Beale Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) Commonwealth Rockets / CRE CRE is a small parts mod which adds several parts inspired by the British Black Arrow rocket, which flew from 1969 to 1971. The mod also includes parts to make the Black Knight sounding rocket, the ORBA satellite and various solid rockets from the tiny Waxwing to the slightly less tiny Rook. Parts included in the mod are balanced against those in the stock game and should provide a generous and enjoyable experience. For a more realistic profile, playing with a 2 - 3x system rescale is recommended. Further expansion has also brought the Blue Streak and a few might-have-beens from the British side of the European space program, such as the RZ.20 rocket engine. CRE is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Download Link (GitHub) CRE has no dependencies! But, if you have CRP installed, its own LH2 resource will be swapped for the community hydrogen resource, allowing you to mix and match with other mod's rocket engines and fuel tanks which use hydrogen. But wait, there's more! Commonwealth Rockets is best paired with Commonwealth Aeronautics, a related mod by the lovely @Well. This expands the British hangar to include high-altitude aeroplanes and spaceplanes, including the legendary BLUE STEEL. Edited July 9, 2023 by Beale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakenex Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) First!! Noice!! please don't forget about Europa ETS parts Europa I and Europa 2 TA Edited August 7, 2018 by Drakenex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH4C Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Pip pip! Top hole, good show old chap. The BBC-style logo is the proverbial icing on the cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlecat Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) These look great! Thank you for sharing @Beale, @CobaltWolf, and @steedcrugeon! It's always satisfying to see a well thought-out and executed concept, design, and even release topic first-post graphics and presentation. 10/10! [edit: add the other co-conspirators] Edited August 7, 2018 by Beetlecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoSlelge Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, JH4C said: Pip pip! Top hole, good show old chap. The BBC-style logo is the proverbial icing on the cake. Thanks ! ooooh Awesome work, neat and clean, I take my hat off to you and the team ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Drakenex said: Noice!! please don't forget about Europa ETS parts I'd love to come back to this some day when I can, the Blue Streak parts might need some work but nothing too horrible I think. Finding time to work on them now is difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakenex Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said: I'd love to come back to this some day when I can, the Blue Streak parts might need some work but nothing too horrible I think. Finding time to work on them now is difficult. No worries! just saying. Thanks to @Beale and to you for this outstanding work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Thanks to all the Team !!! Congrats for the release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beale Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 2 hours ago, CobaltWolf said: I'd love to come back to this some day when I can, the Blue Streak parts might need some work but nothing too horrible I think. Finding time to work on them now is difficult. New plan, we end all development here and recreate the British Space Program IRL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Came for teabag graphics, was not disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyko Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Thanks for building this! The new capsule design will be really cool. Never enough capsules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 21 hours ago, Nertea said: Came for teabag graphics, was not disappointed. I thought it was a sick bag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarStreak2109 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 10:23 PM, CobaltWolf said: I thought it was a sick bag... Hehehe... Barf bag and neatly filled at that... Nah sir, that is a jolly good cup of steaming hot earl gray tea! Now where are the scones with cream and jam?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH4C Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 19 hours ago, StarStreak2109 said: Now where are the scones with cream and jam?!?! I've never liked scones. I'll stick with the cucumber sandwiches please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarStreak2109 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 hour ago, JH4C said: I've never liked scones. I'll stick with the cucumber sandwiches please! Now where is that barf bag?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boohey12 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) This is awesome bring British I always wanted a mod that added our rockets from the past. Can you add rockets of the future we have on paper like skylon and maybe the Daedalus? Cheers Edited August 14, 2018 by boohey12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH4C Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) And now this glorious little mod has been added to the ranks of Kottabos reviews: ETA: I can confirm the bug mentioned in the video - neither of the drone cores use their proper parts names from the localisation file. On examination of the localisation file I discovered a typo had been copy/pasted across all the related data: they all contain the phrase XXX_ProceCore_XXX instead of XXX_ProbeCore_XXX; correcting this leads to most of the expected text being properly located, but the probes both continue to reference non-existent manufacturers and I can't deduce if they're supposed to be either of the included ones or entirely different ones. There's also a non-critical typo in the description of the conic probe, "fairingss". Edited August 14, 2018 by JH4C extra stuffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beale Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) On 8/14/2018 at 8:59 PM, JH4C said: ETA: I can confirm the bug mentioned in the video - neither of the drone cores use their proper parts names from the localisation file. On examination of the localisation file I discovered a typo had been copy/pasted across all the related data: they all contain the phrase XXX_ProceCore_XXX instead of XXX_ProbeCore_XXX; correcting this leads to most of the expected text being properly located, but the probes both continue to reference non-existent manufacturers and I can't deduce if they're supposed to be either of the included ones or entirely different ones. There's also a non-critical typo in the description of the conic probe, "fairingss". @Kottabos I think it is a real shame you did not mention the IRL British space program and the Black Arrow in the review (unless I missed it), the reason for the mod is to bring awareness to that I think your reviews could be good with a little less focus on the stats of every single part (Even if it has helped find a bug in this case ) and more general gameplay / high level overview, just my feelings. Regarding FX, this is entirely intentional for the liquid engines - I felt that was a little unfair. SRBs definitely need work though. (Seriously no conflict intended, there are just a few things I would like to counter here ahaha...) @JH4C Many thanks, (and even greater thanks for doing the legwork in the configs! I will put a little subtle thanks for you in the parts), fixed for next release On 8/14/2018 at 7:54 PM, boohey12 said: This is awesome bring British I always wanted a mod that added our rockets from the past. Can you add rockets of the future we have on paper like skylon and maybe the Daedalus? Cheers Many thanks. No plans for Skylon or Daedalus, but HOTOL has been discussed and prototyped. Edited August 16, 2018 by Beale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beale Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 V1.1 Fixed localisation bugs identified. Download Link (GitHub) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A E S T H E T I C Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hi. I was trying to build the Balck Forest rocket by using your picture and am having a little bit of trouble. in between the first and second fuel tank, there seems to be a shroud but it doesn't show which engine was used. could you tell me which one it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golkaidakhaana Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 On 8/29/2018 at 3:25 AM, A E S T H E T I C said: Hi. I was trying to build the Balck Forest rocket by using your picture and am having a little bit of trouble. in between the first and second fuel tank, there seems to be a shroud but it doesn't show which engine was used. could you tell me which one it was? I'm having the same problem, I can't discern what the second-stage engine is from the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beale Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 On 8/29/2018 at 3:25 AM, A E S T H E T I C said: Hi. I was trying to build the Balck Forest rocket by using your picture and am having a little bit of trouble. in between the first and second fuel tank, there seems to be a shroud but it doesn't show which engine was used. could you tell me which one it was? It's the stock aerospike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoniam Kerman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I see some uliage motors on the shroud between stages, are they don't seem to be functional. I wonder if that could come into a RO version of it, having the shroud still attached after stage separation before igniting the engine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa legolas Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 great, tea here i come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAAAP_STUTUTU Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hmm, now i wonder if a Tea rockets, now in colour is ever gonna be made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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