RedScourge

I suspect in theory that times under 8 minutes are possible, but I'll be damned if I could pull off a time like that. It would involve a climb to about 28km so as to achieve an orbital velocity followed by a near-vertical re-entry angle just before completing legs 2 and 3, and possible also to complete leg 1.

That admin campaign that takes some of your funds and gives you science is MASSIVELY overpowered, especially in higher difficulty settings, and the others seem rather pointless. When I tried difficult career settings with extremely cost efficient rockets, I found myself with hundreds of science points I was unable to use, and 500k+ short of the research facility upgrade. I definitely agree with those who are saying that there needs to be at least one level of VAB added somewhere in the middle, as 40 to 255 part count is an insane jump. I'd say the thing I find the third most unbalanced to be the dollar amounts assigned to the contracts. I found myself avoiding the ones that ask you to test a part at a certain altitude and speed range, because there were far easier ones that paid better, and the super low end contracts often don't even pay your cost of capital.

Just wanted to say to all who are working on this project, thank you for all you're doing.

Is there anything I can do to stop these optimize database runs (which are killing the server after the last user disconnects) from happening at all, or insert some nifty line into my MySQL config in the meantime? It's not the end of the world, I just can't have the server stay up without someone connected. That's the biggest problem. The recurring thing regarding max_packet_size or whatever doesn't really seem to be causing any issues as far as I can tell.

The fatal error I get upon attempting to optimize database is: [03:02:52] [Error] : Unexpected exception encountered! Crash report written to l og file [03:02:52] [Error] : MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlException (0x80004005): Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or th e server is not responding. ---> System.TimeoutException: A connection attempt f ailed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of tim e, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to read data from the transport connection: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection at tempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags) at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 s ize) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 s ize) at MyNetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at MyNetworkStream.HandleOrRethrowException(Exception e) at MyNetworkStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.TimedStream.Read(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count) at System.IO.BufferedStream.Read(Byte[] array, Int32 offset, Int32 count) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlStream.ReadFully(Stream stream, Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlStream.LoadPacket() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlStream.ReadPacket() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.GetResult(Int32& affectedRow, Int32& i nsertedId) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.Driver.GetResult(Int32 statementId, Int32& affected Rows, Int32& insertedId) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.Driver.NextResult(Int32 statementId, Boolean force) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlDataReader.NextResult() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior ) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection.HandleTimeoutOrThreadAbort(Exceptio n ex) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior ) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() at KMPServer.Server.cleanDatabase() at KMPServer.Server.hostingLoop() at KMPServer.ServerMain.hostServer(ConfigStore settings)

I get the following error repeatedly when using the MySQL backend, but it doesn't seem to do anything: [23:40:33] [info] : Vessel update error: Packets larger than max_allowed_packet are not allowed. at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlStream.SendPacket(MySqlPacket packet) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.ExecutePacket(MySqlPacket packetToExec ute) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.NativeDriver.SendQuery(MySqlPacket queryPacket) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.Driver.SendQuery(MySqlPacket p) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.Statement.ExecuteNext() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PreparableStatement.ExecuteNext() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.PreparableStatement.Execute() at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior ) at MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() at KMPServer.Server.storeVesselUpdate(Byte[] updateBlob, Client cl, Guid kmpI D, Double tick, Boolean isSecondary) at KMPServer.Server.sendPluginUpdateToAll(Byte[] data, Boolean secondaryUpdat e, Client cl) I ran SET GLOBAL max_allowed_packet = 16777216 to set the limit to 16MB but it did not make it go away. Also, when I log out and there is nobody left in the server, it seems to give me a fatal error which crashes the server after it tries to optimize the database but for some reason times out. Is there a way I can disable these optimize database attempts or change some setting to prevent this? Other than that, in my 2 days of using this, I haven't encountered any other issues yet.