README.md

ksp_bridge

ROS2 package for Kerbal Space Program based on the kRPC mod.

Works with:

• KSP 1.12.3

• kRPC 0.4.9

• ROS2 Foxy

• Ubuntu 20.04

Installation

The installation of the kRPC mod and it's dependencies.

Libraries

Installation of the protobuf library:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y libprotobuf-dev

Installation of the ASIO standalone library:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/asio/files/asio/1.22.1%20%28Stable%29/asio-1.22.1.tar.bz2
tar xf asio-1.22.1.tar.bz2
cd asio-1.22.1
./configure
make
sudo make install

kRPC - Kerbal Space Program

mkdir krpc; cd krpc
wget https://github.com/nullprofile/krpc/releases/download/0.4.9-1.12.1/krpc-0.4.9-1.12.1.zip
unzip krpc-0.4.9-1.12.1.zip

Copy the GameData/kRPC directory into the GameData directory of Kerbal Space Program. The path can be obtained through Steam (Right Click->Manage->Browse local files).

kRPC - C++ library

cd krpc/client
unzip krpc-cpp-0.4.9.zip
cd krpc-cpp-0.4.9
mkdir build; cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

Compilation

Assuming the ROS2 workspace is ~/ros2_ws.

cd ~/ros2_ws/src
git clone https://github.com/g0mb4/ksp_bridge.git
cd ..
colcon build
source ~/.bashrc

Server settings

Note: Max. time per update is required to be high, but it affects the framerate.

Usage

See examples.