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    CommNet (For Science!)

    in KSP2 Discussion

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    Some of us like satellites. Some of us don’t. As I always say it’s better to give the power to the players when faced with decisions about difficulty or strategy.

    Personally I’m with the side that approves of a more robust and complex communication system purely for the sake of education. Furthermore, designing satellite networks enables players to explore and experiment with less frequently used orbit types. Heck, if Ksp1 hadn’t had commnet contracts, I would have never bothered to research and learn about stationary orbits, synchronous orbits, molniya orbits, and tundra orbits. Now while @kdaviper had a good point about satellites cluttering the active crafts list, that’s what filters are designed for. 
     

    I realize that satellites aren’t a high priority right now, but hopefully one day we’ll get the chance to voice our opinions about this to them and they’ll listen. 

    Landing Legs Skipped Leg Day

    in KSP2 Suggestions and Development Discussion

    Posted · Edited by James M

    Landed 2 crafts on Mun and 1 craft on Minmus all using the LT-1 “Wallaroo” landing legs in 4x symmetry. Every time I did, my craft would sink all the way down to its engines and start falling over. The most successful variation I had was the third mission (Minmus one), whereby I carefully placed the legs as high as I could and as much weight as possible on the bottom of the lander. It took a couple seconds to finally settle into a comfortable position, but upon initial landing it still LOOKED like it wanted to flop over. Am I missing something or are the legs just weak?

    I guess I’m suggesting the devs take a closer look at how their compression behaves in general and try to stiffen them up a bit.

    Suggestion: Don't congratulate me before I do anything

    in KSP2 Suggestions and Development Discussion

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    19 hours ago, HebaruSan said:

    I'm poking around R&D in a fresh campaign just to see what's there and how it works in practice, and I see this in the lower left:

    yvzVZqm.png

    I have not even been to the VAB, let alone launched anything or collected any science points. I am indeed excited to try out the parts that are available, but "Congratulations!" is the wrong tone this early. Maybe suppress this whole panel for the first free node, since "REQUIRES:" and "COST: 0" don't really tell me anything I need to know either?

    That made me laugh. Thanks!

    Anyone Else Having Problems Docking Post FS! Update?

    in KSP2 Discussion

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    Just tried to dock a lander and mothership in orbit of Minmus, Apollo-style, and holy cow. While using SAS, RCS, target mode.. literally all the things, it felt like unless I continuously thrusted I couldn’t get my vehicles close to one another. And even when I did, they then seemed to almost want to repel each other. It wasn’t until I turned off all assists and eyeballed the entire docking procedure that I managed to get the ports close enough and slow enough to dock. I can’t imagine a new player being able to do this.

    Hello! Is there any release window/date for when we could see "on final approach" make its way to consoles?

    in KSP1 Suggestions & Development Discussion

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    6 hours ago, TomKerbal said:

    I have exactly the same carreer on KSP1 as you (coming from console). The Steam Controller is BS compared to the console edition (which is also not perfect). I finally only used the keyboard.

    KSP1 is definetly a jewel. Until that save game bug arrives late in the game, destroying everything. I never understood, why they didn't solve this super bug, but probably some money reasons.

    Oh yeah.. that. Can’t believe it’s been so long I forgot about save file corruptions. Pretty inexcusable if you ask me. I can forgive not adding stuff to a game so long as the game works in the end. Console version can’t even manage that. 

    Hello! Is there any release window/date for when we could see "on final approach" make its way to consoles?

    in KSP1 Suggestions & Development Discussion

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    I first learned and played KSP on console. The only reason I bought and transferred to PC was because I was getting tired of waiting forever for them to fix things and update. Once I got to PC, I remembered mods exist and I've never looked back since. Really do wish they'd fix console though. Having the throttle on a trigger was great. Keyboards suck in that respect though.

    Suggestion: Improvements to map view and orbital planning

    in KSP2 Suggestions and Development Discussion

    Posted · Edited by James M

    On 10/31/2023 at 6:32 AM, Periple said:

    The SoI entry/exit "splashes" (concentric circles) can be really distracting and can cover important information (see screenshot). I suggest removing them altogether.

    Honestly my issue with these is that I typically can't tell which of the splashes is my encounter to a celestial body and which one is my exit. Maybe add some depth to them or something to exaggerate that a bit? Is there some other way to tell for now which is which? What I've been doing is just tracing my orbits visually and messing with nodes. It works but I really wish it was more intuitive. 

    Post edit: I think this is #7 on your list? Sorry if it is.

    On 10/31/2023 at 6:32 AM, Periple said:

    Pe altitude is only displayed when hovering on the Pe. This should be visible all the time.

    This is so annoying >.>

    Where's Gene and Wernher von Kerman?

    in KSP2 Discussion

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Lach_01298 said:

    In the end the inclusion or exclusion of kerbals is not a major concern. It not going to change peoples minds on buying the game or not. I was just posing the question and was wondering why they made this decision, if they have at all, who knows they could have future plans for them. 

    I'm afraid only Intercept can answer that question. 

    Where's Gene and Wernher von Kerman?

    in KSP2 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by James M

    15 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said:

    I think the fact an argument spawned over a couple Kerbals not appearing is proof people at this point are scraping the barrel for muck to throw at KSP 2.

    What part of our discussion insinuates that I intend to throw muck at KSP2? I've always been an advocate for this game's future and I remain so now. Please do not twist my words. Thanks.

    Where's Gene and Wernher von Kerman?

    in KSP2 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by James M

    11 minutes ago, Superfluous J said:

    The fact that Wherner could spawn this debate at all is enough reason to get rid of him, or even better never have had him in the first place.

    Gene is fine and all but other than "I miss him" I don't see any particular reason to want him in the game. What exactly does he provide that this new character does not? Nostalgia? Can you not have nostalgia without his name under the Kerbal in Mission Control?

    It's not about nostalgia. It's about replacing historical figures. It isn't necessary. The only reason to remove these two characters was to appeal to a vocal minority of the ksp community. The devs talk about how they want to draw in new people to play ksp and inspire future space enthusiasts but then what, we erase the questionable parts of history for those new people because a few other people complained that they didn't like looking at an ugly part of history? C'mon man. 

    Also, anything controversial SHOULD be debated. It's how we grow. We can't always just hide our problems away.

    Where's Gene and Wernher von Kerman?

    in KSP2 Discussion

    Posted

    I'd make the argument that all original 4 kerbals along with any Kerbals that were present in KSP1 for historical reasons should still be around SOMEWHERE in KSP2. Removing them seems weird. And maybe "woke" in some cases. If anything, new Kerbals should be added to that historical roster such as Goddard, Shephard, Sally Ride, Etc. The main audience of Kerbal are space fans. Appeal to that.

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