Colonization mod

[FishInferno]

So, I now thare are mods which give you parts to build surface bases on other planets, like MKS, but I was thinking, what if you could add more to the process of building a colony? I am putting this idea out there because a) I can't mod, and Hopefully someone will be inspired to make this, or something like it.

Here is my idea:

You can start your colony much like you can now using mods (habitats, greenhouses, etc).

You can mine the area for water and materials.

Once a mining operation is established, you can create parts to expand your base without launches from Kerbin, completing the three parts of a self-sustaining colony: Food/water (grown in greenhouses/extracted from ground), air (produced from plants), and manufacturing (mining).

Now that you have a self-sustaining colony, you could build buildings (not rocket parts, legitimate buildings) for your Kerbals to take up residence.

and then (here comes the big one), once your colony is large enough, you call allow your Kerbals to have children, letting the colony expand with no assistance from Kerbin.

You would be able to terraform some planets (Laythe, Duna, maybe Eve) over a long period of time.

The three things that have not been done before are Kerbals having children and erecting buildings on the planet's surface, as well as terraforming. are these things possible to create? I don't mod much, but if this mod existed, i would be all over it.

[Slam_Jones]

I'm 99% sure I've seen a mod for creating Kerbals off-world, and one for terraforming. Not sure if they're up-to-date tho.

As for buildings, well, you could use PartWeld and make em.

[FishInferno]

The whole point would be that you are actually building houses to make a real city, not just a bunch of pressurized tubes

There is a mod for terraforming, but it is more of a cheat than a legitimate, achievable thing. I want something that you can accomplish through gameplay.

[Slam_Jones]

I don't have a screenshot to show atm, but I mean welding a bunch of structural panels (or I suppose wing panels to make it lighter), arranging them in a shape resembling a house, and partwelding it. Then just fill it in with Life Support, aesthetics, etc.

But I do agree, actual, like, buildings would be nice.

[FishInferno]

Yes, and you could build factories, farms, schools, anything.

Eventually you could have kerbals that go about their lives much like they would on Kerbin, having jobs at offices and such.

Edited January 23, 2015 by FishInferno

[weeble]

It sounds more or less that you want a city building simulation mod to give you the feeling you're running an off-planet colony. I think that's kind of out of the scope of this game. But there are mods that can give you pretty much what you're talking about.

MKS, H.O.M.E., SXT(Lack Lusters mods), TACLS, Karbonite, Extraplanetary Launch Pads and there is a mod for creating kerbals.

If you used all those that would give you at least some feeling of running a proper space colony, you just have to use your imagination. With Lack's parts you can pretty much make structures that look like buildings and have them produced at your EPL.

[RainDreamer]

Soo...Kerbinside, but for other planets? I am not sure if someone can, like, make it into a process though. Like landing onto designated place, bring in parts, then get things building.

[hab136]

SimCity inside KSP?

The closests would be MKS + EPL + Karbonite + Kolonists + some building parts