[[Most 1.12.x] Near Future Technologies (August 26)]

So, I installed Near Future Exploration for the first time, and I have to say I absolutely love the part design as well as the reflectors and relay components.

But, after taking a look at the stats, even pairing transmitters with reflectors leaves them extremely weak. Am I missing something, or are these parts massively inferior to stock antennas?

[Multi-Satellite Launches]

18 hours ago, Geonovast said:

The HG-5 is a folding relay antenna, it's just not very strong.

The best way to get multiple sats in one launch is to use the "Interstage Nodes" option on the fairings, which will let you attach multiple stacked payloads without them touching.

Thanks for that. I somehow missed interstage nodes since they were added ages ago, and haven't seen them in any videos that I can remember. You just made my KSP save a whole lot cooler.

[Multi-Satellite Launches]

I'm used to the direct communication system, but when I got the Breaking Ground expansion I tried to make some deep-space relays for rovers, and instantly ran into some problems.

 

Relay antennas are exclusively non-foldable, so has anyone come up with a way to fit more than one relay satellite onto a rocket without using huge parts? Making three trips per body seems like a complete waste of time and resources when these satellites weight so little. If not, is there a mod or config option to make folding antennas work as relays? I can't see why they wouldn't be able to.

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

On 6/27/2019 at 11:51 AM, Starwaster said:

It scales the Isp for vacuum and sea level respectively. It scales them by the base Isp for the engine type. Look in RealSettings.cfg under RF_TECHLEVELS -> ENGINETYPE. You probably want type O (Orbital)

Now then, strictly speaking, ModuleEngineConfigs is not necessary to make an engine work with RealFuels. It's only necessary if you want multiple configurations for the engine. Different versions using different resources, or different gimbal settings, etc. (note that in the current release gimbal settings in MEC does not work but will be fixed in the next release)

Well, I had already finished most of the ModuleEngineConfig, so I finished it by editing ISP multipliers and setting engine type. I decided to go with engine type L (Launch, I assume) because the engines were essentially Super Dracos, made to be used in an atmosphere.

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

On a different topic, I've been working on configs for Near Futures spacecraft propulsion to make some of the new engines work with Real Fuels, but I can't figure out how to set their specific impulse. What do the IspV and IspSL values do to the in game performance?

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

50 minutes ago, Starwaster said:

I'll try to take a look at it sometime... it's not really something I use anymore. It seems like it's just always had one issue or another

It's a serious bug, but mostly a minor inconvenience. There are plenty of engines to choose from.

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

4 hours ago, Starwaster said:

Did you actually TRY your desired probes with 1.7.2 or did you just assume they wouldn't work? If they are just parts packs then the likelihood of them NOT working is so low as to approach zero percent. Even a lot of plugins will continue to work in spite of compatibility warnings which should really be interpreted as version mismatch warnings since no code can actually detect an 'incompatibility'. All those incompatibility warnings you see are the result of version comparisons.

I think you misunderstood. There was no compatibility problem with the probe ship files, but the active ones in a save still had stock fuel and I needed to finish up with them first.

4 hours ago, Starwaster said:

As for the negative mass issue, I'd need to know more. I assume it was scaling down the engine that did it? Was the engine part an engine only or did it have fuel tanks included on the engine part? Are there other plugins besides RF/TweakScale that can affect the mass of that part?

Yes, scaling down the engine caused negative mass. It happened to all engines connected to real fuels (KSPIE engines worked fine, as did non-engine parts). Later, I removed all mods except Tweakscale, Real Fuels (stockalike configs) and their requirements, and the problem persisted. I vaguely remember encountering this before, and I've found it mentioned on a few other posts.

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

On 6/20/2019 at 8:57 PM, Starwaster said:

The most recent official version was built for KSP 1.6 but will work for KSP 1.7.*  but you want KSP 1.7.2 because there are a few PAW bugs introduced in 1.7.1

 

Thanks for the advice. I managed to get a 1.7.2 game working with this mod and many others, but there are still a few probes that need to come back before I can permanently install RealFuels.

 

However, trying out the mod did bring up one more question: are there tank settings for life support tanks? The "stock" configuration for TAC life support tanks has all the necessary supplies, but editing them requires either algebra or guesswork. So far I've just used simple configurations for them, but anything other than that is an inconvenience.

 

EDIT: It also seems that using tweak scale on some engines causes them to have negative mass. Is there a fix for this?

[[Most 1.12.x] Near Future Technologies (August 26)]

Quick question: can you activate the engine pods on the "Nereid" and "Tethys" command pods, and if so, how?

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

I've come back to KSP after a few year's hiatus, and after slowly tweaking and adding mods I'm starting to think that going straight into 1.7 wasn't a great idea. Many mods haven't updated yet, and I was wondering if anybody has managed to get this one to work on 1.7.1.

[[1.8+] Real Fuels]

Hi. I'm new to the forums, but I did notice that Real Fuels is an amazing mod. However, I can't get it to work. I hate to post simple problems like this, but I have been working on it for a while. I was wondering if anybody had more in depth information on how to install the mod, because I have been trying it on 1.1.3 for a long time with FRStockalike with no luck.