Slipway/shipyard

[Atatra]

I've recently been playing KSP with Hooligan labs mod installed, and decided to register here to ask a question.

i'm wondering if there's a mod that adds a function to the SPH that lets you launch from a slipway building near the space centre? i feel this kind of thing would be extremely useful to users looking to create boats and sea planes for various purposes, as well as opening up the field for people who can't use existing water launch plugins due to bugs and glitches.

Atatra

Edited September 16, 2014 by Atatra

[Alshain]

I've recently been playing KSP with Hooligan labs mod installed, and decided to register here to ask a question.

i'm wondering if there's a mod that adds a function to the SPH that lets you launch from a slipway building near the space centre? i feel this kind of thing would be extremely useful to users looking to create boats and sea planes for various purposes, as well as opening up the field for people who can't use existing water launch plugins due to bugs and glitches.

Atatra

Kerbal Konstructs and Kerbin Side are your most likely avenues to get this request done, if you ask nicely. As of right now, no. None that I am aware of anyway. (Kerbin Side is where you should ask, Konstructs is like an API that it uses to do the launching)

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/82785-0-24-x-Kerbin-Side-v0-35-It-s-Cold-Outside

Edited September 16, 2014 by Alshain

[Atatra]

thank you for the extremely quick answer, and thanks for the tip. i'll change this threat to answered and head to look at kerbal constructs and kerbin side.

once again, thanks for taking the time to answer.

[Vanamonde]

Hi Atatra. Your thread has been moved to the mods sub-forum, since you're asking for mod recommendations.

[cantab]

Could Extraplanetary Launchpads or something similar do the job? Perhaps with a little cheating to stock it up with raw materials.

[Atatra]

ah, thanks

i go to the main forum for one second to find out how to mark it answered and posts start appearing...wow

thanks for the answers, and the move to a more relevant location.

i know extraplanetary launchpads, but what i really want is an actual structure that has a dedicated slipway connected to a shipyard, maybe a canal coming out of the other end of the SPH, to allow for launching straight into water.

it feels like a big request, and, knowing the difficulties of coding, it probably is.

[Pecan]

There are (at least) three modders working on getting this into Kerbinside - the maker of Kerbinside models, the maker of KerbTown itself and an enthusiast for ships (who is also giving us an aircraft carrier to land on).

[Alshain]

There are (at least) three modders working on getting this into Kerbinside - the maker of Kerbinside models, the maker of KerbTown itself and an enthusiast for ships (who is also giving us an aircraft carrier to land on).

Are you referring to the Oceania pack? Is that actually going to be a ship yard or just aircraft carriers and hellipads in the ocean? I was thinking it was just the carriers.

[Buzzou]

The boat parts mod has a part that when placed on a craft, will spawn it in the water near the runway when you launch it...

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/24845

it doesn't have a dock or shipyard though

[cantab]

Firespitter likewise has a water launch gadget, but I'm among those who've found it too glitchy to use. There seemed to be a race condition causing the craft to be moved then moved back and destroyed.