make items permanent / stock

[EngineerBill]

So instead of adding parts willy nilly to your craft and only really buying them when going to launch, how about you buy the parts first.

Then you have a stock of them from which you can build.

Retrieving stuff puts it into stock, instead of giving money it costs transportation money.

Can sell parts of course.

"Test parts" contracts don't give up front money but rather the part itself.

And then steal parts from other space companies

[Tex_NL]

What you're suggesting is part of Kerbal Construction Time. Something you might be interested in.

[EngineerBill]

What you're suggesting is part of Kerbal Construction Time. Something you might be interested in.

thanks

but I am not really interested in mods. I want the game itself to have all the good stuff. Mods are neat but should imho be limited to adding stuff that the developers themselves don't want in the game, they shouldn't do the developers job.

[Thiagobs]

This would only add unnecessary steps.. one would have to previously purchase parts, perhaps even purchasing a bunch of parts on the off chance that they'll need it.

And what about if you're building a ship and then find out that you're short on parachutes or a fuel tank? Have to leave the VAB/SPH to purchase it and then go back to resume building?

It wouldn't take long until someone mod the game to bring back the 'old way'...