1.36.0

Required and must be downloaded separately :

• HarmonyKSP : Download - Homepage - Available on CKAN
• ModuleManager : Download - Forum post - Available on CKAN

Installation

Installation with CKAN is recommended. Otherwise:

• Go to the GitHub release page and download the file named KSPCommunityFixes_x.x.x.zip
• Open the downloaded *.zip archive
• Open the GameData folder of your KSP installation
• Delete any existing KSPCommunityFixes folder in your GameData folder
• Copy the KSPCommunityFixes folder found in the archive into your GameData folder

Changes in this version

A KSPCF release was long overdue, but contributors didn't stop cooking, so there are a lot of new patches and changes in this version.
This update notably brings many flight scene performance improvements, here are some benchmarks :

Ryzen 5800X3D, 32 GB DDR4 @ 3600 MHz, Radeon RX 7600XT @ 720p, average and 1% low FPS over 1000 frames.
Note that these benchmarks are done in a brand new, non-modded sandbox save. Figures will likely be lower in career and/or modded games.

Acapello (152 parts stock default craft)

Situation	Stock (avg)	KSPCF (avg)	Improv.	Stock (1%)	KSPCF (1%)	Improv.
Launchpad	222	246	11%	153	193	26%
Launch @ 3000m	195	247	27%	121	149	23%
Kerbin low orbit	240	292	22%	149	164	10%

450 parts exploration vehicle launcher (KerbalX link)

Situation	Stock (avg)	KSPCF (avg)	Improv.	Stock (1% )	KSPCF (1%)	Improv.
Launchpad	46	73	59%	40	63	58%
Launch @ 3000m	35	58	66%	29	48	66%
Kerbin low orbit	46	91	98%	39	63	62%

User facing changes

• New KSP performance patch : FasterPartFindTransform [KSP 1.12.3 - 1.12.5] : Faster, and minimal GC alloc relacements for the Part FindModelTransform* and FindHeirarchyTransform* methods.
• New KSP performance patch : ForceSyncSceneSwitch [KSP 1.12.0 - 1.12.5] : Forces all scene transitions to happen synchronously. Benefits scene transition time by reducing asset cleanup run count from 3 to 1 (contributed by @siimav).
• New KSP performance patches : this update introduce a collection of patches intended to fix various performance bottlenecks mainly relevant in high part count situations. See PR #257 and PR #256 :
  • ModuleDockingNodeFindOtherNodesFaster : Faster lookup of other docking nodes.
  • CollisionEnhancerFastUpdate : Optimization of the CollisionEnhancer component (responsible for part to terrain collision detection).
  • PartSystemsFastUpdate : Optimization of various flight scene auxiliary subsystems : temperature gauges, highlighter, strut position tracking...
  • MinorPerfTweaks : Various small performance patches (volume normalizer, eva module checks)
  • FlightIntegratorPerf : General micro-optimization of FlightIntegrator and VesselPrecalculate, components in charge of most of heavy lifting for newtonian physics as well as atmospheric and thermal physics.
  • FloatingOriginPerf : General micro-optimization of floating origin shifts. Main benefit is in large particle count situations (ie, launches with many engines) but this helps a bit in other cases as well.
• New KSP bufix : DragCubeLoadException [KSP 1.8.0 - 1.12.5] : Fix loading of drag cubes without a name failing with an IndexOutOfRangeException (contributed by @Nazfib).
• New KSP bufix : TimeWarpBodyCollision [KSP 1.12.0 - 1.12.5] : Fix timewarp rate not always being limited on SOI transistions, sometimes resulting in failure to detect an encounter/collision with the body in the next SOI (contributed by @JonnyOThan).
• New modding API improvement : KSPFieldEnumDesc [KSP 1.12.2 - 1.12.5] : Disabled by default, you can enable it with a MM patch. Adds display name and localization support for enum KSPFields. To use add Description attribute to the field (contributed by @siimav).
• PAWStockGroups : Added PAW groups for generators, making the UI less confusing when multiple generators are present (contributed by @yalov).

Internal changes

• Patching now always run as the first ModuleManagerPostLoad callback, ensuring other callbacks can benefit from the patches (contributed by @al2me6).
• Small internal refactor of the patching infrastructure for less verbose patch declaration.
• Introduced a new "override" patch type, basically an automatic transpiler allowing to replace a method body with another. This has a little less overhead than a prefix doing the same thing, and allow for other patches (including non-KSPCF ones) to prefix the patched method as usual.