Life Support Mod?

[piggysanTH]

Hello~~~

I want to add realistic to KSP.I saw 2 life support mod.TAC & asmi. Which is better?

[Alshain]

asmi is the author, ECLSS is the mod. But as for which is better? It's personal preference. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they are just different.

[piggysanTH]

I wouldn't say one is better than the other, they are just different.

So which one is more realistic ?

[Hodo]

So which one is more realistic ?

ECLSS maintains its tracking of life support use when the ship is not the active vessel. TAC does not. TAC requires food and water along with oxygen, ECLSS only requires Oxygen.

Both are good, both are realistic with the right cfg edits, found in the Realism Overhaul thread. It is a matter of preference.

[Alshain]

So which one is more realistic ?

Neither is more realistic than the other. If I'm not mistaken, ECLSS only deals with O2 and CO2, while TAC has Food, Water, Waste and Waste Water also.

[xrayfishx]

I prefer TAC. It has six resources, three required and three wastes. The recycling is done pretty well there, although it could be better. Each resource has its own challenges (water is heavy, oxygen can't wait, food can't be recycled). ECLSS has only one resource afaik and that's oxygen. No food, no water, just oxygen (and the waste product, CO2). I would wager that TAC is more realistic, but I haven't really tried ECLSS.

[Alshain]

ECLSS maintains its tracking of life support use when the ship is not the active vessel. TAC does not.

That's not accurate (or at least anymore). In fact it's one of the "features" bullet points.

[Mecripp]

One thing that should be said is ECLSS does have a bug when you go on EVA your ship will lose all of it's MonoPropellant and there is around 4 life support mods 2 are like a WIP.

EDIT- WIP just has Lifesupport RESOURCE, MOD is -- IFILS and some1 picked up IronCross which has just 2 RESOURCE

Edited July 15, 2014 by Mecripp2

[Arran]

ECLSS also may cause some severe FPS drops.. i like the mod itself more as TAC, but after playing a while with it, the FPS drop became unbearable

[MaxP]

I think IFILifeSupport mod is th best LS to make a game a bit more realistic.

Does it matter, what kind of micromanagement is going aboard? Water, oxygen, CO2, food, waste...

There is an precisely estimated time of life support in every program, so anyway there is a specified time of life support - and the mod doing the same.

Yes, it can be fun to toggle sitches and pushing buttons, watching as carbon dioxide growing or converting, but only if there is nothing to do else on KSP.

[jordanjay29]

Another thing to consider, I've seen more widespread integration of other mods with TAC than I have with ECLSS or the Snacks mod. Something to think about if you're a person who likes adding lots of mods to their game.