Display modes
Vessel Viewer offer a broad selection of display modes. There are two categories: primary display modes, which are added directly to one of the three offered part render modes, and secondary display modes, which are overlayed over the vessel render.
These can be combined in any way desired. You can also dull the color to reduce contrast.
You can set one of these per part render mode. Setting this mode to Hide will stop that render mode from rendering entirely.
Displays the internal state of a part, as provided by KSP. They seem to be mostly unused, though. You can use it to locate the root part, I guess?
Displays which stage a part belongs to, using rainbow colors starting at red for stage 1 and ending at green for the final stage.
Displays how hot a part is. This mainly affects engines by default, but can also prove useful if you run Deadly Reentry.
Displays the remaining resources in a part, with green being full and red nearly empty.
The following modes require Ferram Aerospace Research to display properly.
Displays either the default (unchanging) drag for unmodded KSP, or the drag values generated by FAR.
Displays the lift values for wings and control surfaces generated by FAR.
Displays how much is a given aerodynamic surface stalled, with green being not at all and red being full. Parts that are not considered wings/control surfaces never stall.
Displays the coordinate system used by the vessel.
Displays the vessels center of mass, as internally computed by KSP.
Displays the status of engines of the vessel. Possible options:
- Active (orange exhaust + thrust visualisation)
- Ready (green check mark)
- Inactive (yellow hold sign)
- Out of fuel (red cross)
- No intake air (cyan star)
- No power (blue bolt)
If a given engine is active and has a valid thrustTransform field, the thrust generated by it will also be visualised. Futhermore, the propellant type of the engine is also displayed:
- Orange: Liquid fuel + oxidizer
- Hot pink: Liquid fuel + intake air
- White: Monopropellant
- Blue: Xenon gas + electric charge
- Magenta: Unknown mixture
Displays the distance and direction to the ground below the vessel. Can be set to assume a rocket craft orientation or a plane orientation. Keep in mind the ground displayed is merely an approximation - it will take buildings you pass over into account for your altitude, but it will NOT display any slopes or terrain irregularities you might pass over.