TED - KSP Tech Tree Editor - v0.3

Description

An external, visual, point-and-click tool for editing and creating custom tech trees for Kerbal Space Program. The tool generates the text files used by KSP 1.04 and the YongeTech plugins.

Installation

1. Unpack the archive in any location.
2. Launch TED-v[x.x].exe

Troubleshooting

• You may be missing the .NET 4.5 framework. Download and install from here.

Usage

1. Startup

2. Start by selecting your KSP root folder, usually that's C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Kerbal Space Program but it may differ on your machine

3. Load

4. (Option 1) Load an existing tech tree file (.cfg)

   • Make sure you select the right format!

5. (Option 2) Create a new tech tree from scratch

   • Click on New Blank Tree

6. (Option 4) Create a new tech tree starting from the Stock tech

   • Click on New Stock Tree

7. Edit

   1. Click on a node to edit it's values on the right (the sidebar).
   2. Move nodes around by draging.
   3. Add or remove parts from nodes at the bottom of the sidebar.
      • The top section indicates the parts assigned to that node.
      • The bottom section is a list of all detected parts in your KSP folder.
   4. Press DELETE to delete a node.
   5. Press SHIFT+CLICK to add a blank node on an empty space
   6. Select a node and press CTRL+CLICK on another node to link or unlink parents.
      • The little cirlce indicates the direction of the link.

8. Save

   1. Click Save (Stock) to save in original ksp format.
   2. Click Save (YongeTech) to save in YongeTech format.
   3. You will be prompted to select the filename and where to save.
   4. NOTE: It does not matter what file the tree was when you loaded, you can save in any format (this can be used to convert a tree from one format to another!)

9. Load into KSP

   1. Follow the corresponding mod instructions!
   2. This has nothing to do with TED, TED only generates the files.
   3. Again, see the corresponding mods instructions: YongeTech

Known Issues

• It looks terrible! UI work has not properly started yet, this is a "skin-less" version of the application.
• Lots and lots of bugs. Yes, this is early alpha, there are LOTS of bugs. Please report and I'll fix as soon as I can.