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  1. For me, when staging happens, when parts are destroyed, etc. the Control Room disappears and the IVA camera appears to be next to the probe. Double tapping C brings the Control Room back. KSP.log's only error as it happens is this:

    [ERR 04:05:25.333] Coroutine couldn't be started because the the game object 'PortraitContainer' is inactive!

    Anything I can provide to help? I don't seem to see anyone else posting about this issue happening to them!

  2. The best mods reach god status just before KSP 2's early access comes around, luckily for us the FULL release of KSP 2 is still a long way off, so I think I might have to explore this - it's just far too intriguing not to! I've a question though - do you reckon the new celestial bodies are at all compatible with things like USI Colonization mods?

  3. On 10/16/2022 at 7:07 AM, blackrack said:

    Multiple layers + Inter-cloud shadows (note that the layer shapes are for testing and not final)

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    Rain and other thin clouds/fog naturally get godrays on them when using inter-layer shadows

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    Oh my Kraken this is the best thing I ever seen in this game - words don't describe the immersion something like this adds to the experience. I am beyond excited to see progress like this, well done thank you for working on this (:

  4. 12 hours ago, Vl3d said:

    One of the biggest mysteries of KSP2. I can't find the source, but I remember someone from the dev team saying that ~were going to see a lot of people coming and going because of the delivery routes system~.

    So I'm optimistic every vessel will actually be simulated and visible.

    This also logically implies a stock autopilot and "keyframe" navigation. Even with complex multistage craft it 's really nothing that advanced for 2023 levels of gaming AI, except if advanced orbital slingshot maneuvers are used.

    Even so, in space everything loops. We could have a really efficient delivery every 35 years. :))

    Right! I remember that too actually! Now I'm wondering how it will work between moons, planets, and indeed other stars - given that transfer windows between celestial bodies are definitely a factor with Hohmann transfers. Of course Brachistochrone trajectories, once possible, don't necessarily care about transfer windows for any other reason than to avoid colliding with other planets or Suns... gah I just want to know more!

  5. 11 hours ago, Vl3d said:

    Here you go (Nate Simpson interview, it's longer than the quote):

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    Well, you have revealed to me that there will be multiple resources you can harvest to make the building of certain modular components possible!

    Nate Simpson: This is correct. There is a much wider variety of resources that you can harvest. We even have a system that lives alongside the colony system that's called delivery routes, and what it allows you to do is automate resource collection and resource transfer missions that start and end at a colony. So, if I want to just go dig up some stuff somewhere with a specialized drilling vehicle, and then bring it back to a colony? Once I return to the colony, I can make that a delivery route. And then I will continue to receive that amount of that resource in perpetuity, and I can move forward to go find other stuff.

    Similarly, when I'm transferring resources from one colony to another, I can automate those kinds of missions as well. So, there are many more resources in KSP 2 than there were in KSP 1, and some of them are very far flung or involve the conquering of a new physics challenge or a new kind of mission in order to access that resource. We think it really enriches the gameplay, and once you've achieved that mission, you're rewarded with a new capability. You're rewarded with a new kind of part that you can build or a new kind of vehicle architecture.

    In my mind, it's a pretty compelling player goal. You get new capabilities when you find these things.

    If I understand correctly: when a player pulls off a successful mission to a new planet, new moon, or new asteroid, they unlock the ability to send automated cargo ships between that location and the location they started from, using the same flight path they manually flew?

    Nate Simpson: It's a little simpler than that even. It's really just: if you go dig up some rock somewhere and bring them back to a colony, you can automate that mission. If you've gone to a new place that has a new kind of rock on it, then feel free to bring it back and automate that mission.

    That does sound like a much more straightforward way to go about it.

    Nate Simpson: We just didn't want people to get to spend huge amounts of time grinding on getting a certain amount of a resource to a vehicle construction location. We feel like once you've solved the challenge of accessing and obtaining a resource, the real fun lies in then leveraging that capability to seek out some new challenge as opposed to repeating the same mission over and over.

    https://screenrant.com/nate-simpson-interview-kerbal-space-program-2/

    Cheers! Yeah that's what we've been referencing for a while. I still have speculations and questions about this: like for instance, are resources that are automatically gathered like this simply a number that goes up a set amount at set time intervals? Or will there be some simulated vessel that actually travels to said destination and back? I'm assuming it's going to be + resources after X time interval based on the "delivery route" mission we flew. If that's the case, how will it work with complicated vessels that required ditching several stages along the way? ... Typing this I know realize this system likely flourishes with colonies and outposts that are able to construct stages and mine fuel right then and there so maybe it's nothing to worry about. I'm reeeeeally excited to try this out for myself soon :D

  6. On 6/26/2022 at 1:09 AM, Zozaf Kerman said:

    How long until the series is up on Apple Podcasts?

    We've had a few people ask about Apple podcasts now, I had issues with them in the past as well as recently regarding getting accounts set up, so honest I simply haven't bothered with really sitting down and ensuring the cast went up there - can't say it's a priority unfortunately!




    However in better the news the next episode is up on BuzzSprout! https://thekerbalspacepodcast.buzzsprout.com/. I believe they'll take some time distributing to other sources however, and the YouTube video is uploading right now so just a matter of hours before that's all set. Cheers!
  7. Choo choo!!

    My hype is immeasurable. Thank you that is all (:

    10 hours ago, PlutoISaPlanet said:

    Friday passed by... nothing.

    I have said this a few times, the game never should have been announced so early. The Hype Train has suffered because of this.

    I disagree! They've been working on this game for quite a long time, and they have an idea of how much longer it will be until release now, otherwise Nate would not have made the most recent KSP update of "Early 2023". SO judging by other game releases, they are going to likely wait to give us juicy details until we're closer to that date. I imagine they will ramp up the hype train just before release to make it most effective. Until then we'll be waiting a while between updates, understandably.

  8. I've had a probably-more-work-than-it's-worth idea utilizing this mod and CapCom above. Removing all Stock contracts and utilizing this contract system for creating a story. A straight up choices-matter RPG in kerbal space program. Set science to zero gain insitu and give science only via contracts, noteworthy places in the story, maybe "buying" it somehow back on Kerbin. With CapCom having access to contracts on the fly, you could use contracts for difficult decisions, hell you could use them for entire "conversations" that will lead to more objectives and so on down the line.

    I've never used the mission editor in the game really, so I'm not sure if it has the same potential for this - but with contract configurator you could have a complicated tree of diverging paths of some story, turning it into a story mode of sorts. It's an idea I may flesh out sometime before KSP 2 is here, but I wanted to know if anyone's thought of it before!

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