Better Than Starting Manned 1.0.5 Compatibility Testing

[DaMachinator]

IMPORTANT: FLOWERCHILD DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS

if you ask FlowerChild for support I may have to continue development of my extremely long range ICBM's and test them on you

DIRECTIONS FOR INSTALL

I am saying to do this: Get a copy of KSP 1.0.5, and set it up as if you were going to play KSP 1.0.5. Do not use the 1.0.4 files. You should start with a clean install of KSP 1.0.5.

Use CKAN to install ModuleManager, it should grab the right version.

 

Download BTSM. Open the zip in your file explorer. Delete the ModuleManager DLL from the GameData folder in the BTSM zip.

Then copy both folders from the zip into your KSP root directory. Merge folders if asked to do so.

 

I have no idea whether it works as FlowerChild intended. He would have to look at my results and see if it is indeed working properly.

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I always wanted to try Better Than Starting Manned, but the earliest version of KSP I can get is for 1.0.5, while the latest mod version is for 1.0.4.

So, I installed the latest 1.0.5 version of ModuleManager via CKAN, and then copied the contents of the Better Than Starting Manned folder into my KSP root directory except for the included ModuleManager dll.

The game loaded.

I started a new career save. That loaded too.

I went into Mission Control - the contracts were the same as I had come to expect from stock.

Tracking Station - precursory glance looks good.

R&D - There are some a lot of empty nodes. Many of the stock parts, especially the airplane parts, cannot be unlocked. I suspect this has nothing to do with 1.0.5.

Edited June 15, 2016 by DaMachinator
added directions

[DaMachinator]

First launch went well. Essentially a big hunk of metal on a solid rocket with fins. It reached 23 kilometers before falling back to the ground.

 

New obseravtions: Contracts are asking me for crew reports at very high altitudes.

Accepted some contracts that made sense. Added barometer and transmitter to above-mentioned craft.

 

Barometer gives situation of "low space" when on launchpad, but refuses to collect data.

Unlocked Engineering 101, which is empty, to pave the way for Survivability, which is not.

Rotated fins on rocket slightly in an attempt to spin-stabilize the rocket, because adding a barometer on only one side means going straight up is not a thing.  Added MOAR BOOSTERS to go higher.

Noted with amusement that all of the boosters are numbered "03".

Got dizzy from using locked cam so that I could actually click the barometer on the spinning rocket.

 

A bunch of rocket bits survived impact. World First!

 

It was noticed that if one could go just a little higher, one would be able to take measurements of the pressure high above Kerbin. A brilliant engineer noticed that the core booster wasn't making the rocket go up any faster by the time it was ignited, and suggested attaching the boosters directly to the "probe".

This did not get any higher than the previous attempt. Apparently that "useless" core booster was doing SOMETHING.

The engineers had another idea - tuck the antenna and barometer behind the probe core so that they made less drag, and don't spin the rocket.

This rocket reached a height of 35 kilometers above the ground.

 

Also managed to get TWO "escape the atmosphere" contracts.

Edited July 28, 2016 by DaMachinator

[DaMachinator]

Aannddd I screwed myself over by using my precious science points for the wrong node.

 

Also, the LV-T15 "Death Wish" overheats so fast it cannot be used for anything.

[KerbaLanzfeld]

So are you saying that 1.0.5 exe works with BTSM the way Flowerchild intended or are there differences?

I want to play as FC intended but unless I get my hands on 1.0.4 exe this is not going to happen until he brings BTMS up to date with current KSP

[DaMachinator]

I am saying to do this: Get a copy of KSP 1.0.5, and set it up as if you were going to play KSP 1.0.5. Do not use the 1.0.4 files. You should start with a clean install of KSP 1.0.5.

Use CKAN to install ModuleManager, it should grab the right version.

 

Download BTSM. Open the zip in your file explorer. Delete the ModuleManager DLL from the GameData folder in the BTSM zip.

Then copy both folders from the zip into your KSP root directory. Merge folders if asked to do so.

 

I have no idea whether it works as FlowerChild intended. (S)He would have to look at my results and see if it is indeed working properly.

Edited June 14, 2016 by DaMachinator
Clarified important things.

[KerbaLanzfeld]

Hey thank you for explaining this.

Somebody pointed out, however, that there is no need for version 1.0.5 

Just go to the KSP store and right click on the 1.0.5 download and copy it to browser. Change the 5 to a 4 and it will download the 1.0.4 version! It is hidden I guess but it works!

 

Cheers!