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  On 3/9/2019 at 8:18 PM, PDelta41 said:

Okay, I've got into this some, and have the initial framework coded. Do you have any idea which parts should go in which nodes? Or for that matter, a parts inventory so I can cross-check?  Let me know your thoughts.

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Not really, I haven't done anything with this mod yet

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@linuxgurugamer

1) Thank you very much for picking up this mod, I didn't get much use from it before it went dormant which I kind of regret so I'm glad to see the legendary linuxgurugamer getting involved. I know better than to ask "when will it be done?" but I do look forward to seeing forward progress in the hopefully not to distant future.

2) How the HECK do you manage to keep all the mods you support active and up to date? Especially given some are as large as Lack's old STX mod?

Mad respect to you my friend.

 

 

 

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  On 3/9/2019 at 8:18 PM, PDelta41 said:

Okay, I've got into this some, and have the initial framework coded. Do you have any idea which parts should go in which nodes? Or for that matter, a parts inventory so I can cross-check?  Let me know your thoughts.

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Here is a CSV file, listing the part file, part name and part title:

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For all interested, I have a beta available of this mod updated for 1.6:

https://github.com/linuxgurugamer/RetroFuture/releases/tag/b1


The AlternateStockalikeScheme replaces some textures to make the mod look more stockalike.  Read the instructions in the zip file

  • Requires the following mod:
    • Firespitter Core
  • Recommends the following mods:
    • SmokeScreen
    • TweakScale
  • Suggests:
    • Tweakscale
    •  Ferram Aerospace Research

I need feedback, even if it's to say all is good.  No feedback will mean a lack of interest, and i may not continue beyond this.

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Okay, gave it a bit of time tinkering with the RF parts.

Fiddling with this mod is like hanging out with a dear old friend. I love the form-factor / cross sections and really over-the-top chunky/low-tech awesomeness. It's not quite Kerbal aesthetic overall, but still really fun.

  • The part textures are starting to show their age / sure, they could use some refinement at the joins here and there. I haven't yet plugged in the alternate textures.
  • I didn't attempt to attach/build everything, but some parts like the booms (long, skinny ones) and the wing adapter pods seemed to be oriented the wrong way when placing into the scene. The booms also have something weird going on with the attachment points. I wound up attaching them "backward" clipped into the adapter, then manually tweaked them around.
  • Some of the prop engines had some amazing temperature/heat effects. I didn't encounter them with my little test flight, but assume some of these might still happen?
  • The textures on the Retro-Future pwings were ridiculously fun/cool. I can't remember if there was an emissive/light-up texture, but it was something along those lines. Anything still in that pwings.zip file to play with?
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  On 3/24/2019 at 9:08 PM, Beetlecat said:

The part textures are starting to show their age / sure, they could use some refinement at the joins here and there. I haven't yet plugged in the alternate textures.

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If someone wants to work on those, that would be great, but I am not.

  On 3/24/2019 at 9:08 PM, Beetlecat said:

I didn't attempt to attach/build everything, but some parts like the booms (long, skinny ones) and the wing adapter pods seemed to be oriented the wrong way when placing into the scene. The booms also have something weird going on with the attachment points. I wound up attaching them "backward" clipped into the adapter, then manually tweaked them around.

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If you could be specific as to which parts, that would help.  This is a big mod (lots of parts)

  On 3/24/2019 at 9:08 PM, Beetlecat said:
  • Some of the prop engines had some amazing temperature/heat effects. I didn't encounter them with my little test flight, but assume some of these might still happen?
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One can hope.  I haven't done anything to them in that area, not sure if the effects will continue since they were made for an older version of KSP

  On 3/24/2019 at 9:08 PM, Beetlecat said:

The textures on the Retro-Future pwings were ridiculously fun/cool. I can't remember if there was an emissive/light-up texture, but it was something along those lines. Anything still in that pwings.zip file to play with?

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Nope. Just there since I had no where else to put them

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  On 3/24/2019 at 9:42 PM, linuxgurugamer said:

If someone wants to work on those, that would be great, but I am not.

If you could be specific as to which parts, that would help.  This is a big mod (lots of parts)

One can hope.  I haven't done anything to them in that area, not sure if the effects will continue since they were made for an older version of KSP

Nope. Just there since I had no where else to put them

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Cool --

I'll have a more time tomorrow evening, and make a better point of IDing parts and quirks/errors.

The part I was having the most fun/trouble with was the "Structural Boom" (in Aero/tailBoom). Turns out it has two attachment points due to two part size variants (via firespitter?). It still doesn't like being attached in a rear-facing manner, preferring instead to be clipped entirely through a craft instead. Maybe the attachment point is inverted.

I'd love to learn more about this stuff. Is that controlled in the cfg, or in the mu itself?

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  On 3/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, Beetlecat said:

Cool --

I'll have a more time tomorrow evening, and make a better point of IDing parts and quirks/errors.

The part I was having the most fun/trouble with was the "Structural Boom" (in Aero/tailBoom). Turns out it has two attachment points due to two part size variants (via firespitter?). It still doesn't like being attached in a rear-facing manner, preferring instead to be clipped entirely through a craft instead. Maybe the attachment point is inverted.

I'd love to learn more about this stuff. Is that controlled in the cfg, or in the mu itself?

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Attachment points are controlled entirely in the cfg.  The handles are funny, and inverting it might take some fiddly work, but it can be done.  It's been a long time since I've spent any time with those, though. 

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  On 3/20/2019 at 3:23 PM, linuxgurugamer said:

Here is a CSV file, listing the part file, part name and part title:

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Okay, somehow I missed the part where you explicitly said "Here is a CSV file".  I had copy-pasted it to notepad and was futsing with it before I realized that the items were nicely separated by commas, spaces and hard returns, and that I could save it as a .CSV and it'd be easier to play with (which I did).  Then, this morning, I log back in, and boom! there it is, mocking me.  

Anyways, enough drama.  I'll continue working on this over the next couple weeks; I just need to decide which parts go in which nodes. Right now they're all set to the same node, albeit in four parts. 

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  On 3/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, Beetlecat said:

Cool --

I'll have a more time tomorrow evening, and make a better point of IDing parts and quirks/errors.

The part I was having the most fun/trouble with was the "Structural Boom" (in Aero/tailBoom). Turns out it has two attachment points due to two part size variants (via firespitter?). It still doesn't like being attached in a rear-facing manner, preferring instead to be clipped entirely through a craft instead. Maybe the attachment point is inverted.

I'd love to learn more about this stuff. Is that controlled in the cfg, or in the mu itself?

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If you feel it's necessary, feel free to post pics and vids to show your point

 

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  On 3/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, Beetlecat said:

Cool --

I'll have a more time tomorrow evening, and make a better point of IDing parts and quirks/errors.

The part I was having the most fun/trouble with was the "Structural Boom" (in Aero/tailBoom). Turns out it has two attachment points due to two part size variants (via firespitter?). It still doesn't like being attached in a rear-facing manner, preferring instead to be clipped entirely through a craft instead. Maybe the attachment point is inverted.

I'd love to learn more about this stuff. Is that controlled in the cfg, or in the mu itself?

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Still waiting for a list, if you aren't going to be able to, please let me know 

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Apologies -- I haven't been able to fire up KSP in a number of days.

The only part I was able to confirm had issues was the above-mentioned part located in /Aero/tailBoom that wants to attach facing the wrong way. The dual attachment points are indeed just to allow the different lengths of variants.

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  On 4/1/2019 at 7:51 PM, Beetlecat said:

Apologies -- I haven't been able to fire up KSP in a number of days.

The only part I was able to confirm had issues was the above-mentioned part located in /Aero/tailBoom that wants to attach facing the wrong way. The dual attachment points are indeed just to allow the different lengths of variants.

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Ok, I'll use the B9PartSwitcher to control them if I can.  

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  On 3/25/2019 at 8:33 PM, PDelta41 said:

Okay, somehow I missed the part where you explicitly said "Here is a CSV file".  I had copy-pasted it to notepad and was futsing with it before I realized that the items were nicely separated by commas, spaces and hard returns, and that I could save it as a .CSV and it'd be easier to play with (which I did).  Then, this morning, I log back in, and boom! there it is, mocking me.  

Anyways, enough drama.  I'll continue working on this over the next couple weeks; I just need to decide which parts go in which nodes. Right now they're all set to the same node, albeit in four parts. 

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Hi, do you have any update on this?

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