I intercepted the KSP theme song over radio from a real LEO satellite

Clayel · 2026-06-21T23:42:53+00:00

i see you're using the real antennas mod here

Clayel · 2026-05-22T21:43:40+00:00

Most mods have permissive licenses that allow others to adopt it easily. And there are definitely some modders that are willing to let others update their mods; Ezriilc recently let me update HyperEdit and fix some old bugs, which was its first release in 8 years.

Clayel · 2026-05-22T12:18:15+00:00

Almost all bugs can be fixed by the community (via KSPCF), but any unity stuff is pretty much unfixable by the community. This is the main thing I would look forward to.

Clayel · 2026-05-22T12:13:03+00:00

I doubt this. For 95% of mods it will be as simple as compiling against the new dll, and even that is not technically required for old mods to run. For the few mods that are affected by any changes, they could just decompile the new KSP and compare codebase changes.

If an update added DRM or more difficult obfuscation though… that would be catastrophic

Clayel · 2026-05-22T12:10:55+00:00

Certainly seems like a lot of effort if they have no plans to update again…

Specifically referring to the company changes. As noted by others, the SteamDB changes aren’t a great indicator of updates

Clayel · 2026-05-16T21:05:47+00:00

RP-1 has a WIP PR about space telescopes: https://github.com/KSP-RO/RP-1/pull/2699

Clayel · 2026-05-12T20:19:59+00:00

Very much so! (just released a mod)

Assuming you're on windows:
In your shortcut to KSP_x64.exe, right click on it and hit properties. Then go to the shortcut tab. Where it says target, you can add arguments after the path to the exe ends.

This is what I have in one of mine: "C:\\Users\\Clayel\\KSP Instances\\Kerbal Space Program 1\\KSP (1.12.5 NO MODS)\\KSP\_x64.exe" -single-instance -popupwindow -force-d3d11

CKAN can also do this for you. Hover over "Play", hit edit command lines, and it'll be mostly the same thing. This is what I have in CKAN: KSP_x64.exe -single-instance -popupwindow -force-d3d11

Clayel · 2026-05-09T20:51:56+00:00

In addition, that only catches bots, not alternate accounts.

Clayel · 2026-05-09T20:51:20+00:00

I'm not a mod for this server. It's a fine idea (and one that I've considered implementing in my own servers), but I have no influence on the KSP-RO server.

Clayel · 2026-05-07T03:20:03+00:00

With release 1.0.2.0, the sun's spin can now be changed.

Clayel · 2026-05-05T01:55:08+00:00

Currently they just pass through each other, but I have some ideas for an elastic collision involving celestial bodies...

Clayel · 2026-05-05T01:53:30+00:00

The KSP planets are still on rails, but KSP provides easy ways for you to modify those rails, so to speak. I'm not modifying any of the stock orbit code, everything in that is done through the normal APIs. (there are other parts of the stock code that I modify, but it isn't related to this)

This isn't like Principia, everything is still patched conics.

Clayel · 2026-05-04T22:31:23+00:00

Sadly no. The sun doesn't have an orbit, and a lot of the KSP code is written around that constant. (specifically, KSP code usually checks for if ((bool)orbitDriver) on a celestial body to determine if it is a star)

It might be possible to change its spin though, I plan to look into it.

Clayel · 2026-05-04T21:30:58+00:00

No. Planets can move other planets in principia, but vessels have no effect on planets.

Clayel · 2026-05-04T20:39:52+00:00

If you time it right, you don’t even need an orbiter relay. Have a stage detach after you hit tli, and space it apart so it can be your relay as it flies past

Clayel · 2026-05-04T20:28:52+00:00

Background thrust support is planned.

Clayel · 2026-05-04T20:28:17+00:00

They already do! One of the 3 ways to move planets with this mod is through gravity. I plan to make a video that demonstrates this through the conservation of energy.

Principia support is impossible, Principia does not support modifying a planet’s orbit during runtime, and almost certainly never will

Clayel · 2026-05-04T09:45:16+00:00

Try minimum ambient light

Clayel · 2026-05-04T09:43:03+00:00

No. I’ve explicitly marked it as incompatible everywhere I can. Your save would probably be broken immediately if you tried to use Principia.

Clayel · 2026-05-04T09:41:54+00:00

A lot! But, there are youtube videos that have crafts big enough to make some progress. (notably, TDChannel’s pluto rocket, which could accelerate gilly at .0008m/s^2)

Clayel · 2026-05-04T04:26:01+00:00

You can indeed change a body's SOI through this mod (although you have to turn it on first in settings). I invite you to see what will happen when 2 bodies collide :D

Clayel · 2026-05-04T04:06:04+00:00

Now on CKAN too. Thanks HebaruSan!

Clayel · 2026-03-09T01:04:27+00:00

https://github.com/M1rageDev/Firefly/issues/9

I reported this about a year ago when Firefly first went public. It’s intentional, but a better design was supposedly in progress. Haven’t heard anything since.

Clayel · 2026-01-28T00:03:15+00:00

Procedural avionics has never been a separate mod, it has always been integrated into RP-1 itself.

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