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[SQUAD 22,808]

Kerbals will be able to remove their Helmets and their neck rings in Update 1.6. Just remember they need Oxygen to survive, too!

via Gfycat

[GrandProtectorDark 267]

Am  I seeing this right. Halleluja.  A miracle has happend.  Really cool feature.


But please don't just overlook that the poodle still doesn't look like the best version of itself.

Edited December 6, 2018 by GrandProtectorDark

[Barzon Kerman 194]

You can not just remove the helmet, but remove the neck ring aswell!!!! Story creators like @Just Jim will love this!!

[Dark Lion 302]

Nice.

[space_powder 38]

How about letting us remove the parachutes attached to the EVA pack?

[theJesuit 614]

Yippee!

Excited for the lack of helmet rings.

Edited December 6, 2018 by theJesuit

[CobaltWolf 15,081]

That is great! The ability to separately toggle the neck ring is very nice and useful for storytelling/machinima stuff.

[Angel-125 10,218]

@SQUAD This is a small but significant and welcome change! Thank you for listening to the player requests for this feature! Well done!

It would be extremely helpful if the death by vacuum feature could be overridden by a mod for certain story purposes. Some like to make sets out of parts that look like the interior of a spacecraft. Just ask @JustJim about that..

Edited December 6, 2018 by Angel-125

[StrandedonEarth 4,289]

Nice! IMHO, 1.6 is shaping up be the best update in quite awhile

[Lupi 395]

Ooh, this is super cool! I have a mechanics question, though: when kerbals run out of oxygen, is there/can we have some sort of early warning? Like with g-force, there's an orange warning about "x kerman is nearing g-force limits" before they pass out from the g-force and you get the red message that 'x has passed out from g-forces'

[Kerbalstar 537]

21 minutes ago, Barzon Kerman said:

You can not just remove the helmet, but remove the neck ring aswell!!!! Story creators like @Just Jim will love this!!

 

13 minutes ago, theJesuit said:

Yippee!

Excited for the lack of helmet rings.

 

12 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

That is great! The ability to separately toggle the neck ring is very nice and useful for storytelling/machinima stuff.

This^^^^

8 minutes ago, Lupi said:

Ooh, this is super cool! I have a mechanics question, though: when kerbals run out of oxygen, is there/can we have some sort of early warning? Like with g-force, there's an orange warning about "x kerman is nearing g-force limits" before they pass out from the g-force and you get the red message that 'x has passed out from g-forces'

That would be nice also.

[theJesuit 614]

Just a thought, could we have it programmed that on EVA they could remove their helmets on the mun but only within a closed cargo bay... utilising the same mechanic that hides parts from aerodynamic forces?

Then part mods that have domes or whatnot could add the module to their parts, allowing for 'short sleeved' environments to be built.

Peace.

[The Aziz 875]

But can I safely kill my kerbals by removing their helmets on Eve? 

[theJesuit 614]

Just now, The Aziz said:

But can I safely kill my kerbals by removing their helmets on Eve? 

Safety in killing kerbals is our number one priority.

[Angel-125 10,218]

2 minutes ago, theJesuit said:

Just a thought, could we have it programmed that on EVA they could remove their helmets on the mun but only within a closed cargo bay... utilising the same mechanic that hides parts from aerodynamic forces?

Then part mods that have domes or whatnot could add the module to their parts, allowing for 'short sleeved' environments to be built.

Peace.

Something like this would be great to have.. a module that defines boundaries in which shirtsleeve environment lets you remove the helmet and collar. Optionally the ability to disable the death penalty or the ability for mods to override that feature.

Edited December 6, 2018 by Angel-125

[theJesuit 614]

1 minute ago, Angel-125 said:

Something like this would be great to have.. a module that defines boundaries in which shirtsleeve environment lets you remove the helmet and collar.

Yea, I had wondered about using the cargo bay module before, with TR but it seemed beyond scope of the mod at the time.  That way we can dock in a Mk3 cargo bay, then close the pod bay doors:) and exit the craft.  When MechJeb opens the cargo bay door, poof goes the kerbal.

Surely this then would be an easy tweak to make before 1.6  Hint @SQUAD?

[Jalaris 8]

Wonderful feature!

First step to having life support features in the game? Maybe...

[SchwinnTropius 218]

There isn't enough YES on this planet to describe my thoughts on this.

[Psycho_zs 183]

...am I also seeing new nose cones?

[Rover 6428 149]

HOOORAAAY!!!! Will Laythe be "breathable" for the kerbals?

[sh1pman 2,251]

[DMagic 3,729]

They are hard to read, but are dV numbers for each stage. Though, I feel like I've seen that idea somewhere...

 

Edited December 6, 2018 by DMagic

[JadeOfMaar 5,881]

@DMagic I think the previous comment is merely pointing out the presence of a mod (much less, one of yours) in Squad's little animation.

Oh wait. Is that yours? The icon looks different.

[DMagic 3,729]

@JadeOfMaar Definitely not a mod. Inserting the bars into the stage readout like they are in the video is a little more complicated than how I'm doing it. And no one else has a dV display mod like that.

[KerbolExplorer 314]

YES FINNALY!!!!!!

i can finnaly sufocate kerbals in stock.......