[1.2.2] TWSA's Payload Adapters!

[Tristonwilson12]

Hello! so i made a small little mod today. it adds 1 part to the game. and that part is a payload adapter!, the payload adapter is what the Payload on a rocket sits on on its ride to space, before separating from the rocket! 

 

heres some screenshots.

 

What's in development now:

SYLDA

Different designs

White adapters

Different length adapters

 

 

Download on my spacedock here

Team Members:

Tristonwilson12- Lead Developer, Modeling, Texturing, unity

XxhansonmaxX- Modeling, Texturing, unity

License info:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

 

 

Edited March 21, 2017 by Tristonwilson12
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[_Augustus_]

Finally. No more yucky LOX tank showing on my Centaur!

[VenomousRequiem]

...something I didn't know I needed! You're my hero, Triston.

[Tristonwilson12]

6 minutes ago, VenomousRequiem said:

...something I didn't know I needed! You're my hero, Triston.

aww thanks! its simple, yet can make 1000 changes

[Tristonwilson12]

ok so i just fixed a problem with the file hierarchy...1.2 is up on space dock

 

[Drakenex]

looking good! thanks

Edited May 30, 2016 by Drakenex

[Tristonwilson12]

hows this looking? im liking it. i might have another release soon hehe

[Tristonwilson12]

im not the best texturer

[Tristonwilson12]

you can sale them down and stack them on top of each other to make more versatile adapters!

 

[Tristonwilson12]

update 1.3 is live.

Updated textures and model

integrated Tweakscale CFG so you dont have to move files around

Edited May 30, 2016 by Tristonwilson12

[Armor9]

Kinda confused how this works. Can you show picture with payload and fairing?

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

This is cool. Could you make some that are just a tad narrower at the bottom so you can do fairings straight up?

[Drakenex]

worked better for me using:

MODULE
{
    name = TweakScale
    type = stack
    defaultScale = 2.5
}

 

[Tristonwilson12]

3 hours ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

This is cool. Could you make some that are just a tad narrower at the bottom so you can do fairings straight up?

yea sure! i just noticed that issue  so ill fix it now

[politas]

Now, what I'd really like to see is these done as a service bay, so you can put a probe core and a battery inside, with a decoupler at the top.

[Tristonwilson12]

3 hours ago, politas said:

Now, what I'd really like to see is these done as a service bay, so you can put a probe core and a battery inside, with a decoupler at the top.

I don't quite understand what you mean... Do you mean something like this?? Cause they already act as a decoupler, and its hollow so you can place things in side it

Edited May 31, 2016 by Tristonwilson12

[_Augustus_]

1 hour ago, Tristonwilson12 said:

I don't quite understand what you mean... Do you mean something like this?? Cause they already act as a decoupler, and its hollow so you can place things in side it

That would be interesting.

[Tristonwilson12]

I mean there's this I made 

[BananaTime101]

Any chance you could make a white version?

[Tristonwilson12]

5 minutes ago, BananaIsAFruit said:

Any chance you could make a white version?

Yea sure. 

[BananaTime101]

Just now, Tristonwilson12 said:

Yea sure. 

Cool. Gonna use this on my Falcon 9 and Atlas V. Thanks a lot.

[Tristonwilson12]

Just now, BananaIsAFruit said:

Cool. Gonna use this on my Falcon 9 and Atlas V. Thanks a lot.

No problem

 

[politas]

4 hours ago, Tristonwilson12 said:

I don't quite understand what you mean... Do you mean something like this?? Cause they already act as a decoupler, and its hollow so you can place things in side it

Didn't realise they were already working as decouplers; that's great. Hollow is great; does it have an internal skin and a door? 

                                       ====================
                                      /   ==============   \
                                     /    |   Probe    |    \
                                    /     |   Core     |     \
                                   /      ==============      \
                                  /       |  Battery   |       \
                                 /        |            |        \
                                /         ==============         \
                                ==================================
                               |         Fairing                  |
                               |         Adapter                  |
                               ====================================

That's what I'd like to do, basically. Without having to do any clipping.

[Tristonwilson12]

3 hours ago, politas said:

Didn't realise they were already working as decouplers; that's great. Hollow is great; does it have an internal skin and a door? 

                                       ====================
                                      /   ==============   \
                                     /    |   Probe    |    \
                                    /     |   Core     |     \
                                   /      ==============      \
                                  /       |  Battery   |       \
                                 /        |            |        \
                                /         ==============         \
                                ==================================
                               |         Fairing                  |
                               |         Adapter                  |
                               ====================================

That's what I'd like to do, basically. Without having to do any clipping.

no but i can add that if you guys want

[liquidhype]

Good work so far. Maybe go for a more generic and original look whilst keeping them at stock sizes. People already have and/or are working on real launch vehicles which will include all the respective PAFs for each launch vehicle. Rather than simply copying real-world PAFs, it would be a lot cooler for people who don't use or make real launch vehicles to have PAFs that fit better with, and has the same aesthetic as stock parts and parts packs meant to compliment the stock parts.

I'd suggest going the route of KW Rocketry, B9 Aerospace, SpaceY and SSTU. Those parts are all original work and fit extremely well with stock, stockalike parts and other parts packs. Instead of making a payload adapter that looks identical to ones used on Atlas V, or SYLDA/SPELTRA for Ariane, why don't you make them look more original and make them more versitile in terms of how people can use them? I'm sure people would love to have a SYLDA-looking thing that can be made longer by simply adding sections to it before capping it off with a payload adapter on top. Think of it how we build the fairings from KW Rocketry.

Make some PAFs with a conical shape, some with a cylindrical shape, some with a low profile, some with a high profile and add TweakScale support. Maybe also make a couple small ones (less than 1.25m) which could be perfect for use with Kartoffelkuchens Solid Kickers pack. That will be far more useful for people compared to if you simply made ones that are identical to real-world ones. No one likes 1-use-only parts. The more mods they can be used with, the better.