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    Make sure that a launch base or stand is not the root part.
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    Sorry, no. There would be no way to make them adjustable in length, and the animation would be a nightmare, let alone modeling them. The straight pipe-likle approach was for ease of modeling and animating. I use Wings 3D, and don't have any fancy tools like that, not that I'd use them anyway.
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    @Nittany Tiger Use OBS Studio for recording videos. I use it and it works well. I also use Shotcut for editing, and can reommend it, it's easy to learn and use, and I knew nothing about video editing before. I'm certainly interested in anything you make
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    @Dragon01 I actually am planning to do the N1 and Energia-Buran structures, will be part of v2.2 (or v2.3 depending on how long the Saturn redo takes). Beyond that, any other Russian launch stuff is part of the sort of 2-year plan. The N1 tower will definitely be one part (due to being animated), sized for the Tantares N1, with maybe an extension for Raidernick's. For the actual hold-down clamp (a circular one), I'll make two versions: one for the Kosmodrome KK package (has the whole N1 pad static with the triple flame trenches), and something for the stock pad, which will be a (very) large platform that sits over (and covers up) the pad static. Energia will be getting it's own custom launch base and the two side towers, along with the Buran arms.
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    I've also added 45° positions for the hold-down bolts in the new Round Launch Stand, and the revised stand is also on the AlphaDev branch. It was a silly oversight, as I was trying to minimize variants, but I then added support beams for 8 clamp arms, so I should have added 4 more bolts. Now you can use the Round Stand with the Titan II...but I'm also going to make a dedicated Titan II Launch Stand.
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    Version 2.0.8! I've released version 2.0.8, now available on Spacedock and the GitHub. Changelog: Removed the integrated clamp arms, fuel arms and gantry from the Soyuz Launch Base. Attach them separately now; clamp arms surface attach, the fuel arms attach to the auxiliary nodes on the ring, and the gantry attaches to the auxiliary node in the center, below the rocket attach node. Added transfer airlocks to the gantry's crew elevator platforms, to allow crew boarding of a spacecraft inside a fairing via the crew transfer function. Updated B9PartSwitch to v2.13.0 for KSP 1.8.1, works in KSP 1.9.x. It is now the default B9PS in the download's GameData Folder. B9PartSwitch for KSP 1.7.3 is available as a separate .zip file in the root folder of the download. Updated Spacedock compatibility to KSP v1.9. I decided to push out the revised Soyuz Launch Base and gantry as another interim point release, because the integrated one was just too massive and complex, and with the already existing separate arm and gantry parts, it was also a lot of needless duplication. I also wanted to get the transfer airlocks for the Soyuz elevator out now, since it really needed those so one could actually board a crew onto the namesake spacecraft.
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    Another quick detour to push something I was going to do later: adding optional transfer airlocks (like those on the general crew arms) to the separate Soyuz Gantry, to actually allow boarding of the namesake spacecraft inside its fairing . The new gantry is now on the AlphaDev branch of the GitHub They are only in the separate version of the gantry, as I've already removed it from the base, and am not putting it back in. That change is not yet on the AlphaDev branch. The separate gantry is attached by first turning on either (or both) sets of auxiliary nodes; this will also turn on an aux node in the center of the Soyuz base, which is used for the separate gantry.
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    Next up is the Vanguard Launch Stand, designed for the 0.9375m BDB Vanguard and Scout rockets (Scout was launched from the same pad as Vanguard, the Cape's LC-18, after Vanguard was retired). It'll be a simplified version of this: Some of it I'll have to make up myself, based on what I can see, as I can't find a high-res close-up image of the platform. The BDB Vanguard first-stage engine does what appear to be hold-down points on two sides, which seem to go with what I've seen in some images. And yes, that yellow-ish color will be the default; it replaces the Delta Blue for the new Launch Stands texture series. The current Tier 1 truss Small Service Tower will be remade as the triangular truss Vanguard tower, with the red&white color scheme still the default. It will be smaller in width, as you can see in the above image--it's about as wide as the Vanguard itself. I might keep the larger square version, if I don't repurpose it for something else.
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    Every mod that Modular Launch Pads needs (B9PS) or uses (Animated Decouplers, CCK) works in KSP 1.9, so I've updated the thread title.
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    The separate version of the Redstone Umbilical Pole (new name) is now on the AlphaDev branch of the GitHub. The separate version only has 6 height options, starting at 3.75m and going in 2.5m increments.
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    Finished the new Redstone Launch Stand (aside from the remaining color options besides the current dark gray and red), now with an integrated (and mostly remade) umbilical pole.
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    The Redstone Launch Stand now has the remade umbilical pole integrated into it, and is now on the AlphaDev branch of the GitHub. The integrated one is a simpler version of the separate pole, with only three height options, but with two positions for 1.25m and 1.5m tanks. The pole is dropped with the launch clamp release.
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    If it's the current release crane, it has to be decoupled first (a decoupler is built into it), then rotated with the Q and E keys. The v2.1 crane is just an animated part with the lightning masts integrated into it, as there were problems with the old crane mount colliders with the now-separated Saturn and Shuttle tower tops.
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    Still have to remake (or rebuild, actually) the integrated service pole (as I call it), but the new Redstone Launch Stand I made, designed for the remade BDB Redstone. The hold-down bolts line up exactly with the mounting points on the bottom of the fins, and there are also optional hold-down bolts for standard 1.25m and 1.5m tanks.
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    New Redstone Launch Stand, designed for the new remade Redstone in Bluedog Design Bureau (available now from the 1.7 Development branch on the BDB GitHub), but also with optional hold-down bolt positions for standard 1.25m and 1.5m tanks (think Thor and Delta II). The service pole still has to be remade, and there's only two colors of the new main launch stand texture done done, but both the new Large Round Stand and Redstone Stand are available now on the AlphaDev branch. The Large Round Stand replaces the old Small Launch Stand (same part name).
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    By a request I had received, the General, Saturn, Shuttle and Rodan crew arms now have a deploy limit slider for the arm retraction. I didn't think it was possible due to the way ModuleAnimateGeneric works, but then I actually did a test, since the arms aren't set up like a cargo bay's doors. I had to reverse the values of the deploy limit lines from "normal", but the slider works, with the animation respecting it. A little demo: Best thing is that the arm can be attached in the extended position like normal. The arm does have to be retracted first before adjusting the slider, then extended. After that, retraction will be to wherever the slider is set.
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    These are incredible! Just right too. I notice that your space programs are fond of using shuttle infrastructure for non-shuttles.
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    I know! The FASA ones actually have a solid collider in them, so they are not hollow. They're also named the "Redstone" launch clamps, and the Redstone's engine actually did sit on top of its stand without any part of it going below the ring, so the FASA ones have to be used the same way...which greatly limits what rockets they can be used with.
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    The Large (General) Round Launch Stand is now done, but it won't be uploaded just yet as the Redstone Launch Stand needs to be made first, as it will add the the updated service pole. The pole update isn't a full remake, but more of remapping the objects to the new textures I'm making for the launch stands. Well, it will probably need a reworked mount for the Redstone stand, since that stand is going to a single-size part designed for the BDB Redstone ("Etoh"). The Redstone's hold-down points were on the bottom of the structural part of the fins, right before the moving part, so they are not underneath the tank (or rather the engine housing), but outside of it. I might add a switchable option for hold-down bolts sized for 1.25m tank. One note on the Large Round Stand: The side clamps can only be used with 2.5m rockets when the conical extension is turned on; they can be used with all four core sizes with the extension turned off. It was a side-effect of having only one size of conical extension (to simplify the modeling).
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    OK, I will be able to have the large round stand's clamp arms in switchable symmetry. For some reason I thought I had to have a separate "high" set of arms to sit on top of the conic extension, but that was a needless worry, as I only had to make the arms taller and more angled so they can reach over the top of the conic part. So I can have 8 arms as planned, with the switchable arrangements as before. The Large Round Stand will be the only launch stand to havr these arms, aside from the custom ones for the Atlas stand. They will be available separately, and of course the General Hold-Downs are available to use as well with the launch stands...if they'll fit
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    I've started the revamp and expansion of the Launch Stands, and there are some major changes coming for v2.1. The first stand I'm working on is the new Large Round Stand, the replacement for the existing Small Round Stand, and it's now bigger, handling core sizes of 2.5, 1.875m, 1.5m and 1.25m; the smaller sizes are being eliminated from this stand. The core sizes are now handled by turning on appropriate support beams for the hold-down bolts and side clamp arms, and the conical extension, now much taller, is also a fixed size. The hold-down bolts are now non-animated and fixed to 4x symmetry, and the clamp arms will be at the 45-degree positions, also fixed to 4x symmetry. The bolts also have two height options. The service pole will also be removef from this large stand. The reason for the limited options for the large round stand is that I'm going to be making a whole bunch of new stands, msot of which will be for a single core size: The 1.875m stand will be the "Titan II Launch Stand", with it being the truss-type "legs" fitting into LR-87's thrust structure. 1.5m size will have two kinds of stands: one for the Jupiter with the petal cover, and one for the Delta II. 1.25m size will be the Redstone Stand, will have a different style from the large round stand and the service pole, but no side clamps. 0.9365m (BDB Vanguard) will probably have it's own size stand, would be named the "Vanguard Launch Stand". For the smallest sizes there will be a tripod-type launch stand, as well as a surface-attached launch rail clamp, that will be more appropriate for the small sounding rockets. The smallest sizes will also be covered by a series of mini-milkstool launch stands of various heights that will handle one or two core sizes. The old rectangular launch stand will be remade into the Atlas Launch Stand and sized just for the BDB Atlas SLV. I'm also going to be making my own Falcon 9/FH launch plate platform. As time goes on there will be additional types of specialty launch stands. WIP pics of the Large Round Launch Stand:
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    Not specifically, there is only the General Crew Elevator and General Crew Access arm, which is the substitute for all gray truss-type crew elevator towers and access arms. In v2.1 it's been revamped, and now includes a snap-on tower side extension section, which allows for something sort of like the Starliner tower to be made.
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    Also uploaded a revised .mu for the Large General Swing arm to fix some mesh errors; I forgot to update the center side umbilical to the large arm one when I assembled the arm in Unity by copying the Medium arm and switching out the meshes....one just didn't get changed.
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    The Ssturn tower parts have now been revised to match the new Shuttle FSS tower ones, minus the side panels and other additions/changes for the black&white color scheme. The Saturn Hammerhead Crane now has the two styles of lightning mast (original Saturn and new Shuttle) integrated into the crane part itself, so they would move when the crane was rotated (now an animation). The mast can be turned off as well. There are still separate versions of the lightning masts for use with other towers. I've also added two sets of tower attach nodes to the Flat Launch Bases. Everything is now on the AlphaDev branch of the GithHub.
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    Sorry, that's for the RO group or users to do, as I don't make these for RO, and I don't use RO anyway.
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