istathar

I've been doing a design study (read "having a blast mucking about in the VAB") plan a heavy LKO station. One thing I've found working in 2.5m and 3.75m sizes is the wanting to cap (terminate?) one or more containers in one go. I've had a hard time figuring out what to put on the end. In 3.75m doing PXL-PPD + PPD-PTD + the cute PTD endcap makes for a lot of steps to come down from 3.75. In 2.5m, obviously one doesn't want the PPD foil showing. Cap it with... a battery? I actually whacked a NF 2.5m monopropellant tank on the end of one; the four spheres looked good [and you never get to see 'em!] but again, felt like a hack. This is all about aesthetics, of course, so none of it matters but I was wondering if anyone had any clever suggestions?

I had a command pod and one of your PPD-24 Itinerant Service Container behind a heat shield on their way in for re-entry. The atmospheric heating effects were as if the container was transparent. I can try and get a screenshot if you need it. Stock Visual Effects and its dependencies; and Real Plume are the only visual effects mods installed, I can give the full list if you wish.

@Nertea just created an account here specifically so I could say thanks for all your hard work. I've only been playing KSP for ~6 months, and only recently nerved myself to install Near Future Technologies and Stockalike Station Parts. I am astonished at the quality of your mods. You are an amazing artist, and from what I've seen reading through the support threads incredibly patient with people and dedicated to your creation. It's hard when upstream changes so much requiring you to rebuild everything; software isn't always as fun as it could be, but you have made a fun game astounding. You've said you're going to wind down soon but I'll be making a donation all the same. Thanks for your epic contribution to Kerbal and our playing experience.