KSP2 Modding with SpaceWarp

Install SpaceWarp

To install SpaceWarp you need the following tools installed on your computer

• Visual Studio Community Edition from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/
• Git from https://git-scm.com/download
• Python 3 from https://www.python.org/
  • Run the python commands from GitBash installed with Git
• Unity Engine from https://unity.com/download

Get SpaceWarp from GitHub

• Create a new directory external_dlls for SpaceWarp in the Kerbal Space Program 2 “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program 2\KSP2_x64_Data\Managed” directory
  cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program 2\KSP2_x64_Data\Managed“
  md external_dlls
• Clone the SpaceWarp repository in to the external_dlls directory
  cd external_dlls
git clone https://github.com/X606/SpaceWarp.git
  

Install the Python dependencies

• Open the File Explorer
  
• Navigate to the “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program 2\KSP2_x64_Data\Managed\external_dlls\SpaceWarp” directory
• Right-click in the white area of the File Explorer and select Show more options
  
• Select Git Bash Here
  
• Execute the command
  pip install -r requirements.txt

Build SpaceWarp

• Open the ksp2_mod_loader_patcher.sln Visual Studio solution from “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program 2\KSP2_x64_Data\Managed\external_dlls\SpaceWarp\SpaceWarp”
• Open the list of references to see the missing packages
  
  
• The packages marked with an exclamation point are missing
  
  
• Open the NuGet package manager

Add references to the missing assemblies

• Right-click References and select Add Reference…
  
• On the Browse tab click the Browse button
  
• Browse to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program 2\KSP2_x64_Data\Managed folder and select the DLLs
  • Assembly-CSharp.dll
  • Newtonsoft.Json.UnityConverters.dll
  • Unity.TextMeshPro.dll
  • UnityEngine.dll
  • UnityEngine.AssetBundleModule.dll
  • UnityEngine.CoreModule.dll
  • UnityEngine.IMGUIModule.dll
  • UnityEngine.InputLegacyModule.dll
  • UnityEngine.UI.dll

Rebuild the solution

• Right-click the solution and select Rebuild Solution
  
  

Using SpaceWarp

You can also download SpaceWarp from https://spacedock.info/mod/3257/Space%20Warp

• Unzip the downloaded file
• Copy the contents (the SpaceWarp directory) into the KSP2 main directory

Maybe needed to configure Visual Studio to work with Unity

See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows for details

To select the installed Visual Studio version

• Open the Unity Editor
• In the Edit menu select Preferences
• On the External Tools tab click the Open by file extension and select your Visual Studio version