Essential Gameplay/Part Mods? Getting back into KSP

[NateDaBeast]

So I took a break from KSP for a few years now and I just started getting back into it. Last version I remember was like 1.2 or 1.3 or right before the communication satellite system was being implemented.

 

I've been wondering what mods I should try out that add news parts, game mechanics, gameplay etc.

I really want to get into doing deep space/long journey type of game maybe even colonizing some planets.

 

 

Thanks in advance!

[steve_v]

20 minutes ago, NateDaBeast said:

I've been wondering what mods I should try out

Some personal picks with a bias toward long-duration flight, colonisation and super-polished parts:

Mods I run currently:

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BasicDeltaV
BetterCrewAssignment
BetterTimeWarp
BonVoyage
CommNetAntennasExtension
CommNetAntennasInfo
CommunityCategoryKit
CommunityDeltaVMaps
CommunityResourcePack
CommunityTechTree
ConnectedLivingSpace
ContractConfigurator
CriticalTemperatureGauge
CryoEngines
CryoTanks
CustomBarnKit
DangIt
DecouplerShroud
DMagicOrbitalScience
DynamicBatteryStorage
EasyBoard
EasyVesselSwitch
EditorExtensionsRedux
EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements
EvaFuel
FerramAerospaceResearch
FShangarExtender
HeapPadder
HeatControl
KAS
KAX
KeepItStraight
KEI
KerbalAtomics
KerbalHealth
KerbalJointReinforcement
KIS
KramaxAutoPilot
KRASH
KSPRescuePodFix
MechJeb2
MiningExpansion
Mk2Expansion
Mk3Expansion
NearFutureConstruction
NearFutureProps
NearFutureSolar
NearFutureSpacecraft
OrbitalSurveyPlus
PlanetaryBaseInc
RCSBuildAid
RealChute
ReStock
ReStockPlus
ScienceAlert
ScienceRelay
SensiblePumpsCont
SpaceTuxIndustries
SpaceY-Lifters
StageRecovery
StationPartsExpansionRedux
StockVisualEnhancements
Strategia
SurfaceLights
TextureReplacer
ThunderAerospace
Trajectories
TriggerTech
TrimIndicator
UmbraSpaceIndustries
UniversalStorage2
VectorRepurposed
WaypointManager

 

Edited July 28, 2019 by steve_v

[NateDaBeast]

13 hours ago, steve_v said:

 Some personal picks with a bias toward long-duration flight, colonisation and super-polished parts:



Mods I run currently:

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BasicDeltaV
BetterCrewAssignment
BetterTimeWarp
BonVoyage
CommNetAntennasExtension
CommNetAntennasInfo
CommunityCategoryKit
CommunityDeltaVMaps
CommunityResourcePack
CommunityTechTree
ConnectedLivingSpace
ContractConfigurator
CriticalTemperatureGauge
CryoEngines
CryoTanks
CustomBarnKit
DangIt
DecouplerShroud
DMagicOrbitalScience
DynamicBatteryStorage
EasyBoard
EasyVesselSwitch
EditorExtensionsRedux
EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements
EvaFuel
FerramAerospaceResearch
FShangarExtender
HeapPadder
HeatControl
KAS
KAX
KeepItStraight
KEI
KerbalAtomics
KerbalHealth
KerbalJointReinforcement
KIS
KramaxAutoPilot
KRASH
KSPRescuePodFix
MechJeb2
MiningExpansion
Mk2Expansion
Mk3Expansion
NearFutureConstruction
NearFutureProps
NearFutureSolar
NearFutureSpacecraft
OrbitalSurveyPlus
PlanetaryBaseInc
RCSBuildAid
RealChute
ReStock
ReStockPlus
ScienceAlert
ScienceRelay
SensiblePumpsCont
SpaceTuxIndustries
SpaceY-Lifters
StageRecovery
StationPartsExpansionRedux
StockVisualEnhancements
Strategia
SurfaceLights
TextureReplacer
ThunderAerospace
Trajectories
TriggerTech
TrimIndicator
UmbraSpaceIndustries
UniversalStorage2
VectorRepurposed
WaypointManager

 

Will definitely try out some of these, thanks!

[vossiewulf]

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