bmaju's InnerMinmus

bmaju's InnerMinmus is a stock-system modification for Kerbal Space Program that reimagines Minmus as a larger inner moon of Kerbin while moving the Mun farther outward.

Rather than adding new celestial bodies, InnerMinmus rearranges and rebalances the existing Kerbin system while keeping the familiar stock planets and moons.

Features

• Moves Minmus into a much closer orbit around Kerbin
• Enlarges Minmus to a 120 km radius
• Increases Minmus' surface gravity to approximately 0.12 g
• Moves the Mun outward to a semi-major axis of about 46,975 km
• Rebalances Minmus science rewards to approximately 80% of stock Mun values
• Optionally adds a narrow ring system around Kerbin
• Includes compatibility handling for scaled-space eclipses with modern visual setups
• Preserves the stock appearance and terrain of Minmus and the Mun while changing their orbital and physical roles

Kerbin Rings

The Kerbin ring system is enabled by default and can be disabled in:

GameData/bmaju's InnerMinmus/Settings.cfg

Change:

KerbinRings = True

to:

KerbinRings = False

if you prefer to use Kerbin without rings or another mod's ring configuration.

Requirements

• Kerbal Space Program 1.12.x
• Kopernicus
• ModuleManager

Environmental Visual Enhancements (EVE) is not a hard dependency. EVE-related compatibility handling only takes effect when the relevant visual systems are installed.

Recommended Mods

KH's Better Mun and OPXtras are both compatible with InnerMinmus and are recommended for use alongside it.

• KH's Better Mun improves the appearance of the Mun while InnerMinmus changes only its orbit, allowing both mods to work together cleanly.
• OPXtras is also compatible and complements InnerMinmus well as part of a more extensively enhanced stock Kerbol system.

Neither mod is required, but both are recommended if you want the Kerbin system to blend more naturally with a visually and structurally enhanced stock system.

Installation

Extract the archive into your Kerbal Space Program folder so that the mod is installed at:

GameData/bmaju's InnerMinmus

If you are updating from an older development version, remove the previous InnerMinmus folder before installing the new version.

Backing up existing saves is recommended. InnerMinmus changes Minmus' orbit, radius, gravity, and sphere of influence, so vessels already operating near Minmus may be affected.

Compatibility

• KH's Better Mun: compatible and recommended. InnerMinmus changes the Mun's orbit while Better Mun can continue handling its visual overhaul.
• OPXtras: compatible and recommended.
• Designed to coexist with other stock-system visual improvements.
• Mods that independently alter Minmus' orbit, physical properties, or Kerbin's rings may conflict.
• When the optional Kerbin rings are enabled, InnerMinmus replaces existing Kopernicus ring nodes on Kerbin to prevent duplicate rings.

Localization

Minmus' description is localized in:

• English
• German
• Spanish
• French
• Italian
• Japanese
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Russian
• Simplified Chinese
• Korean

License

MIT License

Source and additional documentation are included with the release and are also available through the project's GitHub repository : https://github.com/bmaju142/bmaju-s-InnerMinmus-KSP-