We need Glass Panels!

[JordanLOL]

Ok, I cant take this anymore, I wanted to build a shuttle, with mostly stock parts, but there is no Glass in the game, resulting in: I can not build this!

Thats Why I wrote this, there arleady is a mod for it, but its Dead , And Glass panels are easy to make! Just grab a normal metallic Panel and make its transparency or the like 0.5, alteast more or less. I want a mod for this, but please it should get updated, Or more better, Stock Glass Panes! That would be good for a lot of players, including me. Thats it, I just had to say this, Share your opinions with me. -JordanLOL (a Space nerd)

[TheKSPBeginner]

All the pods in game have built-in windows.

[Mr. Peabody]

5 hours ago, JordanLOL said:

We need glass panels!

Amen! Just consider the creative and futuristic architecture such panels could contribute to planetary bases!

We do need glass panels.

[Triop]

I agree, I'm looking for mods now, first thing I found was this:

https://spacedock.info/mod/312/Glass Panes and Enclosures (GPE)

If somebody knows a better mod for glass panels please let me know.

[The Aziz]

On 11/7/2019 at 10:29 PM, TheKSPBeginner said:

All the pods in game have built-in windows.

Maybe he wanted to build one using 63295 structural panels and wing parts, who knows

[Xurkitree]

Glass is heavy. 

Doesn't make sense to carry all the weight

[Kerbart]

1 hour ago, Xurkitree said:

Glass is heavy

So is life support. Yet the game puts an emphasis on Kerballed flight.

[kerbiloid]

3 hours ago, Xurkitree said:

Glass is heavy. 

Glass and sitalls can be produced out of local rock.
Just googled. (Btw, look the first webpage...)

http://taniwha.org/~bill/Landis.pdf

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930004792.pdf

Edited November 9, 2019 by kerbiloid

[JordanLOL]

Ok so, I mean glass you can place and look trough, I tried to build a Space Shuttle as I told,

On 11/7/2019 at 10:29 PM, TheKSPBeginner said:

All the pods in game have built-in windows.

I uhhh... didnt really mean that...

But I'd like to see it in Stock, Cause I dont wanna see another Glass mod in the deep and far space being lost and abandoned.

 

But a Mod would be good aswell! Lets keep this conversation running, maybe we will get seen by a Dev or mod scripter

 

[JordanLOL]

On 11/9/2019 at 11:08 AM, Xurkitree said:

Glass is heavy. 

Doesn't make sense to carry all the weight

You could be right but.. Ehhhhh, More engines and more fuel could be the end of your saying, Plus You dont have to add them.

Edited November 11, 2019 by JordanLOL
Miss-spelled a Word

[Pds314]

I soooo want translucency option for B9 P-wings.

[JordanLOL]

On 11/17/2019 at 3:38 AM, Pds314 said:

I soooo want translucency option for B9 P-wings.

Mh... That sounds a bit weird, but I bet it could be helpful at some point!

[Guest]

I could make a mod for it, but it would just be glass parts you'd have to rescale with TweakScale. Also, if you want them to be transparent then you'd have quite a few weird parts where there are spots more opaque then others due to the glass overlapping

[JordanLOL]

On 11/28/2019 at 3:26 PM, UltimateFlash15 said:

I could make a mod for it, but it would just be glass parts you'd have to rescale with TweakScale. Also, if you want them to be transparent then you'd have quite a few weird parts where there are spots more opaque then others due to the glass overlapping

I have only used one thing to ever program, which was Roblox studio. But, Yeah I'd like such a mod.

[Stamp20]

There is this glass panel mod: 

 

Not sure if it works with 1.8.1 though.

[JordanLOL]

32 minutes ago, Stamp20 said:

There is this glass panel mod: 

 

Not sure if it works with 1.8.1 though.

Well, I've talked about a "dead" mod, its exactly this one.

[Chaotic_Farrier]

On 1/11/2020 at 2:50 PM, JordanLOL said:

Well, I've talked about a "dead" mod, its exactly this one.

I have downloaded this mod and it works well, the panels aren't that transparent but it is easy to fix you just need to adjust the opacity of the texture and it's done.

 

Here is the link for the adjustments i did to the textures:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-mL0EJ4C-hINpc0CiKBJPpSf0UoGEMV1

[panzer1b]

Id like to see something useeable in stock for that since i often make interiors to my stuff (specifically stations and non-combat vessels like command ships and the rare exploratory ship), and while you can make sorta ok looking windows with proper use of girders as windows, it would be nice to have a dedicated part for that. 

Its not perfect, but the best way i know of to do windows (albeit they weigh a ton since structural crap is heavy) is the above, that or use the restock mod (which actually makes the game truly pretty from a ship perspective) and pick the truss option for the 1x1 and 2x2 panels which also create something vaguely window wise.  But yeah, im 100% onboard with dedicated windows (at least as long as we dont get different IVA options since im not that big a fan of the stock cockpits with the exception of the new rover cockpit, about the ONLY one that resembles a sci-fi warship bridge).  Still, given that the game is mostly on life support, i have my doubts as to any new non feature parts.  Good example is the new fuel dump part which is neat and very much necessary, but it serves a completely new function and isnt an expansion of other parts like purely structural or fuselages or fuel tanks ect.  Guess ill have to (like everyone else who wants more parts in game), rely on mods and or stock part tweaking to achieve stuff like windows.

[JordanLOL]

Exactly why we need stuff like Glass in stock, I mostly rely on mods, but this here is of great importance. We need it for a lot of builds, since other stuff might be too heavy. Tho Restock gives it a nice touch