MechBFP

Already in the game, but only usable with mods.

So they plan to remove it, improve it, then not implement it? wut?

Can't they just add fake dry+wet mass, as if the vessel has additional fuel tanks? I can't see how that would make it inaccurate.

That is great to hear and glad that stuff is not being put on the back burner.

The only people giving it a pass are the people you have made up in your mind. No one is going to give it a pass if the game leaves Early Access like that.

That is fair, although they still have consider that pushing out all the roadmap content is not a great idea if the players ultimately don't want to engage with it because the game becomes too irritating/frustrating to bother with. They absolutely still need to address some of the main pain points in stride with the roadmap.

I would say Friday at around 5PM their local time based on past experience.

When they fix the camera

Your questions are silly because they are perpetually unanswerable. They answer the question, and 1 minute goes by and "are you still working on x? Tell us!".

Thanks, I hadn't found that thread yet.

Like you said, given the apparently slower than normal progress lately and absolutely radio silence from IG, what else can we assume?

More? Or are you talking about the ones reported in March 2023? Nevermind: https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/layoffs-at-rockstar-games-owner-2k-and-private-division-a-number/z36c46

For all intents and purposes in my mind the game has only been getting properly developed for 2 years. So take that how you will regarding timelines.

I am waiting for a time when the game is more or less feature complete from a single player perspective and is of an equal or higher level of polish than KSP1. Then I can actually sit down and enjoy it without getting irritated by it.

That sums it up in a nut shell. If they had just come clean about the delayed state of the game back in 2022/2023 (even if they couldn't say why it happened) most of this issue with managing expectations wouldn't be a problem for people except for the handful of critics that you can normally expect anyway no matter what you do. I can really only assume some stupid and/or malicious overlord had better ideas how to run things and the team is unfortunately along for the ride.