Must have Mods for beginners!

[Sephtyi]

So I'm normally not asking questions/opening discussions etc.

But I rly felt in love with this game and want to ask you guys, If there are some must have (or nice to have) mods for beginners.

I didn't find an answer to my question yet, maybe it's because I don't really know how to search after such things lol...

Would be thankful for some fast and good answers!

[Chibbity]

KER.

Kerbal Engineer Redux.

Gives lots of extra info about your craft as you build it and in flight.

[Ecclesia]

Just like you, I started playing the game a few weeks ago, really got me hooked as well.

So far I only use one mod: Kerbal Alarm Clock. Why? Because I thought the Tracking Station interface is abysmal (can't sort crafts by time to manoever, so you risk missing important manoever nodes).

I also find the Action Bar mechanism in the game a bit lacking, in the sense those hotkeyed actions are never visible after launching a vehicle. Basically you have to remember your assignments for the remainder of the mission. Solution would be to have consistent assignments (1 = solar, 2 = engines, etc.) but I am still looking for a better mod / solution for this. Best thing (imo) would be a hotbar visible somewhere on screen, like many other games have.

The sheer number of mods for KSP (or many games that go really deep) is very daunting. Best thing to do is to dip your toes into the ocean of mods one at a time.

[Jungfaha]

For beginners.. really nothing if your real fresh. best to get the basics of the game down pat, before over complicating things. Then once you have a nice feel of the game i recommend the following ↓

KER, [X] Science, chatterer, Final Frontier, waypoint manager, expansion pack.
All are compatible with latest KSP 1.4.2

[Old Gin]

MechJeb. I used it quite a lot when I first started playing, it showed me how to get into orbit and other planets way better than any sh*tty youtube tutorial ever could.

[Venusgate]

KER - or alternately, for a more stock-friendly UI, Basic Orbit and Basic DeltaV

KAC

Scatterer

Better Burn Time

CLS

EVE

These are QoL and visual mods that the majority agree should be stock.

[NETCAV]

LunaMultiplayer for Multiplayer on KSP.

[DutchGamer78]

Kerbal Engineer Redux and Kerbal Alarm Clock at first and maybe MechJeb later on to view how it does rendevouz/ docking/ landing etc.

[AoD_lexandro]

KAC. Basic Orbit. Mechjeb. Better burn time.

Those 4 cover pretty much everything you need to learn "advanced" KSP stuffs.

[Sephtyi]

Wow! So many answers in a short time.

Thank you guys, I'll check the mods later, when I got time :-)

[Lego_Teh_Eggo]

Docking port alignment indicator
Trajectories
Better Burn Time
Kerbal Engineer Redux
Presise Node
And Mechjeb

[Kasper]

Mechjeb ruins the entire game, its just autopilot for everything.

[Chibbity]

Originally posted by Regjep:

Mechjeb ruins the entire game, its just autopilot for everything.

Wut this guy said. ^

Get KER, all the info; none of the cheaty autopilot BS.

How are you gonna brag to your friends about learning orbital mechanics if you don't actually learn to do it yourself?

[Lego_Teh_Eggo]

True, I usually just use mechjeb when ive done a launch several times now, ie sending x amount of fuel to x station, and just don't want to do it again.

[invision2212]

tweak scale so you can resize just about anything and fuel switch so you can use any fuel tank with any type of fuel.

[Lego_Teh_Eggo]

Thats not really for beginners tho. Adds a whole new level of shenanigns to the game