The launchpad is too sensitive

[Kar]

Hi all,

I already saw many threads and post about people complaining about how fragile the buildings are in KSC. While I really do not care about it, for more hardcore players that want everything to be hard, I think the buildings really need to have a better structural integrity.

This happen to me and I was just !

So, I was making my landing module, nothing too fancy, and one of the things I like to do, is to test the ladders to see if they extent to ground into a kerbal height.

So, I put my landing module on the launchpad and deploy my landing gears, as you all know, if you do that, the ship or module jumps a bit because of the strength of the landing gear.

This was what happened:

I already launch heavier rockets and never had this problem, I know a fix is to use stabilizers, but, come on lol, this is a small module deploying the landing gear.

I just turn off the destroyable buildings options, because I need sometimes to test stuff on the launchpad to see if everything works like I want.

Squad really need to increase the strength of the buildings, more importantly the launchpad, the dam thing is made in solid concrete and iron!

Cheers,

[Reactordrone]

I would suggest deploying the gear in the VAB when doing egress/ingress tests.

[psyper]

The launchpad is too sensible?

Probably needs some clown shoes then *bom,bom,tsk*

Seriously though; people have posted that both the launch pad and runways are very glitchy as far as launches are concerned - some explode as soon as a large ship loads on them (sometimes they clip through the pad for a split second as they realign). I'm sure squad will fix it on the next release either minor or major but in the mean time I think you can turn off building explosions from your save for now. either that or as Reactordrone suggested - right click on your landing gear in the vab and select deploy - they should then start open and you can test it from there.

[Kar]

The reason I do not deploy the gear in VAB is well, let's just say I do not use 4! Since my landers usually are a bit higher and then they become even more higher and larger, I need to increase the base of the landing modules to compensate for irregularities in the terrain, in particular the mun since sometimes is hard to get a sense if the ground below you is inclined or not. So I enlarge by using the Modular Girder Segment to increase the base. I put 4 of them and attach at least 3 landing gears. This gives a much more stable landing. When the necessity arises I change then to XL version if I carry stuff to build bases and more heavier or a bit unbalanced.

I'm lazy I know lol, but i just found it funny a very little small jump and the thing explodes. I wonder if Jeb drops high enough he can break it?

[psyper]

announcer: "AND JEB HAYSTACKS THE LAUNCH PAD" *BOOOOM* "AND THE CROWD GOES WILD"!!

[Red Iron Crown]

The launchpad and runway should really be indestructible or very nearly so. Such things are built to withstand exactly that kind of abuse.

[ratchet freak]

The launchpad and runway should really be indestructible or very nearly so. Such things are built to withstand exactly that kind of abuse.

except runways do deteriorate from the planes that land on them

[Red Iron Crown]

They do, but not in fiery explosions from a heavy plane resting on the runway.

[rkman]

Surely this will be fixed. As always Squad has erred on the side of caution: they do not want us to have buildings that do not explode.