CatastrophicFailure Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Gameslinx said: I made a Kopernicus Planet, but I recorded the process and sped it up. Me: "I should try making a planet some time." *gratuitous artsy stuff completely over my head* Me: "Nope." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbital Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Yet another incarnation of my Odysseus "longship". Custom H2/EC engine (based on NF cryo-engine), needs 4 larges NF nukes to power. Two landers and two surveyor/relay probes docked up front. 300+ parts, ~15fps:( Eight Kerbals on their way to Duna. Runs hot! I learned not to try to turn reactors while warping, results in big boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Me: "I should try making a planet some time." *gratuitous artsy stuff completely over my head* Me: "Nope." It isn that hard IF you do an airless planet Use @The White Guardian's tutorials Both text and video versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invision Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 dropping a rover the size of a bus onto duna with the kerbal noobs we have a science rover with an escape pod NOW IM FREEEEEEEEEE, FREE FALLING! RCS to cushion the landing. FOR SCIENCE! the kerbals being too curious wonder. does this escape pod actually work? and we have lift off of ghetto escape pod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett_Quasar Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I uploaded this craft to my Star Wars hangar on Kerbal-X today... - Jett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 6 hours ago, Kerbital said: This is how you Voyager™ As for me, I did some part overhauling yesterday and today for Kerbol Star System. It was a load of texture passes mainly, but after that I played with and learned particularly destructive things. Like controlling exhaust damage range and power. For reference, the custom Helium fusion engine is a NERV upscaled to 1.875m and it sent every girder within 40m of the nozzle to 300% heat cap instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, JadeOfMaar said: it sent every girder within 40m of the nozzle to 300% heat cap instantly. So just combine it with a cold fusion engine and problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett_Quasar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) I'm still working on the last minute polish for the craft files... enjoy! - Jett Edited September 10, 2017 by Jett_Quasar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invision Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 it must be rover day for me, they are pretty useless and fall over if you sneeze but are fun to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonos Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 That rover looks pretty neat. As for me, i didn't do anything in KSP but had a painfull amount of attempts to fix an infinite loading screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invision Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, GenesisPlayz said: That rover looks pretty neat. As for me, i didn't do anything in KSP but had a painfull amount of attempts to fix an infinite loading screen. this can happen if you use mods and the game updated. could this be your issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonos Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just now, invision said: this can happen if you use mods and the game updated. could this be your issue? No, because guess what: It's my own mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invision Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just now, GenesisPlayz said: No, because guess what: It's my own mod. ah okay, im clueless when it comes to how mods works so i cant offer any help but hopefully you fix it. if not get a hammer and duct tape to fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeiss Ikon Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Actually managed to play a little, on my "new" (refurbed) laptop (synopsis: capable of playing the game about as well as my semi-antique desktop machine, as long as I don't load any lag-inducing mods). Did something I've never done in KSP in the 9 months since I bought it: started a Career game. Stock, except for Better Burn Time (a tiny mod that doesn't appear to affect lag in any way). No pictures, sorry, kept forgetting to take them and they'd be on the other machine anyway (though that one should upload to Imgur about as well as this one). I hadn't realized that a fresh Career game doesn't have contracts yet -- I presume they appear after you've built up some reputation for your program. Or something. I also hadn't realized that a career game doesn't have access to any of the pre-built ships that are normally in the library (even if you don't have the parts for them yet in a Science game). Fortunately, there's still a lot of contribution in the aftermath of a successful flight, it seems. I launched Jeb in a (recreated from memory, only thing I had the parts for) Jumping Flea, got him around 7 km up and a km or so out to sea and made something like 100,000 funds in profit. A "pad exploration" revealed that (seemingly) Kerbals can't plant flags or take surface samples -- whether that's due to 1.3 vs. the 1.2.2 I'm used to, or something to do with early career, I'm not sure, though I'm certain I've seen Scott Manley do both in his "Fifteen minutes to the Mun" video. On the other hand, with 100% of parts recovered at the pad, it cost nothing. Regardless, those adventures netted enough science to let me unlock a couple nodes, allowing me to launch Val into a "half-orbital" flight aboard Explorer 1 -- with a Thumper and four simplest fins as first stage, decoupler, second stage of one Reliant, and two 200 tanks, another decoupler, then a Mk. 1 pod with two Goo canisters and a Mk. 16 parachute (forgot to mount a freshly unlocked thermometer). I call it half-orbital because Val got just about exactly halfway around Kerbin with a "depressed trajectory" 78 km apoapsis. Given her velocity, it's likely the next launch will achieve orbit just by adding a couple more tanks to the second stage (and likely a couple Hammer boosters to get launch TWR high enough). Unfortunately, one of the Goo canisters (the one that was open after in-space observation, i.e. the one that would have netted the biggest science haul) burned off during reentry, even though it was mounted as high as possible on the command pod. And, despite throwing away the SRB and second stage, and losing one of the Goo canisters, Val's flight (which included significant milestones) made about 60,000 funds in profit after the money finished rolling in from the results. Also got enough science to unlock some more parts -- better parachutes and engines, heat shields, barometer, radial decouplers, better fins, and simple nose cones (all of tier 2). Not bad for twenty minutes of flight time, and gives me the tools for orbital and even possibly trans-Munar missions. Plus, with the funds I have now, I may be able to hire a few more Kerbonauts. Edited September 10, 2017 by Zeiss Ikon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 10 minutes ago, Zeiss Ikon said: I hadn't realized that a fresh Career game doesn't have contracts yet -- I presume they appear after you've built up some reputation for your program. Or something. I also hadn't realized that a career game doesn't have access to any of the pre-built ships that are normally in the library (even if you don't have the parts for them yet in a Science game). did you use Stck Vessels in settings? also you need to go into mission control to get contracts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeiss Ikon Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just now, DeltaDizzy said: did you use Stck Vessels in settings? also you need to go into mission control to get contracts Apparently, I must have turned off the "stock vessels" setting. Doesn't matter, I haven't used any of those past the Jumping Flea in my ongoing Science game (on the desktop machine). Guess I'll have to get the magnifying glass and look for Mission Control. I thought I needed to be in the Admin building, but had nothing there but tradeoff strategies (give up some rep or science for funds, or other alternatives, trading off one kind of income for another). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 no, its right next to the VAB, towards the runway. Its pretty small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeiss Ikon Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, DeltaDizzy said: no, its right next to the VAB, towards the runway. Its pretty small. Aha! I was right, I needed the magnifying glass. It's much more impressive in Sandbox, where the facilities start off fully upgraded. Edit: Well, looks like there may be some more "Jumping Flea" flights coming up -- got a stack of "flight over Kerbin" contracts that are well within its envelope. Edited September 10, 2017 by Zeiss Ikon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaDizzy Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Zeiss Ikon said: Aha! I was right, I needed the magnifying glass. It's much more impressive in Sandbox, where the facilities start off fully upgraded. Yeah I was about to send a pic but I guess not NAW Ill send it in case anyone else needs it. In the same place in all levels Edited September 10, 2017 by DeltaDizzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Kerman Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Today was a great day! I launched the Venus Station into low earth orbit. Launch on a Saturn V MLV. It can carry 200 tons to LEO, the payload weigh 199.4 tons. Look how big it is Liftoff !!! The First stage is powered by 5 x F-1A engines (9100kN each) and 4 additional UA1563 boosters (14000kN each) On the second stage I used 5 x HG-3 engines (1400kN each). At engine cut-off there is only 130m/s deltaV left. Orbit !! Now I have to fill the transferstage, I already built 3 tankers, but I guess I will need more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LN400 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Drove a Mun rover 65km or so at 8m/s... Thank goodness for RT and the cruise control feature or I would have done something else entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jett_Quasar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I finally uploaded the craft file for my latest SSTO to my Star Wars Hangar on Kerbal-X. - Jett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regex Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I got bored of my other games and sent a mission to Eeloo. Not nearly as exciting as I thought it'd be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 EVA reports! While hanging for dear life-- for science! I still had the occasional problem of the scientist(s) losing their grip.......And a couple of F9s ensued, not only at this point but at (up to 3) attempts to land the plane at the hill ahead while getting science, which all failed and I accepted the loss of another scientist. In other news, a few more catastrophic failures were met later on, with attempts to launch a polar scansat. Good abort sequence is good. The 'neck' is a cargo bay full of high altitude science. I figured I'd try to grab some while sending the satellite up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 hour ago, JadeOfMaar said: few more catastrophic failures were met later on I've never met the guy, I swear, I wasn't even in the county! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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