[1.4.1] Take Command Continued- Launch Kerbals in External Command Seats

[linuxgurugamer]

This is a continuation of the old Take Command mod, written by @seanmcdougall.  The old thread is here:  http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/108711-112-take-command-launch-kerbals-in-external-command-seats-v141-may-6-2016/&page=1

Take Command

Take Command enhances the External Command Seat so you can now assign crew to it from within the VAB/SPH just like any other command module. Just add one or more command seats to your ship, assign crew as usual, and launch! Your Kerbal crew will automatically spawn and jump into their assigned seats.

Source Code:  https://github.com/linuxgurugamer/TakeCommand

SpaceDock:  http://spacedock.info/mod/1112/TakeCommandContinued

License:  GPLv3

Donations gratefully accepted

https://www.patreon.com/linuxgurugamer

Edited March 17, 2018 by linuxgurugamer

[Errol]

YES! So good for flight first starts.

[Azimech]

Once, again outstanding work LGG!

 

[greydragon70]

Thank you so much!! I've been hoping someone would pick up this mod.

[Drew Kerman]

LGG once again you have proven the impossible is possible! I'm curious - was it some fix that made it into v1.2.2 of KSP that made this mod feasible again or did you and/or other contributors figure out what the problem was that made it tough to bring forward from earlier versions?

[linuxgurugamer]

1 hour ago, Drew Kerman said:

LGG once again you have proven the impossible is possible! I'm curious - was it some fix that made it into v1.2.2 of KSP that made this mod feasible again or did you and/or other contributors figure out what the problem was that made it tough to bring forward from earlier versions?

Wish I could take credit for it, but this fix was actually done by @GFX5000i, you can read about it in the previous thread.  I just tested it, packaged it up and released it.

[Mandella]

2 hours ago, linuxgurugamer said:

Wish I could take credit for it, but this fix was actually done by @GFX5000i, you can read about it in the previous thread.  I just tested it, packaged it up and released it.

This is excellent work. Thank you to both of you!

[monstah]

The Guru, Father of Orphaned Mods, Breaker of Bugs, King of the Andals and The First Users, @linuxgurugamer does it again!

Did you fix the problems you were having, or is this a complete rewrite from zero?

[linuxgurugamer]

4 hours ago, monstah said:

The Guru, Father of Orphaned Mods, Breaker of Bugs, King of the Andals and The First Users, @linuxgurugamer does it again!

Did you fix the problems you were having, or is this a complete rewrite from zero?

LOL.  Your turn to read 2 posts up

[monstah]

Oh, right.

I actually remember seeing that post on the old topic. Didn't think it did the trick, tho.

[Errol]

Any idea if it is a good idea to try this in a 1.2.1 save?

[linuxgurugamer]

It will most likely work

[AlphaMensae]

Yes, @linuxgurugamer does it again!

Thank you very much for doing this, this was literally the last mod I was waiting for to be updated for 1.2.x  I'm altering the tech tree for career mode so that the command seat is the only way to do manned flights (to put it loosely  ) at the start.

 

 

[lajoswinkler]

Very useful mod, well done.

[GDJ]

Tried Take Command Continued last night on KSP 1.2.1 and it works perfectly! The Pilot is in the seat when the plane spawns on the runway, just like it should.

Great job Linuxgurugamer!

[Ruedii]

Do you have a brief description of how the new codebase works.  I understand you decided to completely redo it because the old codebase was unportable.

[Benji13]

It lives!

[Ruedii]

On 12/12/2016 at 11:52 PM, linuxgurugamer said:

Wish I could take credit for it, but this fix was actually done by @GFX5000i, you can read about it in the previous thread.  I just tested it, packaged it up and released it.

Nice, so you decided to run the QA handling and packaging of the mod.

p.s. I see, so you simply moved the actions of the mod to before physics initialize.  I thought of something along the same lines, but I didn't know how it could be done, or if it would be possible.  It's cool to see that someone else came up with the same solution, as well as a way to implement it fully.

 

Edited December 18, 2016 by Ruedii
Moar stuff.

[linuxgurugamer]

New release:  1.4.2.1

• Fixed build scripts (paths were wrong)
• Now contains correct .version file

No code changes, so no real need to update, unless AVC is bothering you

[Space Scumbag]

Thank you for updating this mod. I use it with so many situations in the game.

[TheKurgan]

Hey @linuxgurugamer I have a question, I ask this for 2 reasons; 1 I love this little mod, and I would like to slightly broaden it's functionality, and 2 I'm still learning with regards to .cfg files, and if this works I'll be thrilled

The EAS-316 "Meadowlark" Observation Pod aka SXTmeadowlark in "SXT Continued" mod (that I just figured out you are the one continuing!!)  has two external command seats in it, and they have the same module, "KerbalSeat" just like the Squad external command seat... Can we assign crew to them in the editor with a little tweak of the .cfg file?

In the TakeCommand.cfg file, this is what it says:

@PART[seatExternalCmd]:FOR[TakeCommand]
{
    CrewCapacity = 1
    MODULE
    {
        name = TakeCommand
        minimumCrew = 1
    }
    //INTERNAL
    //{
    //      name = GenericSpace1
    //}
}
 

BUT

Would something like this work better? I'm testing it now to see if it works.

 

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[KerbalSeat]:FOR[TakeCommand]]
{
    CrewCapacity = 1
    MODULE
    {
        name = TakeCommand
        minimumCrew = 1
    }
    //INTERNAL
    //{
    //      name = GenericSpace1
    //}
}

[linuxgurugamer]

That looks like it would work.  Let me know how it goes, if it does, I may just add that

[TheKurgan]

It almost works

you can assign one crew member, but when you launch, he doesn't sit... he just freaks out and gets ejected... sometimes very forcefully

[linuxgurugamer]

11 hours ago, TheKurgan said:

It almost works

you can assign one crew member, but when you launch, he doesn't sit... he just freaks out and gets ejected... sometimes very forcefully

ok, I'll take a look at it.  Could you open an issue on Github about this?

I'll have to look at the meadowlark config to understand what's going on 

Thanks

[TheKurgan]

Well, it's not really an issue, it's more like a request? Sure though I will put it on git, thanks man.