Can we create parts without using Unity?

[Nazalassa]

Hi,

So I'm working on a mod with @Akagi and we don't have Unity.

Can we still create parts from scratch, with a 3D design software like Blender and some cfg file editing?

Thanks for any answers.

[Geonovast]

Unity is free.

You create the model in Blender, move it over to Unity, and export for KSP using the PartTools in Unity.

 

[Nazalassa]

Ah I see

[Stone Blue]

Yes, @Nazalassa... You can use Blender, or what I use, BforArtists (see link in my sig), a fork of Blender with an an icon/menu based UI, which I find MUCH easier to learn and use, than Blender's own,  complicated keymap and confusing icon/menu UI.

Then you can install Taniwha's Blender Import/Export Tool (Dont let the version in the thread title scare you away, the Tool has been recently updated, and works in Blender/BFA versiosn 2.83, up to current 3.1)

This will allow you to bypass having to run the model thru Unity and PartTools altogether.

The only thing the Import/Export Tool is still limited on, is creating IVAs. Those, I still need to run thru Unity & PartTools.

Edited May 5, 2022 by Stone Blue

[Nazalassa]

Wow, thanks! We don't really need IVAs as it's not a mod with crewed parts, so that'll do the trick.