Orbital Space Shipyard?

[MrToaster]

I'm just wondering for a possibility of a user constructed orbital shipyard if you think it is a good idea or not? Because I like launching my stuff into orbit dont get me wrong but this is more of a time saver when you have a very heavy load to get into space and not have the hassle of repeated accidents. Plus I'd think it'd look pretty cool too. Let me know what you think!

[magnemoe]

Something like this ?

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/59545-0-23-Extraplanetary-Launchpads-v3-7

[Spartwo]

I like drydocks but they seem to be either not for Kerbal or at the very endgame.

[Captain Sierra]

I'm just wondering for a possibility of a user constructed orbital shipyard if you think it is a good idea or not? Because I like launching my stuff into orbit dont get me wrong but this is more of a time saver when you have a very heavy load to get into space and not have the hassle of repeated accidents. Plus I'd think it'd look pretty cool too. Let me know what you think!

This depends heavily on how much practicality you are looking for. If you launch from a higher orbit, you need less dV to achieve escape velocity (and the losses from not using Oberth are usually made up by having it be fully fueled on launch IN the higher orbit, not before going up to said orbit), while you lose some velocity due to not utilizing the Oberth effect. All in all, it's usually not very practical. But this is KSP. You can take practicality and shove it out the window. As far as campaign, waste of time. At least for my designs, I have nearly the entire tree completed by the time I have what I need to do it.

[RSwordsman]

There is a mod called Orbital Construction that basically works as an orbital VAB. You go into the normal VAB and add a certain part to the ship. Assuming you have an orbital shipyard (stocked with sufficient parts), the ship will be built there instead of at KSC.

I have it installed, but haven't messed around with it yet. Unfortunately that's the best explanation I can give. :S

[Vanamonde]

I was assembling my ships at a shipyard for a while. It does look spiffy,

but the station adds to the ship's part count and lag quickly becomes insane, so I just assemble my ships in orbit now.

[katateochi]

Vanamonde that looks really cool. I also tried to make a space ship yard and tried to build one like the ones from StarTrek (I feel safe saying that with you guys), but yeah; looks cool, lags-a-lot. Main reason for having it was to have something that would illuminate the ship I was building so I didn't keep needing to timewarp to get daylight.

I tried using the part welding mod to reduce the part count of the ship yard, but that just got buggy and weird. I'd really like a large single or very low part section that could be a space dock.