New Kerbonaut here!

[Whitefrost]

Hello everybody!

I'm Whitefrost and I'm glad I got this game. It's astonishing and a ton of fun!

I'm trying to build a sphere as a fairing at the moment though I'm having problems since there are only square structural panels.

And building a sphere with only them is KIND of hard.. I managed to get one working but the panels were overlapping eachother and it just ended up in a ton of lagg and my PC melting (to be fair I may have made it a bit big..).

Soooo I'd like to ask all of you if there is a mod that adds more structural parts like a triangle into the game.

I already found this mod: Procedural fairings

It's pretty nice but I really need parts like the already existing structural panels in the game. Preferably triangles.

Also is there an easy way to duplicate objects while being in the Assembly Building? I found out dragging a part from the ship somewhere where it's not attached and then using strg + z to reset it keeps the part you dragged off but that doesn't seem to be the right way to do it....

Thanks to all of you and I wish you a great launch

[Malloy]

Hi mate, I'm new too so can't help with the mod stuff but "Alt-clicking" on a part or a group of parts in the vehicle assembly building will copy it.

Malloy

[Whitefrost]

thanks! that helped me a lot already!

[Scorpi15]

Welcome both of you to KSP!

Anyway, you can look in the Spacecraft Exchange for ideas on how to make a realistic looking sphere with existing parts- In particular look at Mulbin's Vos-stock or the OKB-1 thread in rocket builders. And for structural parts, you can find many in the B9 Aerospace pack, which can be found in the Addon showcases/releases subforum. I think it has triangles, but I'm not sure. It also has loads of parts for spaceplanes and the like.

Hope this helps

-Scorpi

[Xiphos]

Hello Whitefrost and welcome to KSP! You can 'fine tune' the placement of parts in the SPH and VAB by holding shift and using wasd and qe keys. Hope this helps!

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[Whitefrost]

Welcome both of you to KSP!

Anyway, you can look in the Spacecraft Exchange for ideas on how to make a realistic looking sphere with existing parts- In particular look at Mulbin's Vos-stock or the OKB-1 thread in rocket builders. And for structural parts, you can find many in the B9 Aerospace pack, which can be found in the Addon showcases/releases subforum. I think it has triangles, but I'm not sure. It also has loads of parts for spaceplanes and the like.

Hope this helps

-Scorpi

Thanks I took a look at the Vos-stock and the idea is really nice but a bit small, also I could like it to have the sphere hollow.I couldn't find anything like a Sphere in the OKB-1 thread except for Mulbin's design and one which was roughly the same (the idea). I tried out the B9 Aerospace pack and yes it has triangles though I have yet to find an equilateral one but I guess it could work with these. I'll put some work into it thanks!

Hello Whitefrost and welcome to KSP! You can 'fine tune' the placement of parts in the SPH and VAB by holding shift and using wasd and qe keys. Hope this helps!

thanks I already knew that though!