allista / hangar

This is a plugin for the Kerbal Space Program. It provides several modules and parts to store complete vessels that aren't needed to free CPU of their burden.

#Hangar#

##store your vessels until they are needed##

Hangars are parts that can store whole ships inside. Stored ships are not docked but unloaded, which reduces part count considerably, improving framerate and memory footprint while allowing to carry out missions of great complexity.

Aside from the hangars themselves the mod provides a set of utility parts that help in various usage scenarios. To further reduce part count, most parts (including hangars) have multiple integrated modules and resources that are balanced and often eliminate the need to add such things as batteries, lights, generators, probe cores and reaction wheels.

##Features###

• Many different types of hangars for any application
• Most hangars may be rescaled to the needed size and proportions via tweakables
• Ships could be stored in hangars at construction time
• Crew and resources can be transferred between a ship with a hangar and stored ships
• Ground hangars have anchors for comfort use on low-gravity worlds
• An asteroid can also be stored in a hangar. If it fits, of course.
• And vice versa: a hangar can be made inside and asteroid!
• In addition, many utility parts are provided to help in various usage scenarios.
• For more information read:

##Documentation

##ChangeLog

##Future plans

##Support this project:

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##Downloads and Installation

Delete the old version of the mod before installing the new one.

You may keep the Hangar.user and config.xml files to retain your preferences.

Before any upgrade I recommend you to backup your saves.

Releases are available from:

• CKAN support is pending
• GitHub (all releases, optional packages and the source code)

Before using a hangar study the list of modules that are integrated into it (RMB on part's icon). Many of the hangars have plenty of modules (like batteries, command modules, fuel tanks, etc.) to reduce part count. Don't worry, all is balanced by weight and cost, no cheating.

###Known Issues

• GUI:
  • Dropdown lists show vertical scrollbars when there are too many items. But due to the implemented click-through prevention mechanism the scrollbars cannot be moved by mouse cursor; use mouse wheel instead. And curse Unity3D for the poor GUI API.
• Rovers:
  • Rovers stored in editor have somewhat smaller dimensions due to inactive suspension of the wheels. So if you pack several rovers tightly into a hangar, and than launch one of them, the launched rover sometimes cannot be stored again into that same hangar with the "No room ..." message. Again: it's no bug, calculations are performed correctly, the rover's just got bigger.
• Mod Conflicts: none at the moment.
• Other:
  • Removing Hangar in career mode sometimes corrupts the savegame (the user cannot enter VAB/SPH and so on). This is due to a bug in KSP and should also affect any mod that has its own Agent for Contracts. To fix such savegame see this HOWTO

###Requirements

• Hangar uses KSPAPIExtensions by swamp_ig. This plugin is bundled with the Hangar.
• The ModuleManager is required.

###Recommended mods

• Extraplanetary Launchpads: big ground hangars are not suitable as parts for vessel construction and are too heavy to launch anyway. So the only meaningful way to use them is to build them on site.
• Throttle Controlled Avionics: if you're planning to build VTOLs and hovercrafts with spaceplane hangars, this mod (which I currently maintain) will help greatly as it ads automatic thrust balancing and altitude control.
• Editor Extensions: invaluable for vessel design. Even considering 0.90 editor improvements.

###Supported mods

Hangar supports KSP Addon Version Checker.

And some functionality and parts are added if the following mods are installed:

• TAC Life Support v0.10.+ adds life support resources and systems to inhabitable hangars,
• RemoteTech adds RT antennas and SPUs to controllable hangars,
• AntennaRange adds limited data transmitters to all hangars with integrated probe cores (thanks to Kerbas-ad-astra),
• Deadly Reentry adds Ablative Shielding resource to heatshields,
• Extraplanetary Launchpads adds a new Heavy Recycler model that fits the style of hangars.
• MKS/OKS adds the Substrate Mixer -- a converter that allows to turn useless Silicates and Waste into a useful Substrate resource.

###Unsupported Mods

• Asteroid Recycling Technologies are not compatible with the Asteroid Hangars framework. Both mods can be installed at the same time, but you cannot use the same asteroid both as a hangar and by ART machinery.

##Acknowledgements

First of, I want to thank my beloved wife for her support, understanding and help. This work takes much time...

I also want to thank:

• Taniwha for inspiration and advice.
• DragonEG for helping me to fix the friction problem.
• Kerbas-ad-astra for making AntennaRange adaptation.
• Thorbane for making Switchable Tank Type configs for support of USI (MKS/OKS, FFT, Karbonite, Karbonite+) and initial support of KSPI to Switchable Tanks.

And here are the mods which sources provided me with an understanding of how KSP API works. And with working solutions in some cases. In no particular order:

• Extraplanetary Launchpads
• Kerbal Attach System
• Procedural Fairings
• MechJeb2
• Kethane
• Fusebox
• CrewManifest
• TweakScale
• Kerbal Alarm Clock
• RealChutes
• RemoteTech
• ProceduralParts
• RCS Sounds

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Source code is licensed under the MIT License.

Models, Textures, Sounds and other assets are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, until stated otherwise.

hangar's Issues

ConstructsPack check for free hangar space works incorrectly.

"There's no room for this vessel" when actually there is.

Display hangar selector when current hangar is disabled but there are other hangars in a vessel

Try to improve realism of vessel store procedure.

Close doors first, as colmo proposed? Then what to do with the RoverLander?

Make inflatable hangar model

Can't store any ships containing a procedural battery in the inline hangars

Reported by Shalashalska

For some odd reason, I can't store any ships containing a procedural battery in any hangars from the VAB. I've tried multiple times, and none of my ships with procedural batteries will work. However, driving them in works, but causes the game to crash after going back to the KSC. Also, when trying to add in a hangar, there is no message and the gui doesn't update, but a buggy copy of the ship appears in the VAB. It renders as if it was attached, but it's floating and you can select each part separately.

Add surface attach nodes to inline hangars.

To be able to attach inline hangars radially, with symmetry, but in parallel with the vessel's main axis.

Add procedural adapters with separate sizes of attach nodes

Add lights to inline hangars

Make a second texture pack, more stock-alike

Add two more digits to vessel dimensions display

To decrease confusion when 2.3(nnn) is larger than 2.3(mmm)

Retexture attachment nodes of inline hangars (including the Lander)

So that when a hangar is resized attachment nodes are not seen as these horrible white rings.

Make model of inflatable landing bag

Flatten top and bottom of inline hangers

The inline hangers are sized (by default) to 2.5m, but the rounded endcaps shrink past 2.5m. They look kind of weird when attached to other 2.5m parts.

Improve click-through blocking. See MechJeb2 code for detailes.

Rover launched from the hangar on the Mun appears on Kerbin

I launched a rover lander to the Mun but when i try to launch the rover inside it launches it on Kerbin at the height where the lander is located on the Mun.

Improve cost and mass calculations with respect to resizable moduls

Display hangar selector only when a vessel has multiple hangars

Inline hangar 1 scaled up still rejects small vessels in VAB/SPH

Small rover "does not fit" into the hangar of size 2.

If Dropdown List is too long it is cropped by the window Rect

Problem with wheel friction on hangar floor. Rovers are sliding.

Add atmosphere check to Inflatable Module

Implement launching of a rover from an inline hangar

To be able to use hangars as rover transportation system. May be just make another hangar model?

Need to check if stored constructs fit into the resized hangar.

Maybe: add a version of the small inline hangar with size2 attach nodes.

Need to think about this in the light of resizing of such hangar.

Add resource amount changes to PartResizer

And remove them from added cost in MassCalc

Add support for the stock AppLauncher

Make support support of the Toolbar optional our drop it.

Implement some checks on window positioning

Check for launch clamps befor storing a ship construct in Editor

Try to add friction to the hangar's inside surfaces.

Otherwise rovers are sliding on ice

First resize hangar then repack constructs.

When loading (in VAB/SPH) saved hangar with stored constructs, they're being removed by repacking prior to hangar scaling.

PartResizer: mass display should respond to change in resources

Add drag increase on inflation

Add a hangar-style resizable Resycler model for ExLP

Add support for PartsCatalog

Make explanatory video on YouTube

Implement "Inflatable" module

Incorrect mass calculation of a resized hangar containing a vessel.

The is growing after size was decreased and then increased back

Add the option to draw an arrow in forward direction of a vessel in Editor

Check the launch of a recursive hangar with n>2

better textures

Update attachment node sizes

The inline hanger is size 2.5m but only has 1.25m-sized top and bottom attachment nodes. This affects their joint rigidity, I think.

Make light inflattable ground hangars for first-time drop-ins.

Add resizable utility parts

• docking port of size2+
• station hub of size 2+
• radial-to-stack adapter of size1-/+

Improve entry cost calculations

Fix HUD flickering that appears after some store-restore actions

Add names to hangars

Make inflatable landing bag module

Fix click-through bug in Editor

Try to remove docking nodes from ground hangars and see if it breaks saves

Check Kerbal Joint Reinforcement compatability issue

Shalashalska:

Also, I think this may be partially incompatible with Kerbal Joint Reinforcement. I think the joint stiffening that it does on vessel loading is causing my ships to explode when I pre-load them from the VAB.