buildings indestructible in ksp 1.8?

[Flying dutchman]

i have tried just about anything but i can't destroy any of the buildings in the ksc. this was easy before the update. i checked and indestructible buildings is switched off.

[Streetwind]

Have you tried the object thrower from the Debug menu? You can give it a lot of oomph. If that still doesn't wreck any buildings, then there's definitely an issue.

Also, just to check - you are in career mode, right?

[Flying dutchman]

1 minute ago, Streetwind said:

Have you tried the object thrower from the Debug menu? You can give it a lot of oomph. If that still doesn't wreck any buildings, then there's definitely an issue.

Also, just to check - you are in career mode, right?

for some reason the object thrower has never worked for me. no sandbox but i tried career aswell..

[Abedshehabi]

Same problem here in sandbox mode. It seems like the object thrower is the only thing that can destroy the facilities in the KSC. I know I didn't turn on indestructible buildings.

[ExtremeSquared]

1 hour ago, Flying dutchman said:

for some reason the object thrower has never worked for me. no sandbox but i tried career aswell..

You try middle mouse button? Not exactly intuitive...

[Flying dutchman]

3 hours ago, ExtremeSquared said:

You try middle mouse button? Not exactly intuitive...

was using mouspad, got it working with normal mouse.

[purpleivan]

Ok, Gunners Jebediah Kerman and Val Kerman, reporting for duty.

They heard of the alleged indestructability of their recently upgrade digs, and decided to put it to the test... for science!

They decided that the appropriate place to observe the launch of their demon of destruction, was from as close as kerbally possible.

 

OK... she's lit and headed straight at those big barn doors.

 

Getting close now... fingers in ears time... wait for the inferno of destuction.

 

aaaaaand... nothing.

Not a sausage, just a shiny, straight from the 1.8 box it came from, VAB.

So let's try again.

Ok, she's away aaaaand, hmmm... that does not look like a firestorm of propellant fueled glory at the back end there

 

What that looks like to me is failure.

The first attempt to stage the engine and the decoupler similataneously worked by complete fluke, and the next few attempts results in only expensive garbage being left on the pad.

 

Ok, time for Plan B.

Try and stage the engine first then the decoupler a split second later. Sure I can do it, just gotta be quick about it or...

 

The whole thing heads (roughly) towards the VAB at conciderable speed.

 

With the inevitable results.

 

One very broken Jeb... and Val, well, she didn't make.

Clean up crew couldn't even find the remains.

RIP Val Kerman 00:00:00 Day 0 - 00:00:17 Day 0

 

Fired up the game for the first time in a couple of months, after installing 1.8 and this was the very first thing I did.

Edited October 26, 2019 by purpleivan

[PT]

In 1.8 changelog there is

Quote

Implement per-frame damage threshold on destructible buildings.

So something did change. Maybe you need to try bigger projectile?

[Flying dutchman]

11 hours ago, PT said:

In 1.8 changelog there is

So something did change. Maybe you need to try bigger projectile?

I tried a 300 t 5m diameter projectile and collided at 300 m/s. Did not work.

[ralanboyle]

Yes, It is still possible to destroy buildings in 1.8.1 sandbox mode- but it takes HUGE energy

Here is a video.

Edited February 18, 2020 by ralanboyle
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[purpleivan]

23 hours ago, ralanboyle said:

Yes, It is still possible to destroy buildings in 1.8.1 sandbox mode- but it take HUGE energy

Here is a video.

Don't know which is better, the knowledge that the buildings are still destructible, or seeing a couple of SRB's used as missiles to prove it.

[έķ νίĻĻάίή]

But mine got destroyed when I accidentally crashed an stock prop into the vab!

and yes I am running 1.8

[ralanboyle]

If using 2 SRB rockets to destroy the VAB is good. Surely using 12 to strafe the hell out of KSC is better! So much destruction!!!