Re: KSP General + community project

[Kippershy]

Don't be sorry, I just become douchey when I'm tired.
What I meant to say now I can think properly is that I don't mean to act like 'oh ho ho, you're all crap and I'm god' but rather 'yeah, you're finding it hard now but once you've got experience you'll find that this is pretty easy'
It's not a matter of trying to be superior but simply having that much more experience that like I say, it's become something I know how to do because I've done it so many times before.

To put it into perspective, I've played for 263 hours recorded time through Steam. I've also had the game for quite some time before they updated to steam and put in many hours at that stage as well.
Which is to say I've likely played the game for over 300 hours at least.

So yeah, I'm sorry for being a douche, I just have poor judgement when I'm tired.

[Ketchup]

Made another swing at Duna. Wasn't careful with time compression and came in too fast and too steep. Had a much harder time setting a course for Duna this time around, and putting my ship together to work with the latest patch, which made it come apart at the seams every time I tried to launch it. I did add a 1.5 t rover too, but compared to the ship it's a paperclip.
I know I can do it with the craft, just need to start the reverse burn earlier. Getting a course when the timing isn't right is problematic too, though workable.

[Kippershy]

I am damn annoyed. They must have fucking updated the game without changing stuff properly because I've just found I'm getting a LOT less science than my things tell me.
I'm not transmitting the science I'm on about either. I'm recovering it.
Yet I don't get the full whack.

Why does this annoy me?
4x 400science points = 125 each or something
1x 75 science points = 19
U FUCKING WOT M8

[Ketchup]

I've been having some fun with career mode. I managed to get a kerbal to Minmus and back but failed miserably at bringing one back from Mun.

Exhausting almost everything within my grasp for science sources, aside from data on several biomes on Kerbin and Mun as well as a return from Mun, I decided to do a Kerbol orbit mission, which was surprisingly worth a lot.
The next mission was a surface probe intended for Duna, but I landed it on Eve instead. Got something like 1600 science for that data. I have learned that the idea of 'more X' applies well to parachutes.
The bugged instruments are kind of annoying, but there is a bit of value to squeezing stuff from them.

I can't seem to get things to Duna intact. Something always goes wrong. One time all the solar panels ripped off because the drogue parachute decided to take them all with it, rendering the probe useless. Another, the parachutes just simply didn't fully deploy for some reason.
Plenty of science on the approach, though.

[Kippershy]

I just completely fucked up the intention of the transmitters (or, perhaps not. I dunno.)
I made a ship that would INTENTIONALLY be stranded on Duna with the most stupid kerbal I could (100% stupidity, it's a 'nicer' form of a eugenics program if he's doing something helpful with his imminent death...) but ended up going to Eve instead because I missed my window.

I too lost my main solar panels, which was a bitch, but I at least had three backups that I added just to be safe.

Still, I'd set it up so I could spam experiments and send them in one easy go.
Spammed it to hell to the point I had to go for a shower to pass the time until it had finished.
LOTS of science from doing that, though I stupidly forgot to spam the science while in deep space.
Still, good stuff.
Got enough science for the mainsails, which makes things much nicer again.

[Ketchup]

I just got the Mainsail and the reactor last night, haven't used either yet, though the lander for Duna was supposed to have a reactor on it, it didn't make it for whatever reason.

I still need to send a surface probe to Duna(more parachutes, more careful trajectory. It can be rather tricky to get an intercept), and maybe do a flyby of a farther planet. I like that you can get science that way, in real life all sorts of little discoveries have been made with flybys and orbiters.
The science earned from deep space is surprisingly valuable, got plenty just by doing experiments on the way to crash into Duna. In retrospect, I should have hit its moon.

Sending a forlorn kerbal with no measures for return is a lot easier, and you'll get nearly the same amount of science and more than a probe. Sure they get to stay there forever, but maybe you can pick him up later or something. Heh.
The only way to make it not really viable to just leave kerbals all of over the system would be a penalty for not bringing them back, and then you couldn't make little kerbal colonies. Or they could eventually die or something with a penalty.

[Kippershy]

This is possibly going to be a surprise for you, but today I achieved something I've never managed before.
It wasn't long ago that I managed to conquer planes for the first time. I started with iddy biddy ones after doing a successful SSTO (Single stage to orbit) though I had never landed one beforehand (without parachutes)

...Today, I landed a SSTO coming back from orbit. Taking into consideration it had no RCS at the end and barely any fuel...
...from orbit.
I'm proud.

[Ketchup]

Sent a probe for a flyby of Jool, got science from that and a flyby of Tylo, plus a flyby of Dres. That took about 5 years, still don't have everything researched.
Sending a probe capable of landing to either Ike, Duna, or Moho.

[Ketchup]

I don't know if anyone still plays KSP around here anymore, but I thought I'd post what I've been doing.

I built a space station, initially with the purpose to refuel other ships going out to other planets. No MechJeb.
It was originally in orbit of Kerbin, and I spent something like 8 hours trying to dock a refueling ship. During that time I re-positioned it to Mun for easier maneuvers and finally got more fuel to it after the fact.
I did learn how to dock things properly using the RCS thrusters, so the next two payloads reached it much faster and with less difficulty. The first was a science lab, and the second was a deployable lander, which needs some testing.

Spoiler:

It just needs more monopropellant, then I can use it as an interplanetary vessel by itself. It wobbles a bit, though.

[ILM126]

Hmmm, I do play KSP! And I've been working on something small for Project Horizons, it's called "ESS-A1". Just a rocket mentioned in the story, I'm just trying/playing around with the concept of whether that it is possible. If you come over to my Steam screenshots, you can see some prototypes of the rocket.

I have spent over 8 hours working on this, I also have plenty of mods that I play with.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/ILM126/screenshots/?appid=220200

I didn't upload a lot of the more recent version of the rocket, but I will be working on it again. (School's been a bit busy lately)

[ILM126]

I wish someone here still plays KSP...

Plus, v1.0.2 is out.... Maybe there will be more patches in the near future :P

[O. Hinds]

I'm still waiting for some mods to update, sorry.

[ILM126]

Same here, I'm currently using:

* Active Texture Management
* Wider Contract App
* SKB (Serious Kerbal Business)
* Hullcam VDS
* Kerbal Joint Reinforcement
* Remote Tech
* Toolbar
* Community Resource Pack
* Rocketdyne F-1
* Community Tech Tree
* Stage Recovery
* Fuel Tanks Plus
* RealChute
* FASA Launch Clamps and Towers
* Custom Asteroids
* SOC (Simple Orbit Calculator)
* Collision FX
* Scatterer (Really Buggy)
* Module Manager (no choice really :P)
* And FRMS (Flight Manager for Reusuable Stages)

That's about all I really can have, the rest I normally use are still in 0.90.
Especially the SpaceX Launch Pack, one of my favourites. And the Near Future packs =D

[ILM126]

Also, Steam account or just bought from the KSP Store?

[O. Hinds]

Me? Steam.

[ILM126]

mhm

[O. Hinds]

I'm sorry; I do not understand what you mean there.

[ILM126]

I'm asking do you have Steam, where you can buy games and stuff. It's a bit like Origin..

Steam Store

KSP On Steam

My Profile on Steam


So how did you get your copy of KSP?

[O. Hinds]

Um, Steam, as I said. There appears to be some confusion somewhere here.

[ILM126]

Sorry ^^"


(When I'm sometime busy working on multiple things on my computer, I may read/write something, go do something else, come back to check for replies, and forgot what I read/wrote and didn't go back and check... It can be awkward for me at times, sorry again...)

[O. Hinds]

Ah, okay; no problem.

[ILM126]

Version 1.0.4, hope Unity 5 comes to KSP soon ^^

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