If you could only install 3 KSP mods... which 3 would it be?

[Padishar]

I don't really see the point in speculating on this topic because there is no such limitation, there never will be and, even if there were, it would be pretty trivial for a mod writer to workaround the limitation by combining different mods into a single mod. Basically, any limit of this kind would have to be on the number of parts and/or number of separate plugin DLLs, and not "mods" as a whole.

E.g. my standard mod set is; KER, KAC, Toolbar, DPAI, Editor Extensions, Part Angle Display and have just added RCS Build Aid. It would be pretty trivial to package all of these up into a single "mod" folder, it may not even need any changes to the code in the DLLs at all (and probably wouldn't break any licenses as long as it wasn't released).

[Red Iron Crown]

It's just a "name your three favorite mods" thread. Some encouragement for those who've made popular mods, some recommendations for those new to mods, and some new mods introduced to veteran mod users (I discovered the excellent NavHUD mod because of 5thHorseman's post here).

[Bobnova]

FAR, KE, and the toolbar for opening/closing them.

If we're not counting the toolbar, add KAS.

[regex]

It's just a "name your three favorite mods" thread.

It's also fun exercise in "what would you give up", especially since a lot of people think a good chunk of their mods are essential. Honestly, I'm never giving up FAR, DREC, or RSS, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a forum game.

[Dodgey]

I'm surprises no one has said the stock rebalance project yet.

my three would be:

1. Stock rebalance

2. Editor extentions

3. Hyper edit.

[Alshain]

I don't know that there are many mods that truly depend on Toolbar. Use it and support it, yes; require it, not so much. (Not a knock against the mod, I use it and love it).

I bet ModuleManager is up there, if we're looking at dependencies. Maybe Firespitter's dll, too.

There are a few. I can't name which ones off the top of my head but I know a few of them I have come bundled with it.

[Padishar]

It's just a "name your three favorite mods" thread. Some encouragement for those who've made popular mods, some recommendations for those new to mods, and some new mods introduced to veteran mod users (I discovered the excellent NavHUD mod because of 5thHorseman's post here).

Well, it isn't really. It supposes that you can only install 3 mods which could mean that the 3 you "have" to install aren't actually your "favorites". This is more a "what 3 mods (or fewer) do you think are essential?" thread, my answer to which would be, just KER. I could happily continue to play KSP with just KER for years and still find things to do.

P.S. Not meaning to be needlessly pedantic or picky but I've been struggling with a load of badly specified program requirements for the last few days and people not saying what they mean is really getting to me...

P.P.S. I'm not against threads of the sort you describe as I believe that everyone that creates and/or supports mods in their own time (a considerable amount of time in many cases) for little to no reward, tangible or otherwise, should be given as much thanks, encouragement and constructive criticism as they can be...

[Red Iron Crown]

Don't worry Padishar, I'm sure the program requirements will get more specific when the program is almost complete and difficult to change.

[Unto the Cruel]

I'd go with Mechjeb, FAR, and FTMN (the bigger nuclear engines).

[velve]

FAR, KER ,KAC.

Using very few mods so I don't know most of them out there but these three so far have become essential.

[tychochallenge]

all of them

[Tortoise]

Ferram Aerospace Research

Kerbal Engineer Redux

Kerbal Alarm Clock

Those are technically my most essential mods, to run my space program.

[KvickFlygarn87]

KER, KAC, and KAS.

[Helix935]

Kso, ksprc,kas

[AlamoVampire]

1. Mechjeb

2. Procedural Fairings

3. Novapunch

those 3 are my mainstays.

[sievers808]

KER, Kethane, and RemoteTech2 all the way!

[randomness5555]

For carreer mode, Mechjeb, DM orbital science and Universal storage. I probably couldn't get very far at all without them.

For sandbox, Mechjeb (I can do most of the stuff manually, but mechjeb is better at it than me), Near Future Propulsion (all parts-I presume it only counts as one mod) and the mini shuttle pack (BEST space shuttle ever created in kerbal. Even I can work this thing.)

[mythic_fci]

KAS

RasterPropMonitor

Procedural Fairings

[Seret]

I do only use three mods:

Kerbal Alarm clock: essential for running more than one interplanetary mission concurrently IMO

Kerbal Engineer: numbers!

Mechjeb: I chop and change between KER and MechJeb for data, so tend to have both installed.

Can't be bothered with part mods, they're a hassle.

[WeirdCulture]

Deadly Rentry

RT2

Engineer

[klgraham1013]

Oh man. From 40+ to 3?

Kerbal Engineer Redux

Kerbal Alarm Clock

Deadly Re-entry

DRE and Life Support are fighting for 3rd depending on what day you ask.

[PaladinFoster]

B9, KW Rocketry, and KAS.

[theend3r]

Mechjeb, Mechjeb and Mechjeb.

[shynung]

MechJeb, Kerbal Alarm Clock, and VOID.

I'm already in this situation, having an old PC with only 2GBs of memory. (Though it can still handle 7, last time I checked.)

[dlrk]

Only three mods? I wouldn't even play. Ferram Aerospace, Real Fuels, Deadly Reentry, RPM, Mechjeb, those are my bare minimum