looking for mods suggestions

[Sigma88]

Since 1.0 is close I'm thinking to start a new game, career mode, with a new mod setup.

I have already decided the major features and mods I want for this save, but there's still one important thing I cannot settle on:

I would like this new game to make a big use of unmanned probes.

I tried Better than starting manned, but they say it's supposed to be played alone and not mixed with other mods.

So if anyone knows any alternative I'd be happy to hear them.

Here is a more detalied description of what I want to do in this save, and which mods I plan to use:

Stage 1:

Unmanned probes to orbit Kerbin, the Mun and Minmus

Exploration of the different kerbin biomes with unmanned probes and manned airplanes

Stage 2:

communication network setup, Unmanned landings on the mun and minmus, first kerbals in space

Stage 3:

manned landings to the Mun and Minmus, start building the first Space Station orbiting Kerbin

Stage 4:

continuing to develop the space station, first space telescope and sending probes to scan the closest planets (duna and eve)

here it gets iffy, I will decide when I will get there, the final aim is to scan all the planets and moons, sending kerbals to some planets and/or moons to build space stations/land stations there.

Mods I want to use:

- Remote Tech

- smartparts + kOS (optional)

- ScanSat

- Some kind of life support and recycling system (probably MKS/OKS + USI_LS)

- OPM

- Cacteye or equivalent mod

- a bunch of other quality-of-life mods like kerbal engineer, and stuff like that.

I will apreciate any suggestions, thanks in advance!

[Sigma88]

I'm starting to think posting this just before the 1.0 release wasn't the smartest move

[michaelsteele3]

Haven't used too many mods in my time, but my favorite would be hyperedit. For those times when career gets too stressing, and sandbox alone just isn't enough.

[Sigma88]

Haven't used too many mods in my time, but my favorite would be hyperedit. For those times when career gets too stressing, and sandbox alone just isn't enough.

yeah, I have hyperedit as a quality-of-life mod, if some mod update breaks something or when I'm "modding" myself it is a godsend.

what I'm looking for here is a mod that rearranges the tech_tree in order to make it so you need to go unmanned first and send live kerbals just afterwards.

I would use BTSM (which is a very good mod) but I would like to try using other mods, and BTSM doesn't really mix well with other mods.

I was under the impression that there was a mod doing what I'm looking for, but I cannot find it anywhere and I'm starting to think it's just a memory fail :S