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6S Service Compartment Tubes (SCT)
It's a tube.. and a hull... and a cargo bay... and a.. well, just about everything. And it is only 2 PARTS!!! For Kerbal Space Program.
By zer0Kerbal, originally by Nothke
adopted with express permission and brought to you by KerbSimpleCo
Service Compartment Tubes Hero
Introduction by Nothke
However I tried making my KSP rockets as smooth looking as possible, it is very hard, you always need to put a tonne of stuff on top of the hull, be it RCS tanks, mechjeb, life support packages, batteries..
And then, I noticed something quite astonishing that I never did before when dissecting real spacecraft designs.. Ya’ see.. Real spacecraft use something they call “service compartments” aka “service modules” or something Russians would call “instrument agregat”, an unpressurized module where they store all the stuff we would otherwise put on the top of our hull! So I thought.. WAIT A MINUTE, Y U NO IN KSP??
So then, I came up with the simplest design I could. I call them..
6S Service Compartment Tubes!
Why “6S”?
Simple,
Sturdy
Stock Styled
Seamlessly Stackable
It’s so short! It’s useless!
I’ve modeled it so that spherical RCS tanks could fit inside. Most of the other stuff like mechjeb, flight engineer etc, are not bigger than spherical tanks and they can all fit inside.. Together.
If you need more space.. Just stack them!!! (check the pictures for tricks) Also, when stacked to double, the 1x1m structural panels fit right inside! Just put whatever you need on them
There seems to be a door, but I can’t open it!
You can only open the door manually during EVA (no servos I’m afraid, to keep it reliable and simple), so you can pick up or leave bags or KAS stuff you store inside. Also useful when transferring fuel from the tanks inside (you could do this on the other hand by zooming the camera inside the compartment, although this might be wonky and frustrating).
Any future plans?
There are some texture quirks, so I might do an art pass later on. I don’t plan adding more parts.
The tubes appear first in “general construction” in the Tech tree cause before that, you practically have nothing to put inside.
Thanks to Snjo for Firespitter, and well, listening to my irritating ideas xD
The firespitter.dll is bundled in the pack. If new Firespitter versions appear you should freely overwrite the old one.
See more
GitHub Pages
Marketing Slicks
Parts Catalog for part pictures
Discussions or KSP Forums for discussions and news
ChangeLog for more details of changes
Known Issues for more details of feature requests and known issues
Help Wanted
Compatibility patches
Contracts for these glorious parts
Variant Textures
Converting from FireSpitter to Stock and/or KSPWheel
Model updates to Unity 2019
Marketing Images and Videos such as hero shots, animated gifs, short highlights
Have a request? Glad to have them, kindly submit through GitHub.
Localization
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Installation Directions 1
Use CurseForge/OverWolf App (currently does not install dependencies)
CurseForge/OverWolf App
I take no part, nor am I interested in maintaining the CKAN mod metadata for my mods. CKAN is a great mod for those that can't use zip tools. If you are having issues please let the CKAN people know and refer to the CKAN thread. My support of CKAN extends as far as me checking the checkbox in Spacedock when I upload. Beware, CKAN can really mess up though it tries very, very, very hard not to.
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Dependencies
Kerbal Space Program Kerbal Space Program 2
Bingo Aerospace (BA)
Recommends
Part of Bingo Aerospace (BA)
6S Service Compartment Tubes (SCT)
SLS Textures (SLST)
Suggests
GPO (Goo Pumps & Oils') Speed Pump (GPO)
On Demand Fuel Cells (ODFC)
Kerbal Attachment System
Kerbal Inventory System
Either 3
Module Manager
Module Manager /L
Supports
Firespitter (core) may invoke bouts of dizziness.
Kerbal Attachment System
Tags
parts, config
red box below is a link to forum post on how to get support
How to get support
Be Kind: Lithobrake, not jakebrake! Keep your Module Manager up to date
Credits and Special Thanks
Nothke for creating this glorious parts addon!
see Attribution.md for more comprehensive list
Legal Mumbo Jumbo (License provenance)
Current (1) - zer0Kerbal
Forum: Thread - Source: GitHub
License: License License
Disclaimer(s)
All bundled mods are distributed under their own licenses
All assets, including but not limited to: animations, models, sounds and textures are distributed under their own licenses
see Notices.md for more legal mumbo jumbo
Original (0) - Author: Nothke
Forum: Thread - Download: CurseForge - Source: CurseForge
License: License License
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About Project
Created: December 27th 2023
Updated: December 27th 2023
Project ID: 46392
License: All Rights Reserved
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