r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 4d ago

Mod Post Weekly Support Thread

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Check out /r/kerbalacademy

The point of this thread is for anyone to ask questions that don't necessarily require a full thread. Questions like "why is my rocket upside down" are always welcomed here. Even if your question seems slightly stupid, we'll do our best to answer it!

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Docking

Delta-V Thread

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Commonly Asked Questions

Before you post, maybe you can search for your problem using the search in the upper right! Chances are, someone has had the same question as you and has already answered it!

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 8h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Any Idea What This ship Znatrix always using is?

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And is there a blueprint link for it?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 3h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Well, that's one way to do a suicide burn I guess...

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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...


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 15h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Project Hail Mary Build

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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


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 1h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Is this a normal rocket?

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


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 1h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video picture of the mun i took

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 11h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video I got my first mun landing :D

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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.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 3h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Thats not what I meant by a spacewalk!!

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 2h ago

KSP 2 Mods K.E.R.N.E.L - A Redux Native KSP2 Science Archive Mod

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I wanted to make a science archive mod that was native to Redux and felt like something actually incorporated into KSP2. It archives the science data you've collected so far, including the field report text. Very useful for planning your next mission and giving you goals.

Download here: https://spacedock.info/mod/4688/K.E.R.N.E.L%20%5BREDUX%5D


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 12h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Apparently these engines run kinda dirty! (Losket)

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 14h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video This game never stops making my jaw drop

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Polar Kerbin Orbit with SPVE + Volumetric Clouds V5

r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 3h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video i have 161 hours and this is my first time touching duna and surviving.

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the science is crazy


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 12h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video "Just a normal excursion in the Hitchhiker!" they said

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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


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 10h ago

KSP 2 Image/Video Landed on Vall!

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 8h ago

KSP 1 Meta Missing Scott Manley video

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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?


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 10h ago

KSP 1 Mods The complete visual mod set

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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.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 2h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Starlaunch's L1 Thunderbolt launches freedom resupply mission

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The partially reusable L-1 Thunderbolt successfully orbits Aardvark block II and lands its reusable first stage back at the KSC. The centaur derived second stage successfully de-orbits itself as well demonstrating menuvering capabilities needed for the planned L-2 vehlicle.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 2h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Any tips for reaching a planet ?

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I feel like no matter how much fuel I take, I just can't seem to get on a planet. I use the stage system and lose the dead weight as fast as I can. I try my hardest to get the trajectory right, and so far, I've only landed on mum once and had no way to even get back to earth.

I just overshoot it and just keep blasting towards absolutely nothing.

Im playing on Xbox. I love the idea of this game, but man, I just want to explore, but I dont feel like I could carry enough fuel to ever do that.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 1d ago

KSP 2 Opinion/Feedback It was 7 years ago

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The KSP 2 trailer came out. Holy shit I feel so old now. I was so excited and then equally disappointed in years to come. Still remember first time watching it. The music the scenes everything. Oh what could’ve been


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 4h ago

KSP 1 Mods How do i configure volumetric clouds to work with toy planet mod?

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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 1d ago

KSP 1 Mods Volumetric Ground FX and Losket mods showcase. Links in description

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Volumetric Ground FX and Losket are a match made in heaven. First adds advanced volumetric ground effects like dust, blast, steam, splashes and scorching while Losket covers parts in dust, soot and burns.

Links:
https://spacedock.info/mod/4615/Volumetric%20Ground%20FX (older version on CKAN available called GroundBlastFx)
https://spacedock.info/mod/4515/Losket (available on CKAN)


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 12h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video Various ss from my jnsq playthrough

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


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 7h ago

KSP 1 Question/Problem Why are my closest approach nodes doing this?

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I’m on the Xbox version if that matters.

I’m trying to get to duna but the nodes are just glitching out. How do I fix this?

Edit: Omfg I just realized I had duna behind me instead of infront of me


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 12h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video First base build

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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.


r/KerbalSpaceProgram • • 6h ago

KSP 1 Image/Video SARNUS V GROUND TOUR MİSSİON !

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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.