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You know, now that I think about it the other reason is that we'd have to download the mod each time we wanted to do the checksum. So that will probably necessitate that we run a server somewhere which does exactly that, stores the checksum, so that people can check against the central server.

But that's not necessarily a bad thing. I may be able to do that.

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Ah, one reason Faark is that we aren't totally certain where packages should be downloaded from. Since not everyone uses kerbalspaceport it can be a little confusing. But I'm going to see if I can hack something in that tries to find it on kerbalspaceport.

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You know what Faark, that's a great idea!

I'll see if I can make that happen. At least it'll give us a pretty good idea if something is new. I don't know why I didn't think of that when I was hacking that little bit earlier.

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Dearest modders,

Today I stumbled on a quick python script that checks your mods to see if there are updates. I think it's awesome and desperately needed. I've contributed some patches, but it needs help from module authors to add .version files to the mod.

Example version file: https://github.com/tyrope/KSP-addon-version-checker/blob/master/example.version

Project: https://github.com/tyrope/KSP-addon-version-checker

I know this is onerous, so I would be perfectly happy to send pull requests, patches, or whatever you like. Please just let me know what I can do to help.

I'm also game for feedback; though it's not my project, I would be happy to hear your thoughts and see if I can make them happen.

Thank you!

[KSo Stations!]

what mod is this? looks realy cool.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/68429-Kerbin-Shuttle-Orbiter-System

[CLOSED -- Flying Duna AGAIN (Thanks for Participating)]

Back in August I posted this challenge and nobody said anything in the thread except me and Bothersome despite it getting over 1000 views.

People love stories. I've noticed that all of the most successful challenges not only have great rules, but have a compelling story backing them up. Many people play games to feel a sense of fulfillment, we can give that to them by giving them a story and a reason to do a particular thing!

Why would someone want to try to fly on Duna? It's obviously not the most optimal thing to do there, but maybe there's something that prevents us from using rockets. Perhaps there is some concern about a type of bird that lives there that is intolerant of liquid fuel? Or perhaps we've recently found that ozone is building up and damaging what little atmosphere there is on Duna. Why do you think this is an interesting challenge? What type of knowledge do you hope to glean by seeing other people try your challenge?

Lastly, thank you for setting up the challenge. I know it takes a long time to build them and I believe the community is greatly strengthened by the challenges. I know that the Duna permanent outpost is the single reason I was so drawn in by KSP!