unclebeer Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 I got this game several years ago and only put about 40 hours on it before I gave up due to insufficient hardware. In the meantime I played Spaceflight Simulator (Android) for awhile, and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Fast forward to last week and I got a new gaming laptop. I'm flying (and re-flying) tutorials now to get acquainted with the navball and various markers. Taking my time as much as possible. I'll be back soon with lots of stupid questions. Peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 42 minutes ago, unclebeer said: stupid questions. They don't exist. Welcome to the forum! I think you'll find we're a pretty helpful bunch. Any questions you may have, someone here can answer. Happy crashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Welcome to the forum @unclebeer. I got the game a few years ago and gave up after a few hours due to insufficient brainpower, then I joined the forum and learned to play with the help of all the great members here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chel Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Greetings, @unclebeer! Welcome to the Forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexillar Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Welcome back. With shiny new hardware, you can now enjoy KSP 1.5.x's new shiny... er... hardware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Welcome to the forum! KSP can be bit difficult in the beginning, but as soon as you consistently get into Kerbin orbit it becomes really easy to go anywhere and do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebeer Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 I can get into orbit all day long, buy I've been flying the docking tutorial for like 3 days now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceCube2000 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Welcome to the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, unclebeer said: I've been flying the docking tutorial for like 3 days now I don't know if it's changed since I tried but I found it to be a little confusing. This diagram really helped me (click a few times to enlarge): Edited October 25, 2018 by James Kerman Added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonyetty Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 When you get close click on the nav ball velocity box so it says target (make sure you have selected your target as your target) the nav ball will now show your direction and velocity relative to the target. Just having a guess at your possible troubles. When I found this out docking became doable for me. Cancel relative velocity(green retrograde marker), then thrust towards target (pink circle) and repeat but not going above about 5m/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebeer Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, bonyetty said: When you get close click on the nav ball velocity box so it says target (make sure you have selected your target as your target) the nav ball will now show your direction and velocity relative to the target. Just having a guess at your possible troubles. When I found this out docking became doable for me. Cancel relative velocity(green retrograde marker), then thrust towards target (pink circle) and repeat but not going above about 5m/s. More specifically, I typically get within a few hundred meters before I really start having trouble. I got to within 65 meters one time before I really screwed things up. I've figured out how to cancel the relative velocity, point towards target retrograde and burn, my problem is catching up to the daggum thing once I get close. I know I'm missing something, because I've never seen this thing from the image shared above- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, unclebeer said: because I've never seen this thing from the image shared above- Because that's from a mod. The only alignment indicator you get in the stock game is the navball. Also, don't go with the built in docking tutorial. It's terrible. You'll be better off scouring the tutorials section of the forum. I think the biggest thing that trips people up when docking is that they're trying to translate with RCS by looking at the ship itself - which is near impossible unless your control point is orientated perfectly with the screen so that "UP" is truly "UP". I know it got me for a long, long time. Kill your relative velocity, target the docking port of the ship you're docking with, and point to it. Switch to the target, select the docking port as the "Control From Here" point, and have it point at your ship. Switch back to the ship, and puff forward with RCS. Use the translate keys, which are IJKL, and use those to keep everything lined up. Watch the Navball (And make sure it's in target mode), NOT your ships. Keep the and markers lines up, and you should be fine. Just go slow, I usually dock at ~0.4 m/s. As soon as the magnets take over, hit "T" to disable your SAS so it doesn't fight the magnets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebeer Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 18 hours ago, Geonovast said: Also, don't go with the built in docking tutorial. It's terrible. You'll be better off scouring the tutorials section of the forum. I took your advice and ditched the docking tutorial. Of course I had to change tactics and modify a stock ship for the docking ports. Had some comical errors; instead of modding the ship once and loading it up twice I did two different ships and of course screwed up on the docking ports so I was trying to dock a clampotron to a clampotron jr., but hey at least my ships were static at 3 meters apart in the correct orientation so I'd say I'm close. If I don't get it tonight I'll get it tomorrow. Still having difficulties with IJKL, but I'm one of those nerds who will just keep at it till I figure it out. I'll be building ridiculously unwieldy space stations in no time. Even if the docking tutorial wasn't terrible, this is the better way to do it IMO since F5 and F9 are disabled in the tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebeer Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Nice sense of satisfaction to be had from assembling things in orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonyetty Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 3 hours ago, unclebeer said: Nice one! Lots more satisfying moments in KSP to come. Rocket launch’s, satelites and probe news reports will alsotake on new meaning now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Good job! You've successfully done one of the hardest things in the game. I hope someone got fired over that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMoscato Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Welcome back, I'm right there with you after taking a break and relearning everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMoscato Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 21 hours ago, unclebeer said: You are definitely much further along that I am. lol... I'll be happy to just get a satellite in orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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