Kerbal Life Hacks [v1.2.1 for KSP2 v0.2.1]

[munix]

Kerbal Life Hacks
v1.2.1 for KSP2 v0.2.1

Download: GitHub or SpaceDock
Source code: KSP2Community/KerbalLifeHacks on GitHub
 License: MIT

A counterpart to Community Fixes, this community mod is home to various quality of life improvements and balancing changes, or life hacks, which don't fit into the scope of Community Fixes.

Compatibility

• Tested with Kerbal Space Program 2 v0.2.1.0.30833
• Requires SpaceWarp 1.7.0+

Features
Currently, this mod includes the following life hacks:

UI tweaks

Main menu

• Skip Orientation by tgrkzus - New campaigns default to skipping the orientation. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section for details.

Flight view

• IVA Portraits Toggler by @WiS3 - Adds a button to the app bar to toggle the Kerbal portraits panel.

Map

• Warp To Orbital Points by @munix - Adds buttons to warp to apoapsis, periapsis and SOI change.
• Orbital Line Colors by @munix - Colors the various orbital lines of the current vessel to make them easier to distinguish.

VAB

• VAB Mission Tracker by @munix - Adds the Mission Tracker button to the VAB app tray.

Gameplay

• Disable Contrails by @munix - Disables contrails and wingtip vortices. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section below for details.
• Better Experiments by dmarcuse - Automatically resumes paused experiments when re-entering the correct region and ignores animation state.

Installation
Recommended:

1. Use CKAN to download and install Kerbal Life Hacks.

Manual:

1. Download and extract UITK for KSP 2 into your game folder (this is a dependency of SpaceWarp).
2. Download and extract SpaceWarp into your game folder.
3. Download and extract this mod into the game folder. If done correctly, you should have the following folder structure: <KSP Folder>/BepInEx/plugins/KerbalLifeHacks.

Configuration
All life hacks can be toggled on or off in Main menu -> Settings -> Mods -> Kerbal Life Hacks. The changes will take effect after the game is restarted. Life hacks are enabled by default unless otherwise noted.

Bug reports
You can report bugs or request features on the Issues page on GitHub.

Changelog
For a comprehensive changelog, visit the Releases page on GitHub.

Contributing
If you'd like to contribute to this project, please take a look at our wiki.

Edited February 4 by munix

[munix]

v1.1.0

The latest version can be installed using CKAN, or downloaded on GitHub and SpaceDock.

New life hacks

• Better Experiments by dmarcuse - Automatically resumes paused experiments when re-entering the correct region, and ignores animation state.

Edited January 22 by munix

[munix]

v1.2.0

The latest version can be installed using CKAN or downloaded on GitHub and SpaceDock.

New life hacks

• Skip Orientation by tgrkzus - New campaigns default to skipping the orientation. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section for details.
• IVA Portraits Toggler by @WiS3 - Adds a button to the app bar to toggle the Kerbal portraits panel.
• Warp To Orbital Points by @munix - Adds buttons to warp to apoapsis, periapsis and SOI change.
• Orbital Line Colors by @munix - Colors the various orbital lines of the current vessel to make them easier to distinguish.

Edited January 22 by munix

[charliepryor]

On 1/22/2024 at 5:13 PM, munix said:

v1.2.0

The latest version can be installed using CKAN or downloaded on GitHub and SpaceDock.

New life hacks

• Skip Orientation by tgrkzus - New campaigns default to skipping the orientation. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section for details.
• IVA Portraits Toggler by @WiS3 - Adds a button to the app bar to toggle the Kerbal portraits panel.
• Warp To Orbital Points by @munix - Adds buttons to warp to apoapsis, periapsis and SOI change.
• Orbital Line Colors by @munix - Colors the various orbital lines of the current vessel to make them easier to distinguish.

Cool update, but I think this created a conflict with Manuever Node Controller. Ever since updating to this latest update of Kerbal Life Hacks, that mod's interface doesn't appear when trying to use it. Perhaps you both are interacting with the same thing somewhere, like with the new Orbital points.

[munix]

28 minutes ago, charliepryor said:

Cool update, but I think this created a conflict with Manuever Node Controller. Ever since updating to this latest update of Kerbal Life Hacks, that mod's interface doesn't appear when trying to use it. Perhaps you both are interacting with the same thing somewhere, like with the new Orbital points.

You can easily test that out by disabling Kerbal Life Hacks in the mod list and restarting the game. However, I just tried (with KLH installed) to use Maneuver Node Controller and it works just fine. There really isn't anything that either of the mods do that should possibly create any conflicts.

I would try if disabling KLH helps, and if it does, then please, enable it again, restart, reproduce the situation where Maneuver Node Controller doesn't open, and then send your game log (C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Intercept Games\Kerbal Space Program 2\Player.log).

[munix]

v1.2.1

The latest version can be installed using CKAN or downloaded on GitHub and SpaceDock.

Bug fixes

• IVA Portraits Toggler - Fixed button sometimes not appearing.

Localization

• Added Chinese (simplified) localization by fengyuan0529.

Edited January 24 by munix

[AtomicTech]

On 12/31/2023 at 11:45 AM, munix said:

Kerbal Life Hacks
v1.2.1 for KSP2 v0.2.0

Download: GitHub or SpaceDock
Source code: KSP2Community/KerbalLifeHacks on GitHub
 License: MIT

A counterpart to Community Fixes, this community mod is home to various quality of life improvements and balancing changes, or life hacks, which don't fit into the scope of Community Fixes.

Compatibility

• Tested with Kerbal Space Program 2 v0.2.0.0.30291
• Requires SpaceWarp 1.7.0+

Features
Currently, this mod includes the following life hacks:

UI tweaks

Main menu

• Skip Orientation by tgrkzus - New campaigns default to skipping the orientation. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section for details.

Flight view

• IVA Portraits Toggler by @WiS3 - Adds a button to the app bar to toggle the Kerbal portraits panel.

Map

• Warp To Orbital Points by @munix - Adds buttons to warp to apoapsis, periapsis and SOI change.
• Orbital Line Colors by @munix - Colors the various orbital lines of the current vessel to make them easier to distinguish.

VAB

• VAB Mission Tracker by @munix - Adds the Mission Tracker button to the VAB app tray.

Gameplay

• Disable Contrails by @munix - Disables contrails and wingtip vortices. Disabled by default, see the Configuration section below for details.
• Better Experiments by dmarcuse - Automatically resumes paused experiments when re-entering the correct region and ignores animation state.

Installation
Recommended:

1. Use CKAN to download and install Kerbal Life Hacks.

Manual:

1. Download and extract UITK for KSP 2 into your game folder (this is a dependency of SpaceWarp).
2. Download and extract SpaceWarp into your game folder.
3. Download and extract this mod into the game folder. If done correctly, you should have the following folder structure: <KSP Folder>/BepInEx/plugins/KerbalLifeHacks.

Configuration
All life hacks can be toggled on or off in Main menu -> Settings -> Mods -> Kerbal Life Hacks. The changes will take effect after the game is restarted. Life hacks are enabled by default unless otherwise noted.

Bug reports
You can report bugs or request features on the Issues page on GitHub.

Changelog
For a comprehensive changelog, visit the Releases page on GitHub.

Contributing
If you'd like to contribute to this project, please take a look at our wiki.

Minor suggestion, might it be possible to enable/disable a probe core's crew portrait?

[munix]

On 1/25/2024 at 4:14 PM, AtomicTech said:

Minor suggestion, might it be possible to enable/disable a probe core's crew portrait?

As in, disable it separately from the other crew portraits?

[Deadly_Laser]

On 1/27/2024 at 10:21 PM, munix said:

As in, disable it separately from the other crew portraits?

That would be helpful, it can be annoying to have all those cores clogging up lines in the portraits UI

[AtomicTech]

On 1/27/2024 at 1:21 PM, munix said:

As in, disable it separately from the other crew portraits?

Yep!

[Biggen]

@munix Have to force install with CKAN since its showing only as being compatible with KSP2 0.2.0.

Edited February 3 by Biggen

[munix]

27 minutes ago, Biggen said:

@munix Have to force install with CKAN since its showing only as being compatible with KSP2 0.2.0.

There have been some changes I've been meaning to do so I haven't released a 0.2.1 specific update yet, but in the meantime I can mark it as compatible on SpaceDock, since it seems that everything is working fine.

Edited February 3 by munix

[Biggen]

Great! Yup, I installed it today and, man, it sure does make life easier warping to SOIs and seeing a more contrasty trajectory line. Thanks for this!

[zande]

Hi, sometimes the icon of the portraits toggler disappear from the app bar and so is impossible to go EVA

[munix]

1 hour ago, zande said:

Hi, sometimes the icon of the portraits toggler disappear from the app bar and so is impossible to go EVA

Hi, thanks for the report. Yeah, I've also noticed the button is still kinda unreliable, I think I will just go the safe route and register this as a button in the app tray with all the other mod buttons, that should ensure it will always work.

Edited February 5 by munix

[Phoenix850]

I have found out that the portraits (both in the top of the screen and the toggle button), disappear when reverting to launch. Not sure if the same happens when reverting to VAB. Hope this information proves itself useful.