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Hawkspeed Airstairs * Shown together with Firespitter and Kerbal Aircraft Expansion parts Intricately animated airstairs, crafted with care and pride Any old ladder or ramp will get you on board, but why settle for that? Hawkspeed airstairs are: Beautifully textured and animated: perfect for screenshots and videos! Physically plausible, mechanically sound design: based on real world examples whenever possible. Great RP value: treat your passengers and crew well! Action Shots No pics, no clicks, etc. Parts List Note: back in development after a long hiatus. Due to changes in stock landing gear and suspension since Airstairs v. 0.7 (KSP 0.25), all part models require substantial rework. New stair height -> model changes -> retexturing -> lots of work. Please be patient! 2.5m aircraft fuselage Matches LY-10 Small Landing Gear height; LY-35 Medium Landing Gear will also work if carefully placed. Pick from different textures in the editor (SPH or VAB) to match the style of other parts used in your craft: Stock-alike Aircraft KAX <- WIP Firespitter Bomber Stock-alike Capsule used to be available, but is currently pending rework. All normal maps are unavailable pending rework. Mk2 spaceplane fuselage Work in progress. Mk3 spaceplane fuselage Planned future development. Usage Notes You can simply walk or run up the stairs in most situations, there is usually no need to use the "[F]: Climb" command. If the bottom of the stair is slightly higher than ground level, you can use "Climb" to get onto the bottom step. Tapping "Climb" helps in low gravity situations (e.g. Minmus) where kerbals behave a bit "floaty" and lack traction on the stairs. Safety first! There's a good chance of your kerbal falling over when running down the stairs. Walk, don't run! Keep clear of moving parts, kerbals may be crushed to death, I kid you not! Airstair parts have crew capacity for one (1) kerbal; however, these parts are not generally intended for use as a crew compartment. For now, you will need to transfer crew between the airstair part and other parts of your craft, using stock KSP crew transfer functionality, or one of the available crew transfer mods. I am working on a better solution that will eliminate this mindless chore. Testers wanted, please visit that thread! FAQ Download DOWNLOAD v. 0.8.1 Version: 0.8.1 released 2017-06-05 KSP compatibility: 1.3.x / 1.4.x Packaged with Firespitter.dll (Firespitter v.7.6.0) for animation and texture swapping. There is a patch here if you use KSP 1.4+ and want to get rid of the Firespitter.dll dependency. DOWNLOAD v. 0.8.0 Version: 0.8.0 released 2017-05-11 KSP compatibility: 1.2.x Packaged with Firespitter.dll (Firespitter v.7.5.1) for animation and texture swapping. License You may make and distribute screenshots and gameplay videos showing this mod's parts and functionality. You may monetize gameplay videos in which you utilize this mod. You may modify configuration files for private use. You may NOT modify or redistribute models and textures without express permission. All other rights reserved. Please refer here for Firespitter license. Installing Delete existing installation if you have an older version. Extract included folders into your Gamedata folder. CKAN is not supported. Acknowledgements Big thanks go out to: Snjo for the Firespitter mod & plugin, and also for permission to reuse the Firespitter bomber fuselage textures. keptin for the Kerbal Aircraft Expansion mod which inspired the creation of the first airstair part, and permission to reuse KAX fuselage textures. Changelog v 0.8.1 released 2017-06-05 Update for KSP 1.3 Update bundled Firespitter to 7.6.0 Replaced flag with agency config Added localization support v 0.8.0 released 2017-05-11 2.5m Airstair model reworked - New stock-alike aircraft texture - KAX texture reworked (WIP) - Firespitter Bomber texture reworked - Stock-alike capsule texture removed, pending rework - normal maps removed, pending rework - IVA Overlay mask added to placeholder IVA - part cfg updates for new KSP features v 0.7 released 2014-11-01 Reduced 2.5m Airstair mass. Added stock-alike texture; this is now the default. Reduced texture filesizes slightly (removed alpha channel). Added placeholder empty IVA to avoid bugs related to IVA-less parts. Added Hawkspeed Sonora flag. V 0.6.5 released 2014-09-15 Added normal maps to textures. V 0.6 released 2014-09-04 Minor model and texture tweaks. Added the ability to switch between multiple textures. Added alternate texture for use with Firespitter bomber cockpit and fuselages. Upgraded Firespitter.dll to 6.3.5. V 0.5 released 2014-08-31 Initial public testing release. ~ ~ ~ Original Post