[COMPLETED] Beyond Home Space Race - winner! @jimmymcgoochie

[kspnerd122]

I solved it on lua by doing an ocean landing, it also happens on armstrong, gonna restart ksp to fix.

[GuessingEveryDay]

Woah... It's only been 4 days, and you're almost ready to leave the Lua system! Meanwhile, only 4 out of 6 competitors have posted so far. So I'm putting a limit, and you'll only be able to post on Saturday. I'm getting a little overwhelmed by how fast you're getting. So we'll try 2 weeks with this system and see how it goes. Sorry if this is a little mean. But man... That was fast. And we do need to give the others a chance.

[kspnerd122]

I am not reporting progress I am reporting a bug.

[Eleutherophile]

I'm assuming kraken drives are illegal, right?  

[GuessingEveryDay]

5 minutes ago, Eleutherophile said:

I'm assuming kraken drives are illegal, right?  

Eh... Really depends on what the kraken drive does.

[jimmymcgoochie]

@kspnerd122 have you done this? https://github.com/Sigma88/Sigma-Dimensions/issues/95 If you’re encountering phantom terrain issues on Lula and Armstrong then this should fix it.

[kspnerd122]

thanks for that

It helped, lua is fine, I landed in water, but armstrong is a problem.

It works, thanks

also, question, can first landing and first crewed landing be combined, if not, it seems a bit dumb because I have a kerbal anyway, why not use them to land.

especially early game when you don't have good probe cores.

[GuessingEveryDay]

Since they can be accomplished at the same time, I'll allow it. And I hope you looked at the OP for new rules.

[jimmymcgoochie]

I was going to post images of a successful double landing on Armstrong (4 Kerbals!) but since I can only post on Saturdays now, it'll have to wait. Maybe that will force me to only do really succinct posts instead of just spamming images into the thread and saturating everyone else. I did first landing and first crewed landing separately as those were the rules in the JNSQ space race and I probably should have clarified that first.

And just so you know, Lua's launchpad is only there if you install Kerbal Konstructs, but it's a bit rubbish as it has a restrictive 50 ton weight limit.

@GuessingEveryDay I second the call to clarify what an 'interplanetary network' actually is- just chuck five relays into solar orbit, or put a relay around 5 different planets, or five relays orbiting any combination of planets, moons and suns outside of Rhode?

[kspnerd122]

Ye, that confuses me too, Also I did armstrong and lua landings with a kerbal.

[GuessingEveryDay]

23 minutes ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

relay around 5 different planets

 

[kspnerd122]

Hey, Um, so how would that work, 5 relays around one planet or a bunch of planets, and, do moons count(of other planets, also, do science orbiters with relay antennas count)

[jimmymcgoochie]

@kspnerd122 I would argue that anything with a relay dish counts as a relay, since it can relay a signal.

If I'm interpreting what @GuessingEveryDay said, it has to be one relay around 5 different planets (or moons?) which aren't in Rhode's SOI.

[kspnerd122]

Ok, Hydrus Science Orbiter is on its way.

[GuessingEveryDay]

@Stamp20 has informed me that he is too busy, so he will be dropping out of the race.

[kspnerd122]

So sad, anyhow, my 3 scientific orbiters have arrived at hydrus, scaythe, and fury, secondary orbiters to the moons of hydrus and scaythe will follow.

Also, are we using EL or not, because again, Interstellar ships are big and bulky and hard to launch(if its even safe to launch them) also, Im almost able to do a landing on hydrus, I feel like crewed landing and landing should be doable in the same mission if you like.

[GuessingEveryDay]

We will use EL once you get a probe to the Kerbol system.

[jimmymcgoochie]

@GuessingEveryDay What exactly does a 'solar probe' have to do? It would be impossible to get a probe close enough to either star to actually start orbiting it.

Edited November 12, 2020 by jimmymcgoochie

[kspnerd122]

I agree, solar probe requirement needs to be removed, it is literally impossible to get a probe there because 2 sources of heat, either one would destroy a ship, I say we remove the solar probe rule, because that is sorta dumb, also, Im about to do a landing on hydrus and a manned landing on hydron. this seems good, also I have some ideas for a solar probe, namely, Ridiculos abouts of radiators(and heat shields, gonna test this first.

[GuessingEveryDay]

Get as close as you can to the stars. After trying it out, yeah, it's impossible to get it going in between the stars. So I'll remove it.

[kspnerd122]

I just landed on hydrus after setting up interplanetary comms, gonna land a kerbal on hydron(sadly they wont get home, didnt put a return stage, but I will get them on the next mission, they have enough fuel for orbiting hydron multiple times, however, it is probably not enough to get home, I also didnt bring a heatshield, so I could not safely return anyway)

[kspnerd122]

SolProbe1 was successful, getting down to 25 GM before heating became an actual problem(radiators soaked more power than the solar panels could make), I also encountered problems aiming the heatshield properly, because the two stars make it impossible.

Constuction on a space station is starting now, it will be placed in orbit of rhode(or maybe hydrus, idk) and will be used to gather science from the location it is in, I may send it to scaythe instead(if the transfer opens up), I did 2 landings in the hydrus system, Planning on gathering science from scindo's surface, then taking it to the station to be processed in a lab.

may install a transmission science transfer system(so the station has an actual use)

[kspnerd122]

INTERSTELLAR, I WENT INTERSTELLAR, FINALLY.

I also have a space station around rhode, however, is a lunar station supposed to be around a moon of rhode, also, can an interplanetery base be on a moon of an interplanetary body.

[kspnerd122]

Problem, u get that constrianing to saturdays will just make everyone dump ALL of their missions on you at once.

[jimmymcgoochie]

Real time is irrelevant here, it’s game time that counts. Unlike in the JNSQ race where I spammed my way through everything and everyone else gave up, this time I’m going a lot slower (still only on Y1, D30)  because of the science requirements to unlock the best parts.

Prepare for an onslaught of posts tomorrow- and not just from me (mostly from me though )