What parts does the community want?

[mbartelsm]

I want to make a mod but I don't know what to do, so I thought of asking the community to see if there's a demand for anything specific. I can only model and texture, so unless someone is willing to help, there would be no scripting of any kind.

I was thinking of making either a 1.875m or a 0.9735m rocket parts mod, there are a couple of mods which use parts of this size (such as Tantares) but they rarely provide enough parts for a proper rocket.

Edited November 23, 2016 by mbartelsm

[DONUTS]

A mod with just heli propellors, not other fancy stuff. Just.. Heli propellors (on top and the one in the back).

The thing is that is kinda hard to make so its only seen on like 2 mods. Im no man to talk since i don't know anything about scripting tho

[mythbusters844]

A B-29 or B-25 style cockpit for, uh, normal passenger flights

[SpaceMouse]

47 minutes ago, mbartelsm said:

I want to make a mod but I don't know what to do, so I thought of asking the community to see if there's a demand for anything specific. I can only model and texture, so unless someone is willing to help, there would be no scripting of any kind.

I was thinking of making either a 1.875m or a 0.9735m rocket parts mod, there are a couple of mods which use parts of this size (such as Tantares) but they rarely provide enough parts for a proper rocket.

Make stuff you want. You can also stick to stock modules. That's generally what i do. Programming argument aside, another reason i do this is because stock modules SHOULDN'T break when the game updates.

It is cool to see what ideas people have for mods though.

 

 

4 minutes ago, mythbusters844 said:

A B-29 or B-25 style cockpit for, uh, normal passenger flights

SXT made one a while back, I'm unsure if it runs in he current version of KSP though.

[mythbusters844]

Just now, SpaceMouse said:

SXT made one a while back, I'm unsure if it runs in he current version of KSP though.

It's modeled after the He 111 which looks similar but much different

So far nobody has modeled a true B-29 or B-25 cockpit yet

[SpaceMouse]

Hmmmm. I never looked at them that closely. It does look much closer to the HE-111.

[nascarlaser1]

A more than 1 manned copula module please!

(or if someone can give me a guide to do the exact thing my self with a stock texture/module., I'd be grateful as well.)

[mbartelsm]

34 minutes ago, nascarlaser1 said:

A more than 1 manned copula module please!

(or if someone can give me a guide to do the exact thing my self with a stock texture/module., I'd be grateful as well.)

 

Well, just go to GameData\Squad\Parts\Command\cupola\ open the .cfg file with notepad and change CrewCapacity to 2

[0111narwhalz]

1 hour ago, mbartelsm said:

Well, just go to GameData\Squad\Parts\Command\cupola\ open the .cfg file with notepad and change CrewCapacity to 2

Won't that cause problems with IVA's?

[tater]

Decent landing legs and lander parts that are not so stock-a-like that they look terrible (since sadly stock rocket parts look terrible).

Deep space crew parts. There are loads of great station parts now in mods, and many can also be used for spacecraft, but more space-specific part are always cool.

[Sharpy]

If you make kerbed parts, give them great IVA. I'm tired of parts with no IVA. USI stuff would be so great, but it has no IVA on nearly anything, and so, no cookie.

[SebastianPahlsson]

 

I would like to have another base module mod that looks a bit more realistic than the existing ones. You could have Hab modules, greenhouse modules and such. Storage modules. Like some of the other base mods.

Inflatable bases would be a cool thing. With extendable parts and such.

Lander with inflatable hab:

 

 

Other Pictures:

                

  

 

Edited November 24, 2016 by SebastianPahlsson

[Ketaz]

More rover parts.

[SpaceMouse]

1 hour ago, SebastianPahlsson said:

Inflatable bases would be a cool thing. With extendable parts and such.

Hygiene module. Can't we just call it a bathroom?

Theres already plenty of base parts, but these are good pics i haven't seen before and i might use them for inspiration.

[nascarlaser1]

15 hours ago, 0111narwhalz said:

Won't that cause problems with IVA's?

my exact issue^^^

[Kombat engineer]

You can try a probe/satellites mod which aims to add diversity to probes/satellites. Here is a name Diverse Orbital Satellites.

[Lord_inter]

I'd like something to help rovers on minmus, I keep crashing them under braking and turning, something that uses the rcs maybe. I know you can leave it on but doesn't work very well.

 

 

Oh oh oh better idea! Eva suit/assist, playing with konstruction, ksa and ksi (kas and ksi, you get what I mean) has given me the idea of some kind of alien style mech suit for the kerbal to eva in. 3 or 4 grabber arms, maybe a winch with a harpoon. would be awesome and help me to no end making things. perhaps it could use the ladder system to attach itself to the station/ship too?

Edited November 27, 2016 by Lord_intet
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[Stone Blue]

46 minutes ago, Lord_intet said:

Oh oh oh better idea! Eva suit/assist, playing with konstruction, ksa and ksi (kas and ksi, you get what I mean) has given me the idea of some kind of alien style mech suit for the kerbal to eva in. 3 or 4 grabber arms, maybe a winch with a harpoon. would be awesome and help me to no end making things. perhaps it could use the ladder system to attach itself to the station/ship too?

the Power Loader:

http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Caterpillar_P-5000_Work_Loader

[Lord_inter]

Yeah that,  I want a kerbal in that

[Benji13]

I was thinking about making a mod that has very cheap and dodgy looking parts based off what most people do with stock parts. Like putting a deck chair in a cargo bay. 

[Tyko]

I'd love to see an alternative stockalike 3 person command pod. The Stock version doesn't really go with more recently created parts and the fact that the crew hatch isn't located on one of the 4 cardinal directions makes ladder placement a pain.

 

[Hay]

2.5m airplane parts or a 2 man 1.875 Gemini/Soyuz pod

[mbartelsm]

1 hour ago, Hay said:

2.5m airplane parts or a 2 man 1.875 Gemini/Soyuz pod

This thread hasn't really been useful. I thought maybe there was something that the community wanted but it seems everyone wants something different

I think I'll go with the original idea and make a 1.875m mod (including a soyuz style pod).

BTW, arent Mk3 parts 2.5m?

[Hay]

8 hours ago, mbartelsm said:

This thread hasn't really been useful. I thought maybe there was something that the community wanted but it seems everyone wants something different

I think I'll go with the original idea and make a 1.875m mod (including a soyuz style pod).

BTW, arent Mk3 parts 2.5m?

Mk.3 parts are 3.75m parts with the sides cut of. But a 2 man pod would be great!

[Sharpy]

On 24.11.2016 at 4:32 PM, SebastianPahlsson said:

 

I would like to have another base module mod that looks a bit more realistic than the existing ones.

 

Pathfinder and USI do this already.

19 hours ago, Hay said:

2.5m airplane parts

A plenty in SXT.

 

I'm seconding a larger cupola. Something in 3.5m profile, 3 kerbals, nice IVA, maybe two versions of IVA - command and habitat. A thing to install on space stations and bases.