Tutorial: How to BP-Edit

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Considering there is small rise of players and some of them coming here. But then there is multiple parts:/
So...... here is my first tutorial on how this stuff work.


BP-Editing is in a sense, godsend for the non-dlc community. It actually does not require DLC, just a text editor app or something(I can confirm for IOS but IDK about Android) but then PC/Steam has a BP-Edit mod. But to actually BP-Edit is entire different thing. If you need to upload BPs, go here: Tutorial: Blueprint Downloading/Uploading for SFS PC or for IOS, Files(Or Text Edit App)\Spaceflight Simulator\files\Saving\Blueprints\


We first look at the basic file of BP-Editing. Here is the BP of a struct.

Even though there are 2 pairs of x and y, they actually have different meanings. The "p" as it implies, the position of this specific part as a coordinate system. As the text editor allows me to edit the part, I can put it what ever I want except if you don't have the infinite build screen or a reference part to find. The bottom (x,y) pair stretches by how much the size of the part is. But then there are exceptions with this a good example, with the "size" and not "width" and "height" as those are for like fuel tanks. But what about the "z"? Well since this is a 2D game, the "z" is actually for how much you can tilt an object from 0-360 degrees. But then considering we are looking at a strut, the size is actually the width as this is referencing the 2x1 strut.

But then we get to the harder stuff. Lets start with a landing leg

Though there is no size, you can still stretch this by using the bottom (x,y) pair. Considering the "state" and "state_target" is the animation of the landing leg, it means its already deployed. You can do the same thing with parachutes but then its a bit different as its "deploy_state" and "animation_state" instead. The "deploy_state" is the key to trigger the animation but then "animation"=1.0 means the parachute is partly deployed, 2.0 is the parachute is fully deployed and 3.0 is the parachute cut.

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Continuing on BP-Editing, we go see docking ports

The width is still the same but then most of the things here are controllable, but then people usually make rail guns using docking ports. Can't forget about Acarri Drives

Engines.

This is actually where we non-dlc manage to get the no heat without the cheat from if we are making for as it says, "creative use". Now its time for the favourite

This is actually were most of the stuff happens, as you see fuel percents and stuff. You can actually add ridiculous amounts of fuel but then you don't actually know how much depending on how big it is. You can also change the width and height but then non-dlc players cant pass width=3.0 or height=4.0 because its the biggest fuel tank, 3x4 m tank. But then you can stretch it but then it will have the same amount of fuel, but then there is fuel percent doing its thing.

And last.....

Fairings..... You can see the "detach_edge" and "adapt_to_tank" which is in the game already but then the occupied_a="false" means that this fairing does not sit on anything. The other thing is is that you can get half a fairing by just using the "fragment" on the third to the bottom of the "T". Using left or right, you can get one side of the fairings for design like black heat shields. Continued to the next post......

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Final one before questions or comments.

Anyways on the bottom of the blueprint there is this:

The rotation can make you rotate the build screen to whatever degrees you want. But then there is offset. "Offset" is godsend as it has let non-dlc people like me and SusEngine to build really big rockets. Offset just moves the entire screen by how much you add but then I may suggest trying to figure out the right distance before you do anything.

You guys are also wondering how people managed to get black and shades of brown on fuel tanks... well

This is the block as I call it. Even though its not on any base BP, its of course there if the fuel tanks are non-dlc size and colored in a specific way. The important thing to look at is the "intensity", as it gives the black color. We sometimes also make this have a light brown color for metallic things non-dlc. Though I don't know the exact numbers(which is 0.1-1.2[?]) for each shade, I am sure there is a map of some of them on YouTube somewhere. So, anyways have fun detailing your rockets and, fly safe.

 

[John Spaceflight Simulator]

How exactly do you find the bp file?
(For everyone else)

 

[New Horizons]

How exactly do you find the bp file?
(For everyone else)

IOs or Android?

 

[Mario Hobbs]

Here's where you'll find the blueprints folders on IOS and Mac

For ios in file explorer: On My iPhone/Spaceflight Simulator/Saving/Blueprints
For Macintosh (steam version of the game) in finder: /Users/(yourname)/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Spaceflight Simulator/SpaceflightSimulatorGame.app/Saving/Blueprints
If you are playing on the app store version on mac, don't, it'll destroy your steam version game files. BEWARE.

 

[John Spaceflight Simulator]

IOs or Android?

Well I guess Android mario already explained some

 

[Alex9136]

How do you make a fragment of a side seperator?

 

[Mario Hobbs]

How do you make a fragment of a side seperator?

in the ("fragment": 0) you do either left or right, ex: ("fragment": left)

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

I would like to add something since its been a while. But first of all, that the bp actually knows what was the parts you recently touched

So here's a example of a bunch of parts.

You see here that there are four parts. Here is the bp itself

You can see the last thing I touched was the separator, as it was also the last part I added. So now we move the heat shield to a different place

Now, I saved the bp under "Ae" again because its simpler finding alphabetical for me. And if we look here:

You can see the same separator but the heat shield as well. Now you may be asking what you need this for, you actually might need it for future bp-editing builds as this would help keep track on what you make and move around

This probably wont be the last as I still have to find out what more there can be to bp-editing. So anyways, have fun SFS-ing!

 

[John Spaceflight Simulator]

I would like to add something since its been a while. But first of all, that the bp actually knows what was the parts you recently touched

So here's a example of a bunch of parts.
View attachment 123317
You see here that there are four parts. Here is the bp itself
View attachment 123316
You can see the last thing I touched was the separator, as it was also the last part I added. So now we move the heat shield to a different place
View attachment 123320
Now, I saved the bp under "Ae" again because its simpler finding alphabetical for me. And if we look here:
View attachment 123319
You can see the same separator but the heat shield as well. Now you may be asking what you need this for, you actually might need it for future bp-editing builds as this would help keep track on what you make and move around

This probably wont be the last as I still have to find out what more there can be to bp-editing. So anyways, have fun SFS-ing!

Thanks for pointing this out, extremely useful for really any bp editing. Whatever part you want to edit, just move it around and then make a bp and just go to the bottom and there is your part

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Thanks for pointing this out, extremely useful for really any bp editing. Whatever part you want to edit, just move it around and then make a bp and just go to the bottom and there is your part

Correct.

 

[Unaided Asymmetry]

Eh this guy beat me to it by 3 1/2 months, good tutorial tho.

 

[Whiskey Tango Foxtrot]

Eh this guy beat me to it by 3 1/2 months, good tutorial tho.

mhm