Short heads up, we're definitely getting there. Wrapping up is going faster than I expected, the first release candidate will be up somewhen during August. There's nothing indicating that a final release by end of August wouldn't be possible.
hello IMS team.
So, Im creating my first addon vessel, getting awfully close to completion. Since the vessel im creating is somewhat modular, Im planning to release individual modules that can be assembled on orbit for the main fuel tank, CM, hab tunnel, SM, and the payload bays. Not as a request, but more out of curiosity, will IMS be able to support bringing these modules into orbit, assembling them, then replacing them with a finished DLL ship?
Yes it is, although the resulting vessel will be not a DLL-based vessel everyone used to but rather a IMS-DLL vessel configured with scenario entry. You don't have to meddle with scenario if everything goes as planned, so yes, you can spawn modules, deliver them into orbit with any means you like, assemble thme together with any means you like and have a single vessel as a result. The major limit here is that your modules should be defined by IMS config files (which are very much like spacecraft3 config files) and cannot be a custom DLL vessels themselves.
and cannot be a custom DLL vessels themselves.
I can help beta if needed. I work a 24hr on / 48hr off schedule so I have plenty of free time my days off.
Well, technically, they can be a dll vessel themselves. But that won't have any impact on their functionality once they're integrated. For example, you could integrate a DG as an engine if you extend it's config file. It just doesn't make much sense...
It makes a good deal of sense because one can have active autonomus modules now!