What is this mod?
BDB adds parts. Lots of parts. Nearly 400 parts, including launchers, spacecraft, and probes, all in a stockalike style. The focus lies primarily on the US space program up through the Apollo program, though some modern parts exist. They are not perfect replicas, but rather take inspiration directly from existing designs. Care has been taken to research and include pieces for projects that were proposed but never happened, to increase the possibilities available to the player. Parts are made in a lego frame of mind, and screenshots of your unique franken creations are always appreciated! The mod is not recommended for new players, as the mod adds a good deal of clutter to the VAB lists. The mod also adds new standard sizes (such a 0.9375m, 1.5m and 1.875m diameter) of parts in order to more accurately scale to KSP.
Now, 400 parts sounds like it would kill your PC. While the mod certainly is large, the memory overhead is likely lower than you would expect. Care has been taken to ensure the mod is efficient, with methods such as enforcing a strict texel density (a technique I have only used since mid-2017, so the older assets might not be as efficient) and texture atlasing to cram several parts onto each texture sheet.
For those familiar with KSP mods, BDB can be considered a stockalike equivalent of FASA, and a US counterpart to Tantares' soviet rockets.
Currently, the mod includes (but is not limited to) parts to make:
Mercury spacecraft (Courtesy of Bloeting Aerospace Corp)
Gemini spacecraft (Courtesy of Trails Manufacturing Co.)
Apollo Block I and II spacecraft, as featured in REAL LIFE!
Apollo Block III, III+, IV, and V spacecraft, from Eyes Turned Skywards
AARDV "Aardvark" autonomous resupply vehicle, also from Eyes
Modular 1.875m station parts for Gemini-era space stations
Skylab station parts
Spacelab (from Eyes) station parts
Vanguard rocket and probe
Scout rocket
Redstone rocket, with Sergeant clusters and Explorer 1
Juno II, IV rockets
Diamant rocket (All variants)
Thor-Delta rocket (Almost all variants can be made)
Delta 2 rocket (Including upper stage and a variety GEM SRBs)
Atlas rocket (everything from Atlas A up through Atlas V 551)
Agena upper stage (All variants)
Vega (old Kerolox upper stage for Atlas)
Centaur D, G, G', T, V upper stages
Titan 1, 2, 3, 4 rockets, with SRMs and Transtage (No IUS yet!)
Saturn 1, 1B, V
Saturn 1C and Saturn Multibody from Eyes
New probe cores
New antennas and dishes
New science experiments In total, nearly 400 parts!
Planned content includes massive Saturn rockets including unflown variants, launchers based on Atlas and Titan that never left the drawing board, and parts based on proposed projects for Gemini and Apollo.
Version 1.5.2 for Kerbal Space Program 1.7.0
Released on 2019-02-09
- Fixed typo in Mercury pod name
- Fix Gemini RealChute compatibility
- Saturn rescale. Prevent S4 2.5m parts being inappropriately up scaled and support Procedural Fairings parts.
- Radial solids CoM adjust. Might help with solids colliding after separation.
- Lower stage solids smoke after flameout.
- Add Sina tag to LEM passive docking mechanism
- Allow remote control of LEM Ascent Cockpit
- Possible fix for SAS issues. Craft may need to be rebuilt.
- Update RL10, J2, Agena A and D plumes
Version v1.5.1 for Kerbal Space Program 1.6.1
Released on 2019-02-02
- NEW PART: "Taber" Pioneer P3 Engine - Early 0.625m service module / circularization engine for probes.
- Minor edit to the "Pog" probe core.
- Fix Delta P fairing ring bottom (interstage) node position. This was overlooked when the Delta K was adjusted.
- New stock engine effects: Able, Ablestar, Castor 1, Thor, Vanguard, Sargent motors, Juno: 6K, 45K, S3D, and Vernier.
- Raise Sargent motors Isp to 235/214. Those are real numbers.
- Fix Skylab window covers switch in flight
- Disable allow shutdown on SR120. Not compatible with the animated engine and was causing the engine to never start. (Thanks Roryamm and Rocketology for catching this)
- Typo fix in DeltaP_FairingRing.cfg (Thanks Komodo for catching this)
- Fixed FX for the "Wally" SRB
- Fixed Gemini SM plumes.
Version v1.5.0 for Kerbal Space Program 1.6.1
Released on 2019-01-25
WARNING: This update contains save breaking changes. PLEASE back up your save before installing.
Changelog:
Redone Atlas V
Redone Delta II
Redone Peacekeeper-derived parts
Redone Scout
Redone Kick solids
Assorted other new parts
New non-RP Plumes thanks to JadeOfMaar
Some save breaking tech tree balance fixes
Tons of other stuff like we've been working on this for 51 weeks I don't remember
Version v1.4.2 for Kerbal Space Program 1.4.3
Released on 2018-02-02
- AJ-260 solid boosters\
- Too many bug and balance fixes to count
Version v1.4.1 for Kerbal Space Program 1.3.1
Released on 2018-01-01
-Fixed Saturn S1 issues
-Fixed Titan radial decouplers
-Fixed Titan 2 engine shroud
-Fixed HLR-ZOID radiators
Version v1.4.0 for Kerbal Space Program 1.3.1
Released on 2017-12-23
-Atlas revamp -Centaur revamp -Vega revamp -Saturn 1 revamp -Pioneer 6 -Ion probe parts -ETS Apollo revamp -Spacelab -Venus Flyby parts -probably a lot more stuff -merry effing christmas
Version v1.3.1 for Kerbal Space Program 1.3.1
Released on 2017-10-14
Minor update to fix issues with KSP crashing. Does not include any new/updated parts.
Version v1.3 for Kerbal Space Program 1.3.0
Released on 2017-07-18
-Skylab
-Lunar Orbiter
-New textures for Titan rocket family
-New textures for Mercury
-New textures for Agena
-Agena Materials Bay
-New textures and meshes for Apollo CSM
-New textures for some of the probe parts
-New textures for Diamant
-Probably more stuff I'm forgetting
Version v1.1.5b for Kerbal Space Program 1.2.2
Released on 2017-06-04
Final Ksp 1.2.2 release. New parts: -Sea level J-2 -Mini radial decoupler -Titan 1.875m radial decoupler -Sputnik 3 probe core. -Centaur D3 and D5 tanks.
-Lots of new textures everywhere.
-Moved Prometheus IV single chamber engine to Heavy Rocketry. Adjusted alternator, cost and mass. Changed title to Prometheus-X-350. -MOL lab settings tweaked to generate science faster. Mass and cost adjusted. -OSO experiment mass fixed. -S1E engine mount, SLA heat tolerance increased. -RCS cost balanced. -Balloon and Cryo tanks cost reduced. -All engines cost adjusted. Huge solids now very expensive. -More tags
Version 1.1.0 for Kerbal Space Program 1.2.2
Released on 2017-02-24
1.1 -SAVE BREAKING UPDATE - Backup saves (KSP\saves) and remove any previous version of BDB (KSP\GameData\BlueDog_DB) before installing. -New parts. Apollo Block V and AARDV, Scout rocket, Centaur T stage redone, Vega upper stage, OSO experiment. -Tech tree completely redone. -Lots of testing and adjustments by minepagan, IronCretin and Komodo and probably others. -Far too many bugs fixes, tweaks and graphic improvements to list.
Version v1.0.1 for Kerbal Space Program 1.2.2
Released on 2016-10-13
Added Saturn, Apollo, LEM. Can't be bothered to rewrite the full patch notes in this markup.
Version v0.11 for Kerbal Space Program 1.1.3
Released on 2016-08-06
0.11 (Vaquero!) -Tweakscale support on all compatible parts (hopefully) - Cowboy-WY -Bulkhead profiles corrected everywhere - Cowboy-WY -Heatshields separated from pods -Antenna Range, Community Tech Tree Support, and Science definitions updated - rasta013 -Saturn 1/Saturn IV and H-1 engines -MOL -Gemini reentry issues fixed -Gemini parts renamed to avoid conflict with TRAILS. Totally save breaking! -Numerous cost/mass/balance/description adjustments just about everywhere -Too many bug fixes to list -Part tags getting better
Version v0.10.5a for Kerbal Space Program 1.1.3
Released on 2016-05-17
0.10.5 (Krikkit!) -KSP 1.1 Compatibility -Updated DMagicScienceAnimate -Added TRAILS Gemini parts. -Added Agena docking parts. -Added specular maps to some of the parts -Redid all the antennas -Added several new antennas -Misc fixes -Screw you I hate changelogs
Version v0.10.5 for Kerbal Space Program 1.1.2
Released on 2016-05-17
0.10.5 (Krikkit!) -KSP 1.1 Compatibility -Updated DMagicScienceAnimate -Added TRAILS Gemini parts. -Added Agena docking parts. -Added specular maps to some of the parts -Redid all the antennas -Added several new antennas -Misc fixes -Screw you I hate changelogs
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