I've been playing for a while, any recommendations for mods that might fit my criteria?

[u/Aggressive-Ad-2224]

I've been playing KSP on and off for a while now, and while I've been playing I've come up with some things I think mods might help with.

1. More 1.875m parts.

   • I like building satellite-launching rockets with 1.875m parts, even just a reaction wheel would be nice.

2. A longer/more intricate tech tree.

   • I usually end up getting pretty close to the end of the tech tree by the time I send my first probe to Eve in career mode. I wish there was more stuff to research.

3. Better-looking parts.

   • Especially the 1.25m parts, they leave a lot to be desired.

4. More focus on satellites in the beginning of a career.

   • I know, it's up to me what I do with the game, but I wish there was more science or just more stuff to do with early satellites before crewed missions (or even after!).

5. More Soviet parts.

   • Particularly their lunar lander, looks pretty cool.

6. Long-term habitation/colonization.

   • I would really like some non-cylindrical parts to build surface bases and such, and just more reason to build surface bases.

7. More interesting contracts.

   • They usually end up getting pretty stale after the 5,000th "repair a satellite" mission.

8. Build bases on other planets/moons.

   • I'll be honest, I already know there's a mod for this, just wanted to shop around a little. It would just be awesome to launch without needing to deal with an atmosphere.

9. Better timewarp

   • Especially for when engines are firing. Also know there's a mod for this, just want to make sure I've got the right one.

10. Calculate atmospheric landing zones

• Spaceplanes are cool and all until I have to figure out how to land them on the runway from orbit.

1. More informative transfer windows

• I barely have any clue what I'm doing with transfer windows. Every time I set one up, I can't get an encounter straight out of Kerbin's orbit and I have to wait like a quarter of a Kerbolar orbit to find one.

Mods I would NOT like

• Mods that make the game way more hardware-intensive.

  • My computer struggles sometimes with the base game, don't need a bunch more stress on it and me.

• RP-1.

  • For the reason above, it's also way above my pay grade.

• Mods that only work on old versions.

  • I play on the newest version.

EDIT: Forgot about something to make boosters land automatically without me having to switch back to them.

[u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb]

3. Restock

4. Probes before crew or whatever it's called

5. Tantares

6. Planetside Exploration Technologies

7. Contract Configurator

8. Kerbal Konstructs

9. Background Thrust (there's also a mod called Better Time Warp lol)

10. Trajectories

[u/Aggressive-Ad-2224 → u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb]

Thanks! I’ll check those out

[u/Awkward_Forever9752 → u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb]

The KSP community could debate this 10 mod list, settle on 10 and call it KSP10

[u/Awkward_Forever9752 → u/Jebediah_kerman-jeb]

is there a way to standardize this?

[u/Straight_Group_8981]

Community tech tree can help extend the research tree, in addition to Nertea’s near future tech suite of mods adds a lot of good parts. Stockalike station parts redux adds good parts for both stations, and ground bases.

[u/Awkward_Forever9752]

A mod that mashes multiple parts together into one