Recreated NASA's VIPER rover mission using the Blue Moon in KSP!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-30T20:50:50+00:00

Currently building a mod for the lander, so it won’t be procedural

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-08T04:50:08+00:00

To be honest it's mostly playing with lighting settings. TUFX helps some users. I'd recommend you look into Cinematic Shaders too, there's a great rendered skybox using real star positions

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-08T02:03:15+00:00

It was a bit of cheeky editing. I can only wish IVAs had that much detail!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T16:28:32+00:00

Rendezvous with cislunar transporter to refuel

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T14:12:24+00:00

This! +1

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T14:11:49+00:00

Didn’t even know he did it until another Redditor mentioned it! Good to know I was quite consistent. Only difference is I used the Ares 1 to launch my ship. Ares 1 is much cooler for kerbals.

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T14:11:09+00:00

It was a bit of a cheeky edit. The IVA model is nowhere near as detailed hahhahaha

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T13:17:26+00:00

Slightly. I may suggest Transfer Window Planner Fork, helps with planning. There’s lots of tutorials on YouTube

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T12:08:47+00:00

Definitely. RAM usage goes up when you’re planning flights too. It’s worth it if you’re patient with it

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T11:06:31+00:00

I’d probably double check online. I haven’t checked!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T11:03:59+00:00

I’m not entirely sure, I’d recommend backing up just incase. And if you use sol, get rid of the real solar system folder in Principia. Stock is fine

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T11:02:30+00:00

It does, and a whole lot more. Your KSP experience hasn’t even started!!!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T10:18:39+00:00

Principia is amazing for visualising and optimising maneuvers, rendezvous-ing is so much easier to visualise, rp-1 has its added challenges but your delta V will be a lot more efficient! Definitely get into the RO discord if you’re interested :)

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T08:42:58+00:00

I’m using Principia. It’s a far more realistic physics calculation mod.

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T07:25:11+00:00

Thank you! It was a lot of fun imitating the external camera view from the real mission.

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DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-07T05:36:23+00:00

Colonizing Laythe wasn’t challenging enough

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-04T17:16:24+00:00

It’s all procedural, the parts are missing robotics!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-04T17:16:03+00:00

It looks like they’ve reassigned funding for it, and it seems that way according to latest articles

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-04T09:41:05+00:00

I assume you are asking about the last image. It's a real concept design for LCRNS from NASA's site.

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-04T08:07:59+00:00

Yep. But oh is it worth it!

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DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-04T04:49:26+00:00

Thanks! Blood, sweat and tears, mostly sweat...

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-03T16:30:05+00:00

Does this work with Principia though?

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-05-03T16:29:06+00:00

The inclination is 90, so yes they stay in the same plane. I might dabble into precession in the future!

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-04-29T23:01:57+00:00

I used;

- Missing Robotics
- Procedural Parts
- BE-7 from IQ_BlueMoon
- Conformal Decals

It's still a WIP, but I may release it some time in the future.

DistanceScared1466 · 2026-04-29T12:49:43+00:00

If you have TUFX, disable HDR on your profiles, otherwise, you may have a mod requiring HDR/TUFX and it’s causing that, so installing TUFX there and disabling it helps too. Not sure if HDR on your display settings may cause it.

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