What are your most favorite, non OP mods?

[MrZayas1]

Hey guys, another opinions thread! What are your favorite mods that you use? Why do you like them? What are some good mods that add to the kerbal space program experience? Post them here, I want to hear what you have to say! As of late, my most favorite mod is probably the KW rocketry pack, because it makes delta V much easier to generate, but you only really get to the good stuff at the end of the science tree, I also like the KAS and Biomass mods because they add new things to the game that allow you to open your mind to more opportunities and great inventions. Feel free to post some mods that you think are great down in the comments and thank you for your time!

[Klingon Admiral]

TAC Life Support

Navyfish's docking alignment indicator (I really, really want my stations to look good)

Remote Tech (not tested yet, but I'm thinking about trying it out)

[Guest]

MechJeb .

[draeath]

* MechJeb when used responsibly (eg no autopilot junkies apply),

* RemoteTech2,

* Ferram Aerospace,

* Deadly Reentry Continued,

* Ioncross Life Support,

* Either (or both) Lazor Docking Cam or Navyfish's docking alignment indicator,

* and TAC Fuel Balancer (if you resist the temptation to do things you shouldn't be able to do, such as "balance" ablative shielding or dumping CO2)

Basically things that increase "realism" or at least add some more challenge, provide information and data entry (MJ's maneuver node editor for the win!), or make streamlined existing things (fuel balancer - you can try to do this manually, albeit with much hair-pulling)

Edited January 9, 2014 by draeath
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[SkyRender]

Definitely Kerbal Engineer Redux. It's a huge time-saver during construction. TAC Life Support's fun to use for added challenge as well.

[Kizarvexis]

Kerbal Engineer. I would use MechJeb, but it doesn't like my asparagus designs. I use KE to see what my TWR is and that is about the most I do for math. If I could figure out MechJeb for more than ascents, I might use that again. I just haven't had the time or inclination to sit down and play with it extensively.

I really liked MapSat, but haven't used it recently as it doesn't seem to work correctly. I enjoyed putting up MapSats in polar orbits just to get the maps. And I figured if I could ever take the time to figure out MechJeb's landing feature, I could actually land at some of the anomalies. I'm a poor pilot when it comes to landing.

I've tried KW Rocketry and Nova Punch's rockets and the mod that I think is called Stock-X parts. Once I started into mods with lots of parts, my game seemed to be unstable. I know I don't have the best computer for playing Kerbal, so I just play with stock parts now. And there are enough stock parts to satisfy me, so I don't really need the extra choices.

What I would really like is a mod with a stackable parachute for the 1m and 3m parts. Then you could stick drogue chutes above them.

[Javster]

RasterProp Monitor.

[MrZayas1]

All of these are great suggestions, I will definitely look at them, thanks guys for all of your opinions!