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Exactly the same for me. I really wanted to play career mode until the end but it got so repetitive and boring that I just got back to building space stations and bases in sandbox mode. Science is just tedious (to be honest real world science is tedious, but this is a game). Each science mission should be directed and unique instead of having to do the same thing over and over. It could be done by giving a lot of different science instrument and more methods of gathering science - e.g. gathering dust samples a la Stardust, smashing probes into asteroids, performing long-term experiments in zero-G, solar corona observations, the possibilities are almost endless. There should be a mechanic to encourage you to use new parts and go to new places, perhaps with diminishing returns for missions that are too similar to previous ones. Also, I feel like science and contracts are two unrelated mechanics that just got glued together. I think it could be improved by integrating them better. For example, contracts that state "we want to go to Duna but first we need these parts to be developed", then when you're done with that, "OK, now let's go to Duna and here's a list of science objectives". You would have a real sense of having to accomplish a mission instead of the "let's go plant yet another flag" that we currently have.
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I Just fired up KSP and here's what I see.
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what would happen if you lit a match on titan?
qazsedcft replied to SelectHalfling0's topic in Science & Spaceflight
But note that you could run a kind of "reverse air-breathing engine" on Titan. It would work just like jet engines on Earth but instead of carrying fuel and mixing it with oxidyzer from the atmosphere you carry the oxidizer and burn it with fuel from the atmosphere. -
Well, I'm not sure how realistic the light model in KSP is, but in real life that's incorrect because the shadow should be a cone not a cylinder. The cone (or triangle in your 2D drawing) should have the same proportions as the cone extending from the Sun to your planet, so it approaches a cilinder at infinity (or if the sun is modeled as an unrealistic point light).
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Estimate the peak altitude of my rocket
qazsedcft replied to phyrox_eh's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
Why do you want to calculate max altitude? Unless you just want to throw stuff up and see it fall down the max altitude isn't very useful at all. The following might be useful https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/. If you mean to calculate the max orbit that you can achieve you need to use the rocket equation to find out the delta-v of your rocket. The main problem with that is that it doesn't take atmospheric drag into effect and calculating drag is really complicated. Once you know the delta-v you can see what kind of orbit is achievable by calculating the specific orbital energy of the orbit. It depends on both the distance and the shape of the desired orbit. Usually, this is done in reverse, first find out which orbit you want, calculate the delta-v required and then build a rocket to achieve that. Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_orbital_energy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_equation -
Free camera by default
qazsedcft replied to Kethevin's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
If it's not possible then perhaps there's a mod to save the camera settings (and a few others)? If not maybe I'll write one... -
Free camera by default
qazsedcft replied to Kethevin's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
I'd like to know this too. -
[0.90]NEAR: A Simpler Aerodynamics Model v1.3.1 12/16/14
qazsedcft replied to ferram4's topic in KSP1 Mod Releases
Hey I'm a neophyte so I really like this mod (FAR was just too much for me), but I have trouble flying with MJ. When I fly manually I can get a gradual ascent and everything is fine, but when I turn on MJ it starts wobbling A LOT trying to head in the right direction. It got even worse with the RSS mod. Do you know how I can fix that? -
How do I complete a rescue contract?
qazsedcft replied to cdgarren's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
I saw this question several times already. For people who already know all the controls it seems obvious but for new players it isn't. I think there should be a message when you get close to press [ to switch, or just auto-switch when you get really close. -
OR you can make it a challenge by setting your reputation to a large negative value as if you were taking over from a previous incompetent administrator.
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Took about 3 mins to download.
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I got it to start downloading right after I posted this. Yeah!
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OK, it's still not working and I have to go to work tomorrow so I'll just have to go to sleep without 0.24 . Hopefully all the issues will have been resolved tomorrow morning.
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You're not actually charged until you hit the launch button, so that you're free to experiment in the VAB. Still unable to download.
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Not working. I get the following error when downloading from the main site: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected end of file in /host/www.kerbalspaceprogram.com/htdocs/lib/multiplayDwn.php on line 132
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Woohoo! It's here!