How do I download mechjeb???

[Event_Horizon]

I've always wanted to get mechjeb, but I just don't know how to install mods. Can I get some help?

[Event_Horizon]

Also, do I need CKAN? If so, where do I get it?

[UbioZur]

You google it: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ksp+mechjeb
Or you search directly on the official ksp modding community (the forum or curseforge)

Or you use CKAN to make your life easier, but it is not neccessary.
as to how to get CKAN ... you google it or you look directly on the official ksp forum, or on github (it's hosted on github and is open source)

[funkynutz]

Manually installing mods is easy... Just download, unzip to gamedata and play for 99% of KSP mods.

Find your gamedata folder. For most people this will be in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program\GameData 

Find and download the mod you want (I'll use KER for this example as MJ isn't up to date, but it will probably still work).

https://www.curseforge.com/kerbal/ksp-mods/kerbal-engineer-redux

Click the download button on the top right. Once it's downloaded, unpack it (preferably with 7zip to avoid any problems from windows built in ♥♥♥♥♥♥ archiving software).

Take everything you've unpacked, and pop it into your gamedata folder. Some mods will be packed with a gamedata folder, just open that first and copy everything from inside it to your gamedata folder (don't put a gamedata folder in your gamedata, there can be only one!)

You don't need CKAN..

[Snork]

You don't need CKAN but it is a ridiculously simple and easy way to not only download and install mods, but to simply view a list of mods available, compatible with your version and all in one place.

Just google "KSP ckan".

It's good to know how to install mods manually, but for anything compatible with CKAN it's a superior option.

Given you didn't know how to google it to download it, you're probably someone who would very much appreciate its ease and simplicity.

CKAN will automatically download every other mod any mod depends on, and it gives you a quick and easy way to review what you have installed.

The vast majority of mods are available there and compatible with it, the number of mods that aren't there are so few that I literally can't think of one off the top of my head and I'm using around 100 mods on my installation.

[Event_Horizon]

once I have downloaded the files, where do I add them?

[fggfhfgdhjgdsf]

Originally posted by Event_Horizon:

once I have downloaded the files, where do I add them?

Copy the folder into your gamedata folder
it should be a single folder containing many folders such as "Parts" "Plugins" "Props" Etc.
just put it next to the Squad folder

[Event_Horizon]

Is this where I put it?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2559533717
Also, do I have to do anything else before I start KSP?

[funkynutz]

That's the right place... But you can't just dump a zip file in there, you have to unzip it first.

It's all in my previous comment.

[Event_Horizon]

It looks like this now:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2559657054
Do I delete the .zip folder now? And it will automatically apply when I start KSP, right?

[funkynutz]

Yep, delete the zip file and you should be all set.

(You don't actually need to delete it, but it keeps things tidy).

[Event_Horizon]

That worked! Thanks, all of you!