Procedural Science Contracts

[zeekkay]

This is probably insanely difficult, but it would make for a killer mod. I don't expect anyone to actually make this, it's more just an idea I wanted to unload.

The purpose behind this mod is to make the contracts a bit more varied and life-like. Real space programs work

closely with other research programs to study the earth, the sun, and everything else.

Instead of using science tools available from the tech tree/parts, the science tools are created procedurally and made available to you only while that contract is open.

The parts can take on one of dozens of shapes, with some fitting in a 1.25m service bay, others needing the 2.5m service bay, and some might even take unusual

shapes and require farings!

In extreme cases, the payload could be bulky, up to ten metric tons or in endgame even more! =D

Another idea might involve science modules in space in order to complete the contract. (Longitudinal Study)

Contracts should be issued based on what the user has available to them. No landing missions when mono-propellant isn't available and the user only has a tier 1 launch pad.

No unusual shapes of wide diameters until the user has the proper fairings for them.

Edited May 2, 2015 by zeekkay

[Scientist]

you can make parts and set to an unobtainable tech tree node, say "proprietry", and set the cfg file with moduletest whatever name was, itll give you parts that you cannot obtain in R&D, and no need to really make new contracts, just specify where the part can be tested in the module, you have access to the part until the contract is over, usually days