So you guys should enjoy this: stock expansion parts
Kerbal Space Program
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warpus
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Interesting 0.19 Q&A
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Thorgalaeg
Deity
So, as i understand it, there will be colonies, but in a distant future version. Am i right?
These guys are awesome.I hope it is true they are adapting the whole game to a new engine for much better performance and multicore support, which i think would be the most fundamental step to take before anything else.
warpus
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It sounds like there are colonies in the plans, yeah. One thing I don't get is why they started developing with a 32 bit framework only capable of using one core. Seems like bad planning.
@cardgame those parts look niceee, i just looked through them
@cardgame those parts look niceee, i just looked through them
Thorgalaeg
Deity
Yep. i think they started it for fun as a little freeware project and didnt thought it would evolve in a big and successful game.
warpus
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Yeah, I wonder how that is going to work. Missions are going to be a lot tougher in the finished version than what they are now, with all the planned additions.. So far game balance has been good though, so I trust them to do it right
I haven't had much time to play lately either. I think I am sort of waiting for 0.19 to come out, although I know that might not be for a month or two... or more?
I haven't had much time to play lately either. I think I am sort of waiting for 0.19 to come out, although I know that might not be for a month or two... or more?
warpus
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18.4 is out!
You have to download the game from their store to get the update.. I wonder what sort of improvements we can see re: unity. Once somebody installs this, do report!
edit: here's a note from the devs
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You have to download the game from their store to get the update.. I wonder what sort of improvements we can see re: unity. Once somebody installs this, do report!
edit: here's a note from the devs
our gods said:
Thorgalaeg
Deity
Are updates backward compatible or would i need to start my mission from zero again? Becuase that would be a no-no.
warpus
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People on reddit were saying that the speedups in gameplay were significant.. Not super amazing but noticable.
The bugs I've noticed in the game weren't on the "fixed" list though
They are "compatible", but they don't promise anything.. I think their stance is "Things could break". From what I've read they recommend doing a fresh install, and then copying the various mods and saves from your old folder over.
warpus
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This is something they are working on
They might even possibly leave marks on the sand as you drive your rover around
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They might even possibly leave marks on the sand as you drive your rover around
Civ'ed
I ain't gotta explain a thing
Judging from the fact that this is KSP, I'm pretty sure it is their stance, vis-a-vis absolutely anything.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
When they fix the crashes I'll pick it up again.
Thorgalaeg
Deity
Just continued my mission. After departing from minmus with all the tanks at full both ships were in its way to duna. The platform would arrive first and 10 days later the manned ion ship plus the lander. The main burn for the platform with a starting mass of 220 tons required +90 tons of fuel for a delta-v of 1250 m/s, while the hybrid-ion engined mothership plus lander with a total mass of 180 tons required 30 tons fuel only plus a tiny amount of xenon gas and huge amounts of electricity. Of course the ion ship had some problems with panel orientation respect to the sun, so it had to deploy even the tiny ones at the lander to collect solar energy enough to keep the engines working along the long burn.
An airbraking maneuver at duna was tried with the platform, the periapsis was fixed at 20000 meters only, but it simply ricocheted and was in space again with about the same speed as before, so ground control decided to use all the engines aboard to stop and finalized with only a few tons of fuel. An encounter with ike platform would be needed, since they didnt dare to land there with so few fuel.
Meanwhile the mothership was already approaching duna and was going to try another airbraking, this time the periapsis was going to be 12000 meters only*. Just before entering into duna atm the crew realized what there was a fundamental design fault which was unnoticed until then: The ion engines worked thanks to huge solar panels, obviously entering in the atmosphere with the panels deployed would wipe them out like a bunch of kleenex in the wind. So the crew had just enough time to turn the ship around, shut down the ion engines, turn on the nuclear ones and point them retrograde just before entering in duna atm**.
This time duna air helped, but even with the nuclear engines working at full the speed was still above the escape velocity. So it was needed to turn the ship around again, ignite the ion engines and burn again to finally obtain a very eccentric orbit around duna. So, an economical but problematic trip.
Finally, after circularizing, the lander undocked and burnt down and touched at duna ground after an easy descent with chutes included (just now the crew realizes that chutes are not reusable, so landing at laythe is going to be interesting). However the programmed spot which was rich in kethane (there is kethane everywhere it seems, prices go down every time i land somewhere) was not properly reached and the ship landed 300 km to the west. Fortunately the kethane jets ignited at about 3000 meters height, so there would be power enough to reach it later from the minmus kethane already stored in the tank.
Everything was OK apparently, however after taking a look at the map the ground control realized that indeed the platform was not orbiting duna, it was mysteriously disappeared. What happened? Some space-temporal freak moment? a quantum effect the size of a school bus? Nope. In fact somebody at ground control pushed the "end flight" button instead of "space center" after the platform arrived duna.
****
*Of course i crashed several times before i approached at the correct height. It seems that it is a matter of few meters. Too low you will crash for sure, to high and airbraking will not work.
**bull__it again. I discovered it after the solar panels were already flying around for themselves.
****Something must be done about this asap. You hit the wrong button too easily and even the warning window is not enough for some extremely foolish people. Also IMO the previous quicksaves should be stored instead of overwrited. One thing is difficulty and complexity and another one masochism.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
An airbraking maneuver at duna was tried with the platform, the periapsis was fixed at 20000 meters only, but it simply ricocheted and was in space again with about the same speed as before, so ground control decided to use all the engines aboard to stop and finalized with only a few tons of fuel. An encounter with ike platform would be needed, since they didnt dare to land there with so few fuel.
Spoiler :
Meanwhile the mothership was already approaching duna and was going to try another airbraking, this time the periapsis was going to be 12000 meters only*. Just before entering into duna atm the crew realized what there was a fundamental design fault which was unnoticed until then: The ion engines worked thanks to huge solar panels, obviously entering in the atmosphere with the panels deployed would wipe them out like a bunch of kleenex in the wind. So the crew had just enough time to turn the ship around, shut down the ion engines, turn on the nuclear ones and point them retrograde just before entering in duna atm**.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
This time duna air helped, but even with the nuclear engines working at full the speed was still above the escape velocity. So it was needed to turn the ship around again, ignite the ion engines and burn again to finally obtain a very eccentric orbit around duna. So, an economical but problematic trip.
Spoiler :
Finally, after circularizing, the lander undocked and burnt down and touched at duna ground after an easy descent with chutes included (just now the crew realizes that chutes are not reusable, so landing at laythe is going to be interesting). However the programmed spot which was rich in kethane (there is kethane everywhere it seems, prices go down every time i land somewhere) was not properly reached and the ship landed 300 km to the west. Fortunately the kethane jets ignited at about 3000 meters height, so there would be power enough to reach it later from the minmus kethane already stored in the tank.
Spoiler :
Spoiler :
Everything was OK apparently, however after taking a look at the map the ground control realized that indeed the platform was not orbiting duna, it was mysteriously disappeared. What happened? Some space-temporal freak moment? a quantum effect the size of a school bus? Nope. In fact somebody at ground control pushed the "end flight" button instead of "space center" after the platform arrived duna.
*****Of course i crashed several times before i approached at the correct height. It seems that it is a matter of few meters. Too low you will crash for sure, to high and airbraking will not work.
**bull__it again. I discovered it after the solar panels were already flying around for themselves.
****Something must be done about this asap. You hit the wrong button too easily and even the warning window is not enough for some extremely foolish people. Also IMO the previous quicksaves should be stored instead of overwrited. One thing is difficulty and complexity and another one masochism.
warpus
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I've seen other people complaining about how easy to is to hit "End Mission", so maybe they'll do something about it. I always do a quadruple take whenever I'm on that menu and stare at it like a caveman. The longer the mission, the longer it takes me to click the right option.
As for the chutes, I thought you could repack them and use them again, but that might only work with some chutes? I'm not sure, I've never done it personally, but I've heard of people doing this.
It's funny how each mission, no matter how well planned, usually leads to new things learned. Is there ever such a thing as a perfect mission? Nope
BTW I found this mod the other day and it seems very very handy
features:
I haven't played the game in a while, but we have a long weekend here in Canada - it's Family Day on monday! Since I'm a bachelor, I might as well spend time with my Kerbal family instead
As for the chutes, I thought you could repack them and use them again, but that might only work with some chutes? I'm not sure, I've never done it personally, but I've heard of people doing this.
It's funny how each mission, no matter how well planned, usually leads to new things learned. Is there ever such a thing as a perfect mission? Nope
BTW I found this mod the other day and it seems very very handy
features:
Spoiler :
I haven't played the game in a while, but we have a long weekend here in Canada - it's Family Day on monday! Since I'm a bachelor, I might as well spend time with my Kerbal family instead
Thorgalaeg
Deity
Crazy and even dangerous. My computer may explode.
Installing...
warpus
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I just installed 0.18.4. 100 symmetric solar panels here I come
