KSP: The Start of Something GREAT!

[@31keyful]

I still can't believe ksp 2 ended like this

[@vali69]

Me neither. I hate the gaming industry.

[@delinep7286]

Never buying a big studio early access again.

[@herdek550]

@@vali69 I also partialy blame player base. Buying games in early access allows developers to publish unfinished products. It makes sense for indie developers to keep development funded, but not for established titles like KSP2.

[@nul1fe]

i can

[@nul1fe]

@@herdek550 big companies shouldnt be allowed ea tbh

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

NASA CEO: "Matt you can't just send up the entire payload in one go!" Matt: "I'm allowed to have FUN!"

[@SpahGaming]

@@draftymamchak also dont talk about apollo, a project famous for having the lander and return launched on 1 ship, unlike artemis

[@spaceguy20_12]

only if youtube had subreddits but youtube

[@adept2134]

@@draftymamchak That's the joke

[@SpahGaming]

@@adept2134 deleted comment lol

[@EricaCalman]

Matt: "Hold my goo canister"

[@Fizwalker]

Nertea' Near Future Tech would be a good addition.

[@yumazster]

Love that mod. It also has a sister mod with even more advanced tech, cannot remember the name though.

[@eagleboi3593]

@@yumazster Far Future Technologies

[@billy4734]

@@yumazster Far Future Tech; oh and there's SSPX for a whole bunch of space station parts to add to Fiz's idea :)

[@Krysgann1]

Nertea has made a lot

[@TVT.v1entetain]

Yes

[@Furebel]

Call the series "KSP Beyond" I would deffinitely recommend *Scansat* mod to give reason for satellites missions and surveying bodies.

[@hussvrx4264]

Outer Planets mod would suit the name really well too.

[@BritishMoron420]

@@hussvrx4264 yeah Outer Planets is something Matt should definetly try out

[@DaraelDraconis]

Second the recommendation of SCANSat, probably as the very next mod, since you can use it to survey locations for colonies (not least due to the altimetry map options).

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

I'll give a third recommendation for the SCANSat mod, it's fun and useful, particularly when you've got Environmental Visual Enhancements and Scatterer installed. It's essential for planning landing sites on Eve when you can't see the surface from orbit through the cloud layer.

[@federicomeoni5677]

I think there Is already a "beyond kerbal" series out there

[@Idont_eatcrocs]

Kerbals probably taste like celery

[@greeneggsandham3243]

Kanabalism 💀

[@SirSmurfalot]

Raw potato.

[@RedBoko2017]

yum

[@therealtunge]

yum

[@yeeeeeeee534]

taste test?

[@tacobowler]

“Untitled KSP 1 Playthrough” is a perfect name for the series

[@Aieou472]

its just KSP now :(

[@tacobowler]

@@Aieou472 it can be if you’re saying KSP (Default) and KSP 2. But what we have of KSP 2 still exists, whether supported or not. For now at least.

[@auspex6363]

KSP2 is alternatively known as Kraken Space Program. It’s the sequel where the Kraken wins and destroys Kerbin.

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Gives “Untitled Spacecraft” vibes

[@tacobowler]

@@Meyer-gp7nq which is very fitting! (I was actually thinking of Untitled Goose Game)

[@alexbramley]

Can't wait for a DougDoug style eye tracker video: KSP but if I look at the rocket it explodes!

[@thearkmecha4637]

I would love this lol

[@knickohr01]

Or trying to use voice commands to steer the rocket

[@eed4541]

Imma make this

[@MattLowne]

Never heard of this guy before but just looked it up and looks funny - maybe "if I look at the rocket it explodes"?

[@Dr.Zhexmann]

@@MattLowne it's never late to get divorced

[@astroevada]

I reccommend getting Distant Object Enhancement to make not only the skies on Minmus, The Mun and other airless bodies to be completely dark (like the real life Moon for example), but to also get Kerbal Konstructs as it lets you place KSC buildings literally anywhere, though I seriously reccommend getting Tundra Space Center, Aurora Space Center and Omega's Stockalike Structures.

[@Goose-bk4tk]

when you say completely dark do you just mean there aren't any stars like a sort of light pollution?

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

​​​@@Goose-bk4tkit also means that dark parts where the sun is set are pitch black on airless bodies, like they are irl

[@MrSpAcE-EgG]

V pfp? :0

[@astroevada]

@@Goose-bk4tk Yeah, also makes Low orbit dark unless you look up

[@astroevada]

@@MrSpAcE-EgG Yahs

[@warcrimeswilly]

Finally, another colony series that will never be finished

[@h0wnr681]

Relatable for KSP, my ambition far exceeds my patience.

[@eryllrose9206]

lmao matt suprisngly does finish most series's

[@Bulltoad_Real]

For planet packs, I really suggest using the kcalbeloh system mod, and the outer planets mod. Both of which have parralax support, volumetric cloud support, and overall are just incredibly polished. I'm hyped for this series!

[@leuk2389]

I also highly recommend Neidon Plus and Minor Planet Expansion

[@kiensino89]

Kcalbeloh is incredible and it has also volumetric clouds. It is also very hard too, but the planets are even more interesting that the ones in Kerbol

[@al3xb0t2]

Dont forget KSPIE for them!

[@eloquentsarcasm]

Breaks my heart to see KSP2 end like this. Matt and Scott Manley taught me pretty much everything I know about REAL space science, as much as is possible with little green goofballs. So many years, so many explosions, so many Kerbals launched into the sky amidst fireballs of doom. If modders can make KSP1 into what we hoped KSP2 would be, I'll be happy. I'll always love No Man's Sky for the wonders of exploring entire galaxies, flying incredible ships and building bases on paradise worlds, but sometimes I feel the need for "fiddly bits" and "hard science" and nothing scratches that itch like KSP. Once the dust settles, and the ultimate fate of KSP2 is decided, I'll see what the amazing modder community can come up with, download their creations, and carry on with KSP1. Thanks Matt, for continuing to come up with KSP content and keeping the flame alight, KSP was one of those quirky, goofy games that had an incredible scientific heart to it, and if the best we can hope for is a modded KSP1, people like you will be instrumental in keeping this thing alive.

[@luciel3910]

I feel you, a friend and i made a promise, that as soon as colonies and Multiplayer are out we would play KSP2 together. I really would want that, i informed myself, and from what i heard a real Multiplayer in KSP 1 isnt possible. Breaks my heart a little. I still hope someone will maybe take over KSP2 or something, but thats more a dream than anything.

[@Riffro_]

i think the mod extraplanetary launchpads is gonna work great with a colony becuase you can just send parts of mine the resources on the planet if it has the ones you need to build a colony right there or you can use the usi series of mods and then the extraplanetary launchpads mod but usi adds life support so its a bit of a harder mod to learn Edit: They do add some new resources where you need to make outpost for resources (might be a bit different style of colony then just having a location where everything is in one location) Edit 2: As i have just learned simple construction is mich better than EPL Edit 3: Thx for the 100 likes guys

[@MattLowne]

Definitely on the list!

[@leolen8029]

@@MattLowneI second this one! Although it does mean that you might have to move your colony as a lot of EPL depends on deposits of metal ore and kethane, which is only found in one specific mountain area on minmus.

[@felmagfer-notalt]

​@@MattLowne kerbal inventory system and kerbal attachment system are also good mods that work well with Extraplanetary launchpads, they allow you to pinpoint where things are gonna be built and to smoothly connect colony modules

[@RealTallestSkil]

@@MattLowne If you’d prefer something more streamlined, Simple Construction does what Interplanetary Launchpads does (roughly), but with no additional parts (building functionality into stock ones) and only two new resources (metal and rocket parts), togglable through the Ore tanks.

[@Jutika_haha]

I also recommend keridian dynamics to make the extraplanetary launchpads parts more beautiful, cus without KD they look ugly as hell

[@Arminyus]

I went from playing KSP every day to not playing at all once KSP 2 early access came out. It left a bad taste in my mouth. Now that it’s “cancelled”, I wanted to get back into KSP. Thanks for doing this series, it’s great inspiration to get back into the game!

[@Fado__]

There is a waterfall extension that also improves the engine effects of SRB's, it's called RSMP. And you could also install Reentry Particle Effect Renewed to have a trail of fire while re-entering.

[@RedBoko2017]

as a console player, KSP2's whole arc has kind of been going on in the background for me because they weren't going to release it on console until like 2028 or something. It's sad but I've been playing KSP 1 this whole time and I'm fine sticking with it

[@viola_case]

I never understood how KSP 2 was supposed to work on console to begin with. There's so many menus and you need the precision that a mouse provides for building rockets properly or for plotting maneuvers.

[@KarldorisLambley]

i started playing it on xbox too. but i wanted to use mods, and the way the xbox uses keyboard and mouse is awful, on ksp, it still needs a controller all the time. i bought a cheap 2nd hand laptop just so i could play it properly and enjoy mech jeb etc.

[@RedBoko2017]

@@KarldorisLambley I can manage the PS controls, in fact, I tried playing it on a PC once and I was terrible at it. I've been on console for around five years now, and I'm completely used to it

[@droppedpasta]

Wish we had the 1.12 parts and EVA construction though

[@furriesinouterspaceUnited]

​@@RedBoko2017same but it's mobile for me

[@Spacegirljuno]

The near future suite is a must. It all looks really good, and it also adds super cool things. Stockalike space station parts (I think that's what it's called? I dunno it's been a while) is great for stations (obviously). Maybe also ORANGES for some cool real-world rocket designs.

[@andresabourin2423]

Do the near future mods even work with the current version of KSP???? They don't appear compatible on ckan? I'd love to use them though

[@Rockethead293]

@@andresabourin2423 They do work, yes. You just have to manually download the latest release. I've been playing with them for a few years now and I haven't had any problems.

[@Spacegirljuno]

@@andresabourin2423 they work for me lol

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

​@@andresabourin2423some aren't but most are

[@theencolony5595]

​@@andresabourin2423the mods are very basic part additions, even though they haven't been updated they work just fine

[@csljr1]

@12:40 - Why not place the space station directly above the colony, in the 'geo'stationary orbit? It could have a relay on it to act as a communication relay, but I just think it would be cool for people on the base to 'look up' and see the station constantly in orbit above them; able to see the gateway where they came from/would need to pass through on the way back to Kerbin.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

This would also ask for a Minmus Space Elevator. I don't think a space elevator mod exist, but maybe if Matt asks for it some modder will make one for him.

[@DaraelDraconis]

​@@richardbloemenkamp8532space elevators and similarly-large-dimensioned objects in KSP pose issues because of the 25km full-physics range.

[@sebz447]

does minmus even have a geostationary orbit in its soi?

[@DaraelDraconis]

@@sebz447 it does! Minmus-synchronous orbit is a little below 360 km, while the edge of its SoI is a little under 2,250 km

[@oliwierkwiatkowski8817]

This is a great idea Matt! RSS is calling though.

[@sciencengaming9049]

Don’t say RSS, say Real Solar System, he’ll end up playing something like Real Supernova Scott if we keep saying RSS

[@springnutica]

Why are people still asking Matt to play the real slim shady mod

[@Justabadplayer12]

he already played rainbow six siege before

[@toxicg3100]

still waiting for an RP-1 run

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

Now i kinda wanna make a game called "Real Solar System" that has nothing to do with KSP.

[@trainzderails2008]

All we just need now is for someone to create a mod pack that takes engines, fuel tanks etc from ksp 2 and plonk it in ksp 1.

[@kolyashinkarev7366]

It's called near future technologies mod, as far as I know the creator of this mod was hired for ksp 2 and basically took his parts from the mod and transferred them to ksp 2, that's why they look alike and have similar functionality

[@Seeraphyn]

Well almost all the parts in KSP 2 were plonked from KSP 1... And for the rest, the hydrogen stuff and stuff, there are mods for KSP 1 that do it better.

[@THEncrtrooper]

KSP is like Mir. It's been around for a while, and it's been expanded upon to be something great. Of course there are hopes for something larger, but this will suffice. KSP2 is like Skylab - broken launch, needs fixes immediately, few people used, and needs something a decade away to get into working order. Then, after all of this, it just burns up.

[@warmachine5835]

If KSP 2 is Skylab, where does the 'crew revolt' fit in?

[@qarnos]

If KSP2 is Skylab, I expect the final impact to be in Western Australia.

[@gopniksaurolophus6354]

KSP2 went down in the most Kerbal Space Program way it could have: unexpectedly, with many brutal kraken (social media) attacks.

[@mitchellsidebottom9271]

And two different dev studios undergoing a rapid unplanned disassembly event, at that.

[@qarnos]

I thought KSP2 stayed the kraken? It was in the promo...

[@LilyRoseGames]

So good to have you back, as someone without loads of money to throw around and thus someone not owning ksp2(thankfully, in hindsight) I kind of tuned out of your channel in recent... months, years, god how long has it even been. Excited to return as a regular viewer now that KSP (KSP1?) is back on the table, especially with this cool multi-video colony idea!

[@jm56585]

You should definitely get IVA mods. They make the game insanely immersive. My List: FreeIVA (lets you get out of the seat and move around in IVA) (requires modulemanager) Through The Eyes Of A Kerbal (lets you view from the kerbal's perspective in EVA) ^ this mod is really underrated in my opinion, it really puts in perspective the size of the ships you build. Until you get this mod you really don't realise even the size of MK1 ships. DE_IVAExtension (Adds interactive control panels for stock ships) Required by DE_IVAExtension: ModuleManager, ASET, ClickThroughBlocker, RasterPropMonitor (the folder's called JSI), ToolBarControl

[@kyvetheprotogen]

If you do interstellar travel later in the series, you should use the kcalbeloh system mod. It's an amazing mod that isn't popular enough for what it is. It has a massive black hole, a ton of planets and even wormholes to get to the system. Even if it's not for this series I would love to see you play with this mod on video.

[@Zvox]

there's a mod (forget the name) that records your flights in a very simplified way, so you can use a mod to build a craft at an orbital space station/fuel refinery, land and drill for fuel, bring it back up to the station and dump it to be refined. the mod records resource transfers and the time between them, so when you automate that launch, your station occasionally gets fuel to be refined. it's neat stuff and makes station gameplay more useful and fun. i'm doing a modded playthrough right now where i build orbital refueling stations around every planet in the kerbol system.

[@KnorrKnight]

I am not sure if you are going to read this, but I would really recommend all the mods from Nertea (Far future, near future: You have station parts better engines ect.). I also recommend Planetside Exploration Technologies from Benjee10 for base parts and rover parts that look very kerbal/real life like.

[@Jutika_haha]

Fax!

[@Logan-ro5sd]

I love ksp so much that I completed the tech tree in less than a month only with mun and minmus missions with labs

[@LazyOcto]

If you want, Kerbal Planetary Base System would be a good addition for bases.

[@JuxGD]

KPBS my beloved

[@josephraffurty9293]

One thing to know about the restock mod is that the parts do slightly modify the aerodynamic drag of the parts. So if you do any SSTO testing, for example, you might want to keep that in mind. Most of the restock parts have slightly lower drag. I also recommend someday trying the Simple Construction mod. I downloaded when I got impatient with the progress of KSP 2. It allows you to mine ore, tur it into metal, then turn it into rocket parts. This allows you to build your colonies on the moon or planet directly, and launch space craft from those colonies. I love it. It makes KSP have the colonies update we were promised in KSP 2.

[@delinep7286]

Add Community Tech Tree and plenty of part mods to compliment it? Also even with colonies, I see extraplanetary launchpads, but maybe use Sandcastle to 3d print parts instead? More challenging and a bit more vanilla feeling.

[@AssidiousBlue-ul2fo]

Also getting “Hide empty tech trees” is essential if using the community tree mod. Although this is “science mode” unlocking everything at the start means maybe that’s not required?

[@DaraelDraconis]

Not much point using CTT if Matt's playing with the whole tree unlocked from the start, though of course he can always use a different save.

[@jimpepper7148]

A base on the moon, with a gateway space station, a dedicated spaceplane to provide an efficient link to the homeworld and a lander shuttle from the station to the surface… Christ, Arthur C Clarke and Stanley Kubrick were such a visionaries.

[@Somerandom1922]

I'd definitely watch an eye-tracking video. I expect there'd either be no surprises, or I'd be utterly blown away by the differences between us. I'm imagining you could also use the eye tracker for other different scenarios like flying jets, planning a complex maneuver, launching a heavy/sluggish SSTO (what key indicators are you paying attention to throughout the flight) etc. Also, I don't know how much setup there is each time you use them, or what they output (like is it just the little overlay thing that you then add to your video file as a layer or something), but you could just record eye tracking for every video then show it at cool times. Like you could have the overlay on while doing your VO then make note of times when something interesting happens and come back and remove the tracking layer from everywhere but the relevant moments (like if you notice that at some point your eyes are darting around quickly or something). Basically do what you can to get your money's worth lol.

[@KO_GAMA]

I remember watching a mod in a video that was called "manned mission to pluto" or something like that, where there were farms that had to be supplied with water and minerals to produce food and maintain the Kerbals. Idk how is it called but it would be awesome with the colonies.

[@Octahedran]

Probably TAC life support

[@sporkwitch]

MKS is the main colony mod. Majority of my 1k or so hours of playtime was with KSPIE (KSP Interstellar Extended) and MKS (Modular Kolonization System). I prefer USI Life Support for the life support management; keeps it simple, "supplies" turning into "mulch" and being able to use "fertilizer" to turn mulch back into "supplies"; run out of supplies, timer starts before your kerbals turn into tourists until supplies are provided again. Also introduces home sickness and similar; basically, they need room to move around, and will get cranky and strike if they're cooped up too long, and no matter what, eventually they want to go home, so you have to rotate crews on stations and outposts. It sounds like a lot, but it's actual simple enough to be easy to manage the life support stuff. The colony stuff can get very complicated, but at its base, is also simple and easy to work with, and also includes off-world and orbital construction.

[@2nd2lastdodo]

Does usi life support let you build up bases to a size where kerbals can stay indefinitely? Planning to do an interstellar colony and bringing them back home eventually is not part of the plan^^

[@sporkwitch]

@@2nd2lastdodo It has a "colonization" stat as I recall. I never got to the point of indefinite stays in my own plays, but as you expand a colony and increase its self-sufficiency, it extends the "homesickness" timer, and I think it can hit a point where "hey, we built this place up enough it's basically home anyway." That's not purely USI, but rather aspects that integrate with MKS, because some of the same people work on both mods. I'm far from an expert, and MKS and KSPIE both are very complex. But yeah, as far as my understanding, it's possible to build up a colony to the point that you no longer have to rotate individual Kerbals back to Kerbin because they miss home, but that is very much end-game.

[@2nd2lastdodo]

@@sporkwitch great, thanks!

[@spaceguy20_12]

fun fact: if you somehow find every ad on youtube and block them, you wont have any ads

[@clippitms]

For a colony mod, I’d recommend Planetary Exploration Technologies. It adds a bunch of parts, such as corridors, science labs, and also rover parts!

[@nightformula8582]

Kerbalism could refresh the whole experience of colonies, it adds radiation, food, water, life support, engine failures, oxygen, and other real things that would usually be absent in spaceflight.

[@Riffro_]

Could you add a list of the mod you use so we can copy them so we can play on this "modpack" too

[@LeChatALunettes]

Was about to suggest that too! I'm looking for a KSP1 modlist to make it the closest to KSP2, I'd love a modlist

[@ChristosChiotisSTEM]

A modded KSP series sounds like so much fun! I've been meaning to do one myself, so it would be fun seeing what mods you recommend. It sucks how KSP 2 ended up, but I think the future for our favourite little celeries is looking bright.

[@spacejunk-ik2yu]

Canadian Matt Lowne isnt real, he cant hurt you. CANADIAN MATT LOWNE: 5:45

[@GiantPipeWrench]

I'm really glad to see the community leading the way, I'm more tuned into this series than anything ksp in a decade

[@aerospaceenjoyer]

het matt! some mods id recommend for the beginning would be blackrocks volumetric clouds they add rain and thunder and lightning to kerbin and some dust storms on duna they also add some other cool little details but that would be for you to find out. another mod would be tweak scale its really nice if you want to change the size of some parts wether you want a bigger or smaller fuel tank. free iva is cool ot lets you move around your space stations or command modules there are also some custom crew pod interiors where you could play ksp like dcs or play in first person for am entire mission

[@felis_8906]

good suggestions, but he's already using blackrack's.

[@aerospaceenjoyer]

yea i just ended up noticing that ​@@felis_8906

[@jm56585]

freeiva goes well with throughtheeyes

[@aerospaceenjoyer]

@@jm56585 yea i agree thats also a good suggestion

[@electricflyer81]

Thank you for this series, Matt! I'm looking forward to seeing all that we can do with KSP 1.

[@ProfessionalIdiot-mf8lj]

Matt, you need a surface rover that can mine ore, and then return to the colony to make it fuel. Maybe use mods to automate the shipments? Same with fuel deliveries to the gateway.

[@franklynfischer5783]

I would love to watch a colony series from you. Funnily enough, none of your ksp2 videos have come up in my recommendations, but the moment you return to KSP1 you show up again. I'm glad you're back to the original.

[@benjaminrickdonaldson]

I almost forgot how good you are at making use of stock parts to make epic things. This is so cool. cant wait to see the mods

[@destroyergaming6833]

Thanks for putting those mods up on screen! Really helped me with modding my ksp.

[@The1cemanFiles]

Glad everyone is coming back to KSP

[@rafaellima6383]

You should add SCANSat to the mod list, lets you get a lot more useful information from scanning planets. Probably the best feature is the slope map, it helps you find flat spots on the surface

[@laylamccahon7797]

Excited for the new series! I love the multi mission premise with the colonies too (and always great to have Matt Lowne commentary, it's why I subscribed)

[@clonkex]

My issue with eye tracking in videos is that it tends to be difficult to follow the tracking so you end up spending most of your time trying to watch the tracking rather than the video itself.

[@manvslife271]

YES! I wanted to see a properly modded KSP playtrough from you for so long! Here is a list of mods I personally use for my career mode save file (I didn't add contract pacts since you seem to be going for a science save file) aside from the ones you are already using, that I HIGHLY Recommend and what they do: (Didn't add the dependency mods since CKAN automatically installs them whenever you select one of these mods) ~~Quality of life/Immersion mods~~ -Astrogator: Gives a list of all the optimal transfer windows from your location and lets you time warp to them with pinpoint accuracy -Betterburntime: Gives burn time indicators for suicide burns and target rendezvous -Community Tech Tree & Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes: Massively increased Tech Tree to support part mods in the future -Chatterer&Chatterer Extended: Makes Kerbal radio chatter with mission control for immersion -Connected Living Space: Makes crafts with crew capacity unable to transfer crew between each other unless they are next to each other or internally connected with parts that can pass crew(like crew tubes and docking ports), to incentivize realistic colony/station building -Docking Cam: Camera for seeing through docking ports to better align docking -FreeIVA & Trough the Eyes of a Kerbal: Lets you freely walk/float around the inside of a craft as a kerbal, to explore the insides of what you built, amazing with space stations and colonies. -Easy Vessel Switch: One-click to switch between vessels in flight -Kerbal Joint Reinforcement Continued: Makes joints stiffer to need to rely less on autostruts -KSP Community Fixes: Fixes a bunch of Stock KSP bugs and adds various QOL features -Rocket Sound Enhancement&Rocket Sound Enhancement - Default: Updates sounds for stock engines/decouplers/wheels etc. -ScienceAlert Realerted: Lets you know when science is available and lets you automatically run and collect them (useful for when there are tons of new science experiments you don't know when to run) -Ship Manifest: Allows you to more precisely control the resources within a vessel -Trajectories: In-flight trajectory visualizer for better aligning yourself for landings, extremely useful for landing multiple craft in a single place -Waypointmanager: Lets you display waypoints during flight -Hudreplacer&Ztheme: Cool looking Dark Mode UI that just looks super sleek(to make it look even more like a modern game). ~~More Visual mods~~ -Distant Object Enhancement & Default config: Lets you visually see other celestial bodies from way, way farther away, where you can literally pick them out one by one on the skybox -Planetshine&Default config: Planets&Moons reflect light on the vessel for more realistic lighting ~~New parts mods~~ -Cryo Tanks & Core: Liquid Hydrogen fuel tanks and LH Storage capability for stock tanks -Cryogenic Engines: Liquid Hydrogen fueled engines -JX2 Antenna: Adds an antenna with 1000G transmission power for use with interstellar craft -Heat Control: New categories of Radiator parts for Near Future parts -Kerbal Atomics: New Nuclear Engine types and reactors -Kerbal Atomics Other Mod Support: Lets some of the new nuclear engines to use Liquid Hydrogen instead of stock Liquid Fuel -Kerbal Planetary Base System: New Part category for building surface bases -The entire Near Future Catalog: Adds an entire tier of very high-tech parts for massive missions -Far Future Technologies: Adds an even higher tier of parts for interstellar-capable craft -Restock+: Fills in a lot of size gaps in the stock parts catalog by adding smaller and/or bigger versions of existing stock parts -Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux & Internal Spaces: New station parts for various sizes & internal space files for use with FreeIVA -Universal Storage II Finalized: Modular Parts for custom service modules, also has integration with Life Support mods ~~New Gameplay Systems~~ -Community Resource Pack: Support for new resources for use with other mods -DeepFreeze Continued: Being able to Freeze-Thaw Kerbals for long journeys -SCANsat: New system for mapping out celestial bodies in real time -Space Dust & Space Dust Unbound: Introduces a new harvesting system for atmospheric/exospheric resources for use with high-tech engines -System Heat & configs: Changes the Stock Heat system for a more robust one for more realism and need for radiators -USI Catalog: Non-hardcore Life support system to make manned flights a lot harder (since you can't just leave them in space to do 40 years of gravity assists), and colonies/space stations to actually mean something (You can also go for TCA Life Support instead if you want a few more resources to manage) ~~New Destinations~~ -Outer Planets Mod: Extends the Kerbol System by adding analogs of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune with a few moons for each -Minor Planets Expansion: Extends Outer Planets Mod even more by adding 15 more objects like analogs for more Asteroid and Kuiper Belt Objects and various Comets -Kcalbeloh System: Adds 3 new star systems that all orbit a blackhole outside the Kerbol system, and a wormhole on the orbit of Sarnus for OPM (or Jool if you don't have OPM) for better access to it With all of this you will basically turn KSP to what KSP2 was promised to be.

[@AssidiousBlue-ul2fo]

A great list!

[@directorhail4881]

I haven’t been interested in KSP content for a while, but you doing a modded playthrough has definitely got me keen. I have no hope KSP 2 will be finished and optimised. If you even partly recreate what KSP 2 should have been, including interstellar, with mods it’ll defo fill the void in my heart. I used to love this game and really wish its sequel could’ve of expanded upon what makes this game great. Good luck and have fun, I’ll be watching their series keenly! 😊 If you want a good medium for interstellar travel, check out far future technologies, it adds fusion engines which are hyper efficient.

[@Izz4cc]

"Intercept games? KSP 2? What are you talking about bro? You must've had a really long dream. "

[@Pacca64]

Outer Planets is a must for me, love watching youtubers explore them too. The valentine system could be fun for a simplified 'interstellar' experience too. Always wanted to send a craft there with a huge jool gravity assist, did it once but it was a stock probe so I lost com range lol

[@Nitram4392]

A minor mod I reccomend is called Bon Voyage. It makes using rovers for science or moving between colony buildings less painfully by "teleporting" the rover in exchange for the amount of electric charge the drive would've taken.

[@bjiornbjiorn]

I watched your build time lapse at 2x speed and it was easy enough to follow so I'm sure the rest of your audience will be fine. Also the prospect of a new KSP playthrough has won you a subscriber.

[@pavellishin2972]

Really looking forward to this, I like long series more than random one offs!

[@SkeleTonHammer]

In a way, KSP 2 dying on the launch pad is the most KSP thing that could have happened. I'm just glad I didn't buy the rocket, myself.

[@Wendigo-s2g]

I would recommend the 'Real Plume' mod as it works really nicely with Waterfall. Great video, love to see how the series turns out!

[@grantogard2271]

I like the build timelapse speed. I can pause if I want to see something specific, but mostly I learn about the craft as you do the mission.

[@davidmartinek5257]

I would still love to see a series from you with either some interstellar travel mods or RSS. Vanilla, especially after what happened with KSP2, is getting repetitive on KZbin.

[@TallinuTV]

Hey, nice to see this! Also by Nertea: Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux is one of the best mods I think you could add. Absolutely *_gorgeous_* assortment of components of all sizes, including IVA scenes. And a lot of these parts are useful for large deep-space vessels too!

[@risingsun9595]

Don’t forget to reskin your engines with ReStock, the Poodle can be a long single bell or a quad bell. Most engines also have boattail options like the Mainsail or the Swivel.

[@sreeser3512]

Two must-have mod types for colony-building IMO: life support and surface base parts. For life support, there are three big names: Snacks!, USI Life Support, and TAC Life Support. Snacks! takes everything Kerbals need and lumps it into just one resource, which makes the mod extremely approachable and easy to use. USI has a couple different resources which beyond strictly keeping Kerbals going can also be used for very simple in-situ food production and waste recycling, but it's still pretty straightforward to use, and it's still very forgiving of operator error (unless you manually change the setting to make it unforgiving, which it will let you do). TAC is definitely the most realistic, but it's also much harder to work with, so you (and your viewer base) might find it a bit overkill. There are also three mods I know of for surface bases: Planetary Base Systems, Pathfinder, and USI Modular Kolonization. Planetary Base Systems is definitely the simplest and jives very well with the way KSP's existing craft design works as well as KSP's existing aesthetic, at the expense of being the least versatile of the three in terms of base layouts. Pathfinder is designed with portability in mind, and is probably the closest to modern surface base concepts in its aesthetic. USI is part of a large mod suite that obviously works extremely well with itself, but it can be used independently and it also has quite a bit of fully optional integration with other mods, plus the aesthetic is very Mars DRA 1.0 which is a look I think you'd like. None of these mods conflict, so you *could* use more than one. I've tried them all, and personally I use USI-LS and Planetary Base Systems. I think USE-LS with the habitation time mechanic disabled is the perfect level of complexity to require a bit of thought and add some challenge to interplanetary missions and surface bases, but never be time-consuming to plan or annoying or frustrating to play with. As for bases, I just don't spend enough time playing KSP that I want to deal with Pathfinder or USI-MKS. Heads-up: Pathfinder and USI-LS do not support each other. You should be good with any other combination. Heads-up 2: you might find the Ship Manifest mod helpful for moving resources around between bases, ships, and surface and suborbital vehicles. And one last thing, do yourself a favor and add Planetshine to your visual mods. If Minmus isn't enough to make you grin, Duna and Jool will be. I wish it were under better circumstances, but it's good to have you join us at last on KSP 1+mods!

[@Archris17]

God dammit... Watching this just makes me HURT. They killed KSP2 and didn't even have the guts to own up to their crime. It hurts so much to see one of the few games I was actually excited for, get done so dirty. Modding KSP will always be there, but I can FEEL the code groaning under the strain.

[@faulty42069]

The stationary orbit you were talking about at 13:00 is called a geosynchronous orbit

[@johnwieliczko6195]

Good to see you back at it. My recommendation is to install all the parts mods at the beginning, especially if you want to use some sort of life support mod. I might also recommend a career save with contracts to complete to finance the colony. I have something similar going in one of my saves, but what you’re embarking on reminds me of Scott Manley’s original playthrough of maybe 8-10 years ago. Can’t wait to see where this goes!

[@MrHws5mp]

A mod I always liked was called something like Smart Parts. It adds little control boxes that you can stick on parts and programme them to do certain things automatically (via action groups) when certain conditions are met. So for instance, you can stick one on a drop-tank and program it to jettison the tank when it's empty (otherwise you have to pin the menus for the tank in order to manually monitor it and that clutters your screen).Or you can stick a different one on a rocket and have it automatically run science when a particular altitude is reached. There are lots of other applications - well worth playing with.

[@Galexy_Al]

usi kolonization and life support + extraplanetary launchpads are two good ones, The Beardy Penguin did a playthrough with those two

[@nithsk]

please get IVA mod. It lets you walk around inside of you capsules and crew modules. It also lets you walk through docking ports and the Rockmax 4 way connector.

[@jgus6]

Matt, you absolutely need to install nertea’s stockalike station parts expansion redux. It’s so perfect for space stations AND surface bases. I’m excited about this new project!

[@440hurtz4]

I am so glad your doing mods now. I hope this helps get more into the modding scene of KSP.

[@wizardtowergaming]

This series is great! I was surprised to see that your chosen mod setup is almost identical to what I've been running. All KSP needs is a little ReStock and beautification, and it's easily competitive with KSP2. Add in mods for interstellar, and suddenly it's not just even, KSP1 is actually better.

[@BrightRedDingus]

Wake up bro, a new Lowne Aerospace series just dropped

[@breadenjoyer5778]

The mods I recommend are restock+, the near future tech suite, far future tech, photon corp, planetside, feline utility rovers, OPT, probes plus, stockalike station parts redux, and freeiva

[@littlebitmoreksp]

Hello, Matt! I have a few mod suggestions for your next mod(s). Extraplanetary Launchpads (adds towards the colonies goal you mentioned, by adding the ability to build crafts on-world) Magpie Mods (makes parts shiny) kOS (allows automating via programming) OPM (a good start for a planet pack) Kcalbeloh (a good interstellar mod, if you anticipate doing interstellar stuff later down the line) Mk2 Expansion (more Mk2 parts for all your wacky spaceplanes) Mk3 Expansion (ditto but for Mk3) Kerbal Wind Tunnel (advanced information about flight profiles and flight regimes for your spaceplanes in the editor)

[@OnlyKarlos]

For mod suggestions you should add Stockalike Space Station Parts

[@I-like-bigos]

Its nice too see you make ksp 1 videos again, i love the way you play it

[@MattKitten]

okay, here's my suggestion: What is the point of colonizing other planets other than to get off of the primary planet, right? Maybe even outside of the star system? Perhaps find some alternate system mods and make this series' "mission" trying to get to interstellar travel with the end goal of colonizing another star system. Upon colonization of this new system, you then get a system with new science to do

[@DoctorMangler]

I'm glad I followed you along the way, I didn't buy KSP2 waiting for it to become stable and community supported mostly because of you. I was surprised to see you were back to KSP, I had no idea KSP2 was failing/failed. Thanks for your wonderful videos, you saved me a handful of cash and you've made it all very entertaining and fun.

[@Jad3D3v]

I think that you should add the snacks mod in the future, it's a simplistic, but fun life support mod that's easy to comprehend and has you considering what you'll need for your missions. It even has other mod parts to customize what resources your kerbals need, like the oxygen mod or whatever the other mods are that add to snacks. The point is, is that the mod series is good for bench marking colony's self sustainability.

[@TheAzazzExperience]

I am glad you are making KSP 1 modded vids - gonna be following you more now because I wanna know what you end up liking and running with in the end.

[@tylerlassen1375]

Keep it up with the great videos Matt! I'd very much enjoy to see this Minmus base come together.

[@Project2457official]

Honestly this is one of the first (along with the more recent videos about KSP 2) that really made me stay for the content for Matt Lowne. I’m really appreciative of the mod list. Might start adding a txt file to my installs to clarify what mods I have incase I need to replicate them of fix them because I’ve lost saves over this. Overall though, it’s nice to see a mods list because that not only helps new players get into mods but also start learning which are good and which you can miss.

[@keithkolmos5933]

Great idea for a series. I just started playing KSP a couple Of months ago. Loving your content!!!

[@qarnos]

Discovering Matt for the first time is always exciting!

[@howardxu8050]

I recommend extraplanety launchpads, or simpleconstruction, both allowing rockets to be manufactured and launched offworld using in-situ materials. Metals for the former, the latter is massively simplified to use vallina ores Allows for more unique rocket designs that can leverage advantages of the world you decide to colonise

[@vfxsoup]

Add a small building away from the main base where Kerbals can work on a KSP3

[@Alxium]

Like everyone has said, KSP 1 can be KSP 2 if you install enough mods. With the game not going to get another major update, that helps make it a stable modding platform that hopefully will only get better and more refined over time.

[@AlsoManas]

I'm excited for the series! drive safe in the mountains, I don't want you to die :'(

[@mitchellfarmer4482]

I have stayed so interested in this channel and KSP 1 and 2 just for the interstellar possibility and would love nothing more than to see that played out, by you My. Matt Lowne

[@ReneSchickbauer]

In my current playthrough, i built a modular multi-mission interplanetary lab that ferries crews between planets. Basically a space station with an engine and huge fuel tanks that get topped up by supply rockets in Kerbin orbit. The whole thing is solar powered, which gets a bit tricky when visiting the outer planets, so i'm constantly adding ever more solar panels between missions...

[@ulle85]

Hi Matt if you want a truly unique (to KSP) video, you should do a let’s play of the Kerbal kommander mod - basically you start with a small amount of funds and can build any spacecraft with that amount - except you spawn at one of dozens of space stations placed around the Kerbin System. You can then do various missions and trading flying to different stations to sell your cargo and earn money. You can also pay somebody to learn of nearby broken derelict ships that you can loot. I remember playing it some years ago together with Kerbal attachment system - I then worked as a scavenger visiting derelict ships and removing useful individual parts and attaching them to my own ship and gradually upgrading my ship. It was a very interesting experience and set some new constraints to your normal KSP building when having to go between different planet/station orbits and still have fuel and cargo room

[@hinson0]

love the new series and love that the first video is pretty similar to stock to give a good jumping off point into the mods. Really looking forward to it as i have over 500 hours in KSP and the only mod iv used is mechjeb and cant wait to see some good mods. probably dont need an eye tracker as its pretty expensive. Maybe create a video in real time with highlighting in post to show the sections of the screen you should be focused on

[@Mr.Burger2613]

I highly recommend extraplanetary launchpads and MKS + USI suite, couple these with SCANsat you can make self sufficient colonies from which you can build rockets (be warned it is a complicated system, so if your looking for the just the rocket build aspect pick up extraplanetary launchpads)

[@Dunelmdrummer]

So very excited to see you start tackling OGKSP mods!

[@diegeticfridge9167]

Love this style of video!!! Would love to see this series continue for a while!!!

[@visyxl]

I'm SUPER excited for these new serieses!

[@theorixlux]

This build time lapse was perfect! Got to see some inspiring build technique's, learn from a few errors.

[@zeebs1183]

YOU NEED THE LIFE SUPPORT MOD THIS EARLY IN THE GAME SO THAT YOU WONT KILL A MILLION KERBALS WHEN YOU ADD A COLONIZATION AND LIFE SUPPORT MOD!!! also it a really fun way to play because it give you a deadline and brings a completely different mindset

[@zeebs1183]

@WernherKerman I’d personally recommend TAC life support it’s basically vanilla but gives you the pressure of deadlines and the bonus of necessary refueling and waste management and doesn’t add complex greenhouses or anything. I’ve used it personally and you have to factor it into basically all launches that land off planet and then I’d recommend all the visual mods in this video. Have fun if you decide to use TAC life support!