Game Mods

[Popestar]

I keep seeing and hearing and reading about all the mods that are out there...yet I don't see a post that lists them all out, or what they do.  Nor do I see anything that indicates how to install a mod, or what folder they go into or what changes to the config file have to be made to get them to work.

Does anyone have this information?  Did I just not see it on the forums here somewhere?

[Fierce Wolf]

There are hundreds of mods by now, some are very active with updates, others are abandoned. Every player has a set of favorite ones, so to my knowledge, there's no official list. You can however filter and search in the mod section for the current KSP version

[VoidSquid]

24 minutes ago, Fierce Wolf said:

You can however filter and search in the mod section for the current KSP version

That is using CKAN, see here

For many, if not most players, we're using CKAN for managing our KSP mods. I'd think (please correct me, if I'm wrong here), @Fierce Wolf assumed that you're already using CKAN.

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by VoidSquid

[jimmymcgoochie]

If you want to start using mods, there are a few places to start:

The guide to installing mods, found in the 'add-on discussions' section of the forums

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/4-add-ons/

The add-ons section of the forums, where you can find the forum threads for many many mods, discussions about mods and even mods that are still work in progress and haven't been officially 'released' yet.

https://spacedock.info/kerbal-space-program

Spacedock, a website that has mods available for downloading. Many mods will be listed here and a lot of mods' forum pages will have links to their Spacedock page for downloads.

https://www.curseforge.com/kerbal/ksp-mods

Curseforge, another site that has mods available for download.

CKAN, a program that can do it for you- version control, updates, dependencies and more. Not everything is on CKAN, but pretty much all the major mods are and you can add or remove mods with a few clicks. CKAN can also clone instances of KSP and track as many copies of the game as you like, even on different versions and with different sets of mods in each.