Looking for a good tutorial of KSP file management

[mpk10]

Hello all,

I was wondering if someone could point me towards a good video tutorial of KSP file management. Mods, save files, etc. Most mods come with a readme that tells you how to install it, but i'm looking for more of an overview of how it all fits together. People seem to be very good at manipulating all the files and folders to make their ksp experiences easier, but I get nervous about moving things around and such. Just a basic overview would be amazing.

Thanks!

Matt

[Pecan]

It would be easy to write-up but I can't think of any videos about it. What 'all' are you unsure about? Mods' folders live inside KSP's "gamedata" folder - apart from putting them there I don't know of anything else you have to fit together.

[Claw]

Like Pecan says, nearly every mod has been updated to go in the GameData folder.

Main Game Folder - Has the config file, version file, and executable.

GameData - Contains all the stock parts, graphics, sonds, etc in the Squad and NASAmission folders. Stores just about all mods too. So...most of the game's data.

Inside each of the GameData sub-folders there are more folders. Most of these are self explanitory, such as "Parts" or "Sounds". Inside the Parts are more directories with all the parts models, textures, and each part's "part.cfg" which defines how it acts.

saves - Your save games stored in directories. Each directory has the save files, an SPH directory with your SPH ships, and a VAB directory with VAB ships.

screenshots - Where in-game tanken screen shots are written.

KSP_Data/Launcher_Data - some more internal game resources.

Ships - A folder containing sub-folders (SPH & VAB) with all the stock ships. Copy your craft files into here if you have something you want available to all your saves.

Most of the rest of the directories are old holdovers from previous versions. For the most part, they are empty and the contents have been moved into the GameData folder.

Not sure if that's what you're looking for.