Jump to content

Part search filters!


Which do you think it is?  

7 members have voted

  1. 1. Which do you think it is?

    • Good Idea
      7
    • Bad Idea
      0
    • Not worth the devs time
      0


Recommended Posts

One thing I believe KSP needs desperately, especially with an obviously growing parts list, is a better way to find the part that fits your needs. The world outside KSP has already solved this problem for shopping on a computer, which is effectively what we are doing as we search for parts when building our rockets and other contraptions. The problem was solved with filters and advanced searches.

Spoiler

XkF0VhW.png

So why not add this kind of capability to KSP as well? Imagine:

  • Searching engines by Thrust, TWR, ISP, or filtering what fuel type they use.
  • Searching for tanks based on what fuel they store or their diameter/length
  • Sorting command pods by how many crew they can hold
  • Filtering power generators based on power generation type or sorting them on their output
  • etc
  • etc.
  • etc...

I doubt this would be very difficult to add in since every shopping site has this, it would be insanely helpful for veterans, and it would make the terrifying conglomerate mess of parts more reasonable looking to new players. I know people personally that were largely turned of by KSP because when they went into the VAB to make a rocket they had no idea what they were even looking at. Not only will a better implementation of filters be a great quality of life improvement but it can also guide newer players in pointing out what kind of specs a part type has that matters.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...