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Kerbal Engineer Redux
Mar 22, 2018
Environmental Visual Enhancements
Mar 22, 2018
Active Texture Management
Feb 25, 2018
Chatterer
Apr 7, 2018
Infernal Robotics
Mar 30, 2018
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Kerbal Engineer Redux

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Shows important statistics when building crafts and in-flight

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Shows important statistics when building crafts (mass, deltaV, thrust, ISP - while on Kerbin, in vacuum, or on other atmospheric bodies) and in-flight (all of the above + periapsis, apoapsis, orbital period, time to ap, time to pe and many many more).
Andris Pelcbergs
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Helps with design, flying, transfers, orbital encounters, etc

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Andris Pelcbergs
Mustafa
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This is not an autopilot

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As opposed to MechJeb, which is considered "cheats". KER helps a ton by providing already available info in a very accessible manner.
Monika
HonestPhaethon
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Less readable than some alternatives

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The same information is presented in a more intuitive and readable way by DMagic's "Basic Delta V" and "Basic Orbit".
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Environmental Visual Enhancements

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Allows choosing only the wanted enhancements and skipping others

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All unwanted plugins can be deleted from: GameData/EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements/Plugins
Andris Pelcbergs
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Prettifies the game

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Adds city lights for Kerbin and adds clouds and better atmospheres to planets.
Andris Pelcbergs
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8K textures don't work on Macs

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Macs need to use low resolution textures.
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Active Texture Management

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Andris Pelcbergs
Krrny
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Reduces texture memory use, including mod textures

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All textures can be compressed & resized to save RAM. There are two modes of compression - basic and aggressive. Both compress to DXT and generate minimaps for all non-normal map textures, with aggressive mode having a max of 256x256 and basic mode having a max of 512x512 size for normal maps t...
Andris Pelcbergs
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Can save vast amounts of space

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In some cases up to 50% of space is saved.
Andris Pelcbergs
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Aggressive mode eliminates the need for texture reduction packs for mods

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Active Texture Management will optimize all textures to use less memory so there's no need to use separate texture reduction packs for each mod. It you choose to use texture reduction packs regardless, you might need to edit the config file at: BoulderCo/textureCompressorConfigs/textureCompre...
ssd21345
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ATM becomes ineffective as most mods texture file use .dds format

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Sebastiaan van Swelm
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Adding more system memory might be a better option now that KSP support 64 bit

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Slight increase in initial game load time

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Chatterer

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Krrny
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Adds radio chatter

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Infernal Robotics

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Adds mechanical parts such as pistons, hinges, flanges and rotators

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EnthusiasticPramzimas
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Not every part works correctly

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Distant Objects

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GloriousAjatar
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Polish game

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Connected Living Space

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Krrny
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Allows moving Kerbals between connected spaces

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Yoshiyuki
Mustafa
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This has been added to the vanilla game in 0.25

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Hot Rockets

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Improves engine effects

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Very low memory cost

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Navyfish Docking Port Alignment

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Adds a display that assists in docking

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ScanSat

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Alex
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Create maps

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You can create detailed maps of every planet.
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Helps with landing the spacecraft

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You can use ScanSat to determine the slope of the surface you're landing on and avoid hills and other obstacles.
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Tweakscale

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Kevin Roa
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Change Object Size

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This allows you to change the size of most objects to fit the thing you are trying to build. It makes everything very versatile.
DaringNohochacyum
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Makes career mode easy

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Dmagic Orbital Science

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Monika
JoyfulBenzaiten
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Adds a lot of science equipment

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Monika
JoyfulBenzaiten
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Can get very confusing

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Final Frontier

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Allows Kerbals to get awards

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Mechjeb

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Endi Sukaj
TranquilEuporie
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Has autopilot features

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VersatileHel
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Automates some tasks, while still keeping you in charge

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Even if you scoff at the idea of having the computer do maneuvers for you, there's still numerous other useful tools for manual flight.
GloriousAjatar
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Feels like cheating

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UAL002's Flags

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LivelyHorkos
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The Galactic Austrian Empire flag

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LivelyHorkos
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The islamic crescents USA flag

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The Near Future Pack

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Andris Pelcbergs
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Includes 6 subpacks

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Includes 6 subpacks: Propulsion, Electrical, Construction, Solar, Spacecraft and Technology.
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Andris Pelcbergs
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A great selection of stock-like near future parts that blend well with other stock parts

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It's a pack that doesn't really change the theme of ksp but it adds some new shapes and designs. NONE OF THEM ARE OVERPOWERED
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KSP Interstellar Extended

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Alex
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Introduces new technologies to the game

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Part Catalog

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Sebastiaan van Swelm
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Improved Part management

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The best way of keeping your parts organized and is supported by many mod developers
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Triggertech Alarm Clock

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GloriousAjatar
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Mission Alerts & Overview

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Texture Replacer

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WhiteLilac
EnthusiasticPramzimas
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Let's you change textures

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Lets you change textures for Kerbals to make them more realistic or just funner.
WhiteLilac
EnthusiasticPramzimas
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Some bugs and issues installing textures

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Sometimes it bugs and the textures are a bit hard to install.

Cargo Transportation Solutions

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Chatterer
Recommended 4 months ago
fun and adds a new level of immersion
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 Adds radio chatter
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Environmental Visual Enhancements
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