PlanetFocus 1.0.0 RC1

PlanetFocus is a celestial-body explorer and navigation/reference tool that I developed for Kerbal Space Program 1.

It is designed especially for large modded installations and Kopernicus planetary systems, where navigating dozens or even hundreds of celestial bodies can quickly become difficult.

Main features

• Dynamic discovery of celestial bodies
• Support for large Kopernicus planetary systems
• Search and navigation across detected bodies
• Detailed celestial-body information
• Active-vessel and body focus tools
• Visual Atlas for planetary-system exploration
• Galaxy view for installations containing multiple planetary systems
• Delta-V Map Explorer
• Zoom and pan controls with per-map view memory
• Automatic handling of supported Delta-V reference maps
• Graceful handling of planetary systems without a supported Delta-V map

Celestial information

PlanetFocus provides useful information for detected celestial bodies, including:

• Parent body and planetary system
• Radius
• Surface gravity
• Atmosphere
• Ocean presence
• Surface type
• Sphere of influence
• Rotation period
• Orbital period
• Inclination
• Eccentricity
• Orbital information
• Circular orbital velocity

Atlas

The Atlas dynamically builds a visual representation of detected planetary systems.

It organizes stars, planets and moons into a clearer hierarchy, making large modded systems much easier to explore.

Galaxy

For installations containing several independent planetary systems, PlanetFocus provides a Galaxy view giving a higher-level representation of the detected systems.

This is particularly useful with large Kopernicus installations containing several stars and complex planetary configurations.

Delta-V Map Explorer

PlanetFocus includes an integrated Delta-V reference-map viewer.

The RC1 includes support for reference maps for:

• Stock / Community Delta-V Map
• Outer Planets Mod
• Kcalbeloh
• JNSQ
• QuackPack

Third-party Delta-V maps retain their respective licenses and attribution requirements and are not covered by PlanetFocus's MIT source-code license.

Release Candidate

This is the first public Release Candidate of PlanetFocus.

My current priority is stability, compatibility and testing on real KSP installations, particularly installations using large or unusual combinations of planet packs.

Bug reports and compatibility feedback are welcome.

When reporting a problem, please include your KSP version, PlanetFocus version, installed planet packs and KSP.log/Player.log when relevant.

Source code

PlanetFocus is open source and released under the MIT License.

Source code, documentation and development information are available on GitHub.