The Grand KSP 1.2 Discussion Thread

[TheEpicSquared]

4 minutes ago, LTRyan said:

I have a Question.

Is it normal that Network Connections can transmit thru a planet to the KSC?

All the green transmit waypoints show me that they move thru the surface to the ksc to establish a connetion, and no I have set the control to KSC only

On advanced difficulty settings, slide the bottom 2 slides to 1.00; ignore the DSN Modifier, the first slider.

[Speadge]

5 minutes ago, LTRyan said:

I have a Question.

Is it normal that Network Connections can transmit thru a planet to the KSC?

All the green transmit waypoints show me that they move thru the surface to the ksc to establish a connetion, and no I have set the control to KSC only

check occlusion settings.

when its <1, it can go through a planet

[bounty123]

5 minutes ago, LTRyan said:

Is it normal that Network Connections can transmit thru a planet to the KSC?

There is an occlusion threshold, which is tunable in the settings. By default is is lower than 100% IIRC, so signals will go through the outer parts of the planets.

[akron]

Yay! 1.2! I saw on the notes before that you can now set a default action group for AnimateGeneric. Did they say how exactly to do that? The API is documented, but I cannot find anything on new part modules (Wiki is outdated)

[fommil]

are there any changes to http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Parts required?

I transcribe the settings for my calculator http://fommil.github.io/kerbal/

[taniwha]

50 minutes ago, akron said:

Yay! 1.2! I saw on the notes before that you can now set a default action group for AnimateGeneric. Did they say how exactly to do that? The API is documented, but I cannot find anything on new part modules (Wiki is outdated)

Take a look at the Mk2 and Mk3 crewed parts for examples. It's used for the lights.

[Streetwind]

I believe the Dawn engine got something extra into its config that prevents the dreaded "engine deprives probe core of all electricity, so now you cannot throttle down again, and the vessel is lost" problem.

Edited October 12, 2016 by Streetwind

[akron]

31 minutes ago, taniwha said:

Take a look at the Mk2 and Mk3 crewed parts for examples. It's used for the lights.

Found it. I looked at just about all parts except the crew cabins. Thanks!

[KerikBalm]

I like to set the vacuum occlusion modifier to 1.0, and the atmospheric one to lower than that, because of atmospheric ducting.

Also, realistically, even without atmospheric ducting, there would be a little bit of signal due to diffraction - so its not super unrealistic

[Kaizen]

Since the whole Squad developer meltdown, did any of the parts in 1.2 ever get finished? Was 1.2 even finished when they released it?

[KerikBalm]

Yes, the relay antennas and science container

[Kerbonaut905]

13 hours ago, Alshain said:

Putting a scissor lift in the cinematic without actually giving us that in-game is just cruel

soon(tm)?? Will 1.3 be update for stations / surfaces?? (hence we got fixes in biomes and wheels this update, it's only logical to think the next update has something further upon!)

 

Anyways thanks a lot for this update! This game is the best and will ever be better!

[Long Finger]

I don't know if they're new or if the tech tree was re-organised but on my 1.1 career save, I seem to have gained a tiny heat shield and some rover wheels as well. Unfortunately neither help Bob who is now stuck on the Mun with not even enough fuel for orbit.

[Streetwind]

The rover wheels were moved down, I believe. The 0.625m heatshield is new.

[Alshain]

49 minutes ago, Kerbonaut905 said:

soon(tm)?? Will 1.3 be update for stations / surfaces?? (hence we got fixes in biomes and wheels this update, it's only logical to think the next update has something further upon!)

I'd rather see the previously promised graphical updates, to be honest.  If they added the functionality of many of the graphical mods, I would be playing almost stock rather than sitting here waiting on mods to update like I am now.

Edited October 12, 2016 by Alshain

[Fireheart318]

It seems a little slow to me. I have a couple mods but nothing huge and it was doing the same thing when the only "mod" I had was a crap-ton of flags

[ZooNamedGames]

Never was an issue for me  .

[Jarin]

15 hours ago, bewing said:

Flag planting ceremonies: No longer necessary. One flag covers all Kerbals in physics range.

 

Do they still have to get out of the ship, or does seated comfortably in a crew cabin count as being in physics range? (not clear, since technically physics isn't affecting kerbals still inside)

[Kerbart]

1 minute ago, Jarin said:

Do they still have to get out of the ship, or does seated comfortably in a crew cabin count as being in physics range? (not clear, since technically physics isn't affecting kerbals still inside)

I see room for exploiting shenanigans; put your 2km periapsis just over the landing site and time the flag planting very well = profit!!

[regex]

What's in your system, CPU, GPU, RAM, OS? Does it happen when looking at the ground?

Runs great for me but I have a feeling that the PQS shaders may still be an issue on older systems.

[AndroidSub]

I think i encountered a feature the first time I loaded this up.... http://imgur.com/a/8uiEl

 

Edited October 12, 2016 by AndroidSub

[bewing]

You can stay inside the ship. And a 2km Pe is going to get you killed on almost any CB -- so go ahead and try exploiting it that way! It'll be funny, I promise.

[Dire_Squid]

55 minutes ago, ZooNamedGames said:

Never was an issue for me  .

Well, spaceplanes, for me, in 1.1.3, would only be stable for short while at a certain elevation... and afterward it would start teetering up and down, faster and harder, until they eventually spin out of control and become completely unrightable, at about 8,000-10,000 m up, for one reason or another. It was clearly a bug.

[lajoswinkler]

Every few seconds, everything freezes for like less than 0.5 seconds. No mods, plenty of RAM and computing power. It happens regardless of the stuff currently on the screen. Even in the map view.

I was looking at the performance graph (alt+F12) and each time it does that, the graph spikes up. This is all I've got. *shrug*

[Fireheart318]

49 minutes ago, regex said:

What's in your system, CPU, GPU, RAM, OS? Does it happen when looking at the ground?

Runs great for me but I have a feeling that the PQS shaders may still be an issue on older systems.

 

All previous versions worked perfectly for me