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Near Future eXploration

A mod pack for Kerbal Space Program, delivering a high quality expansion to the game's unmanned probes

Features

A set of parts to help enhance and improve the KSP probe experience, particularly in the later game with larger probes

  • More Probe Cores: A set of eight new probe cores in medium (1.25m) and larger (1.875m) sizes.
  • Probe Bus Parts: Cargo bay-like parts that match the footprints of most probe cores (stock and NFX). Useful for storing batteries, fuel and the like
  • Probe Fuel Tanks: New multi-fuel probe tanks in stack and radial sizes that are in the vein of the stock Dumpling and Baguette
  • More Direct and Relay Antennae: More antennae that seamlessly fit into the KSP CommNet system to fill in missing ranges and add more interesting options.
  • Reflector Antennae: A new type of antenna that does nothing on its own, but instead bounces signal from another antenna to amplify its range. Point antenna at a deployed reflector to recieve the bonus. Available in many sizes.
  • Small Probe Parts: A few small probe parts (battery, reaction wheel) to fill out the probe range

Dependencies

Required

These components are required for the mod to function and are bundled as part of any download:

Optional

These components are optional but can add to the play experience

  • ReStock: Redoes most of KSP's art to be consistent. This pack targets ReStock's art style.
  • ReStock+: Adds more useful parts, like mini RCS thrusters.
  • Community Resouce Pack: Allows probe tanks to contain more resources
  • Community Tech Tree: Places highest-tech antennae and probes in higher tech nodes

Installation

To install, place the GameData folder inside your Kerbal Space Program folder. If asked to overwrite files, please do so.

NOTE: Do NOT rename or move folders within the GameData folder - this mod uses absolute paths to assets and will break if this happens.

External Mod Compatibility

This mod includes compatibility patches for the following mods:

  • KSP-AVC: Provides version checking
  • Community Tech Tree: Provides an expanded, community-sourced technology tree for modders to use

Note that the vast majority of this compatibility is community-sourced and not maintained by me.

Contributing

I certainly accept pull requests. Please target all such things to the dev branch though!

Licensing

The art assets in this pack (all .dds, .png and .mu files) are distributed under an All Rights Reserved license. You may not redistribute or re-use these assets without express permission from the author.

Any bundled mods are distributed under their own licenses:

  • ModuleManager by ialdabaoth and sarbian is distributed under a Creative Commons Sharealike license. More details, including source code, can be found here
  • B9PartSwitch by blowfish is also distributed under its own license. Please find source and more details here

Everything else is distributed under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2019 Chris Adderley Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.