Uploading craft to KerbalX

[kspguy77]

So, can i upload my craft to the aforementioned site as a .loadmeta file instead of .craft? Does the .loadmeta contain the same stuff as the latter? 

[DeltaDizzy]

tl;dr The loadmeta only has general stats, the actual craft is in the .craft file.

No. The .loadmeta file only has these (along with a few others like the KSP version and save ID):

• The names of all the parts
• The names of all the partmodules
• the part count
• the stage count
• the cost
• the mass
• the length, width, and height
• the name
• the description

The .craft is what actually gets loaded by KSP. and includes all that stuff in addition to the connections in-between parts and lots of more specific stuff.

[katateochi]

On 6/30/2019 at 10:27 PM, kspguy77 said:

So, can i upload my craft to the aforementioned site as a .loadmeta file instead of .craft? Does the .loadmeta contain the same stuff as the latter? 

As @DeltaDizzy said, the .loadmeta files are only info about the craft, not enough to actually share the craft. So KerbalX only accepts .craft files.  Drop those on the site, or do it all from in game with the Craft Manager Mod.

[Guest]

Does the craft file contain the advanced tweekable settings? Like landing gear and tank priorities? And things like flap authority levels?

[TheFlyingKerman]

As far as I can tell, yes.

[Snark]

Moving to Kerbal Network.

[katateochi]

On 7/2/2019 at 12:51 AM, Dale Christopher said:

Does the craft file contain the advanced tweekable settings? Like landing gear and tank priorities? And things like flap authority levels?

yes, the craft file contains everything needed to load the craft (assuming the required parts and mods are present in the game). It's essentially a list of each part in the craft and for each part it defines how that part is linked to other parts and what settings need to be applied to that part. So all the stock settings for each part are there (including advanced tweakables) and also any settings that apply to mods.

The .loadmeta files are totally disposable, ie you don't need them to share and load a craft and you can delete them without any loss of changes to your craft (the game will just recreate them). They just contain a quick summary of craft info so the game doesn't have to analyse each craft in detail every time you open the craft list.