is this safe to do

[chrischambers]

I am like everyone else is having fun with the new version of KSP, but some of my crafts has parts on them that are no longer being seen like the Older version of mechjeb, or the the Orda Computer you might have used a months ago and have forgotten about.

so my question is, is it safe to go into the code and locate the bit that talks about the part you are having issues with and then remove it.

Example.

PART
{
	part = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427702
	partName = Part
	pos = -1.525252,34.75948,-0.6835561
	rot = -0.2181241,0.1928457,-0.9556647,-0.04401577
	attRot = 0,0,-0.9999999,0
	mir = 1,1,1
	istg = 0
	dstg = 0
	sidx = -1
	sqor = -1
	attm = 1
	sym = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427368
	sym = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427322
	sym = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427276
	srfN = srfAttach,Mark1-2Pod_4293450842
	EVENTS
	{
	}
	ACTIONS
	{
	}
	MODULE
	{
		name = ModuleLight
		isEnabled = True
		isOn = False
		EVENTS
		{
			LightsOff
			{
				active = False
				guiActive = True
				guiIcon = Lights Off
				guiName = Lights Off
				category = Lights Off
				guiActiveUnfocused = False
				unfocusedRange = 2
				externalToEVAOnly = True
			}
			LightsOn
			{
				active = True
				guiActive = True
				guiIcon = Lights On
				guiName = Lights On
				category = Lights On
				guiActiveUnfocused = False
				unfocusedRange = 2
				externalToEVAOnly = True
			}
		}
		ACTIONS
		{
			ToggleLightAction
			{
				actionGroup = Light
			}
			LightOnAction
			{
				actionGroup = Custom01
			}
			LightOffAction
			{
				actionGroup = None
			}
		}
	}
}

[Pursuedtank]

I have no idea if this would work. What you could do however is make a copy of the craft file, then remove the parts from the copy. If that works then great, but if not then you still have a copy. It shouldn't mess up your game either.

[el_coyoto]

If you're careful and make a backup, you should be fine.

I've edited many ships this way...

Just make sure when your remove a part to remove the references to it. Lemme explain :

- let's imagine you have an old mechjeb attached to a pod

- you remove the mechjeb part

- but you should check if your pod still mentions the mechjeb part and remove that reference

Cheers!

[orangexception]

Yeah, should be fine. Worst case you get the `Hello WorldHello World` error and have to restart KSP.

- Make a backup of your craft file.

- Find parts from mods that don't work.

- Copy their id `part = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427702`. From your snippet, I pulled out these:

• Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427702
  
• Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427368
  
• Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427322
  
• Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427276
  

- Delete those parts.

- Find references to the part id. `link = Kosmos.Common.LED.Flood.Light_4293427702`

- Delete the link records.

[Mr Shifty]

It will work just fine as long as the parts you remove don't have any other parts attached to them. You have to remove the reference to them in the part they're attached to, then remove their whole PART{} entry.

[AnalogAddict]

I do this all the time to remove mods from my old crafts that I'd like to port to new versions of KSP. As long as you remove every iteration or instance of some mod then you'll be fine.

[chrischambers]

thanks for the advice, I will start to remove the unwanted parts