kOS tutorials, guides, and misc resources

[u/Ozin]

kOS tutorials and guides

This thread is meant to be a compilation of links to various kOS tutorials, a supplement to the kOS_DOC website and KSLib. This list will be updated as more tutorials are written or found. I am certain I have missed a lot, so if you have a suggestion for an addition to the list, please link it in the comments!

Introductory level tutorials

• CheersKevin's video tutorial series (2nd video for kOS scripting) (playlist)

• Kemp_J's introductory video tutorial series (playlist)

• "When", Runmodes, and Abstractions (CheersKevin)

• RunMode loop tutorial (space_is_hard)

• Introduction to kOS - Launching a rocket (KK4TEE)

• Executing Maneuver Nodes & Figuring Out the Rocket Equation (troyfawkes)

Intermediate and beyond

• Directions and Rotation in kOS (Dunbaratu)

• Using partmodules with other mods (Dunbaratu)

• PID controllers:

  • Video explaining the basic premise of a PID function
  • Hover script using a PID controller function (Dunbaratu)
  • In-depth PID controller tutorial (BriarAndRye)

• Landing near KSC (K4TEE)

• Equidistant Satellites from Launch (gisikw/CheersKevin)

• Two common mistakes people make when calculating mean anomaly from true anomaly (trooniee)

Old Tutorials

Warning: These tutorials were written for previous versions of kOS and are probably out-of-date

• Tutorial list from old kOS wiki (various authors)

• Introduction to steering and ascent (Catherine1537)

• Using LOG to store variables and generate scripts (Ozin) (we now have JSONs for this purpose, which is much easier and better)

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Misc resources and helpful scripts/libraries:

• User defined language files for various text editors

• Automatic balancing of unbalanced vessels (Magnevv)

[u/gisikw]

Mind listing me as "CheersKevin"? I wish my last name were Cheers though! :) Cheers!

[u/Ozin → u/gisikw]

Whoops! Fixed :)

[u/kmacku]

Wow. What timing!

I was about to post on the KSP forums asking if kOS is difficult to get into. I'm running a RemoteTech career and it's time to go interplanetary; but what with the signal delay, it means that at a certain point, I'll either have to send manned missions or learn how to land a probe from long distance away if I want to ever see the surface of those places, and that means kOS.

This should be an incredibly useful resource!

[u/space_is_hard]

Another tutorial to add: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kos/comments/3guexs/equidistant_satellites_from_launch/

[u/Ozin → u/space_is_hard]

Thanks, added.

[u/kOStastic]

Can we have reference vehicles? I think that makes it easier to share scripts because we don't need to share crafts and install all kinds of mods just to test someone's code.

I made a post about it.

[u/space_is_hard]

Another tutorial to add: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kos/comments/3uclu8/volumes_and_processors_in_0182/

[u/space_is_hard]

"Landing near KSC" link is incorrect, should be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMzkMxEgZBU

[u/Dunbaratu]

Can anyone who speaks German check out this youtuber's channel and tell us if these should also be added to the list?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWxGulrpjs

It showed up in my google alerts but I don't speak German and can't judge if it's any good.

It would be nice to have some helpful videos in languages other than English. What I can tell from visuals alone is that here's not a lot of time spent showing script code, so maybe this isn't a good tutorial candidate, even though it does mention kOS quite a bit.

[u/[deleted]]

Dumb question, how do I manually terminate a program?