KSP is delaying the 64-bit windows port for a while, at least past 1.0. The 32-bit Windows KSP version is a bit cramped. You install too many mods and the game will crash. It's hard to work out the balance point. On the KSP forums and on reddit, sometime people suggest switching to Linux. Someone is having problems playing a game and someone basically suggests learning Unix. Then the thread dies.
Linux (even if you've used it for a decade) is hard. Especially getting all the things to work properly. I used three different distros until I got AMD video drivers to work correctly and even now I'm not sure. You can have an easy time installing Linux. Maybe you got lucky on your hardware. Having a bad time in Linux is crazy-pants-party-time. You have to know a lot of commands just to collect information on what is going on.
Try a sprinkle of empathy.
So I wrote down what I did since I'm wiping my Linux partition over and over again. I hope this helps someone. Maybe you can link this.
15.10 has removed the need for the following sections:
- video card setup (on my R290)
- mono-complete from apt will load ckan (so you don't need to do the install, but you might need to do moz-imports)
- steam updates will make steam not launch. remove the .so file as stated below.
This is for a 2xx series Radeon so this might be useless. I found these steps pretty different than the old school xorg.conf stuff we used to have to do in Linux. Pretty nice now! 🍰
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mesa-vdpau-drivers
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
Instructions for nvidia (I hear) are easier? Idk.
Steam complains about GLX context even though everything is fine. Great! Let's fix their legacy problem. 🐛
rm ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/i386/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
mozroots --import --ask-remove
# current bug with SSL certs
# Error getting response stream - SendFailure
# no mozroots commands will change anything
apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
CKAN (kerbal space program mods) can't see hidden folders. 🌀
mono ckan.exe ksp add default \
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal\ Space\ Program/
Maybe you have one of those gaming mice? You have set mouse sentivitiy all the way down in Ubuntu or Linux Mint and it's still too sensitive?
## fix mouse sensitivity
#cat ~/bin/mouse-fix.sh`
#!/bin/bash
# For some reason, I get two mouse devices here.
DEVIDS=`xinput list | grep "Gaming Mouse" | sed -e "s/^.*id=\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/"`
DEVID=($DEVIDS)
if [ "${DEVID[0]}" != "" ]; then
xinput --set-prop $DEVID "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 2
echo Set device deceleration for device $DEVID.
fi
# Then add this to startup applications on login
# (Menu->Preferences->Startup Applications)
# This will differ based on what Ubuntu flavor you picked. I went with Xubuntu.
Name this file selections.txt. Change this list to whatever you want. I was unable to load this many mods under Windows. So I assume you might have a huge list like this too. 🐯
AstronomersPack
AstronomersPack-AtmosphericScattering
AstronomersPack-Auroras-4K
AstronomersPack-Clouds-High
AstronomersPack-DistantObjectEnhancement
AstronomersPack-Eve-Jool-Clouds-4K
AstronomersPack-PlanetShine
AstronomersPack-Snow
AstronomersPack-SurfaceGlow
B9
CommunityTechTree
DMagicOrbitalScience
EnvironmentalVisualEnhancements-HR
InfernalRobotics
Karbonite
KarbonitePlus
KAS
KerbalEngineerRedux
KWRocketry
MemoryUsage
MFS
NEAR
NearFutureConstruction
NearFutureElectrical
NearFutureProps
NearFuturePropulsion
NearFuturePropulsionExtras
NearFutureSolar
NovaPunch
PlanetShine
RemoteTech
SCANsat
TweakScale
UniversalStorage
USI-ART
USI-EXP
USI-FTT
USI-SRV
USITools
You should have already configured ckan with a default install from above.
Download CKAN from their releases page. Put ckan.exe and selections.txt in the same folder and open a shell. Run this.
for mod in `cat selections.txt`; do mono ckan.exe install --no-recommends \
--headless $mod; done
A recent long play through on 1.0.5 before the (HOPEFULLY AWESOME AAAAA 1.1)
000_FilterExtensions JSI PlanetaryBaseInc
000_FilterExtensions Configs KAS ProceduralParts
000_Toolbar KerbalEngineer ProgressParser
000_USITools KerbalJointReinforcement RCSBuildAid
AdjustableLandingGear KerbalStats RcsSounds
B9_Aerospace Kethane RealPlume
B9_Aerospace_HX KIS RemoteTech
B9AnimationModules Klockheed_Martian_Gimbal SCANsat
B9PartSwitch Kopernicus scatterer
BahaSP KPlus ShipManifest
Chatterer KWCommunityFixes SmokeScreen
CoherentContracts KWRocketry SpaceY-Expanded
ColorCodedCans MagicSmokeIndustries SpaceY-Lifters
CommunityResourcePack MarkIVSystem Squad
CommunityTechTree MenuStabilizer.dll SurfaceLights
ContractConfigurator ModRocketSys TarsierSpaceTech
ContractsWindow ModuleManager.2.6.20.dll toolbar-settings.dat
CrossFeedEnabler ModuleManager.ConfigCache TriggerTech
Diazo ModuleManager.ConfigSHA TweakScale
DMagicOrbitalScience ModuleManager.Physics UmbraSpaceIndustries
DPSoundFX ModuleManager.TechTree UniversalStorage
EditorExtensionsRedux NavyFish VanguardAstrodynamics
EngineLight NearFutureConstruction WarpPlugin
EnhancedNavBall NearFutureElectrical WaterSounds
ExtraplanetaryLaunchpads NearFutureProps WaypointManager
Firespitter NearFuturePropulsion WheelSounds
FreedomTex NearFutureSolar WiderContractsApp
FuelTanksPlus NearFutureSpacecraft Workshop
InterstellarFuelSwitch PartCommander
All installed through ckan. These aren't the top level names. They are everything ... so ...
Here's the ckan file which is probably more useful.
{
"kind": "metapackage",
"abstract": "A list of modules installed on the default KSP instance",
"name": "installed-default",
"license": "unknown",
"version": "2016.03.25.01.20.14",
"identifier": "installed-default",
"spec_version": "v1.6",
"recommends": [
{
"name": "B9"
},
{
"name": "B9AerospaceHX"
},
{
"name": "Chatterer"
},
{
"name": "CommunityTechTree"
},
{
"name": "SpaceY-Lifters"
},
{
"name": "DMagicOrbitalScience"
},
{
"name": "DockingPortAlignmentIndicator"
},
{
"name": "EnhancedNavBall"
},
{
"name": "InfernalRobotics"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureElectrical"
},
{
"name": "USI-MKSLite"
},
{
"name": "KerbalAlarmClock"
},
{
"name": "KIS"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureConstruction"
},
{
"name": "ShipManifest"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureSolar"
},
{
"name": "WaypointManager"
},
{
"name": "RealPlume"
},
{
"name": "ProceduralParts"
},
{
"name": "PartCommander"
},
{
"name": "KarbonitePlus"
},
{
"name": "EditorExtensionsRedux"
},
{
"name": "AdjustableLandingGear"
},
{
"name": "B9-PWings-Fork"
},
{
"name": "SCANsat"
},
{
"name": "CommunityResourcePack"
},
{
"name": "KAS"
},
{
"name": "KerbalStats"
},
{
"name": "Toolbar"
},
{
"name": "CoherentContracts"
},
{
"name": "WiderContractsApp"
},
{
"name": "UniversalStorage"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureElectrical-Core"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureSpacecraft"
},
{
"name": "EngineLighting"
},
{
"name": "surfacelights"
},
{
"name": "RasterPropMonitor"
},
{
"name": "B9-props"
},
{
"name": "RasterPropMonitor-Core"
},
{
"name": "NearFuturePropulsion"
},
{
"name": "FirespitterCore"
},
{
"name": "KWRocketry-CommunityFixes"
},
{
"name": "SmokeScreen"
},
{
"name": "B9AnimationModules"
},
{
"name": "ContractsWindowPlus"
},
{
"name": "InterstellarFuelSwitch-Core"
},
{
"name": "AlternateResourcePanel"
},
{
"name": "BDAnimationModules"
},
{
"name": "CrossFeedEnabler"
},
{
"name": "NearFutureProps"
},
{
"name": "CustomClusters"
},
{
"name": "KerbalJointReinforcement"
},
{
"name": "SpaceY-Expanded"
},
{
"name": "DockingSounds"
},
{
"name": "MenuStabilizer"
},
{
"name": "USI-UKS-Shared"
},
{
"name": "USI-NuclearRockets"
},
{
"name": "RCSSounds"
},
{
"name": "RealPlume-StockConfigs"
},
{
"name": "RoverWheelSounds"
},
{
"name": "TarsierSpaceTechnologyWithGalaxies"
},
{
"name": "WaterSounds"
},
{
"name": "ContractConfigurator"
},
{
"name": "ModuleManager"
},
{
"name": "KWRocketry"
},
{
"name": "KlockheedMartian-Gimbal"
},
{
"name": "ColorCodedCans"
},
{
"name": "FreedomTex"
},
{
"name": "USITools"
},
{
"name": "USI-Core"
},
{
"name": "Karbonite"
},
{
"name": "FuelTanksPlus"
},
{
"name": "ModularRocketSystem"
},
{
"name": "RCSBuildAid"
},
{
"name": "Workshop"
},
{
"name": "KPlus"
},
{
"name": "KSPInterstellarExtended"
},
{
"name": "FilterExtensions"
},
{
"name": "Kopernicus"
},
{
"name": "InterstellarFuelSwitch"
},
{
"name": "TweakScale"
},
{
"name": "KerbalPlanetaryBaseSystems"
},
{
"name": "B9PartSwitch"
},
{
"name": "ProgressParser"
},
{
"name": "KaribouExpeditionRover"
},
{
"name": "Scatterer"
},
{
"name": "Kethane"
},
{
"name": "ExtraPlanetaryLaunchpads"
},
{
"name": "MarkIVSpaceplaneSystem"
}
]
}