Request: In-Flight Suit Switcher

[Spaceman.Spiff]

Perhaps I’m missing something, but from what I can tell, once you launch a Kerbal, you can’t change their EVA suit until they’re recovered. 
 

I’m not sure how difficult it would be, but a suit changer in-flight would be handy for when I forget to change to the suit color I want, but have already spent a few hours on a mission. 

[AtomicTech]

40 minutes ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Perhaps I’m missing something, but from what I can tell, once you launch a Kerbal, you can’t change their EVA suit until they’re recovered. 
 

I’m not sure how difficult it would be, but a suit changer in-flight would be handy for when I forget to change to the suit color I want, but have already spent a few hours on a mission. 

@Papa_Joe is working on this!

[Papa_Joe]

2 hours ago, AtomicTech said:

@Papa_Joe is working on this!

Indeed.  Last night I looked over the suit storage file format and built a loader for the Squad SuitCombos config file.  There are some UI elements I'm constructing now.  Trying to decide if I should display the suits or just provide the suit name and color based on the type.  Thoughts as to how this should look in game?  I will be adding it to the Roster window of Ship Manifest right next to the suit type selection...  I can create a dialog for it or just a list... I like to tend towards simplicity, but I'll be handling texture swaps an such anyway with the Kerbals.

Edited December 15, 2021 by Papa_Joe

[Stone Blue]

Just throwing this in as an FYI for future reference, mainly for other modders who may see this thread, as another possible way to consider suit switching, in addition to what Papa_Joe is cooking up:
 

 

[ColdJ]

Just an addition. Unless it has been patched. The Sunkworks suit changer had a tendency to go funny after about 3 suit changes out in the world when I was using it, I usually had to reset back in the SPH to correct it.

[AtomicTech]

17 hours ago, Papa_Joe said:

Indeed.  Last night I looked over the suit storage file format and built a loader for the Squad SuitCombos config file.  There are some UI elements I'm constructing now.  Trying to decide if I should display the suits or just provide the suit name and color based on the type.  Thoughts as to how this should look in game?  I will be adding it to the Roster window of Ship Manifest right next to the suit type selection...  I can create a dialog for it or just a list... I like to tend towards simplicity, but I'll be handling texture swaps an such anyway with the Kerbals.

Maybe you should have the camera focus on the Kerbal's IVA view and you'll get a similar window as the VAB for picking suits. When you change the suit, you hear a zipper noise and some clicking, and voila! New suit!