { type = List<CelestrialBody> theMoons = @targetBody.Children() } DATA { type = CelestrialBody massiveMoon = @theMoons.Where(cb > cb.Mass()).First() ????????????????????????? } This is where I am stuck. As far as I can tell, the Where function cannot sort by a value like Mass. This might not be possible and I will have to attack the problem from a different angle.

@nightingale Thanks for the tip about the Remote Tech, it worked great. Is there any way to force a player to have to make an EVA in space and travel a certain distance away from the ship? I tried looking into IsVesselType = EVA which will work for part of it. If I create a Rendezvous Parameter with an invertRequirement = true and a distance of say 200, would that require the EVA vessel to be 200 meters away from the ship to accomplish the contract?

I will rewrite the contracts for this one we have a firm grasp on what telescopes we will have in it.

The folder of the textures needs to be named RSS-Textures. Go here: https://github.com/pap1723/HalfRSS-Textures/releases And download one of the ZIP files. They will be named correctly for you.

When I first released I sent a request to CKAN, but maybe I did it wrong since it obviously did not work. I also clicked on the CKAN button when I uploaded to Spacedock. Can anyone write a CKAN file for me? Or let me know what I did wrong?

OK, here is a new one for me... I have a ship that is manned and I want it to release 2 separate satellites. I want both satellites to be put into a specific orbit as an optional parameter for a bonus. PARAMETER { name = VesselGroup type = VesselParameterGroup title = STS-5 define = STS-5 PARAMETER { name = NewVessel type = NewVessel } PARAMETER { name = HasCrew type = HasCrew minCrew = 4 maxCrew = 4 title = Have 4 crewmembers on board hideChildren = true } PARAMETER { name = STS5Orbit type = Orbit minAltitude = @targetBody.AtmosphereAltitude() title = Reach Orbit and Deploy your Satellites disableOnStateChange = true hideChildren = true PARAMETER { name = CommSats type = PartValidation hideChildren = true partModule = ModuleCommand minCount = 3 title = Deploy Your 2 Satellites disableOnStateChange = true } } PARAMETER { name = LandOnRunway type = ReachState maxSpeed = 1 targetBody = HomeWorld() biome = Runway situation = LANDED disableOnStateChange = true hideChildren = true optional = true } PARAMETER { name = ReturnHome type = ReturnHome title = Return Home Safely hideChildren = true completeInSequence = true PARAMETER { name = CommSatsDeployed type = PartValidation hideChildren = true partModule = ModuleCommand maxCount = 1 title = Return without the Satellites disableOnStateChange = true } } } Curious where and how the best way to add those parameters would be without one single sat successfully completing both missions.

Damn you work fast, and that looks great!

I am biased as the maker of Half Size RSS, but if you want to go full scale without going RO, look on the forums for a mod called SMURFF. It lowers the dry mass of parts and other things to make stock rockets more viable. That being said, you will still want some larger rockets like you can find in Space Y and Real Scale Boosters, etc.

It is a good thing that I am not a Moderator, or people like you would be banned. Remember that sarcasm does not come across on the Internet. Also, it is completely useless to come to someone's mod page that they are developing in their free time and make any comments other than: Thank you I have an issue that might be caused by your mod Thank you I have an idea for your mod Thank you Thank you Here is a donation for your hard work Can I help with anything? @NathanKell has put in more time than almost anyone in the modding community to make the game better. He earned a contract position with Squad because of that. It is comments like yours that make modders want to walk away from the BS they have to deal with.

I think 5 sets of telescopes is a good idea. Most of them are actually late game technologies as other than OAO, they are all from the 1980's and newer. Here is what I would propose: UV -> Fungeye / OAO Model Early Game (1968 historically) No upgradeable parts Infrared -> Kepler / Spitzer based model Mid Game (First Infrared was IRAS in 1983) Hubble / Cacteye Mid-Late Game (1990) Can be upgraded with Wide Field or Deep Field interchangeable parts like it is set up with now Deep Field Part would come later in Tech Tree Gamma Ray -> Fermi Space Telescope based model https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Fermi_telescope_illustration_01.jpg Late Game (2008) Deep Space -> JWST based End Game Or now that I saw both of your responses, best option might be like this... Fungeye / OAO Starts as Wide Field Only Infrared comes later Cannot be changed with an EVA / service mission (too early for that technology) Cacteye / Hubble Has Wide Field and Infrared to Start Can add Asteroid Finder Can add Deep Space module Can be serviced by EVA JWST

I had looked through that list earlier before I had responded in order to come up with some ideas, but that is where I struggled. I've got 2 decent links for you I think... Here is the OAO that was the earliest set of space observatories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory Here is a list of many space telescopes: http://historicspacecraft.com/Telescopes.html After looking at both the Fungeye and the OAO images again, I am fairly sure that is where the inspiration came from.

I think the new Cacteye looks really good. The issue with the Fungeye is that there is not really anything historical to compare it to. Hubble was the first of it's kind and that is very obviously what Cacteye is based off of.

You are 100% correct. This is what happens when you are editing files in one area and not copying them to the correct spot to upload! Hotfix coming soon! Version 1.5.1 Europa Hotfix (actually included the correct file this time) Github:https://github.com/pap1723/HalfRSS/releases/tag/1.5.1 Spacedock: http://spacedock.info/mod/787/Half Size RSS?ga=+3102+'kerbal+space+program'>

Update to Version 1.5 **YOU MUST DELETE THE HalfRSS FOLDER FROM YOUR GameData FOLDER PRIOR TO INSTALLING THIS UPDATE** The update will not break any of your saves Fixed an issue where Europa, Umbriel, Oberon, Ariel and Miranda were not showing up in game. Thanks to @CoriW for troubleshooting! Github: https://github.com/pap1723/HalfRSS/releases/tag/1.5 Spacedock: http://spacedock.info/mod/787/Half Size RSS

Thank you very much for your detailed and organized method of troubleshooting and bug fixing. You have helped to eliminate the problems one by one and I will detail them below. Without the process you went through and the log files you sent, it could have taken much longer. Europa: I had fat fingered an extra / into the file and now it is fixed Miranda, Ariel, Umbria: Right before I released, I converted .PNG files over to .DDS to save memory and loading time. When I uploaded for the textures, I used the DDS files. However, in my own testing folder, I still had the PNG. I didn't notice the error because they worked fine in my testing. I have corrected the entries in the files and they will appear normally from now on. Oberon: So for the first version of the mod, I entered Oberon's radius into the file as 380.700. This created a planet that was too small to exist, but the game had data for it so it created the porcupine mess that you posted. I immediately caught this in my testing and I fixed it. HOWEVER, the cache files of the planets that exist to speed up the loading process had the old version of Oberon loaded in. When I created the new versions and uploaded them, I include my Cache folder (which contained the bad Oberon config) and caused this error for the users. Long story short, I learned to clear out my cache for each new version and this should not be an issue going forward any longer. NEW VERSION TO BE POSTED SHORTLY

I appreciate all of the kind words from all of you! It really means a lot!

I appreciate that @fallout2077, but I can only take very little of the credit As Issac Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Almost everything I have done is to use the great work of others and build on it to create this mod. The real heroes are guys like @NathanKell and the Kopernicus team. No issues that I know of. I use it in my build. By this weekend (possibly sooner) I will have an optional download for cloud configs and other visual improvements that will add to the immersion of the game.

Update to Version 1.4 Updated visual effects of atmopsheres None of the updates would ruin any saved games you have going so you should not have to restart anything if you used a previous version.

Good to hear! Thank you for testing it! Looks like there will be another small update today then!