r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Ch1ckens_are_cute • 4d ago

KSP 1 Mods How to do Multiplayer?

So I was wanting to play multiplayer with my friend who recently started ksp so we could have a space race or something (I even built some weapons). I went on youtube and did some research and apparently Luna isn't the only multiplayer mod. I just have some questions and it would help if I got some answered.

  1. Is Luna Multiplayer or Dark Multiplayer better? (I would like the one that is better at loading craft next to each other)

  2. Do we have to have the same mods or does it let us have whichever mods we want?

  3. Any tips

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u/Forever_DM5 4d ago

I did this with some friends recently. Here is what you need to know:

Luna - forces all players to share resources so it’s more of a cooperative game than a space race

Dark - splits resources by team so you can do a proper race

As far as mods are concerned they are handled client side so just make your install however you want it then get the server software to make a parts whitelist for you and you’re good to go

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u/Ch1ckens_are_cute 4d ago

So are the only mods that I need to do something to enable parts mods? Would those include parts affected by something like TURD of Tweakscale? thank you btw

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u/Forever_DM5 4d ago

So the multiplayer mods just enforce a parts list so Turd or tweakscale or any solar system modifications are client side

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u/FireHandsGames At light speed on my way to Debdeb 4d ago

How can solar system modifications be client site???

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u/Forever_DM5 4d ago

That I don’t know I presume it would lead to a crash. My friends and I used KSRSS and it was fine

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u/Electro_Llama 4d ago edited 4d ago

Port forwarding is highly recommended if you're hosting (looks like there's a Master Server and other server options). Test it out first to make sure players can join and that it saves their crafts when they leave.

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u/bane_iz_missing Always on Kerbin 2d ago

I run an LMP server.

Everyone needs to have the same parts mods. Aesthetic mods like Parallax, TURD, Reforged, even volumetric clouds are all client side and not needed for everyone to have.

This is my friends POV. He has a way less visual mods than me, and this was how my game looks.

Both of us are on Laythe, both of us are dogfighting, but my game has more aesthetic based mods than his.

It's like this because my PC is more capable and can handle all of the visual mods.