Commnet delay

[Tornado77]

Hi, 

I think that it would be very nice to have an option in the difficulty setting to add commnet delay. For example, when you have a rover on the moon and you press w to go forward it would take 1.5 secs to react, and amplify the effect by the distance from a command pod or the KSC. Also, antenna power would not change the delay.

[The Aziz]

I call that input lag and it's irritating even at 0.5s, not to mention more.

[KerbolExplorer]

14 hours ago, The Aziz said:

I call that input lag and it's irritating even at 0.5s, not to mention more.

He said optional so if someone doesn't like it they can simply turn it off

I like the idea aslong as it remains an optional setting.And hey we finally got reasons to add relays

[TheFlyingKerman]

On 7/15/2019 at 12:40 PM, Tornado77 said:

Hi, 

I think that it would be very nice to have an option in the difficulty setting to add commnet delay. For example, when you have a rover on the moon and you press w to go forward it would take 1.5 secs to react, and amplify the effect by the distance from a command pod or the KSC. Also, antenna power would not change the delay.

Try to land on Tylo by hand with such delay...

[Tornado77]

2 minutes ago, TheFlyingKerman said:

Try to land on Tylo by hand with such delay...

If there would be a base or a station with kerbals in it near the probe it would reduce the delay because the probe would be controlled from the base

[TheFlyingKerman]

And that would pretty much defeat the point of sending probes because you always need somebody nearby.

[theJesuit]

In real life we should send people to Saturn for this very reason when we send the atmospheric flyer.  I volunteer.  I'll swing by Mars on the way to give the rovers a gee up.

I don't want to go to Jupiter.   Nasty rads there.  Saturn is much more pleasant.

kOS becomes a must when using mods like Signal Delay.  But also it encourages a crewed presence though just so you don't have to deal with that unfortunate lag feel.

Peace.

[Tornado77]

Anyway, the Kerbol system is much smaller than our solar system, so the delay would not be so huge

[pandaman]

Yes, I can see this as an interesting (toggleable) option....

Time delay in proportion to distance from the 'pilot in control' makes some sense.