What parts need to be in the game before it is complete?

[Secuas]

I think it needs some kind of mining / excavating feature.

[megatiger78]

I think it needs some kind of mining / excavating feature.

like kethane or with terrain depressions cased by it??

[CaptainKipard]

Fishinferno, this is a very good thread to keep updated with all the suggestions in the OP. It goes well with the (currently) sticky thread I'm maintaining because techtree balance depends a lot on the available parts. Will you please consider keeping a running summary in the OP?

[Louella]

More landing gears for aeroplanes/spaceplanes

[Kegereneku]

The most meaningful part I can think of is KAS

Except that it is not a part, but the mere ability to place Strut would justify Engineer being part of any mission.

You don't even need to make a special box for it in fact. It could be stored in capsule/docking-ensemble part.

Edit : thinking about it... didn't the Devs actually planned long ago to have toolbox but didn't put them because X feature were missing to justify its existence ?

Edited January 14, 2015 by Kegereneku

[Daze]

Oh, it would be awesome some "deep space" part for interplanetary travel

[Myslius]

+1 for hinges

[FishInferno]

Fishinferno, this is a very good thread to keep updated with all the suggestions in the OP. It goes well with the (currently) sticky thread I'm maintaining because techtree balance depends a lot on the available parts. Will you please consider keeping a running summary in the OP?

Great idea! I have to do homework now but I can update the OP in a couple hours:)

[Torquemadus]

The game needs more solid rockets. The current SRB-KD-25K is too weak for lifting Shuttles, SLS cores, or large payloads of any kind. A decent Shuttle SRB would be very useful, and not without historical precedent. After all the NASA Space Shuttle launched with two SRBs, not dozens of them!

[FishInferno]

updated the OP to include suggestions

[CaptainKipard]

I'm always bothered by a lack of good looking nacelle pylons.

[neamerjell]

Just add these mods' functionality into the stock game:

Editor Extensions, Tweakscale, Tweakable Everything, Kerbal Engineer, Quick Search, Atmospheric Trajectories, Stage Recovery, Crowdsourced Science, Docking Port Alignment, Filter Extensions, Science Alert

and add these mods' parts and functionality to the stock game:

Infernal Robotics, KAS, MK2 Essentials, Nebula EVA Handrails

[Chris_2]

Optical space telescope parts. No space program without Hubble!

Robotic arms of some kind.

(These things are really 'iconic' for space-flight so should really be added stock before KSP 1.0)

Edited January 15, 2015 by Chris_2

[FishInferno]

Robotic arms of some kind.

Can you Imagine how much fun building a station with arms could be?

[Kegereneku]

extremely complicated and frustrating unless you give a GUI to go with it (just keeping thing in mind).

[klgraham1013]

extremely complicated and frustrating unless you give a GUI to go with it (just keeping thing in mind).

How else would you control it? Even hotkeys I could learn, just as docking with "wasd ijkl hn" is second nature to me now.

This is turning into quite the list as well. Looks like Active Texture Management needs to be integrated into stock.

[FishInferno]

Just remember that this is specifically a list for PARTS that need to be added

[Louella]

you haven't added my suggestion of different sized landing gears for aeroplanes ?

[CaptainKipard]

you haven't added my suggestion of different sized landing gears for aeroplanes ?

It's already coming.

[FishInferno]

you haven't added my suggestion of different sized landing gears for aeroplanes ?

I didn't add any suggestions that were already confirmed by SQUAD

[Chezburgar7300]

I agree with most of the suggestions here (except for the gargantuan part sizes in the OP ). One thing I'd like to see is some mk2 engines and a mk3 tri engine mount for 1.875m engines. Also agree with a 2.5m SRB. The current 1.25m shuttle one looks weird with the 3.75m NASA tanks if you ask me...