Ksp vab too small Mar 18, 2024 · Maybe I'm old fashioned not playing on a 55" TV, but on my 15" screen laptop the font in many places is too small. Apr 15, 2025 · 1. For now, we’ll skip the details and just get a working rocket. cfg file, and it has the correct resolution. Feb 17, 2024 · The Vehicle Assembly Building (abbr. craft file. Is there a way to build outside of the VAB in stock KSP, or do I need a mod to do this? Jul 4, 2023 · How do you build out of the VAB So I want to build a rocket that is too large for the VAB to handle so I ask, How do you build outside of it (like seen here at 60 secs in) Not much you can do. Note that this rocket won’t get very far because it won’t have enough fuel to even reach orbit. Just for the record, all of the camera view controls for the VAB are answered almost immediately in the tutorial. The button for KER Settings is in the top right of the main KER window. The save file consists of Mar 18, 2016 · From the overall spaceport view, right click on the vab, and the option to upgrade should pop up in a window. Move all the . May 3, 2014 · Why is VAB broken? [SOLVED] When I try to launch from vehicle assembly building, the entire game freezes. What cards do you have up your sleeves? Apr 3, 2017 · I'm running KSP v1. 1 without RO. How do I connect docking ports in the VAB? Why is the camera controls in VAB so bad?! Please make the controls the same as the first game, that wasnt the part of the game we were ever complaining about! Jun 11, 2025 · Subassembly A subassembly is a pre-designed set of parts. 12. They can be collapsed or expanded, and sort parts in these categories more easily. Don't have the mouse pointer over a part when you do it. Construction The VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) is where you’ll build most of your ships. Feb 24, 2023 · no, there seems not to be any good camera control in vab at the moment. Mar 18, 2019 · Why is the VAB so small I need to build a ship with a bit of height, but it seems the vab is too small. This makes the UI too small to play comfortably, so I have to quit to the main menu, change the resolution, and reload the game every time that happens. But that isn't enough to eyeball if a rocket can fly to Jool and back. Dec 12, 2024 · The Vehicle Assembly Building, commonly called the VAB (sometimes incorrectly " Vertical Assembly Building"), is one of two craft construction facilities at the Kerbal Space Center. If it launches straight up, the VAB is the place to build it. 1 and earlier, but those versions do not include the latest features added to KSP and are frozen with each release. Jan 11, 2025 · VAB Organizer - RP-1 Configs Having recently discovered VAB Organizer by @Nertea I was convinced this would be of great benefit RP-1. After about 5-10 seconds of not being able to do anything the part disappears. 0 should fix that entirelyHas it ever bothered you that the VAB/SPH was always st Extends the usable space in SPH and VAB. 3/1. 10. The rockets in RO fly well enough without the struts though. Except I found it to be a downgrade from KSP 1 in every way but one. Make sure you are looking at the very first part in the . Please help I cannot launch my spaceplanes from VAB. Unfortunately, none of them worked, so I made a new save, which had no problems. 4. Could it be a mod problem? I am using mods and will provide a modlist in reply. craft files from the folder in question somewhere else, then move them back one at a time, and see if the button works again. Useful for building large aircraft carriers or tall rockets. Currently the engines are organized along their tech lines, there are subcategories for ORSC engines, Hyrdrolox, Electric and Nuclear. What about the upper part of the boosters? I think they attached to the core in real rockets, and I'd like to do that too. especially to move the camera up and down. There are additional subcate Lately, KSP has started switching back to 4k pretty much every time I load a craft on the launchpad. i really miss the possibility to move the camera like in ksp 1. I'm a bit confused. It will describe basic VAB functions, explain available part groups and their uses, and introduce you to basic staging while providing a multistage example rocket as well as describe how to complete your first launch and return successfully. For some reason I get height limit exceeded, can’t rollout to launchpad. No wobbling so far. A player like me needs additional information like (remaining) burn time, delta V, TWR, et Apr 5, 2021 · Each starship covers at least half of the VAB 's height, leaving almost no room for the launcher. Share your Kerbal Space Program craft, with automatic detection of mods, search by mod & craft attributes Sep 18, 2014 · I'm pretty sure this is a lack of a feature as opposed to a bug, but my computer monitor runs on the 1680 x 1050 resolution, and in Kerbal Space Program, really most of the higher-end resolutions simply render the UI far too small to be comfortable to use. txt-Defaults are no In the VAB or SPH you can find a scaling slider in the Settings menu. Until today. I know, I can rotate them, but this is The weight of the fairings is too small in this case to bother factoring into our calculations. KSP is extremely CPU-intensive as the part count increases, because every part has to be accounted for in physics calculations. craft file and look for the section below. It'd be a Feb 2, 2015 · KSP Version : v0. I'll try to answer any questions needed. Like oh dear forgot the RCS but it keeps seting them to 3 not 4. Jan 12, 2024 · I had no major issues that prevented me from building vessels in the VAB in my 70ish hours played. 3 for KSP 1. Jun 6, 2022 · Night ShiftDownload via CKANManual Install: Download from GitHubExpand for more preview images. 3), you MUST use this version when installing/starting a new career. Use a series of cranes around the launch pad to hoist upper stages, probably launched from the SPH with trucks, onto the lower stages. 2. There are small tweaks you can do (CPU thread prioritization, CPU overclocking May 15, 2024 · VAB Bugged out? I've been getting back into KSP since my laptop can usually run it fine, but recently whenever I place a part in the VAB I can't interact with it. The VAB is where you build your rockets. Larger rockets with larger fairings you will want to take into account. The same problem occurred. I used to put some struts in normal KSP, but unfortunately in RO they are bugged and don't stick to tanks. I tried it in KSP 2 but it doesn't seem to work. EDIT: I just created new folder named SPH in "ships" folder of my save folder and it worked. Feb 15, 2023 · It's been fine for a while but I'm building a satellite for Mun and it's impossible to perfect the small details as well as getting a cohesive view of the vessel without being able to adjust my camera zoom. Especially things like TWR and start (as in start mass) in the VAB stage info section. Check settings. Mar 21, 2018 · Is possible to change the default rotation in the VAB to be 90 degrees to the right? So the vessels start with the "bottom" pointing to the ocean, and the gravity turn can be done pitching down (pressing W). So we have a discrimination against tall people have we. Suddenly I couldn't use launch, save, load and exit buttons in VAB. I've checked my settings. There are also legacy versions of KSP 1. Hi, im playing with realism overhaul and rp-1. While RSS is great and I've had lot's of satisfaction landing on moon, I have a lot of trouble assembling tall rockets in VAB. 1. 5 | Download: 99. It will May 8, 2014 · I searched KSP and went through 16 pages of mods with the "Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)" option checked and not a single one of them was a mod that makes the VAB bigger. Oct 1, 2018 · I heard there's a mod to expand the vehicle assembly building and space plane hangar. You'll likely need to do the same for your launchpad also. Does it happen also to you? I tried several times but always the same result. The most advanced I know of is using the Multi-Tool to place a cube on the bottom of the Rocomax tank to give it multiple engines. Share your Kerbal Space Program craft, with automatic detection of mods, search by mod & craft attributes Subcategories are new VAB parts list widgets that appear as headers within the Function category lists. 3-Enabled config values for camera max distance and work area. I heard you can build a rocket and put it on a stability enhancer and drag it up to orbit this way but I never tried it. 1. There's literally even a short 2 minute tutorial SPECIFICALLY regarding moving the camera around in the VAB. Craft Sharing Simplified. I'd like to see if we can assemble some ideas so we can all reference them to help use with our builds. Having read that you don't want to 'cheat' the VAB, and the only mod choice seems to not be up to date, have you considered doing the builds externally? Build the launch stage, set it up on the pad, and build further stages with docking rings. I can still build the rocket just not roll it out. They are a great way to reduce construction and design time, by giving the ability to save complex blocks of parts, like big liquid-booster-stages with separately disposable tanks. Subcategories are new VAB parts list widgets that appear as headers within the Function category lists. So I opened the save file and started to look for the problem myself. <smirk> Also I want to make some changes to my ship. This also comes when I go to build the rocket, it gives a warning. Jan 11, 2014 · Download from GithubThis plugin extends the usable area when building in the SPH or VAB, so you can build outside or above the building. After google'ing the problem, I came upon many different solutions to that. 90 Windows 32-bit and 64-bit What Happens : Text in menus becomes too small to read at anything over 1 foot from screen Mods / Add-Ons : Stock Steps to replicate : 1) Attach pc to a 4k monitor or tv 2) Set in game resolution to 4096 x 2160 3) Access any menu in VAB / SPH or in flight on part Result : The text is still at the default font size, which is so small it is Jan 27, 2020 · This tutorial describes all-important basics on how to use the VAB and how to get your first rocket into orbit without a catastrophic failure. Same as in KSP 1. Jan 23, 2025 · Go to the craft folder of the save on which the problem occurred (KSP/saves/SAVENAME/Ships) and you will find two folders: VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building craft) and SPH (Spaceplane Hangar craft). A week ago I had a problem. The tweak scale mod can make parts bigger or smaller. also in space i miss the camera movement by keyboard. You can go a bit higher by shift+clicking your ship and moving the whole thing up. Please let me know up-to-date control schemes for this or possible solutions. 3, RSS v12 and SMURFF v1. 6. is that a bug? is that not even implemented? I just find it really sad because now it's more work than it needs to be to build something. Jan 18, 2021 · I'm trying to make an apollo-style lander and I can't seem to get it connected to my orbiter. Select the Mk1 Command Pod The Sep 4, 2014 · So if you square your view up with the walls, you can work the craft back to the center one axis at a time. . So, in KSP 1 it was always shift and then click a part of the vessel to pick the whole thing up. Version 3. The player can design these in the Vehicle Assembly Building or Space Plane Hangar. VAB) is a large construction facility at KSC, where rockets and other vertically launched spacecraft can be designed. So have to S Is there any mod that organizes parts in the VAB like in KSP 2? I really wanna have it so it's organized with sizes and fuel types since it's just wayyy more useful. Craft designed in the VAB can only be launched from the Launch Pad, though it is possible to import vessels between the VAB and SPH. If that proves to be too much of a pain, you can also open the . 73 KiB | Released on: 2025-10-08 Have you ever installed a popular mod, such as KAS, KIS, or TAC Life Support, and were frustrated that every part was listed as "Misc" in the VAB? Not anymore! I'm not that clever with the VAB, I have some ambitious ideas though. What version of KSP does the RP-1 support? RP-1 supports KSP 1. I've just discovered through viewing the settings in the main menu that the game automatically selected the very lowest resolution; 1024 x 768. Contribute to snjo/FShangarExtender development by creating an account on GitHub. I have good eyesight (last time it was tested at work it was "great") but numbers in particular are sometimes unreadable. Jun 4, 2019 · How do i reset a rockets position on the VAB? it's a few degrees off and i cant get it back to the centre Feb 24, 2023 · That's it. What do I upgrade to increase this value? The first vab upgrade is 600k and early on in my career that’s almost impossible to get to. For me the default rotation don't make any sense. SpoilerNote that the scenery in the background not being completely dark is a minor bug from versions 1 and 2. 5 (if you can't downgrade to 1. Nov 11, 2015 · Hello everybody!In the past updates a simple app in the VAB was introduced which displays basic vessel information like size and weight. v3. 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