why are there no terrain altering mods?

[Dasemay]

I was browsing the mods over at the space port just looking for something fun, when i realized they are no mods that add new things the terrain of ksp. Why is this? Are new planets moons and other satellites just to hard to code in and texture?, or is there simply no demand for them? Any ideas?

[Sir Nahme]

There is one that adds a couple of large asteroids but mostly yeah I suspect it comes down to difficulty

[Dr. Muttonstache]

There is one that adds a couple of large asteroids but mostly yeah I suspect it comes down to difficulty

Don't forget to say that you have to get them into orbit yourself.

[HoY]

Easily done with hyper edit. Put them where you want them too!

[Schweehog]

Easily done with hyper edit. Put them where you want them too!

I think he is talking (IN COMIC SANS OH GOD) about making new planets, not just moving around old ones.

Edited May 7, 2013 by Schweehog

[Budgie]

There is definitely demand for them in certain parts of the community. But I think it does come down to difficulty. Better men than me have tried, and quit, so I think thats something best left to be coded into the game at the base level, by the devs

[Nibb31]

You can really only mod parts of the game that are meant to be modded. For the moment, planets are hardcoded, so to change them would require hacking the game, not modding.

[teutoburg1]

I recall hearing about this one mod that added an entirely new planet, but it was never quite finished and I think the post was lost in the Great Forum Disaster

[HoY]

I think he is talking (IN COMIC SANS OH GOD) about making new planets, not just moving around old ones.

It was in response to Dr.Muttonstache, not the OP

[EndlessWaves]

Why is this? Are new planets moons and other satellites just to hard to code in and texture?, or is there simply no demand for them?

As far as I know it's simply a case of nobody has yet spent the couple of weeks worth of trial and error needed to get a grasp on how the extensive but undocumented planetary terrain system works.

Although if you mean stuff like adding buildings then that's easy enough so I'm not sure why nobody's done that yet.

[Dasemay]

Thanks that sort of answers my question.

[numerobis]

There were mods to remove the launch tower from 0.18.x, which is related to terrain modification...

[iRommel]

i might like something like an airfield.... like put the dirt runway thats on the island on kerbin, build one of those on laythe.