Sidneyia

Hear me out: don't do this. Don't add these labels to the engine description. First of all, I like the idea of moar realism, taking into account the nozzle sizes as well as retaining the old KSP vibes of not having super big engines to and on. Having said that, KSP is a game that is proud of teaching without lessoning. That is proud to say that you "learn by failing". Keep these 4 archetypes, but don't tell them to the player. Let the player discover it. Let them fail. Let them look at the Thrust and ISP values to figure it out. Otherwise you are taking out part of the fun. It's like playing a game and look for the "best build" or the "meta" on the internet. You just copy. You don't learn. And certainly, you will never reach that moment of "eureka! Now I understand!"

Well, I must admit I'm a bit shocked. I did not expect this. Let's have a look at the road map: only the Kerbolar System is released. No interstellar, no multiplayer, no colonies. Also no career mode or science mode. In other words, it's plain v0.21 KSP1, but improved. I read the situation like this: 1. We need to know if you like the game. How does it feel? UI, collision, wheels, flames/explosions, etc. It would take too much time (and money) to hire people for a QA team knowing they are not experts on the matter nor ksp fans. Somehow the game has to be new and different, but not too new so you would lose the KSP feeling KSP1 left on us. 2. Not releasing the missing features on day 1 might mean they are not ready. Why would they do it otherwise? They community might not take too well another delay. That's a way to buy some more time and start getting revenue. Let's keep in mind this game was set to release in 2020. It's almost 3 years of delays. Take-two wants that investment back. That's why the 50$ early access price. All in all, I'm fine with that. I understand (I think) why they are doing this. To me, it's another delay. I'm not a beta tester, I won't play this game in early access. I'll buy the game on day 1 though, just to support the development, and I'll wait until its release to play it. How long can we expect early access to last? 6 months? 1 year?

You made the right decision. Do not regret that. You are creating a tool that will be used in the next decade after its launch to understand how the universe works, that will receive a massive attention due to the return of humans to the Moon and the arrival of humans on Mars. The interest this game will attract in the future is guaranteed. You have to nail that launch since lauch is what will greatly determine the reputation of the game. We, true KSP fans, know how annoying all those bugs have been during the last decade. We know how bad wheels are. We know the importance of a bug-free game. We'll be patient until its release. On the other hand, the future-to-be-fans need to find an experience as polished as possible. I hope leadership in this company understood that. I celebrate your decision.

Thank you for developing this mod. I love it and I can't imagine playing without all that essential data.

Thank you for all your efforts. I love this mod. I hope it never goes outdated.

-Flat-base base parts to actually have the impression you are building a base. Kerbal Planetary Base Systems looks impressive. -Whatever part that allows you to do the EVA activities you can do with KIS/KAS.

Yes, defenitely biome scanning should be in the game. Because probe cores have no real use at the moment, to have the scanning ability by default would be great. The better the probe core, the more accurate the scanning (I've read a "rough" mapping in this thread, that would be very nice). Moreover, a really expensive (in science points and money) science part could exist and thus provide the chance to scan without a satellite.

I have to clarify that the use of keys "[" and "]" to switch to the nearby object just work in us/english-like keyboards. It is not my case, for example. In my keyboard is the button right next to the zero button.

Why is so important light? There are many sources of radiation that are not the sun. It does not matter the wavelength if you have a mechanism to extract electrons from it. And… an organism can get electrons from compounds, not necessary light. I don’t want to argue, just to know: why light?

It seems, right now, that life is bound to liquid state. Besides Kerbin, Laythe and Eve, there is no other body with liquids on the surface (correct me if I am wrong). So, if there is life in other planets, should be in underground oceans. How thick could be the layer of rock/ice to be drilled with a device? I don’t know. However, I think that a planet that could have liquid state medium at least during the day, could feed bacteria from polyhydrocarbon molecules found on the surface. These molecules could come from a lost early-generated atmosphere at the beginning of the solid state of the planet. If it is not possible (I don’t know), they could come from impacts of asteroids and meteors. The polyhydrocarbon (or polyhydrosilicon xD) could serve as a source of C (or Si) and energy (all what bacteria need). Bacteria can also get energy by oxidation or reduction of Fe, S, and many others, elements that could be present in the surface. (Other bacteria could undo the process of the oxidation/reduction made by the others to get energy as well, and thus, establish a recycling cycle). In any case, everything would freeze during the night and the bacteria would start hibernation until the next day. I know we are talking about the vacuum, and we don’t know yet anything that can grow in these conditions. “Let’s imagine†these bacteria are adapted to these conditions. Maybe the daylight could create a micro atmosphere due to the volatilization of some compounds. This could be a little better for hosting life. These are my bases. Then, I think we should not go into detail concerning what is going to happen with the DNA/RNA, proteins, lipids, sugars… cause we will need N, P, S, trace elements,… and we will get lost. I think anything could be possible; after all, arsenic based DNA exists.

I like the idea where you need to use more than one ship/craft to make the experiment. The controlled explosion could give information about the inner structure of the planet such the substances and its proprieties, the existence of liquid or gas bubbles, etc.