Tweaking the lights

[DarkGravity]

Every time I send up a ship with lights, I play with the settings (right click the light). I'm pleased this is an option, and I just love fiddling with it. I just wish there were some really tiny lights that we could use to dress up our ships a little bit. Tiny red LEDs we could put anywhere, like the lander legs or something. The photo below is a bit dark and can't be brightened without ruining the effect. Best viewed in a darker room or by cupping your hands around your eyes.

There are a lot of annoying bugs in this game, but some of the stuff that works is just downright pleasant!

[SAI Peregrinus]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/16925 probably has what you want.

Edit: also http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/57778

Edited June 3, 2015 by SAI Peregrinus

[AbacusWizard]

It is a pretty neat feature. I once used it to make an orbital disco ball.

Someday I'm going to make another one with a dance floor included...

[Beowolf]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/16925 probably has what you want.

Edit: also http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/57778

Seconded! I love both those mods. Incidentally, ORBITEC is trying to establish a standard for spaceship running lights: Aviation-style red/green on the sides, two white strobes at bow-topside, and one amber strobe at stern-bottom.

edit: OP, do you use TweakScale? I also like making smaller versions of the standard lights. I find all sorts of places they look great at 25%-50% regular size.

[DarkGravity]

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edit: OP, do you use TweakScale? I also like making smaller versions of the standard lights. I find all sorts of places they look great at 25%-50% regular size.

So far the only mods I've tried are KER and Chatterer. Never heard of TweakScale. Does the drag go down as you decrease the size, so you could put a bunch of them on a ship? Also I'm using Windows 8.1, so does it use much RAM?

Edited June 3, 2015 by DarkGravity

[Beowolf]

So far the only mods I've tried are KER and Chatterer. Never heard of TweakScale. Does the drag go down as you decrease the size, so you could put a bunch of them on a ship? Also I'm using Windows 8.1, so does it use much RAM?

Hmm, drag's a good question, and with all the recent aero changes, I have no idea. Most of my lights start life inside fairings, though I do like a "Welcome" light over capsule hatches.

Shouldn't use much RAM, since it doesn't add any new parts. It's the new parts and textures in mods that eat your RAM. Plugins like this one generally have a tiny footprint.

[boxman]

If only they made it so that the lights also change colours. Weird to have for example a red light that looks completely white.

[Plume & Akakak]

Did someone say "lights" ?

Already posted, but Bob's so proud of his personal lab.

[SAI Peregrinus]

With nu FAR, Tweakscale will properly change drag. Without, no idea.

[Sobriquet]

Every time I send up a ship with lights, I play with the settings (right click the light). I'm pleased this is an option, and I just love fiddling with it. I just wish there were some really tiny lights that we could use to dress up our ships a little bit. Tiny red LEDs we could put anywhere, like the lander legs or something. The photo below is a bit dark and can't be brightened without ruining the effect. Best viewed in a darker room or by cupping your hands around your eyes.

There are a lot of annoying bugs in this game, but <minor snip> the stuff that works is just downright pleasant!

http://i.imgur.com/bhWbIPx.png

If there was ever a statement that summed up my experience with Kerbal, this would be it.

I love to muck around with the lights, too. Made purple for the first time this afternoon by happenstance. Good times.

[AbacusWizard]

I love to muck around with the lights, too. Made purple for the first time this afternoon by happenstance. Good times.

Kerbal Space Program: providing an entertaining education in rocket science AND basic color theory!

[BDelacroix]

As stated, aviation lights is a good one for small colored lights. You just have to remember to tie them to the lights button in the custom buttons tab.