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== Future releases ==
 
== Future releases ==
  
This section lists all planned features for future releases. Entries highlighted in <span style = "background:#42C0FB">Blue</span> are planned for the next update (soon). Please note that these features in blue may be pushed back. Entries in <span style = "background:#FFEE99">Yellow</span> have been partially implemented.
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This section lists all planned features for future releases. Entries highlighted in <span style = "background:#42C0FB">Blue</span> are planned for the next update (soon). Please note that these features in blue may be pushed back. Entries in <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Yellow</span> have been partially implemented.
  
 
Please note that these features are not a commitment, and the dev team is not under any obligation to implement them all.
 
Please note that these features are not a commitment, and the dev team is not under any obligation to implement them all.
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=== Flight Operations===
 
=== Flight Operations===
  
* {{ColorBox|#42C0FB}} Flag planting: Able to plant flags on other planets and moons <ref>“[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/entry.php/252-Flags-Continued Flags Continued]” blog entry by HarvestR.</ref>
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* <span style = "background:#42C0FB">Flag planting: Able to plant flags on other planets and moons</span> <ref>“[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/entry.php/252-Flags-Continued Flags Continued]” blog entry by HarvestR.</ref>
  
* {{ColorBox|#FFEE99}} Repairing: Ability to repair certain things.
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Repairing: Ability to repair certain things.</span>
  
* {{ColorBox|#FFEE99}} Enhanced I.V.As (Moving and interacting inside of the Craft)
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Enhanced I.V.As</span> (Moving and interacting inside of the Craft)
  
 
* Crew Tasks: Have the crew take charge of controlling the ship (provided they can handle it)
 
* Crew Tasks: Have the crew take charge of controlling the ship (provided they can handle it)
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* Part recovery [http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?topic=206.msg1475#msg1475]
 
* Part recovery [http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?topic=206.msg1475#msg1475]
  
* Mission Control Room : <span style = "background:#FFEE99">Create flight plans</span> and take on missions and challenges
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* Mission Control Room : <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Create flight plans</span> and take on missions and challenges
  
 
* Observatory : Discover new celestial bodies to visit
 
* Observatory : Discover new celestial bodies to visit
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* Exploded View : A schematic visualization of the ship, allowing for greater control over ship functionality
 
* Exploded View : A schematic visualization of the ship, allowing for greater control over ship functionality
  
* {{ColorBox|#FFEE99}} Tweakables : Context menu when rightclicking on a part [http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?topic=206.msg1257#msg1257]
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Tweakables : Context menu when rightclicking on a part</span> [http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?topic=206.msg1257#msg1257]
  
* {{ColorBox|#42C0FB}} Mining Parts
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">Mining Parts</span>
  
* Stack Extensions : <span style = "background:#FFEE99">[[Parts#Nose Cones|Fairings]]</span> and solid-booster fuel plugs
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* Stack Extensions : <span style = "background:#FFEE44">[[Parts#Nose Cones|Fairings]]</span> and solid-booster fuel plugs
  
 
* Spacecraft Stats: Total Weight, Loaded Fuel (per Stage?)
 
* Spacecraft Stats: Total Weight, Loaded Fuel (per Stage?)
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=== Audio ===
 
=== Audio ===
  
* {{ColorBox|#FFEE99}}? More and better sound effects
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">? More and better sound effects</span>
  
 
=== Game / Engine ===
 
=== Game / Engine ===
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=== Modding ===
 
=== Modding ===
  
* {{ColorBox|#FFEE99}} A more complete [[SDK]] and documentation (You can help by adding to the wiki!)
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* <span style = "background:#FFEE44">A more complete [[SDK]] and documentation (You can help by adding to the wiki!)</span>
  
 
=== Not happening ===
 
=== Not happening ===
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The following features have been confirmed to not be in the game
 
The following features have been confirmed to not be in the game
  
* {{ColorBox|#FF6666}} Steam achievements
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* <span style = "background:#FF5555">Steam achievements</span>
  
* {{ColorBox|#FF6666}} Weapons or military features<ref name="not suggest">[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/17168-What-not-to-suggest What not to suggest]</ref>
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* <span style = "background:#FF5555">Weapons or military features</span><ref name="not suggest">[http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/17168-What-not-to-suggest What not to suggest]</ref>
  
* {{ColorBox|#FF6666}} Alien civilizations<ref name="not suggest" />
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* <span style = "background:#FF5555">Alien civilizations</span><ref name="not suggest" />
  
 
== Web Services ==
 
== Web Services ==

Revision as of 14:46, 6 May 2013

The features listed here are planned for future versions of Kerbal Space Program.

This list may change during the course of development.

If a feature is present in a mod, there may be a link to the mod.

This list is not an official roadmap for the game. It is maintained by the community, and has no direct relation to what may or may not be included in the final product.

Future releases

This section lists all planned features for future releases. Entries highlighted in Blue are planned for the next update (soon). Please note that these features in blue may be pushed back. Entries in Yellow have been partially implemented.

Please note that these features are not a commitment, and the dev team is not under any obligation to implement them all.

Flight Operations

  • Flag planting: Able to plant flags on other planets and moons [1]
  • Repairing: Ability to repair certain things.
  • Enhanced I.V.As (Moving and interacting inside of the Craft)
  • Crew Tasks: Have the crew take charge of controlling the ship (provided they can handle it)
  • More prebuilt ships, for tutorials or as examples

Space Center

  • Astronaut Complex : Hire and train kerbonauts
  • Research and Development : Discover and Improve Parts (from a tech tree)
  • Part recovery [1]
  • Mission Control Room : Create flight plans and take on missions and challenges
  • Observatory : Discover new celestial bodies to visit

Spacecraft Construction

  • Exploded View : A schematic visualization of the ship, allowing for greater control over ship functionality
  • Tweakables : Context menu when rightclicking on a part [2]
  • Mining Parts
  • Stack Extensions : Fairings and solid-booster fuel plugs
  • Spacecraft Stats: Total Weight, Loaded Fuel (per Stage?)
  • Saving Parts: The ability to save parts and reuse them in a different ship, like a lander. [2]
  • More space station parts such as crew modules and solar panels

Physics / Dynamics

  • Wind / Turbulence conditions
  • Damage effects
  • New lighting system with better shadows
  • Better Aerodynamics

Scenery / Graphics

  • Clouds (weather?)
  • Static Particles (cloudlets)
  • Long-duration smoke trails
  • Asteroids
  • 3 gas planets, moons and an asteroid belt [3]
  • Better scenery for space center scene
  • Matching launchpad scenery in flight
  • Cities and other geographic points of reference
  • Space Center Facilities can be destroyed by crash-landing onto them, and fixing them will cost you. [3]

Audio

  • ? More and better sound effects

Game / Engine

  • OSC Data Interface, for connectivity with external applications

Modding

  • A more complete SDK and documentation (You can help by adding to the wiki!)

Not happening

The following features have been confirmed to not be in the game

  • Steam achievements
  • Weapons or military features[4]
  • Alien civilizations[4]

Web Services

Feature Status
Mac Fixes
  • .app packaging (Finder-compatible)
  • Clipboard support
In progress
Auto-resume interrupted downloads In progress
OSX
Downloads through BitTorrent (long-term) Planning
Load-balanced Repair Packages Feasibility Analysis

References

  1. Flags Continued” blog entry by HarvestR.
  2. Saving an Assembly
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named planets
  4. 4.0 4.1 What not to suggest