[WIP] Remote Launch

[hypermonkey]

Last Updated November 14th 2014 - V1.0.1 for KSP 0.25

My first mod for KSP!!!

Allows you to create and launch vessels from custom launch sites.

Custom Launch Site editor available in either VAB and SPH.

Press 'L' to toggle the Remote Launch editor when in the VAB or SPH.

To launch from a site simply select the launch site you want from the mod GUI and hit the launch button as normal.

Launch Sites are automatically saved in the active game save folder, in a file called Persistent-LaunchSites.sfs

Known Issues

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Launching on sites that are on bodies other than Kerbin, the Mun or Minimus can cause the ship to either:

- start at a significant distance above the ground, causing the ship to fall towards the planet

- start in the ground, causing the ship to explode

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Download page:

https://github.com/hypermonkey/KSPRemoteLaunch/releases/tag/V1.0.1

Any feedback would be great.

Edited November 14, 2014 by hypermonkey

[montyben101]

Sounds good! Could we have some pictures though? Would be good to see what i'm downloading before I do it XD

[LitaAlto]

Yeah, the functionality sounds interesting, and maybe less complicated than Extraplanetary Launchpads--but what are the visuals like? Is this generating new buildings? If so, what's the impact on CPU and RAM and other resources?

[Justin Kerbice]

mmm... another Kerbtown challenger ? What is the benefits compared to KT or Kerbal Konstructs ?

On the other hand, if you have any way to avoid the remote launch site issue, you're welcome .

[hypermonkey]

I think it's possible to fix the exploding ship problem, however to do that I would have to write my own launch function instead of relying on the in built one.

Right now I want to focus on fixing bugs and adding a way of creating new launch sites thats better than just specifiying a Latitude and Longitude while in the VAB/SPH.

[Malah]

Hello, nice work.

But there has a little bug on linux, we can't save on KSP/Saves/<savegame>/Persistent-LaunchSites.sfs because the save folder is "saves", the capital letters are important on linux.

[hypermonkey]

Hello, nice work.

But there has a little bug on linux, we can't save on KSP/Saves/<savegame>/Persistent-LaunchSites.sfs because the save folder is "saves", the capital letters are important on linux.

**bug fixed**

[Felbourn]

I need to launch from some RSS locations not included with a basic RSS install. Have you tried this with RSS?

[hypermonkey]

I need to launch from some RSS locations not included with a basic RSS install. Have you tried this with RSS?

It does work with RSS, however there are a couple of bugs:

- The latitude and longitude of the LaunchPad and Runway will not be updated when you change the RSS launch site, so they will show the wrong location.

- Craft launched from the Moon also sometimes suffer from Rapid Vehicle Disassembly Syndrome (They explode on launch or launch at high altitude)