Is Ksp 1 still Updated ?

[[BC] Raphinia]

Every thing is in the title.
is the game still being developed and updated in 2025?

[Brygun]

No.

They updated the launcher thing to have a feature needed for a different game.

[traildog]

KSP 1 is a finished game now I think.

[GunsForBucks]

They have said they still wanted bug reports, at some point in the past, even after KSP2. but said it would not be priority.

The situation with KSP2 now ... IDK.

[Sylvaa]

It's finished, not being updated. I am not even sure if there are any staff left, at all.

There are mods that "fixes" most people gripes, if fix is the right word... Then there are hundreds of mods that range from subtle additions, that try to be as realistic as the rest of the game to boosters that can put insane builds into space, to warp drives.

Everything still explodes, now and again.

[[BC] Raphinia]

do you think that regarding ksp 2 the source code will be recovered and that modders will succeed in refining this game?

[miklkit]

No. KSP2 used KSP source code. It was never anything more than a big KSP mod.

[ee]

Originally posted by traildog:

KSP 1 is a finished game now I think.

They still seem to modify and update the binaries. Maybe nothing to do with game features and more so with surveillance "capitalism".

[Percavil]

Originally posted by Brygun:

No.

They updated the launcher thing to have a feature needed for a different game.

That's when I stopped playing and made a negative review. That pointless adware launcher made my mods break too

So they still have that launcher? shame..

[Manwith Noname]

No. Pretty sure as I recall they removed the launcher around the time we first heard about Private Division closing.

[Fizwalker]

Originally posted by Percavil:

Originally posted by Brygun:

No.

They updated the launcher thing to have a feature needed for a different game.

That's when I stopped playing and made a negative review. That pointless adware launcher made my mods break too

So they still have that launcher? shame..

If you want to continue to play, I believe there is a way to disable the launcher and as KSP doesn't check to see if Steam is running, you can copy the game folder to another location on your drive and run it from there without any issues (you can also create many different installs for different mod setups). In the same vein, if you wanted to play an earlier version of the game you can roll back the updates through the Betas menu. I forget how far it goes back, but you can at the very least go all the way back to .9

Also, if there isn't a way to to directly disable the launcher, you can create a direct shortcut to KSP_64.exe and bypass the launcher entirely.

[Manwith Noname]

They removed the launcher in July 2024, Changelist#24370319 and #24370342. So you don't need to do any of that.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370319
This shows the removal of the forced launch behaviour from the play button.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370342
This shows the removal of the launcher depot from the public branch, among some other things.

[Fizwalker]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

They removed the launcher in July 2024, Changelist#24370319 and #24370342. So you don't need to do any of that.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370319
This shows the removal of the forced launch behaviour from the play button.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370342
This shows the removal of the launcher depot from the public branch, among some other things.

Can't say I ever really noticed as I use multiple installs for different modsets and used the executible or CKAN to launch the game. However, I figured Percavil might find other options useful if he was still interested in playing. Besides, knowing that he can have a separate install that works can be useful.

[Percavil]

yes thanks guys, I installed the game and there was no launcher when I booted the game. Looks like it's gone, that's a relief!

I will prob start playing again and change my review to positive.. I was upset how it broke my mods just for that adware launcher.

Originally posted by Brygun:

They updated the launcher thing to have a feature needed for a different game.

But what does he mean by this?

[Fizwalker]

Originally posted by Percavil:

yes thanks guys, I installed the game and there was no launcher when I booted the game. Looks like it's gone, that's a relief!

I will prob start playing again and change my review to positive.. I was upset how it broke my mods just for that adware launcher.

Originally posted by Brygun:

They updated the launcher thing to have a feature needed for a different game.

But what does he mean by this?

I honestly don't know... I guess there are other games in Steam that use the Private Division launcher, and someone forgot to show that KSP doesn't use it anymore. I wouldn't worry about it too much though.

[GunsForBucks]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

They removed the launcher in July 2024, Changelist#24370319 and #24370342. So you don't need to do any of that.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370319
This shows the removal of the forced launch behaviour from the play button.

https://steamdb.info/app/220200/history/?changeid=24370342
This shows the removal of the launcher depot from the public branch, among some other things.

Ah nice to know, Thanks!
I stopped playing through steam due to the launcher.