Editing a craft midflight

[thomas15v]

Hi folks,

Some time ago I attempted to give KSP modding a try. However at this moment time limitations keep holding me back on modding KSP. So I was wondering if someone could help/take over a mod I have been attempting.

https://github.com/thomas15v/flightedit 

The purpose of this mod was to make it possible to spawn your craft that is already flying in the VAB/SPH, edit it and launch it back to it's original position.

However the task of writing this mod is far more complicated that I originally thought:

• Rerooting a craft will cause things to go haywire  
• Sometimes parts don't attach correctly (angles, distance is incorrect)
• The kraken finds newly spawned crafts very interesting.

So basically to sum it up I need a rock solid way to convert VAB/SPH Vehicles to Flying Vehicles. But this is very complicated. Also I can't really find ingame api calls to make this process more easier.

Anyone has a better idea what could be done here? I also wanted to say that my mod code can be copied and remade in a personal mod.

 

Thanks for reading,

Thomas

[Shadowmage]

@thomas15v

An excellent resource for 'convert a VAB/SPH vehicle to a flying vehicle' could be found in ExtraPlanetaryLaunchpads.  It takes .craft files and spawns them in flight.  Should have some plugin code that you could examine and derive from to achieve what you are looking for.