How do I make a downloadable craft file?

[rextheregal]

I've seen references to these everywhere but I don't even know what they are, although I can easily guess.

[Chibbity]

It's nothing more than a .craft file which is basically just a note pad file.

Your saved ships are located in KSP>saves>"yoursavegame">Ships>VAB/SPH

You could literally copy-paste the text in that .craft file from notepad to here and I could copy paste it back into my notepad, save it, and throw it in my ships folder, and it would work.

[Technicalfool]

When you save your craft, the game creates a file on the HDD with a name based on your craft name. In your steamapps folder or wherever you installed the game, you should be able to navigate to Kerbal Space Program/saves/(savename)/Ships and find two folders named VAB and SPH. These contain all the craft files that you create under whatever (savename) you used.

You'll also notice a Subassemblies folder at Kerbal Space Program/saves/(savename)/Subassemblies with the associated craft files for those.

Essentially they're just text, so easily zippable and transferrable. So long as you put the craft file in the right place, you can then load it up in-game like any other vessel.

https://kerbalx.com/ is a community run site with a whole bunch of shared vessels. They also make a helper mod, though I'm not sure what its state is in 1.3.1.

Edit: Durn ninjas.

[rextheregal]

How do I get into ksp/saves...?

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by rextheregal:

How do I get into ksp/saves...?

Right click KSP in your Steam library and select properties, go to the local files tab; then select "browse local files."

-OR-

You can navigate there manually in Windows Explorer: This PC>OS(C:)>ProgramFiles(x86)>Steam>steamapps>common>KSP

[rextheregal]

But I don't have any of my own rocket designs in there.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by rextheregal:

But I don't have any of my own rocket designs in there.

Not KSP>Ships

KSP>Saves>"Yoursave">Ships

Like I explained in the first post.

[rextheregal]

I tried, but It wouldn't post.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by rextheregal:

I tried, but It wouldn't post.

Where are you trying to post it?

You'll have to use a file upload site like Dropbox or KerbalX. https://kerbalx.com/

Like I said before you can copy-paste but it's likely too big for the forums, and it's not really how crafts are typically shared.

[rextheregal]

Ha! foolish game tryed to delete my save! I easily thwarted its efforts, however and backed up the save I wil give credit where credit is due however thanks Chibbity!

[rextheregal]

Now to get on with my B-missions...

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by rextheregal:

Ha! foolish game tryed to delete my save! I easily thwarted its efforts, however and backed up the save I wil give credit where credit is due however thanks Chibbity!

Anytime!