MODULE Question - Generate Reputation

[thevegimobil]

Hi guys,

 

So you have a space station in orbit full of data and you can 'Do Science' which uses electrical charge to generate science. Sounds realistic enough.

However what about other resources.... To me looking at the ISS Ii see private and national space agencies garner huge reputation globally for resupplying, docking and building the station. What about that in KSP?

I was think of making a part (similar to the science lab) that turns energy (or other resource) into reputation per day. Very slowly a la the science lab. That makes sense to me as a balance addition to orbital station functionality.

 

My question though is that is this possible to do in ksp? I know you can gather science into the overall budget from flights but i think the only way of getting reputation if from contracts and milestones, is it even possible to 'generate' in game? Same for funds....

 

I throw that question out to the far more experienced community.

 

C

[Li0n]

8 hours ago, thevegimobil said:

I was think of making a part (similar to the science lab) that turns energy (or other resource) into reputation per day. Very slowly a la the science lab. That makes sense to me as a balance addition to orbital station functionality.

 

My question though is that is this possible to do in ksp? I know you can gather science into the overall budget from flights but i think the only way of getting reputation if from contracts and milestones, is it even possible to 'generate' in game? Same for funds....

It can, probably, be done but it will require a new PartModule as there is none with that sort of capability in stock KSP, as far as I know.

Apart from the plugin you'll need a part to attach it, for making your own I'll let you browse the forum, really not my field of expertise. You can, more easily, duplicate a stock part, giving it a new name and attach your PartModule to it, all that with ModuleManager.

[theJesuit]

It is probably possible through a Strategies.  Check out Strategia as an examplease @thevegimobil

Peace

[Mrcarrot]

On 1/21/2018 at 9:02 AM, thevegimobil said:

Hi guys,

 

So you have a space station in orbit full of data and you can 'Do Science' which uses electrical charge to generate science. Sounds realistic enough.

However what about other resources.... To me looking at the ISS Ii see private and national space agencies garner huge reputation globally for resupplying, docking and building the station. What about that in KSP?

I was think of making a part (similar to the science lab) that turns energy (or other resource) into reputation per day. Very slowly a la the science lab. That makes sense to me as a balance addition to orbital station functionality.

 

My question though is that is this possible to do in ksp? I know you can gather science into the overall budget from flights but i think the only way of getting reputation if from contracts and milestones, is it even possible to 'generate' in game? Same for funds....

 

I throw that question out to the far more experienced community.

 

C

Such a feature is probably pretty easy to implement, and might(?) even work with a slightly tweaked version of the stock lab module. I'll have a look when I get home.

[DStaal]

On 1/21/2018 at 10:02 AM, thevegimobil said:

I was think of making a part (similar to the science lab) that turns energy (or other resource) into reputation per day. Very slowly a la the science lab. That makes sense to me as a balance addition to orbital station functionality.

 

My question though is that is this possible to do in ksp? I know you can gather science into the overall budget from flights but i think the only way of getting reputation if from contracts and milestones, is it even possible to 'generate' in game? Same for funds....

Some of the WildBlueIndustries science labs have this capability.  Check out the MOLE mod.