Functional Telescope

[lucidLemon]

A proper telescope for KSP.

Unfortunately, you can't zoom in on objects in the sky, but it works great for anything that's actually rendered (terrain, ships, artifacts).

Download the following mods:

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/...t=fixed+camera

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/...pment-Thread-2 (Probodobodyne and BACE)

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/...-Version-1-2-1

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/...morial-Plaques

Extract this to your KSP folder. Agree to merge the folders.

http://www./?4w5228eevd6ekna

Use f8 and f7 to switch cameras, it has a viewfinder and a proper zoomed view.

1 and 2 rotate the telescope to either side.

3 and 4 will rotate the telescope up and down.

Important: Before focusing on something other than the telescope, be sure to orient it so that it is flat and faces the same direction as the gold plaque.

Failure to do so will probably cause the telescope to violently jerk and fall over when you return to it.

The launcher + lander brought it up to 11 mods, and it had a habit of killing KSP, so I decided not to include it. You will have to fiddle with balance before it will fly properly.

Some of my mod installs may be outdated, so be sure to tell me if you have any problems.

Edited September 16, 2012 by lucidLemon

[Tim_Barrett]

You should add a camera to the scope so you can look through it and change the orientation at the same time, instead of seeing it in third person.

[lucidLemon]

That's what the modified telescope part is, you can switch to it using f8 and f7. All controls should be available as well.

I didn't include many pictures of the actual telescope view because they aren't particularly pretty.

My massive KSC debris field does mean I have plenty to look at, though.

Edited September 16, 2012 by lucidLemon

[lucidLemon]

Due to a bug, the telescope I was using had a different FOV than the one I uploaded (5 instead of 1), I have fixed it and updated the download file.

[Khiro]

Hello! I love this telescope and I'm trying to use it but have encountered a problem. When I try to load the craft it tells me that I am missing mumech.telescopecam. I have the latest versions of all the files you said to download, so I'm not sure what could be wrong. If you could tell me what parts kit my missing part came from, I'll re-download it. Thanks, and cool model / ship!