RSS/RO questions

[LHACK4142]

I just installed RSS and RO and am enjoying the challenge, but I noticed that a lot of the models are just stretched/squashed versions of stock ones. I noticed however that some stock parts are upscaled, would this apply to the DLC parts? And are there any recommended part mods? I would like to have more parts.

Also, the KSC always just looks like it got plopped somewhere and does not go at all with the surrounding terrain, unlike this and many other people's launch sites.

Thanks.

 

[OHara]

What you say about basic RSS and RO is true.   Realism Overhaul does not yet convert the Making History engines nor add real-fuel capacity to the tanks. (I made my own quick patch for the tanks here.)

The video you linked lists the relevant mods  in the video description --- including Katniss's Cape Canaveral and several parts mods.

[jimmymcgoochie]

If you’re playing RO, you probably shouldn’t be using the stock parts at all. RO has a bunch of mods either included by it or strongly recommended for it which add engines, crew pods and other such things; if some look like stock parts, that’s because the stock parts were modelled on the real thing- Making History includes a lot of stuff like that including parts for Kerbalised Titan, Saturn V and R-7 rockets and for both Gemini and Vostok/Voshkod crew capsules, but they probably won’t be used in RO as there are mods which model these parts much more realistically e.g. BDB, FASA and Tantares.

If you want to make replicas of real historical rockets, BDB/FASA/Tantares are what you want; if you want to make your own stuff, it’s better to go with procedural parts- much as I dislike them in stock, they’re built into RO pretty significantly and are incredibly customisable both in terms of size/shape and appearance.

There are plenty more mods I could suggest, but they depend on whether you’re also using RP-1 or not.

[LHACK4142]

10 hours ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

BDB

I thought that was stockalike. Does it get patched by RO?

[jimmymcgoochie]

1 hour ago, LHACK4142 said:

I thought that was stockalike. Does it get patched by RO?

As far as I know, though I don't use it myself so I can't say for sure.