Is there a remote guidance mod that works with RT?

[NoUsernamesLeft]

Since I can literally design a drone with full flight controls right here in my own office in real life, and send it several miles with a 2.4Ghz controller... I figure Kerbalnauts could at least manage this much.

Unfortunately, while using RT (remote tech), the only way I can get remote control to a probe is to build a big enough ship to carry 6 kerbals and the large remote guidance unit. This is an unrealistic burden. I was hoping someone could point me to a mod that would allow me to add a radio receiver to probes or small rovers that could be operated within a certain range by a nearby Kerbal.

The goal is to be able to operate rovers on distant planets when there is a live kerbal nearby, without the huge signal delay.
I know I can turn off RT, but was hoping there was a better way.

Thanks

[Zhetaan]

On 3/13/2020 at 1:04 PM, NoUsernamesLeft said:

I was hoping someone could point me to a mod that would allow me to add a radio receiver to probes or small rovers that could be operated within a certain range by a nearby Kerbal.

The goal is to be able to operate rovers on distant planets when there is a live kerbal nearby, without the huge signal delay.
I know I can turn off RT, but was hoping there was a better way.

There is!

Put this in a text file, save it as a .cfg (call it something like RTImprovedCommand.cfg), and drop it in your GameData directory:

@PART[probeCoreOcto2]:AFTER[RemoteTech]
{
	%MODULE[ModuleSPU] {
		%IsRTCommandStation = true
		%RTCommandMinCrew = 1
	}
}

I have not yet tested this, but the intent is that this patch will make the Octo-2 probe core a command-capable part with a requirement of one kerbal.  Your probes will work just fine, but so long as this part and a kerbal are on the same vessel, you'll have no signal delay for other nearby vessels.

I know of no way to set it so that it cannot control a vessel outside of a limited radius, so if you're using a relay network, then you'll be able to control vessels on the other side of the system with this provided that it's closer than KSC.  What this means for you is that your one-kerbal rocket with an Octo-2 at Duna will be controlling your Jool probes half of the time.

I think that part of the original rationale behind the current system was that since any core with command capability would operate as a command centre regardless of the intended use, the more realistic interpretation of that would be to require it to operate as a command centre and sacrifice the smaller operations.  It's up to you to choose whether to abuse the functionality.

Also, feel free to alter this as necessary for your purposes.  If you want to set it to two kerbals, then it ought to be fairly apparent how to do that, but as always, if you require any help, then please feel free to ask.

Oh--for the required disclosures, this was adapted from RemoteTech code which is licensed with GNU GPL 2.0, and the licence and original source code can be found here.