Nils277 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 can you add crew tubes with KAS support too? I'm not 100% sure what you mean with this. Do you mean a part where you can store others parts in like in the SC-62 Container from KIS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nansuchao Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I think he means a tube to connect more parts of the base together, allowing for crew transfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) The ability to land "sideways" from the perspective of a rocket stack is always the tricky bit with part sets like these. A few suggestions:One, is it possible to put nodes on the top and bottom (as landed) at the exact center? Two, is there any way to have a control unit that would control the parts such that they can land as a lander (down being down)? Perhaps a control unit designed to sit "on top" (as landed) of the modules?Three, the stock legs don't really match the attachment points provided, they float.Four, assuming a node on the "bottom" were added, you could make a heat shield that is heavy enough that the craft can reenter down as down (biconic?). It can then be jettisoned before actual landing.Five, the IVAs seem kinda dark. Edited July 1, 2015 by tater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils277 Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) The ability to land "sideways" from the perspective of a rocket stack is always the tricky bit with part sets like these. A few suggestions:One, is it possible to put nodes on the top and bottom (as landed) at the exact center? Two, is there any way to have a control unit that would control the parts such that they can land as a lander (down being down)? Perhaps a control unit designed to sit "on top" (as landed) of the modules?Three, the stock legs don't really match the attachment points provided, they float.Four, assuming a node on the "bottom" were added, you could make a heat shield that is heavy enough that the craft can reenter down as down (biconic?). It can then be jettisoned before actual landing.Five, the IVAs seem kinda dark.You are right with the part about landing sideways. It really wasn't easy to land the showcased base on minmus.To your points:That might be a good idea. Though this won't be possible with the Science Lab since it has its "telescope" in the exact center of the top.This idea sounds good too. This would make landing these things much easier. Also it might look cool having such a thing on top. In some tests i attached the Rover-Body to one of the sides of the modules and it looked like a huge air control unit.You are right, i have to scale down the collision meshes a bit, this applies to all other parts as well. Forgot that they have to be a bit smaller than the model due to the way the physics-engine handles collisions. Doh!Hmm...This would result in many different sized heatshields for all modules...maybe i find a way to solve this without spamming parts. There are no lights in the IVAs yet. They will be added in one of the next releases. Edited July 1, 2015 by Nils277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.O.M. Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Now that I've had some time to play around with the parts I have two suggestions.1. I think you should add a frame where the glass bends for the large greenhouse windows, how the glass is currently is, well, improbable. The other parts could use this treatment as well.2. The airlocks seem too small for the notoriously big-headed Kerbals. This is a pet peeve more than anything, since it could possibly involve upping the scale of each part.Hope my epic paint skills helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidninjawombat Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 These looks pretty great! will happily give them a test spin soon. If you need any help with TAC-LS or USI-LS configs, ill be happy to send some your way, once ive played around with the parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseman Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Wow, these parts look great. I love how far people can run with the stockalike style. I'm looking forward to USI-LS integration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) Now that I've had some time to play around with the parts I have two suggestions.2. The airlocks seem too small for the notoriously big-headed Kerbals. This is a pet peeve more than anything, since it could possibly involve upping the scale of each part.http://i.imgur.com/dWjA7yN.jpg?1Hope my epic paint skills helped.Regarding the doors, it's a tough call. Part of me wants to require using the airlock part, but we need the door to transfer.Hmm...This would result in many different sized heatshields for all modules...maybe i find a way to solve this without spamming parts. Yeah, that's a problem, clearly. I was thinking for Duna/Eve/Laythe habs. The bottom could have a tweakable (autocorrect ate this the first time) ablator value as some mods do.I was initially wanting to fit a rover inside the service bay, then realized that I could just make a roving hab, and it looks pretty cool.Also, in the part descriptions it might be nice to mention the crew size when deployed. Edited July 2, 2015 by tater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatGuyWithALongUsername Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 This looks really neat! It looks to me like a stockalike mks. I ile it.- - - Updated - - -I meant to say I like it! I'm on mobile, and so autocorrect got me, I would edit it but I can't on mobile... It never works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdusacconBR Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I think he means a tube to connect more parts of the base together, allowing for crew transfer.yep, like the MKS Flex-O-Tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hieywiey Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Could you make an ISRU part that fits with the rest of the parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nils277 Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) These looks pretty great! will happily give them a test spin soon. If you need any help with TAC-LS or USI-LS configs, ill be happy to send some your way, once ive played around with the parts.Thanks! I'll come back to that when i integrate the LS mods.The bottom could have a tweakable (autocorrect ate this the first time) ablator value as some mods do.Also, in the part descriptions it might be nice to mention the crew size when deployed.Thought that was already in the descriptions of the expandable modules...will fix that. Regarding the Heatshields, it may be a good idea to make the bottom of the modules ablative. Also thought about a heatshield with tweakable size. So this would go into a "one shield fits all" way.Another idea was a giant heatshield unterneath the complete base...like in this picture i foundBut who in Kermans name would be able to bring this into space? yep, like the MKS Flex-O-TubesI'll take a look into that once the vanilla and LS mods are done.Could you make an ISRU part that fits with the rest of the parts?This will probably be in one of the next two or three updates. Not sure about the doors yet, they really seem a bit small for the Kerbals. On the other side the hatches in the stock parts aren't much bigger.The problem is that i wanted to make all the parts fit into the MK3 cargo bay so there is not much space to scale them up.Phew..there is still a lot of work to do to support the whole mod ecosystem... Edited July 3, 2015 by Nils277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwaster Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Regarding the Heatshields, it may be a good idea to make the bottom of the modules ablative. Also thought about a heatshield with tweakable size. So this would go into a "one shield fits all" way.Another idea was a giant heatshield unterneath the complete base...like in this picture i foundhttp://www.postcardsfromthefuture.net/images/gallery/mtrv/TN_MLM_detail.jpgBut who in Kermans name would be able to bring this into space? Another possibility would be to make aeroshells with either the stock procedural fairings or e-dog's procedural fairings. I've been thinking about cloning fairing parts with ablative shielding for Deadly Reentry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota2063 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 First I want to say. Thank you. I have always hated using station and ship parts for base making as they never felt like an appropriate facility. I have been designing my own, but Since I don't model or program it has remained just a dream, so it's great to see something like this come out, that isn't super complicated Like MKS/OKS. Also, I've never liked inflatable buildings, so these are just awesome on a whole other level. I'm looking forward to not only using these, but to also see future development plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pkmniako Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 - Looks incredibly good.- Looks stocky- Seems easy to landOnly thing I see it lacks is support with other mods, but very great parts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arron Rift Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Very nice! Love the shape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdusacconBR Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 how am i supposed to land these on other celestial bodies?- - - Updated - - -and, can you add smaller modular storages? or a tweakable one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klgraham1013 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Looks great. As far as the doors, perhaps the sides could move outward and then expand upward? My family had a camper similar to this, where the door was only half sized until you raised that section of the camper.It'd be more work, but, hey, that's what alphas and betas are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwaster Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I think they look fine as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Maybe add support for Extraplanetary Launchpads, that is make the workshops and the launchpads themselves? c: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) how am i supposed to land these on other celestial bodies?I threw a radial attachment node on the roof in the center, then put a skinny probe core to it. Alternately, even a doing port on the roof would do ("control from here"). Edited July 3, 2015 by tater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdusacconBR Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 i used a cubic strut, because its smaller, and did a base lander of over 1.000 Dv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Also, maybe add KIS support to the modular storage system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoPhizzix Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Really enjoying the mod and finally completed a base on the mun with it.....next week, Minmus. Javascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekan1k Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 This is one VERY .... mod. The only way if could be better, is if the parts had IVA's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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