[1.4.x] Comfortable Landing [V1.6]

[Icecovery]

I am no longer maintaining this thread, please move HERE for the latest version

Comfortable Landing can keep your Kerbals safe and feel comfortable even in the last minute of a mission!

It adds retro rockets, buoys, and airbags into stock command pod and command pod of other mod.

And they will automatically deploy when certain conditions are met.

Full Pictures Album + GIF

 

Thanks @Kottabos made this great video for Comfortable Landing!

 

 

Features:

Automatic deploy buoys or airbags, start landing burns.

Supported mod except for stock (list below) and more mod support coming soon.

 

Future features:

More Mod supports.

 

How to use:

To activate Comfortable Landing, press the Activate Pre-Landing Mode button before landing or splashing.

 

-The retro rockets will start at 5 meters from the ground/water.

-The buoys will be inflated after splashing and got bigger buoyancy.

-The airbags will be inflated at 500 meters from the ground/water, and it will deflate after landing (but not splashing). The crash tolerance of part will increases when it was inflated.

Comfortable Landing will stop work after landing or splashing.

 

Add retro rockets/buoys/airbags to your mod:

Github Wiki Page: click here

 

Supported mod:

Stock (Mk1-2/Mk1/Mk2/Mk1-3)

Bluedog Design Bureau (Kane-11-3/Kane-11-5/Leo-M-63E/Leo-M-3VS)

Near Future Spacecraft (Mk3-9)

FASA (Apollo Float Ring/Apollo Float Round/Gemini/Gemini(White))

Notantares Space Industries (Porkalike Gemini-style "Mk1-A" Command Pod)(Config not included)

Tantares (VA/Soyuz)

Corvus CF (Corvus Command Pod )(Thanks forum user Aerospacesmith for providing this cfg!)

HOYO CSM (HOYO Command Module)

Icecovery's Chinese Spacecraft Pack (Shenzhou re-entry module)

 

Standalone parts：

Universal Airbag Module
Universal Buoy Module 
Universal Retro Rocket Module

Universal Landing Skirt Module

(Support rescale by TweakScale)

If you haven't installed TweakScale, will provide 0.625m, 1.25m, 2.5m and 3.75m size.

 

Author:

Models, Textures, Import, Configs: Icecovery

Plugins, Debug: Icecovery, 01010101lzy

 

Download:

Spacedock: click here

CKAN: Search for the keyword "Comfortable Landing" and download it.(Thanks linuxgurugamer!)

If you have already installed earlier versions with Icecovery's Chinese Spacecraft Pack, please delete it first.

 

Installation:

Depend: Module Manager
Recommend: TweakScale
Delete GameData\ComfortableLanding\Configs folder if you want to remove integrated functions.

 

Donate:

If you like this MOD, you may wish to try to donate me a cup of coffee and make me have enough energy to keep study in my high school class after making these things! Thank you! 

 

Changelog:

Spoiler

-V1.6(20180610)
--Add config for Connected Living Space
--Airbag/Buoy/Skirt can now preview the expanded status in VAB/SPH

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-V1.5(20180324)
-Support KSP 1.4.x
-Add support for the pod below:
--Mk2 Command Pod (If DLC is installed)
--Mk1-3 Command Pod
-Add 1.875m and 5m size of all standalone parts(If TweakScale is not installed)
-Remove a incorrect standalone part(Because ModuleManager will ignore /**/ in cfg)
-Fix a bug about 0.625m Universal Buoy Module doesn't show in game

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-V1.4(20180129)
-Add Universal Landing Skirt Module
-Fixed the problem in the MM CFG
-Fixed something else but I forgot
-Flag!

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-V1.3(20171205)
-Add different size (0.625m,1.25m,2.5m,3.75m) for standalone parts for user who haven't installed TweakScale
-Fix repeat patch for Tantares

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-V1.2(20171130)
-Add support for the mod below:
--Corvus CF(Thanks forum user Aerospacesmith for providing this cfg!)
--HOYO CSM
-Add three standalone parts:(Support rescale by TweakScale)
--Universal Airbag Module
--Universal Buoy Module
--Universal Retro Rocket Module

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-V1.1(20171028)
-Add support for the mod below:
--Tantares
-More Pod support for the pods below:
--Bluedog Design Bureau
---Gemini Pod A
---Gemini Pod B
--FASA
---Gemini Pod
---Gemini Pod(white)
--Stock Mk1 Pod
-More features

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-V1.0(20170923):Official version release!
-Add support for the mod below:
--Bluedog Design Bureau
--Near Future Spacecraft
--FASA
--Stock Mk1-2 Pod

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-V0.1(20170912):Release with ICSP V1.0

IT IS WIP, ONLY WORKING WITH ICSP(Icecovery's Chinese Spacecraft Pack) NOW!

 

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License: 

Comfortable Landing was released under GNU General Public License v3.0

 

Source Code:

Github: click here

Edited November 5, 2018 by Icecovery
Add link for Comfortable Landing Continued

[DJ Reonic]

I'm assuming you are planning Tantares compatibility. If so, I can't wait. Awesome looking mod!!!

[Nightside]

Wow this looks great!

[Ourshinigami]

Really cool

[Icecovery]

15 minutes ago, DJ Reonic said:

I'm assuming you are planning Tantares compatibility. If so, I can't wait. Awesome looking mod!!!

Well, now it is in my plan.

Thanks for your suggest!

[Jhorriga]

YESSSSSSSSSS

You said to me you would add fasa compatibility tho

[debaker02]

This is amazing!

[Voidryder]

Thanks! This is a great addition to command pods. Keep up the good work! Have a cup of coffee on me.

 

[DStaal]

I like the general idea - but honestly, the fact that it's integrated into the command pods deters me.  My action menu is long enough on them already, and I do regularly build ships which *shouldn't* have this functionality in the command pods.  I'd rather it was a couple of parts that I could add as/when needed.

[NISSKEPCSIM]

Congrats on release!

@Jhorriga Did you even look at the full album?

https://i.imgur.com/FHTyltE.mp4

Edited September 23, 2017 by NISSKEPCSIM

[MMG]

Kerbal Protection Association must be very pleased

[Jhorriga]

does this apply to the other capsules in fasa?

[NISSKEPCSIM]

Since it explicitly states in the OP that it currently only supports the FASA Apollo pod, and a few others, I'd say not.

4 hours ago, Icecovery said:

Supported mod:

Stock (Mk1-2)

Bluedog Design Bureau (Kane-11-3/Kane-11-5)

Near Future Spacecraft (Mk3-9)

FASA (Apollo Float Ring/Apollo Float Round)

Icecovery's Chinese Spacecraft Pack (Shenzhou re-entry module)

 

Edited September 23, 2017 by NISSKEPCSIM

[DJ Reonic]

3 hours ago, Icecovery said:

Well, now it is in my plan.

Thanks for your suggest!

All you'll need to do for Tantares would be to add retro rockets for the Soyuz capsule and probably airbags/floaties for the VA capsule.

[hraban]

Basically a few questions about the used models of the floats and airbags.

Is it possible to adjust the position and the scale of the parts for the capsule type used?

The idea of your Mod I think is excellent but would have to be clarified before whether an insert in my Mod would be possible.

Best regards from CONTARES

[Drew Kerman]

1 hour ago, DStaal said:

I like the general idea - but honestly, the fact that it's integrated into the command pods deters me.  My action menu is long enough on them already, and I do regularly build ships which *shouldn't* have this functionality in the command pods.  I'd rather it was a couple of parts that I could add as/when needed.

ditto!! But hey, still looks really nice, great job

[Gunslinger1]

Are there any plans to add parts for probes? So we can do some airbag crash lands.

[theJesuit]

This is another mod to add to the awesomeness list. Thanks @Icecovery!

Peace.

[WintericeUK]

This looks awesome! Gonna go try it out now....

[Sebi99p]

Oooo nice! Does this work for the Ven's version of the stock pods?

[CommanderSmith]

This certainly seems like a very cool and interesting mod. I hope I'm not being presumptuous or anything, but if you're looking for ideas, I wouldn't mind seeing a Mercury landing skirt or a Gemini landing bag system for the BDB parts.

Really cool mod, though.  

[Icecovery]

11 hours ago, Voidryder said:

Thanks! This is a great addition to command pods. Keep up the good work! Have a cup of coffee on me.

 

 

Thanks for your selfless donation!

10 hours ago, DStaal said:

I like the general idea - but honestly, the fact that it's integrated into the command pods deters me.  My action menu is long enough on them already, and I do regularly build ships which *shouldn't* have this functionality in the command pods.  I'd rather it was a couple of parts that I could add as/when needed.

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I will try to solve this problem, a standalone pack maybe?

9 hours ago, DJ Reonic said:

All you'll need to do for Tantares would be to add retro rockets for the Soyuz capsule and probably airbags/floaties for the VA capsule.

I'm working on that now, but I think that's no airbags or buoys on VA capsule. Only retro rockets for Soyuz and VA.

9 hours ago, hraban said:

Basically a few questions about the used models of the floats and airbags.

Is it possible to adjust the position and the scale of the parts for the capsule type used?

The idea of your Mod I think is excellent but would have to be clarified before whether an insert in my Mod would be possible.

Best regards from CONTARES

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No, you cannot adjust the position or the scale of floats or airbags, its proportion with capsule will look very strange if that happens. But you can use TweakScale to rescale the whole capsule, or maybe rescale the part of the standalone pack after it released.

9 hours ago, Gunslinger1 said:

Are there any plans to add parts for probes? So we can do some airbag crash lands.

Is a good idea if use the part of the standalone pack, because probes are not always needed to come back and landing.

7 hours ago, Sebi99p said:

Oooo nice! Does this work for the Ven's version of the stock pods?

Yes, I wrote a CFG for Ven's version.

10 hours ago, Jhorriga said:

does this apply to the other capsules in fasa?

3 hours ago, CommanderSmith said:

This certainly seems like a very cool and interesting mod. I hope I'm not being presumptuous or anything, but if you're looking for ideas, I wouldn't mind seeing a Mercury landing skirt or a Gemini landing bag system for the BDB parts.

Really cool mod, though.  

 

I have planned to do them, don't worry only need a bit of time.

[zakkpaz]

any chance of a gemini airbag for BDB

[Icecovery]

Just now, zakkpaz said:

any chance of a gemini airbag for BDB

I just answer this question above. 

[NISSKEPCSIM]

I think @hraban means to ask: If your capsule is, say, 1.25m, and all your buoys/airbags are for 2.5m pods, is there a way to rescale the airbags/buoys to half the size?