Ty Tan Tu Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I am an old orbiter user. One thing you should know about me is that I am lazy and not above cheating. I edit config files all the time - i already edited a file in the demo version of Kerbal because it did't give me enough fuel to finish a tutorial. In Orbiter, I once put the Jovian moons in orbit around Earth just so I wouldn't have to fly all the way out to Jupiter to visit them. I am a casual user of Orbiter who mostly just tools around the solar system in the Delta Glider looking for weird orbits around Callisto and such. In all probability, I will build a version of the Delta Glider in Kerbal too. But hey, it is my toy and I will do with it what I will. :-) But, if I find something cool, I will share it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Welcome to the forum, Ty Tan Tu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Tan Tu Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well, I am off to a slow start. Let's hope today will be better, :-) Without reading anything, I built a rocket I thought might work, but when I launched it, the parachute deployed on launch. So, I went through the first two rocket building tutorials (the first one makes a joke about what I did in my first attempt). I did the F12 fuel cheat and built a basic ship, capsule, parachute, decoupler, fuel tank, and a liquid fuel engine I pick at random just because it fit on my fuel tank. I don't remember now what it was, but it was powerful. By the time I thought to look at the map I was in escape velocity. I probably could have saved the situation, what with unlimited fuel, but I choose to start over. Third attempt I pick a smaller engine. I got into orbit well enough and was having fun sculpting my orbit. I considered even doing a Hohmann transfer to Mun, but I could not figure out how to align my plane with Mun. Besides, I needed to know how to get back to Kerbin. Well if you go back and look closely at the parts to my ship, I think you can guess how THAT went. D'oh!!! I forgot the heat shield. Fourth time is a charm. I added the heat shield and launched into orbit. I think I still came in too hot. My Kerbel was getting very nervous, but at about 8000 things cooled down and the parachute icon turned grey. I staged the chute and safely landed - somewhere. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Tan Tu Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Well I made it to Mun, but I don't think I designed my ship right to land, even in a 1950's SciFi movie. Because that is what I would have to do. Bleed off speed while maintaining altitude and land nose up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecan Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 17 hours ago, Ty Tan Tu said: ...But hey, it is my toy and I will do with it what I will. :-) But, if I find something cool, I will share it. :-) Yeah, that's the attitude. Sounds like you know as much as you want to know and, probably, more than you're using. Also sounds like you're having fun. What more is there *grin*. Oh yeah - Easter eggs. There are quite a few you might enjoy finding in KSP. SCANsat is a mapping-satellite mod that's good for detecting them, otherwise you can really cheat by looking up their locations on Kerbalmaps.com, or see the relevant threads here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorryDave Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Congrats on the progress you made so far. You can't cheat anyone but yourself in KSP. Enjoy your exploration of the Kerbal solar system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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