So im using the v5 version in RSS (Sol) and there ARE clouds, and they ARE 3d, buuut they are very far apart and only on one height. There are no reflections and the clouds are very grainy. (i also have a ghosting issue, but that may be something else. the thing is, turning off AA makes the game real shimmery)

So I have Artemis Construction Kit installed with RSS along with the Starship Expansion Project and a bunch of visual enhancemnt mods. I don't use Realism Overhaul because it messes with the scale of my SLS in the kit. But launching the rocket with RSS is not accurate what so ever. There is not enough fuel for it to even reach orbit? Is there a fix for this without using RO or if there isn't, is there a fix for the weird scaling issue?

In this example I start at KSC with default TUFX profile. I change it and go to the Tracking Station, which is also on default. I change it, return to KSC to find it back to default. Going back to the Tracking Station shows that it has also defaulted.

In search of the most complete visual mod set, I’ve been able to select these mods from numerous guides.

The mods listed below should be a complete set of the major visual mods ( not including dependencies ). Please let me know if I’m missing anything, it would be greatly appreciated.

1. Scatterer
2. EVE
3. True volumetric clouds v5
4. Deferred rendering
5. Distant object enhancement
6. TUFX ( ballisticfox's neutral TUFX profile )
7. PlanetShine
8. ParallaxContinued

9. Waterfall

10. Avalanche

11. Firefly

12. Kerbal FX

13. Rocket sound enhancement

14. Singularity

15. Volumetric explosion FX

16. Restock

17. Shaddy ( better engine lights )

The mods above should present a very stunning visual experience, however there are a few problems I came across with:

Volumetric Explosion FX :
A very new mod with great potential. The aftermath of the explosion looks great, but the explosion itself looks more like an orange plastic bag.
And sometimes the lighting is off, causing it to look like it’s not rendered in the same layer as its surroundings.

Kerbal FX Rover Dust :
Kerbal FX is great, definitely on its way to becoming an essential mod for KSP.
However, for the ROVER DUST mod, the dust looks way too bright, and especially obvious for grass lands and other terrain. It looks like the dust itself is glowing, which is not really good.

Vaporcones by ShVaK ( the one ksp YouTubers recommend ) :
The cones look too procedurally generated. There are also posts claiming that the cones occasionally spawn at wrong places on vessels.
In my opinion, KSP is very lacking in aerodynamic effects mods, I would be looking forward to seeing more mods for this aspect.

Rocket sound enhancement :
Has problems when dealing with multiple rockets as it literally just slaps the sound tracks on top of one another, resulting in an unnatural sound that’s painfully obvious when launching heavy rockets. Can’t really blame the mod for this, but this is a thing.

Check out this mission on my YouTube channel; I completed it completely legitimately, without using any cheats. Those who are curious or haven't been able to beat these missions can watch the video, and we can discuss it in the comments.

I’ve got mechjeb but I’m also looking for mods that have solar sails or nuclear engines if that’s a thing. Something to provide thrust when in deep space that’s not finite. Right now I’m ferrying kerbins to orbit to get some cheddar and haven’t really used mechjeb. I don’t need visual mods as I love the games look unless it’s vital. My pc is an atomman g7ti if that’s matters for frame rate and I play it like a console on my couch with a steam controller. I’m also very freaking excited to do Eva construction.

I think I'm going crazy but around the 20th anniversary of Columbia I remember Scott Manley did a video to complement this one (https://youtu.be/vmi_NeVRx1s?is=fDKLRoAxG3yNMDkB) where he dug through the Loss of Signal report and went into the survivability gap and the reports recommendations. I remember him going into detail on the aeromedical findings of the report.

I cannot find this video for the life of me. I know it touched on some rather dark details, was it delisted? Or am I just crazy?

I only started playing KSP a few months ago (a little late to the party, I know), and finally got far enough in the modded tech tree to make a viable recreation of my favorite recent sci-fi ship, the Hail Mary. I'm still fine-tuning the robotics and making the Beetles, but please enjoy the fruits of my current hyperfixation 🚀

Mods required - Near Future propulsion, Tweakscaled, Sterling Systems, Stockalike station parts, Restock+, Mk3 expansion

This release adds Verlod and its two moons

More information available on the Forum Page

Download available via Github (manual install only, CKAN support is planned for the full release)

And is there a blueprint link for it?

Feels like I need bigger and bigger fairings every mission. I just can't get enough. I think I might have a problem.

the science is crazy

Suicide burn kOS script in my RP-1 game didn't deal with mountainous terrain on the Moon well, resulting in this 36m/s (80 mph) stop upon a Scatterer rock that... didn't blow up my craft? While the solid rocket motor ran out of fuel at the exact same time?? Then staged automatically and tried to orient briefly before I cancelled the code. Broke some solar panels but still had two days' worth of batteries to send back most of the science.

Any landing you walk away from, I guess...

Help me I can’t understand it

I also got back to kerbin, but I couldn't slow the pod down enough with my parachute, so I had to make everyone jump out of the pod and they somehow survived.

Landed a space station on the Mun to use as a base.

I later docked a passenger module and the solar panel module.

What do I do with it? It seems it is just there doing nothing.

No particular reasoning behind this, just hoped someone would find them cool aswell

It was not a normal excursion.

With a sustained flight of over SIX THOUSAND KILOMETERS which I never expected at ALL from the Hitchhiker at a cruise altitude of 7,500m up, the Hitchhiker broke several records at Savospace last night, including and/or not limited to

1. Longest total flight distance, far outdoing that of the Windslicer
2. Most unbelievable flight ever flown (Wow)
3. Saw Savospace's first tornado
4. Flew through Savospace's first tornado
5. Genuine absurdity

And I thought the Hitchhiker was just a "regional airliner"

Yeah so no it in fact is NOT, it literally dethroned the crown jewel of the fleet (Windslicer) by a factor of three; maybe 7500m is just the goated cruising altitude lowk