What are the best Kerbal Space Program mods?

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Best Kerbal Space Program mods	Price	Last Updated
95 Kerbal Engineer Redux	-	Sep 29, 2019
90 Environmental Visual Enhancements	-	Oct 9, 2019
88 Active Texture Management	-	Oct 9, 2019
-- ScanSat	-	Sep 26, 2019
-- Chatterer	-	Jun 26, 2019

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Active Texture Management

Top Pro

Reduces texture memory use, including mod textures

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 that it resizes to half the size. See More

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Slight increase in initial game load time

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Aggressive mode eliminates the need for texture reduction packs for mods

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/textureCompressor.tcfg See More

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ATM becomes ineffective as most mods texture file use .dds format

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Can save vast amounts of space

In some cases up to 50% of space is saved. See More

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

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Chatterer

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Adds radio chatter

WorthyVejovis's Experience

fun and adds a new level of immersion See More

KSPFanatic 102's Experience

Nice See More

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Hot Rockets

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Very low memory cost

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Improves engine effects

Final Frontier

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Allows Kerbals to get awards

KW Rocketry

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it doesnt even fricking install

Triggertech Alarm Clock

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Mission alerts & overview

Essential to running a vibrant space program. See More

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