Tangle

I've seen your other art, and loved it- this, too, is fantastic. Nicely done- you've gotten me to consider playing KSP again...

Well, I'd point out that a lot of PJ2 is extremely high quality for KSP planetmods. While there are some things I'd consider weak points, many of PJ2's planets have consideration and scenery work put into practically every landform. Of the other mods I mentioned, I'd say that Whirligig World has the highest quality currently- WWPJ has a similar variable quality to PJ2 (and several of the people who worked on both improved greatly in the process of building the two!), and EoE is still being worked on in the visuals department.

Togetherness is, from left to right: Sudric, by Luna; Mesbin, by Luna; Aldrin, by Wolf; Avalon, by Tholin and Techo; Desken, by Electricpants; Kerbmun, by Luna; Selenia, by Triston; Carrier, by Techo; (Tylo, by Squad; Eve, by Squad); Asite Par, by Wolf; (Duna, by Squad); Alternis Kerbin, by Luna; (Kerbin, by Squad); Sidoh, by The Orios; (Laythe, by Squad); Alternis Laythe, by Luna; Vash and Artillerie, by Marshall/Myth; Haven, by Sabine; Eurydice, by SnailsAttack; Echo, by Luna; Sani and Ori, by Cloverdove; Limnus, by Wolf; and Ocan, by Caps Lock. Many of these are unreleased. Apologies if anything here is inaccurate. If you want a change of pace from Planet Jam 2, I'd certainly suggest the released mods showcased in that image- Whirligig World (Mesbin and Kerbmun; including an interesting infastructure-focused system and the interplay of remarkably low orbit delta-v cost with the deep gravity well of Mesbin), Edge of Eternity (thick-atmosphere cold Haven and a vibrant system of deep-time oddities), or Week World Planet Jam (low delta-v to orbit, but the homeworld has no moons so all your destinations are interplanetary).

Ahahahaha, oh no. Ohhhhh no oh dear

Works in all 1.12 versions to my knowledge.

Most recent Github update has increased Ollo's mass 10x, taking it to 17 Earth masses. I think it was intended as a small gas giant, but someone missed a zero.

I've been using ballutes, which frankly are a little OP for Armstrong. My "Duck Season" lander uses a ballute to slow down a heatshielded fairing-pod, which deploys to reveal an encased 3-kerbal pod with a buncha parachutes and separatrons to kill the final few dozen m/s of speed.

Exactly. Armstrong's atmosphere is about as thick as Duna's, but the gravity is considerably higher. I've had success with a mix of ballutes, parachutes, and landing thrusters- I suggest taking inspiration from designs intended for landing on Mars.

...Disturbing. The atmosphere is supposed to stop at 33 km. And those atmosphere effects restart above that line?

Lu and Garner are probably not good places for refueling bases- it'll be simpler to just start from Armstrong, and the shove that gets you out of Armstrong's SOI will be stronger cuz it's heavier. I would recommend using Morhomlo or Rider as refueling bases; but the easiest asteroid to reach is probably Naharosmank.

It's definitely fairly expensive. In my experience, depending on the body your required delta-v to reach orbit from Armstrong can range from 2.5 km/s for Naharosmank to 4-5 km/s for places like Dord, Garner, and Rider to more than 7 km/s for the more difficult asteroids. Budget high, though for the bodies you probably want to set up infrastructure on 5 km/s should be sufficient. You're effectively climbing out of the lower reaches of a gas giant's moon system, so everything orbits fast.

Are you absolutely sure all dependencies have been installed? Kopernicus, ModularFlightIntegrator, 000_Harmony, 000_NiakoUtils, KopernicusExpansion, Scatterer, EVE, SciRev...?

Yeah, as a red dwarf system it's a little hard to get around. I lament the loss of my LFO-only interplanetary transfer stages, but AIUI the asteroid belt really helps out.

What additions does this mod have for someone switching from a pared-down Stock Waterfall Effects install? I have Restock and its waterfall effects already- does this just repackage those same plumes I already have?

You sure? That atmosphere's pretty thin....

Techo had a huge hand in creating the moons of the inner gas giant Alkin, and as I understand it made the inner rocky planet Sandevistan's larger moon as well as the Tritonis system (a trojan of the star Pyri with a few moons) himself.

How do I opt out of that?

I mean... why not include hydrolox, then? Surely you're gonna be able to refine ice into, yknow, hydrogen and oxygen for fuel.

Hence "good-looking".

Not gonna lie, I'm very afraid that the part painting will be as unwieldy/imprecise/no suggested color schemes as Gratuitous Space Battles 2's part painting was.

Say goodbye to your Saturn V, R-7, N-1, or Shuttle replicas (note that the first methalox rocket made it to space a few days ago), because the ISP and TWR will be tuned as if it's a methalox rather than kerolox, hydrolox, etc engine. The Vector is very much an RS-25, and the problem with the Mammoth being gone is unless the company- in their infinite wisdom- decides to add a part that's a good-looking 3.75 engine adapter you can't build SLS anymore. Their ISPs would be somewhat improved, with thrust and tankage size becoming worse to compensate.

Oh G-d, only methalox? Guess there aren't gonna be any engines older than 2010 in KSP2... The making of the 4x RS-25 into a really big F-1B is a... really weird decision.

Looks like KIPcore is the correct install folder, then.

Any particular reason why, or?

having the dev version installed, it does seem that the littlest guys can be surface-attached. unsure for the big ones