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    The launch clamp versions won't rotate properly since they are not symmetrical, and the legs are a transform that's fixed in place. The original free-standing versions are in the Extras folder in the download zip; copy the .mu and .cfg files (or just one set) into the ModularLaunchPads/Saturn_Shuttle folder.
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    Things like that, which are more like large buildings, are better suited as Kerbal Konstructs statics. Perhaps they will be added to KSC Extended.
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    Here's the shuttle launch segment for my trailer/demo/short of version 2 of Modular Launch Pads, using SOCK (it's timestamped):
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    Another pic, using the new Shangsheng Orbital rocket: The default color for the mini one is black The light gray/white option is also available It still has the manual 2-step fallback action and staged 1-step retraction. Seven height options, and the same three clamp sizes as the Small version Only one umbilical, which moves with the clamp over a 1.7m vertical range. The umbilical can be moved in and out though. Ok, I've decided that the new mini strongback, small crew elevator+arm, split up general base and plate, and whatever other small changes/additions (like maybe the general tower as well) I do will be version 2.1, saving the Saturn-Shuttle rework for v2.2. These additions and changes are too much for a mere "3rd digit" point update, which I usually reserve for bug fixes and tweaks. The new stuff and other changes will be on the Github (master, not AlphaDev) until there's enough to do the v2.1 release.
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    I've added a new Mini Fallback Tower to the Github:
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    Not possible to make an underground silo without some serious Kerbal Konstructs terrain reshaping, and even that may not be possible.
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    Ok, this isn't all BDB, but BDB does make up a large portion of it.. The new trailer for v2 of Modular Launch Pads:
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    Modular Launch Pads Version 2: Ignition Sequence Start The new trailer/demo/short for version 2 of Modular Launch Pads is done; will be on the OP also. Mod rockets shown: Bluedog Design Bureau: Vanguard, Athena II, Gemini-Titan II GLV, Titan III, Delta II, Atlas V, Apollo-Saturn IB, Apollo-Saturn V. Tantares and TantaresLV: R-7 "Sputnik", N1, Soyuz. Tundra Exploration: Falcon 1, Falcon Heavy reDIRECT: SLS Block I Crew Shuttle Orbiter Construction Kit: Space Shuttle ReStock: Generic 2.5m lifter, Delta IV Heavy
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    Version 2.0.4 is out! Changelog: Fixed missing FX for the General ROFI; forgot to update the paths to the FX for the v2 release. Added some more BDB craft files and a subassembly for the Medium General Launch Base configured for a Delta-IV-Heavy-type rocket, with extra swing arms. I just discovered that while I had updated the Shuttle TSM's FX paths to the v2 release version, I didn't do the same for the General ROFIs, which left them with no FX...whoops! So a quick .cfg edit solved that, and a new version is out.
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    I've come to to realize that there does need to be a small General Crew Elevator and Crew Arm, something more appropriate for smaller, shorter rockets. So I'm going to make them. They will be separate parts (don't want to screw around with the existing elevator and arm), with the current General Crew Elevator and Arm becoming the Large versions. The small crew arm will be able to be used with the large elevator tower. The small tower will be able to be used with the tier 2 launch pad, with the elevator pad height being limited to under 36m (the now-Large Elevator's pad has a 120m setting, so it can't be used with the tier 2 pad, even if the actual tower that's built is less than 36m) so it will be a more traditional alternative to the Gemini-type elevator. I'm also going to split the General Launch Base back into the three separate sizes. I originally merged them in a fit of part-reduction frenzy, but it now violates my personal rule for variants, that being they should be of a similar basic type rather than different types. The three General Launch Base sizes are different from one another visually, and that isn't clear when they are all merged into one part. It's why I didn't merge the Atlas V and Delta II towers into one, and made the General Hold-Downs all separate. Having the three General Launch Base types also means I can customize each one much easier. I might even split the General Launch Plate into two or three separate sub-types too, as this also will make adding larger sizes much easier. I won't wait until v2.1 for these changes, they will come sooner than that, as the small crew elevator and arm won't take long to make, and the bases and plates splitting is just involves Unity changes. And.......the first of the "big 3" manned segments that will form the final act of the new trailer/demo: the Saturn IB launch from the Mobile Launcher with the Milkstool, unedited. Audio is from the Skylab 2 launch (no more Jack King......)
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    Ok, something more traditional, Saturn IB launch from the Saturn Mobile Launcher with the Milkstool. This is the first of the "big 3" segments: Saturn IB-Milkstool, Shuttle, Saturn V.
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    Hmmm....LDC Heavy instead of a Delta-IV Heavy? And yes, those are F-1s
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    Next unedited clip for the new v2 trailer/demo: Saturn IB on the Large Launch Stand with the Apollo 7 audio, using the General Crew Elevator and Crew Arm (the elevator tower has attach nodes for umbilicals). This is the rescaled BDB Saturn IB, using the rescale patch in the BDB extras, except the nodes don't get moved (the rescale Saturn V is fine), so had to manually move things into proper position.
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    Next unedited clip for the v2 trailer/demo: Saturn IB on the Large Launch Stand, using the Apollo 7 launch audio That's also the rescaled BDB Saturn IB, but the nodes don't move (the rescale Saturn V is fine), so had to manually move things into proper position.
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    I know that can work, but the real one were more of a flip-down top type: I didn't know those were the side clamps, sitting over the booster engines; I thought they were on the front and back.
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    Version 2.0.3 is out! Changelog: Revised General Crew Arm to only have one retract animation, the direction is now changed by a B9PartSwitch changer. This fixes the arm appearing in the half-retracted position after loading or launching from the VAB. Added more craft files for Bluedog Design Bureau, Tantares and Tundra Exploration, plus a stock craft with the Large Launch Stand. I apologize to who found that that general crew arm was appearing in the half-retracted position after loading or launching, as I discovered it for myself. So I fixed it by just having a single arm retract animation, with the direction now chosen by a B9PS option. I simply duplicated the whole arm hierarchy in Unity, gave it a different name, and have a B9PS module switch between them. One arm now retracts one way, the other arm goes the opposite way in the same animation (but the other arm is disabled so you don't see it). Since I had to duplicate the arm, I removed the three longest arm length variants to keep the .mu file size from becoming too big; it's just about 1 MB larger in size than the old arm. I also added more craft files from the ones I've been using for the launch clips that will be in the new v2 trailer. There is also a stock craft (very simple one) with the Large Launch Stand). Some of the rockets in the craft files are incomplete, mostly just no payload, but the N1 is not actually usable, as I just stuck a LOK on top and covered it up with a not-exactly-correct fairing (it was just for a demo launch, not to go to orbit ).
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    The towers themselves are static objects. It's the swing arms and drop pipes that are attached to them that can be staged.
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    Yep, once you stage the clamp base, it and anything else attached to it becomes a separate part. So you have to put all animating-at-liftoff things (hold-downs, umbilicals, etc) with the base in the same stage. Or use one big action group where you put all that stuff in it.
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    Ah, I only saw the two flipping down. So there's two more on the other sides? Hmm, well, it's a more generalized stand, not like the Saturn V, Shuttle and Soyuz bases, which I did replicate to a certain degree. Everything else is "make it up yourself"
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    All umbilicals will have to be staged separately or done manually, as the towers are separate parts and not part of a base. The exception is the Soyuz Launch Base, which has everything integrated. But only the clamp arms are part of the launch clamp animation, everything else is a separate animation and has to be done manually.
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    I didn't actually set out to make a replica of the Atlas hold-down method, just a generalized side-clamp type that could be used with almost any small rocket. But I could make some kind of riser or pedestal that would look more like the Atlas type...probably either a separate part or with a new square launch stand.
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    Yes, the umbilicals (swing arms and drop pipes) and hold-downs need to be staged like normal or done manually via action group or right-click. The integrated retract-at-launch parts of the launch stands and plate are part of the launch clamp animation that happens when you stage a l. And I'll be making a general parts tutorial as well sometime soon.
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    I used the Atlas-Centaur craft file from BDB, and replaced the Centaur stuff with Mercury, thinking the Atlas would be the same.
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    I'm currently in the process of making the new v2 trailer/demo/short. Right now I'm recording launches if various rockets and base combinations, and so far have two manned launches with actual launch audio done: a Mercury-Atlas (Friendship 7, John Glenn) and Gemini-Titan (Gemini 10, John Young and Michael Collins). They're still in the raw form, no editing or music, but they'll be part of the trailer. I did do one with the Tantares Soyuz, but didn't use audio, as the Russians don't do countdowns, it's a rather low-key affair.
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    Decided to do the next manned launch segment, the Gemini-Titan II launch, using the new dev-build Titan II GLV. Again, unedited, no music yet. Audio is from the Gemini 10 launch, with John Young and Michael Collins.
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