1.5 to 1.6

[Scarecrow]

Hi all.  I'm still running KSP v1.5.1 and was wondering what changes were introduced with v1.6.1 and whether it's worth updating.

[Curveball Anders]

https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/1.6

 

[Loskene]

It's always worth updating. If you're worried about mods or saves breaking, make a backup copy of your 1.5 folder first. Really shouldn't be an issue though, they haven't changed anything major enough to break 95% of mods for a while.

[Scarecrow]

Thanks.  It's usually broken mods that concerns me.

[Martian Emigrant]

12 minutes ago, Scarecrow said:

Thanks.  It's usually broken mods that concerns me.

Hi.

 

Some mods will work even if not they aren't upgraded.

My potato can't take too much of anything. For me 1.6 runs fine....if I don't look at anything.

The only mod I have is MechJeb. I get a warning but it seems to work perfecly.

 

ME

[Scarecrow]

I don't use Mechjeb, but the mods I do use seem to work OK.  I only have about 5 or 6, but I consider them to be pretty essential.

[Snark]

3 hours ago, Scarecrow said:

It's usually broken mods that concerns me.

1.5 to 1.6 was a very "lightweight" transition-- didn't rework any major features of the game, they just revamped some stock parts and added a new feature or two.  My experience is that virtually no mods got broken in the transition from 1.5 to 1.6, didn't even need a recompile.

In short:  It's a pretty "safe" upgrade.