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    Cool wee things to do?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    So I have found myself bombarded by real life recently and I am finding less and less time to play the game :(

    I figure that, if I could come up with some short missions around 15min playtime then I would be able to still have lots of fun playing the game while not burning into time I need for IRL stuff.

    So here are the things I have come up with:

    1. Build a REALLY fast plane
    2. Build a silly/unflyable rocket and try to fly it.
    3. Just go to orbit. :)
    4. Race to the mün
    5. Test small craft as part of a larger mission
    6. Design craft as part of a larger mission
    7. Try and build a boat (I still cant make a good one)
    8. Mess around with the cheats! (hack gravity/infinate fuel)

    Do you guys have any suggestions? these will only keep me going for so long...

    Ever have one of those days?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    When I am landing (either on duna or kerbin) and I'm physics timewarping to the 500m mark where my parachutes deploy. I don't come out of timewarp fast enough and my parachutes rip off leaving the crew to fall to their doom. This is even more annoying when landing on kerbin after a successful long and complex mission.

    SpacePort BUY button

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    I think there was a big row over what was considered part of the package that the player bought when buying KSP a while back. If I remember correctly, Squad is planning paid DLC in the form of expansion packs or something. People who bought the game before a certain date would get these for free. Those who bought the game after that date would have to pay for it.

    Thats not to say that there wont be free stuff, just that some of the goodies might need to be paid for.

    Im almost certain that all updates up to the 1.0 release will be free to those who buy the game.

    I cant find any sources but if I'm wrong, feel free to correct me :D

    Ever just.. quit the game?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Highlad

    Honestly Im going through one of these periods at the moment. My laptop is not powerful enough to run KSP at the level I enjoy and my desktops cpu is in dire need of replacement. Im also finding less and less time to play. :(

    I love the game, don't get me wrong, but my lack of resources plays a major part in my lack of playing it.

    I guess it also comes down to my mental state. When it comes to playing the game, I always think 'I can do that' and, given the time, I probably can. But the fact that i know i can do it kinda stops me from actually doing it. I mean, why invest time into doing something i know i can do, just to prove I can do it.

    I have decided to finish what I'm doing IRL then hopefully after enough time I will be able to return to the game!

    Lighting and other aesthetic stuff

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    So I have been looking at some older pictures from previous versions of KSP and, perhaps its just me but, it looks like the lighting is better or more cinematic.

    aywU4.png

    compared to:

    Kerbal-Space-Program.jpg

    Of course this could just be my taste for hard lighting. Or perhaps I don't like realistic looking stuff.

    I mean, It might be more realistic but is it prettier?

    And this could be said about much more than lighting...

    What do you guys think? if it came down to the game being pretty or the game being realistic, which would you choose (and why)?

    Or perhaps I'm completely wrong and the old game looks rubbish compared to the new. Your thoughts are appreciated.

    Reverse Engineering, legit design strategy or intentional robbery?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    If you are able to download a craft file, it means that the owner has released it to the public. As such, they are giving you permission to mess with it, learn from it and even incorporate it into your designs.

    But if, for example, someone posts a craft file privately for their friends to learn from, then someone leaks it online. Then you download it, I would say that is wrong.

    Generally though, if you take lots from a design that is not yours, you should give credit.

    This is really just the same thing as copyright.

    A Sci Fi Short Film

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    So I'm a filmmaker, thats what I do when I'm not playing KSP.

    But I really do love physics and space, more so since I started playing KSP! as such, I figured I could combine my love for space with my passion for film and make a Science Fiction film!

    I got together with a friend of mine who also loves this genre and together we came up with an epic script. Now all we need is the funding to make the short film, and we can go ahead and create it!

    If you want to check out our Indigogo page, Click Here!

    A question I would like to ask though, is, as a player of a space game that (fairly accurately) recreates our universe, what would you like to see in a scifi film? I know that when Gravity came out I was always complaining about how wrong it was. Is this an issue for you when you watch movies? Your opinions are valued!

    Tech tree expansion?

    in KSP1 Suggestions & Development Discussion

    Posted

    I think you mean ideal missions to Europa... Titan has lakes of Methane and other hydrocarbons, not water (they hypothesize that there might be a subsurface liquid water/ammonia mixture... but I haven't heard of any ideas to go down and have a look, unlike Europa)

    Enceladus would also be interesting to look at

    yeah, oops, my bad. I was thinking of europa but said titan :P

    Tech tree expansion?

    in KSP1 Suggestions & Development Discussion

    Posted

    Aquatics... by which I mean tech which is supposed to be aquatic.

    Yeah, this would be pretty cool. Perhaps not in the spirit of the game when used on kerbin, but it certainly would be cool to say, break through an ice layer and explore the depths below.

    If you think about some of the ideal missions to titan, they would bring an underwater probe.

    Things you've caught yourself doing after a KSP binge

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    My list in order of frequency:

    1. Calling our planets 'jool' or 'duna' (I also seem to keep thinking titan is part of the ksp universe...)

    2. Quarrelling with movie physics. Here is a convo I had with my friend:

    Friend: Just saw gravity

    Friend: The film had its head so far up its own ass

    Me: did you see it in 3d?

    Friend: Yupp

    Friend: Good film if you don't have smart relatives

    Me: yeah, the 3d was awesome but my goodness the physics is messed up

    Friend: But since i have soon that was all wrong in my ear alot he time i noticed how bad it all was

    Friend: Yea

    Me: and whats with the Hubble telescope being near the ISS?!

    Friend: And they wonder why we never take women to space

    Friend: First time, the shuttle blew up

    Friend: Gravity she brakes her shuttle the iss and the Chinese iss

    Me: or how about the fact that the debris would have never hit the station again

    Friend: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

    Me: or how about the fact that cloony can somehow fly an RCS pack with her holding on?

    Me: or how about when he cant hold on and has to let go?! there would be no forces!

    Me: or how about the stupid proximity of the Chinese SS?

    Me: or how about the fact that, realistically, she would have burned up upon re entry

    Me: or how about the fact that cloony was allowed to mess around with the RCS pack in the first place

    Me: or how about the fact that the space station re enters the atmosphere!

    Friend: Lol i have totally set you off

    Me: or how about the fact that the entire movie was CGI Except the faces

    Friend: keep going i didn't notice half this stuff

    Me: or how about the fact that, upon re entry, objects were 'floating' when they should be experiencing G's

    Me: or how about the fact that an explosion is stopped by a thin docking port!

    Me: the only semi feasible bit in the plot was the dream when cloony opened the hatch and slipped in, leaving her alive.

    Me: because you can actually survive in space for a few second before you explode.

    Me: and they passed it off as a dream... -.-

    Me: but the 3d was AWESOME

    Me: OOOOH

    Me: how about the fact that some bloody foreign bloke in the middle of nowhere can hear her and yet NASA, with the most sophisticated communication networks in the world at their disposal, cant talk to her

    Me: *facepalm*

    3. Trying to turn the camera view in youtube videos. :P

    Mun Base Challange

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Well, I cant say I made this for this challenge, but i will certainly submit it :D

    I would call this a settlement at the moment, but I plan to expand it into a mining and science facility.

    Neil Kerbstrong: First to enter.

    Munopia: Has 10 or more modules.

    Hal9000: Base fully complete no mods or anything and done using your brain the first portable computer.

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