Move large things, Part 2

[zeedesertfox]

Myself again, ZeeDesertFox.

I just downloaded the extraplanetary launch pads pack. How does one get metal? And how does one get ore? Can one get kethane from ore? Oh, and more importantly, how does one get all this system TO the Mun.

[Kerbin Von Braun]

Metal is a seperate resource from kethane.

Use green drills for kethane

Use Giant yellow Auger/drill for ore

make sure you have specific storage for each resource (ore hex cans for your ore miner, metal ones for the smelter, rocketparts ones for the workshop.

BASICALLY you want to do this.

1.Put a probe with a kethane scanner in a polar orbit and timewarp till you find a spot with both ore and kethane near each other.

2.Land a Kethane miner/refiner ship

3. Land an ore miner next to the kethane ship

4. Land a smelter (15 tons, its heavy, don't forget power, batteries, and hex cans for both ore and metal)

5. Land a rocketWorkshop thingy with metal and rocketparts hex cans and power.

6. Land a Launchpad

7. Connect it all together with Kerbal Attachment systems, Quantum Fuel Transfer Systems, or rover's that carry stuff.

8. Build and launch your ships!

Good luck, doing it legit is hard, if you want an easier way land and deploy the launchpad, turn on debug (cheat) mode by modifying one word in the part file and spawn the rest of the stuff (miner, smelter, kethane etc) from the pad.

Hope that helped

-Dr. Kerbin Von Braun

[Benie]

if you want an easier way land and deploy the launchpad, turn on debug (cheat) mode

Debug Mode doesn't work in the current version of EL. We're waiting for the next version where it'll be switched back in.

My "cheat mode", is putting all the required resources on the launchpad, then use HyperEdit to fill them up to full. Caution, through. The Medium and Large RocketParts canisters are freakin' heavy when fully filled up.

But thanks to someone I talked to, you can tweak the weight of the capsules to make them light as a feather. And I love it.