Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion - How to Play and Share with the Mission Builder



Hello everyone!



For several months, we have been talking in KSP Weekly about the Mission Builder, which will give players the means of creating their own missions using an intuitive and powerful interface. Last week we detailed how you can use the tools within the Mission Builder to create all sorts of exciting and inventive missions. However, part of the magic of creating something is to be able to share it with others, and as the KSP community has such an intrinsic cooperative nature, it was obvious for us that players needed the tools to share their creations with ease in order for the Mission Builder to be the success we expect.

In this article, we will detail how this key-feature of Making History will work. By following these simple steps, you’ll be ready to export, share and play missions from day one!

Let’s get started. After entering the Start Game screen, you’ll find the expansion’s game modes listed below Scenarios.

Once you’ve clicked on and entered the Mission Builder, you can create a mission using the tools at your disposal.



After you finish creating your mission, click the export button. It’s on the upper right part of the screen.



Clicking it will open the following window, where you will name your mission and enter the mission briefing notes. Here, you can also include mod details, select the custom Play, Success, and Fail Banners, the awards, and other specifications.

After setting all the details, click export. By doing this, a zip file with all the mission game data will be created and exported to the following location: Missions/_Exports [Name].zip



You can copy this zip file and upload it to your favorite client for others to download and play, just as you’d do with a mod!



To play a mission, place the mission’s zip file in KSP/Missions. The game will automatically extract the contents for you, so after that you’ll only have to enter Play Missions in the start screen and select the mission you want to play.

Press start and play! We can’t wait to see all of the missions our community creates in Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion!



We expect that a mission sharing community will flourish around Kerbal Space Program: Making History Expansion, so just imagine the amount of fan-made content that will sprout after the release. It will surely be exciting and fun to look for and complete other people’s creations!



Happy launchings!

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