[1.12.5] CRE - Stockalike British Rocketry [2.2][02/03/2021]

[EStreetRockets]

  @Beale

On 8/7/2018 at 1:43 PM, Beale said:

 

 BAe Multi-Role Capsule
From @steedcrugeon an incredibly neat spacecraft concept from the late 1980s.

I am sorry, I do not know the current state of development of all the different parts of this mod, but Knes by @Well just recently released the newest version which includes this capsule. Is development going to continue or are you going to try to incorporate the Knes version, or something else?

[Beale]

3 hours ago, EStreetRockets said:

  @Beale

I am sorry, I do not know the current state of development of all the different parts of this mod, but Knes by @Well just recently released the newest version which includes this capsule. Is development going to continue or are you going to try to incorporate the Knes version, or something else?

The KNES version is the most complete version of this you will find
This mod will not include the MRK, but the Blue Steel spaceplane, and maybe something else for crew. (MRK is more late 80s timeframe / early 90s).

Sorry let me review the first page, it is out of date.

Edited April 2, 2020 by Beale

[ARTOBAN]

craft file ?

[Machinique]

I think that it's a bit early in the mod's lifecycle to be asking for craft files, since there may not have been balance passes.

[Beale]

Gamma (?)01 engine

Very successful motor IRL, it has a few variants for upper stage, and full length fairing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Siddeley_Gamma#Gamma_301

Edited April 2, 2020 by Beale

[nepphhh]

15 hours ago, Beale said:

Black Knight Otrag?

how do I thumbs down a post

[Beale]

5 hours ago, nepphhh said:

how do I thumbs down a post

Press the like button three times!

[Beale]

GitHub

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

No fewer than 6 variants for ther Gamma-301, ranging from size 0 to size 1. Extended and skirtless versions.
Still need to add a few internal details.

[Beale]

GitHub

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

Big rebalance of all existing parts. Moving forward with Black Knight

[Beale]

GitHub

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

After a (I must stress this) lot of troubleshooting the Blue Steel wheels are functioning basically as well as the stock landing gears.

Unfortunately they still have a persistent bug that makes them "bounce" on launching, so you should leave the SPH retracted. (This happens with stock wheels sometimes, so is there a fix? Anybody have an idea?).
For this reason, it might be that they are scrapped and we go with skids + drogue chute somehow. Really unfortunate but I am scraping for ideas.

Once we can get over this hurdle more fun rockety things will continue.

[Beale]

Gamma-8 (no skirt)

[Beale]

GitHub

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

Wheel misery continues, but now there is a front landing skid, so we might just use that instead.
Still a little... you might need a change of pants, but with wider, better angled skids, I think this is a viable solution to the issues. The wheel can be kept optional with some caveats.

[Beale]

Mesh variants? For fuel tanks? You fool, you utter fool.
Note: Black Knight never flew like this, I think, only prototypes had the stringers, but it was a fun idea, and little extra texture space, so why not?

Edited April 9, 2020 by Beale

[Beale]

GitHub

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

Apologies this is taking a while, I want to at least... kind of match what already exists in CRE before making a release. Even if we have already gone beyond in certain other places.
Have a flag.

[The Dressian Exploder]

Cool flag! But question: could the older BBC style CRE logo also be available as a flag?

[Beale]

1 hour ago, The Dressian Exploder said:

Cool flag! But question: could the older BBC style CRE logo also be available as a flag?

Yep, for sure. I would like a mix of British and ELDO flags.

[The Dressian Exploder]

Also, is tech tree integration coming soon? Because at the moment I'm pretty sure everything is unlocked from the start

[Beale]

3 hours ago, The Dressian Exploder said:

Also, is tech tree integration coming soon? Because at the moment I'm pretty sure everything is unlocked from the start

Of course yep, usually one of the things I leave until last, unless anybody wants to dive in and make a pull request, etc.

 

Blue Streak reworked, double the density of stringers, the tanks with stringers can now be stacked.

[Beale]

NEW

OLD

 

Generally a bit more interesting.

 

[golkaidakhaana]

30 minutes ago, Beale said:

NEW

OLD

I much prefer how the new tanks look, but would it be possible to preserve the old-style chequered roll lines, or perhaps have them as a B9PS variant?

[Beale]

14 minutes ago, sslaptnhablhat said:

I much prefer how the new tanks look, but would it be possible to preserve the old-style chequered roll lines, or perhaps have them as a B9PS variant?

Unfortunately not possible, the way things are UV'd it would not quite work:

Of course, all the source assets are free to use / modify so anyone is welcome to try it

Edited April 10, 2020 by Beale

[golkaidakhaana]

Just now, Beale said:

Unfortunately not possible, the way things are UV'd it would not quite work:

That's a shame. I guess we always have @Drakenex though!

[Beale]

GitHub

New blue streak tanks, tweaked FX, slight rework of Blue Steel textures.

https://github.com/Tantares/CRE

[Beale]

Stonechat (incorrectly called Rook before) motors.

Edited April 11, 2020 by Beale

[Beale]

there he is