SDHI Service Module System

Service Module and accessories designed specifically for use with the stock Mk1-2 Command Pod, vaguely resembling NASA’s Orion MPCV. May or may not have a convincing stockalike appearance.

File Details

ksp_sdhi_sms_v3_1.zip

  • R
  • Feb 12, 2016
  • 3.54 MB
  • 1.6K
  • 1.0.5

File Name

ksp_sdhi_sms_v3_1.zip

Supported Versions

  • 1.0.5

3.1 - 13 February 2016
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WARNING: This is a craft and save-breaking update; it is recommended you abort / recover existing SDHI craft before installing this update

Changes / Fixes:
 - Compatibility Patch for KSP 1.0.5
 - A dedicated Launch Escape System (LES) is now included in the parts pack
    - The LES runs on Solid Fuel, and is capable of lifting a Mk 1-2 Pod, heat shield and Pod Boost Protective Cover up to 2.0 km in altitude, making pad aborts viable compared to the stock LES
    - The LES also includes built-in RCS thrusters that are powered by its own independent Solid Fuel reserve, allowing mid-abort course corrections
 - Added support for tg626's Docking Target mod, which adds a cosmetic docking alignment target mesh to all Clamp-O-Tron docking ports
 - Dropped support for HotRockets! plugin
    - The plugin is currently not compatible/updated for KSP 1.0.5
    - The fairingless LV-909 engine will now only have stock engine FX
 - Dropped support for Klockheed Martian Special Parts plugin
    - The plugin is no longer being maintained
    - The Heat Shield's flotation collar no longer works
 - Mk1-2 Pod Aeroshroud jettison motor thrustTransforms relocated to the sides of the shroud
    - The thrustTransforms were previously located under the skirt of the shroud itself, which would overheat nearby parts such as the Service Module and Heat Shield
    - Shroud texture modified to include jettison motor nozzles and warning label decals
 - Mk 1-2 Pod Umbilical Port no longer toggleable outside VAB/SPH editor scene
    - This long-standing bug was fixed with the introduction of scene-specific animation toggling in KSP 1.0.5 (courtesy of SQUAD developer NathanKell)
 - Rebalanced part costs to be in line with stock parts (courtesy Kerbas-ad-astra)
    - Avionics Ring now has higher entry/per part cost, lower mass and adjusted CoM offset
    - Service Module now has higher entry/per part cost, lower mass and adjusted CoM offset
    - Service Module Adapter now has lower entry/per part cost, lower mass and lower breaking force/torque
 - SDHI Heat Shield characteristics updated for KSP 1.0.5's thermal model
 - Side fairings and Mk1-2 Pod Aeroshroud colliders reworked using convex rather than concave meshes
 - Side fairings now decouple from the Service Module itself rather than the Service Module Adapter
 - The Service Module and Avionics Ring now have built-in support for MechJeb and RemoteTech
 - The Service Module and Avionics Ring decoupler will wait until the umbilical has fully extended before releasing the Mk1-2 Pod

Bugs/Known Issues
 - Part testing contracts are generated in Career Mode
    - This not intended behaviour, since the SDHI SMS is intended to be tested as a complete assembled stack rather than in piecemeal
    - A future update might include a proper contract for testing the SDHI SMS