KSP Weekly: Farewells and new beginnings

[tater]

I use real looking engines exclusively, on an old computer, and the parts I use have variant textures, and the ability to cluster the realistic looking engines, as well as change the mount style (SSTU). My performance is fine, on a 2010 computer.

Which do you like better (note that the stock 3.75m tank has a decent tank butt, while all the smaller stock tanks are flat on the bottom).

 

 

Edited April 2, 2017 by tater

[pandaman]

All the best @sal_vager . I decided to wait to make sure it wasn't an April fool before posting  (if only my Kerbal crews saw my cautious side) .

Enjoy your travels and keep in touch.

[Benjamin Kerman]

Wait, so all these nice new parts only come with the mission pack that we have to buy?

[0111narwhalz]

7 minutes ago, Benjamin Kerman said:

Wait, so all these nice new parts only come with the mission pack that we have to buy?

Yep. That's how they make you want to buy it.

[Benjamin Kerman]

1 minute ago, 0111narwhalz said:

Yep. That's how they make you want to buy it.

Hmm. I don't like that. I'm not so excited for the ability to make missions as much as new parts. 

@Badie: Could there be a possibility to buy the new parts but not the expansion itself for a lower price?

[razark]

1 hour ago, Benjamin Kerman said:

Could there be a possibility to buy the new parts but not the expansion itself for a lower price?

I agree.  The price they've stated for this expansion is just way too high.

[StrandedonEarth]

3 minutes ago, razark said:

I agree.  The price they've stated for this expansion is just way too high.

A price has been stated?

[razark]

2 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

A price has been stated?

Well, there must have been, right?

I've seen so many posts about how this expansion isn't worth the money, so someone must know how much they're going to charge for it, right?

[Benjamin Kerman]

I think people just don't want to pay for something that isn't adding onto the game itself, but now it is...

[Vanamonde]

Sarcasm is unfriendly, and because it isn't evident in writing, confuses people. Please don't be nasty to each other. 

[Redneck]

I don't know what all these people complaining about...hell no...Go RoverDude you da man!!!  \,,/ 

And yes squad....Charge for that DLC! Let em complain

Edited April 3, 2017 by Redneck

[basic.syntax]

I'd support giving folks the option for pure DLC (new parts only) at half the price of the full expansion, whenever that price is decided. (Setting prices is an art form. A parts-only package would probably NOT be half price; they would choose a number where many would hopefully think: "for just a little bit more, I could have the whole thing.")

[TopHeavy11]

KW Rocketry will go out of business with these new parts! Great work guys!

Also, in the words of Alexander Graham Bell, "When one door close, another opens." The original team will be dearly missed, but this is a new day, a day where @Porkjet is the part creator. Gone are the Alpha parts and the Beta parts, these are the days of faster computers, new process-saving strategies, and most importantly, Pork-alike parts. RIP Harvester Era, Long Live KSP!

[Darth Badie]

18 hours ago, Benjamin Kerman said:

Hmm. I don't like that. I'm not so excited for the ability to make missions as much as new parts. 

@Badie: Could there be a possibility to buy the new parts but not the expansion itself for a lower price?

We will let you know more about in the upcoming months but I don´t think so 

[UomoCapra]

17 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

A price has been stated?

No price has been stated, yet 

[magico13]

Enjoy your travels @sal_vager!

In other news, that sounded a lot like dynamic texture loading, which would imply lower memory usage and faster startup. If that's the case then I am stoked. That's probably been the top of my "desired features" list since I first started playing with mods. I've got 32GB of RAM so reduced usage doesn't matter so much to me anymore, but faster loading would make developing mods much simpler since quick tests won't require nearly as much waiting around.

[monstah]

2 hours ago, magico13 said:

In other news, that sounded a lot like dynamic texture loading, which would imply lower memory usage and faster startup. 

I read that into it, too

2 hours ago, magico13 said:

 I've got 32GB of RAM so reduced usage doesn't matter so much to me anymore

I don't  

[Renegade Gray]

I can't express the amount of anticipation I have for the Loud and Clear expansion for console! Keep up the good work!

[Skylon]

On 01/04/2017 at 3:25 AM, Hotaru said:

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I don't know, the new parts look fine to me. I think they're a good middle ground between realistic and "kerbal." Are they exactly the way I'd have had them done? No...

 

 ...(Although if someone were to go back and redo the ancient 1.25 and 2.5m parts, I wouldn't complain too loudly.)

I second that

[Commander Zoom]

Bon voyage, @sal_vager, and thanks for everything - including leaving us with one last verse.

[fireblade274]

@sal_vager

I'm going to miss you man. You've helped me out many a-time and I'm sad to see you leave the team. But the only constant is change, and I wish you the best in what ever comes next for you. And thanks for following my profile here, I've always thought it was really cool to have a dev do that even though I'm not that prevalent on the forums anymore. Your poems will be greatly missed; Baxter will eat an entire wheel of cheese in your honor tonight.

Your friend,

Ron Burgundy

Edited April 5, 2017 by fireblade274

[gamersvers]

i never knew sal or any of the team, while I've had KSP for a while I only got into it recently but best of luck to him