Kerbal Generations

Kerbal Generations is a lightweight population and dynasty mod for Kerbal Space Program. It allows your Kerbals to have children, grow up, and form complex family trees, making it the perfect companion for long-term colonization saves.

Features

Natural Population Growth: If you have a Male and Female Kerbal on the same vessel with enough empty seats, nature will take its course.
The Nursery System: Babies are born as Tourists. They can travel but cannot pilot or work.
Dynamic Maturation: After a set childhood duration (Default: 1 Kerbin Year), babies mature into a random profession (Pilot, Engineer, or Scientist) and join your workforce.
Genetic Professions (New in 1.0.3!): Babies now have a 50% chance to inherit their profession from their parents! If parents have different jobs, the baby will learn the missing third job! (Credit: EmberSkyMedia)
Family Tree Tracking: The mod logs the Father and Mother of every child born.
Renaming Utility: A built-in renamer (press 'R' in the UI) allows you to rename Kerbals without breaking their family links.
Background Tracking: Pregnancies safely track time in the background. You can time-warp or fly other vessels, and babies will be born exactly on their due date!
Father Assignment Toggle: Choose whether fathers are assigned at the moment of conception (Realistic) or dynamically chosen from the crew at the moment of birth (Dynamic).
Safety First: Breeding automatically pauses if the ship is too full or lacks empty seats.

Installation

Download the .zip file.
Open the zip and find the GameData folder.
Drag the KerbalGenerations folder into your KSP installation's GameData folder.
- Correct path: Kerbal Space Program/GameData/KerbalGenerations/Plugins/KerbalGenerations.dll

How to Use

1. The Interface
Once in flight (controlling a ship), press F7 to open the Kerbal Generations control window.
2. Breeding Mechanics

Requirements: At least 1 Adult Male and 1 Adult Female on the active vessel, plus at least 2 Empty Seats.
Pregnancy: Progress happens automatically. You can adjust the Breeding Speed slider to speed up gestation (useful for testing) or slow it down for realism. (Note: Changing the speed slider after a Kerbal is already pregnant may cause their UI progress bar to look temporarily incorrect, but they will still give birth safely on their originally scheduled due date!)

3. Growing Up

Babies spawn as Tourists.
Use the Childhood Duration slider to decide how long they stay children (Default: ~426 Days).
Once the time passes, you will receive a notification that they have grown up and been assigned a class.
Note on Active Vessels: If a baby grows up while you are actively flying their ship, KSP will temporarily keep their "Tourist" tag active in the flight UI. Simply return to the Space Center and switch back to the ship to refresh their permissions so they can go on EVA!

Donations

If you enjoy watching your Kerbal dynasties grow, consider supporting the development!
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License

This mod is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.
Source code is available on GitHub (https://github.com/BatchMuse).