FleshJeb

Good luck, FR8. Glad to see you're on the road to recovery, even if it's going to take a while. I love your sig, BTW. I'll crash a rocket for you tonight. ;-)

I was really excited...then I read the reviews. Holy crap, it sounds like they murdered the gameplay.

When you do your gravity turn, aim for heading 0 or 180. It'll be a little off from perfect because of the rotation of the planet. If you want it closer to perfect, try 355 or 185.

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I'm in Civil/Survey. We use decimal feet, and we LIKE it! Of course 0.01 feet is more or less 1/8", so conversions aren't too bad. Oh wait, we use US Survey feet. The conversion is 1200m/3937USft = 0.3048006.... International feet are 0.3048m/ft. exactly That makes a BIG difference if you're converting coordinates around 6x10^6 feet. What's REALLY sad is that CalTrans was operating in metric for a few years, and then they went back to English units: http://enr.construction.com/news/transportation/archives/050314.asp

I think I dated her...

Actually, the ISP is really close now. Current real-life tech is listed at 20-50km/s exhaust velocity. This is range for ISP of 2040-5099. The Quad-Grid tech I posted upthread is higher, of course, but that's in the bench-test phase.

Not my preferred mode of play, but some days I just want to watch the world burn. ;-) What KSP really needs is Hippie Mode.

It took me forever to find a reference to that bug: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/98232-Colliding-into-building-3km-away A) it's fairly common. seems to occur after a long flight or high timewarp. C) seems to only happen to wings. Are you getting it with rockets too? D) no known cause or solution. Someone said approaching KSC from the north, instead of headed down the runway, worked. Maybe try landing out in the hills and rolling in? You should definitely post the details of your flights in that thread (type of craft, how far away you got, if you hit really high timewarp, are you using the stock 1.0 aero physics, or is it with the "old" options turned on), and if you have any success in beating it. They'll be able to offer you more help, and it will be good to pass on more data. Good luck!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-Stage_4-Grid The PDF linked in footnote 1 was fascinating. It looks like the limiting factor is the weight of the power generating equipment. "25 kg/kW or less"

Wow! I admire your dedication! That thing looks like a LOT of fun. I might need to get over my distaste for flying other people's craft. It feels like cheating.

DOH! Good catch RIC. I even have E.H. but I abuse Mechjeb so badly I barely use the Navball outside of atmo (Except for docking.)

I caaaaan't heeeeeaaaar yooooouuuuuu!!!! LALALALALLALALAL

Not precisely what you're looking for, but try NavHUD: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/81543-1-0-NavHud-a-NavBall-inspired-Heads-Up-Display-1-2-1 It's a really excellent mod, but I found it was breaking my sense of immersion.

I had this problem a few months ago. I just ended up reading all their posts anyway, so I just unignored everybody. I've had luck blocking sigs and avatars with AdBlockPlus. You should be able to write a filter to block specific users: https://adblockplus.org/filters This will help you write one, but it only works on Firefox: https://adblockplus.org/en/elemhidehelper Also *ahem* you can't ignore moderators. -------------------- Edit: Figured an easy solution. Ignore as normal, and go to AdBlockPlus -> Options -> Add Your Own Filter forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com##li[class="postbitignored postbitim"]

These are great! May I request a BA-64?

Extra sweet ride! You have a lot to be proud of there. The proportions look a bit off (wing area, nose length)? but that might be necessary to make it fly.

That last frame is exquisite.

Grr, now I have to hook the mouse back up to my laptop and actually play on a desk. I think I'll do some warm ups first ;-)

Update to my Alt-F12 comment. Someone on reddit said you have to click the Force/Acceleration toggle in that screen as well. Does the F3 log say they hit the VAB? It's a stock bug that happens occasionally. I think when you get within physics rage of the KSC, the game must briefly load the buildings in your face. We've all lost a lot of wings on the way in for a landing. The best advice it just to quicksave before you come in and keep reloading until it doesn't happen.

You guys are correct, my last sentence was crap. Apologies. (Look mom, I've made an ass out of myself on the internet!) Can I blame the vicious hangover? Pretty please? *hic* Thanks loch.ness, "Death of the Author" is better way of looking at it. So... back to the original point of the thread: I think stock propellers would be a great incentive to not abuse ion engines in atmo. Has this ever been on the future features list? Is KAX the best mod for propellers? I made a stock SSTO Zeppelin in 0.25 (10:1 lift ratio, slight infiniglide abuse.) It would fun to make it work again. Also, anyone else think it's goofy that the Ant and the Spider engines are now so different? It's the same nozzle, FFS! They're a fun alternative to Ions for micro-landers. ----- Just saw Nova's post It's not an argument, it's a discussion ;-) I'm not offended and I don't think anyone else is either

My point being: This is one of those happy cases where the developer's intention was subverted into pure awesomeness. As such, his intention doesn't hold a lot of weight as an argument. If we're going to play the "Because the Bible says so" game: Look at The Golden Rule or The First Amendment of the US Constitution. There are edge cases allowed in those philosophical statements that I'm sure would make the original framers very uncomfortable. However, we are all better off because of the unforeseen consequences. Pardon the logical stretch; I cannot abide narrow-mindedness.

Holy crap that's cool. I'm downloading it now from here: http://www.old-games.com/download/2413/lander-from-psygnosis- However, they've throttled it to take 10 hours... I can wait.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial I like vultures; feeding them seems like a worthwhile thing to do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority