I love mod too much, but they crash KSP :(

[DeeplyLovesCoffee]

Hi Guys,

I really love Mods! I've added all sorts, some work, some don't and some just cause KSP to crash, and crash, and crash. I'm not getting tired of all these crashes. I know it's not the fault of the coders at the KSP secret bat cave. So I'm going back to stock....and maybe staying there. My suggestion is with each update of KSP add at least one of the most popular mod to the game added as a standard feature. This would at the very least increase the types of parts. (After MechJeb is there anything else people want except adding more parts?)

Personally I would love to take a screen shot of the ISS built in KSP and not be able to tell that it's not the real thing (and not have it crash KSP).

[Sir_Tramalot]

I have found that extra RAM is a good cure for the KSP mod problems! (I got 4GB extra (making it 8GB) for Christmas, and I can now run all of my favorite mods!)

[Bobe]

After having spent years learning from harsh experiences with Skyrim mods, I have become very careful about mod use in general. I carefully inspect each mod I am interested in, determining things like version compatibility, general stability, conflicts with other mods and assess the benefits against the possible risk.

So I only have a few essential plugins and part packs that don't overlap in terms of functionality. I also strip down some packs when I know I won't use certain parts, or if another pack has better equivalent parts.

For example, I use KW Rocketry, an absolute must, but there are a few pieces in NovaPunch I like, specifically the control wheels and bulkheads, but that pack also comes with hundreds of other parts including fuel tanks and engines. Since Rocketry is perfect for the latter, I can happily delete almost all of NovaPunch and save literally hundreds of megabytes of files it has to load.

Of course more memory can help, to a point, but being smart about using mods is possibly more important.

[Raven.]

Hi Guys,

I really love Mods! I've added all sorts, some work, some don't and some just cause KSP to crash, and crash, and crash. I'm not getting tired of all these crashes. I know it's not the fault of the coders at the KSP secret bat cave. So I'm going back to stock....and maybe staying there. My suggestion is with each update of KSP add at least one of the most popular mod to the game added as a standard feature. This would at the very least increase the types of parts. (After MechJeb is there anything else people want except adding more parts?)

Personally I would love to take a screen shot of the ISS built in KSP and not be able to tell that it's not the real thing (and not have it crash KSP).

A possible, and very likely reason that your KSP install is repeatedly crashing is because KSP runs out of memory. KSP is a 32 bit application, which means that once it uses 3.5 GB of RAM or more, it crashes to the desktop. There are two solutions for this:

1) As Bobe has already suggested, only install the mods that you actually need and use.

2) Use this: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/59005-0-23-Release-2-12-Active-Texture-Management-Save-RAM-without-reduction-packs!

Usually I will run the Texture Compressor with B9 Aerospace, Space shuttle engines, and KW Rocketry.