stripeyfox

Hi there; hope you're all keeping safe. Played KSP quite a lot last year (albeit as a beginner) but then parked it due to work etc, but the SpaceX launch (or rather attempted launch) yesterday piqued my interest again and I just loaded it up again I don't currently have tonnes of time to invest so wanted a quick session and couldn't remember how to get all the SAS modes? With a basic rocket, with a standard pilot there is just one SAS mode, but I seem to recall there were lots available last time I played (prograde, retrograde etc) which made life a lot easier! Is it possible to have these from the start? Or do you have to unlock them. and if so, how? Thanks

Yeah that seems fair enough. There's plenty of "stuff" in the base game to get to grips with before adding more. I'm still finding entering an orbit hard enough! I seem to be coming out of the atmosphere too "steep" and then I don't seem to be able to "flatten" my orbit out enough to extend it all the way around the planet. I managed it a couple of times and even managed to return again safely But it's fine, the "narrative" in my save is that we are learning with each flight - just like our own space exploration - early test flights, launch pad tests and other experiments before going for the big one!

Hi, as you know, a new player here. I see this stickied thread and will take a look at the vids later - but I see they are from 2012 - are they still relevant to someone strarting the game now? I read about the gameplay changing a lot in the last few years? EDIT: Sorry, just read that most of the original post is largely outdated

I love it, it's great. But as I advance up the tech tree, all the rocket parts become a bit.... confusing? I assume that I can't just keep stacking taller and taller rockets so I need to learn a bit about strapping boosters etc I did the tutorial on manoeuvres last night which kind of helped a lot as I had no real idea how to get to the Moon or beyond! Pretty stoked that just a couple of days after discovering this game, they announce KSP 2! It looks amazing and from my limited experience if it is just KSP 1 with nicer graphics then I'd probably pay for that alone, but it looks like much more than that. On the subject of add ons? How about the DLC for KSP? Worth it? Any thoughts or opinions? Thanks guys

This game is all kinds of brilliant. Now I have got some of the basics, I decided that trying to earn money was proving a bit of a distraction so I restarted on "science" mode, but with some of the "hard" settings - including "crew don't respawn" which I assume means when they're dead, they're dead. Also, no restarting flights. Certainly focuses the mind. Are there any pitfalls to this method, other than having to start again when something goes wrong? Also, does the game make any log of missions, or allow the user to do so? For this "hard" save I'd like to log every achievement and failure along the way. For instance Jebediah Kermin died on my very first launch when his parachute failed - I assume because I deployed it too early?

Hey, thanks. I am pretty pleased with myself I just got a ship into orbit and then managed to bring him home safely. The re entry was probably a bit shallow and seemed to take a long time to come through the re entry heating but he made it!

Hi. I'm so pleased I found this game. I kind of had this on my radar for a while but never really "got it". Decided on the spur of the moment to buy it at the weekend and wow, I love it! I've been trying to learn as much as I can but have had several failures already. I've been playing in career mode and managed a few sub orbital launches, followed by one which made orbit, albeit in a very elliptical one, and another which was a much rounder orbit but with no fuel left I can't return him home (I think). Anyway just wanted to say hi and I can't wait to get involved and hope I can get some good help here on my way to the moon and beyond!