Riftmann

But the center of gravity is the docking port of the asteroid. MJ just does not recognize it as a target. I thought I got it to work the first time I tried it, but it doesn't seem to work now, and I don't remember what I did the first time...

Is anybody else having the problem of MechJeb not recognizing an asteroids center of gravity as a target? Or, as would be typical, it's just me. :/

I tried to do that, but TGT+ won't come up, even if I click the center of mass as the target. Like I haven't chosen a target...

Docking Autopilot doesn't seem to work with the new Advanced Grabbing Unit and Asteroids. And you need to be EXACT (beyond my piloting skills) or when you turn on your engines and the center of gravity is a wee bit off you spend around like a top... MechJeb doesn't seem to accept "Set center of gravity as target" on the new .23.5 asteroids.

I haven't played long enough to quit. Nearly did out of frustration. It's a steep learning curve. I haven't gotten to Duna yet, my spacecraft I construct in orbit keep falling apart, not sure how to do it. I've only added a very few mods and those were mostly craft like the Enterprise and such, and that was just a few days ago. I mostly just play stock. Dododyne Propulsion- Ad Astra Per Mortum!

While not *my* proudest moment on KSP, the proudest moment on my Dododyne Propulsion save. (And yes, I'm thinking about renaming them all John.) I still consider myself a rank newbie (the memorial conveniently hides the vast graveyard of failed missions) and I've almost given up on the game in frustration, but this was fun. And of course here's Dododyne's rough draft Logo (the flag can be seen in the images). It should be obvious why I am not entering the company logo contest. (I've fussed over trying to get the album to embed, but I'm doing something wrong, it was only two images anyways) I also hope this is in the right forum.

I found a brilliant logo someone designed on Deviant Art for the British Rocket Group in the Quatermass Movies that I am using for my Kerbal Rocket Group(I'll go back and give him credit if I ever post the flag.) I also have a sandbox going with Dododyne Propulsion (if anyone gets the reference I'll be impressed.) It's flag is white with a clipart Dodo on it and it is hilarious if I do say so myself (I'm thinking of changing all their first names to John and just change their last names) Parts of the game are frustrating me. I'm trying to learn how to dock, but it is going slow. Docking, I haven't even tried rendevousing yet. I sent up a small robotic space station, with a small robotic ship already docked to it. I used one of those 6 docking port dohicky mcboobs. I'm terrible. I managed to actually docked at one although i had to sit there for a while before it became one ship again. I tried undocking, and docking to another one, but it won't seem to stick. I'm perfectly aligegned and I can't get off of it with RCS (and there is only RCS). I don't know why it won't click. I read somewhere to turn off SAS on both ships, but that didn't help, and someone said you have to place the docking ports correctly or they won't work. If it's a construction problem, I'm screwed. i understand docking, the problem is learning the keys, I keep hitting the wrong ones. My 10 year old nephew was watching me, it's a great way to demonstrate Newtonian physics, it was fun explaining things to him I studied orbital mechanics in college and have a undergrad degree i math, I was planning to get a graduate degree in astronomy, but things happened. So I understand the principles and the math, its panicking and hitting the wrong keys, that is frustrating me, and i get nervous...

I'm a noob too. (I can't reliably land on Mun, and even Minmus gives me problems) I have major difficulties with inclination, and picking a spot and landing there is beyond my ability. I haven't even tried docking yet. The number of mods and add-ons is bewildering, and confusing. What the heck do they all do? At present all I'm using is the unmodded basic game with stock parts.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Would you reccomend I get use to the virgin basic game before add-ons and mods? And yes, I discovered the capslock key the other day, lol. And yes Quartermass and the Pit scared the bejeppers out of me too, I was about 8 or 9. I usually don't/didn't have nightmares, but I wonder what the heck my parents were thinking when they took me to it (and I'm aging myself horribly)

I thought I'd say hi. I've been messing around with Kerbal Space Program for a couple of weeks. The Kerbal Rocket Group (a name I got from the old Quatermass movies, who is in charge of the British Rocket Group) has not been too successful to date. I'm playing the unmodified game until I get use to it. My biggest achievement to date has been landing (twice!) on Minmus, once on a slope about 60 degrees. I go kaboom when I try the Mun. I've also tried Career mode, which is fun, I'm thinking I should switch back to sandbox. I studied physics, math, and astronomy in college and absolutely love the game, grew up in the late '60s watching Apollo and Walter Cronkite, and love space (Obviously) Realistic, but not toooo realistic. I'll be asking a lot of questions. I watch the tutorials people have put on YouTube, but they make it look sooo easy. I hit the space bar at the wrong time, but I've learned that F5 is your friend. Thanks