ShadowElite

Hi guys I just have a few questions. This update was just released and I was just testing it. https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/1.7.1. I personality have bad experiences updating the game as it makes it more unplayable and not sure if its caused by my screen, computer, or something. I Enjoy the new features and bugfixes but ive been updating since 1.6 or below or something, I have a very old savefile. The last patch was 1.7.0 and It was a big constant 11sec delay on loading. However ive been playing it and its bearable so its not to bad. Ive made a chose to just stick to the patch that I like and decided not to update anymore. The new patch that just came today 1.7.1 I was smart and downloaded to a separate folder so it doesn't effect my old save file from 1.7.0. I tested and it seems more delay 22sec delay or so on the load screen, not even sure why. I guess I wont patch my game there. This wasnt the case in older patch. Regardless ive read and heard about the New DLC and looks pretty interesting, its perfect timing for me to stop and enjoy footages from players playing the DLC. Personality Im gonna be very happy staying at 1.7.0 till I get a better computer or something. My question is the 1.7.1 Breaking Ground included as well? I thought this was suppose to be a separate dlc, im confused. Nvm i found the answer

This is exactly what I am experiencing. I use a gtx 550t1. I wish I could have explained this better though. I notice around 8seconds as well and it seems to be consistently lagg, meaning its not random but everythime you load, it becomes exactly the same. If I were to guess I think there is some kind of bug going on with the textures or something. Not sure.

I enjoyed every aspect of the game, but every patch makes my game load less and less and laggier. Not even sure whats going on anymore. Anyway seriously hope 1.7.1 becomes a patch fix that will make the loading lagg gone. At some point I plan to stop patching my game and ignore any future patches since I want to enjoy the game. If others are playing a laptop or something, it will most likely effect them more and throw them off. My advice for squad is to please test there patch on low end computers, test it on different graphics card and make sure the new updates doesnt effect the pliability of the game pc. It already effected mine to the point of frustration. Hope this makes sense.

I play this game alot, recently started again while I am waiting to be accepted to an apprenticeship. I love this game, I play it alot and its a good distraction for me, however I want to share my technically issues that I have and hopefully squad can improve on it, the last thing you want is to throw people off your game. Personally I plan to update to an extend and go no further to 1.8 in the future. Since its already to late and dont know how to backtract my save file, I will just continue to keep it there. I have a 10 year old computer that still plays modern game pretty well. If your curious about my specs I can share it. I will continue to play the game but I plan not to update anymore. I dont know much or keep tract off the news but I noticed when I updated to 1.7. The loading screen starts to become stuck for a while its loading.There is new texture of background stars so I dont know if that has something to do with it. This happens even when I play the game, it loads more laggy now than it did before. Maybe my settings is nearly max out or something but this can effect players using a laptop or something. Adding new content is great and all, but if it effects how the game is run and others cant play it smoothly as it did, your really gonna throw them off. If your adding new content, make sure you test it on low end computers and make sure its very rendered very well. We still want to play the game, its just every update has caused issues after issues. I wasnt gonna speak out and was just browsing on forums but since Ive ready posts about crashing on loading or similar, I thought I had to speak out for this. As a developer take the issue of play ability on low end computers is very importnat and if you do plan to release texture packs or something, make it as an option in the menu. If you plan to upgrade its lighting or something, put it as an option, even background stars, give an option for that. Play it safe and if you can make the menu settings to optimize performance, that would help. I thought I share this. I just read a few things about 1.7 that I really liked "Fix Flags and Kerbals loading above terrain (flying) and flags being removed from game." " Fix thermal overlay rendering on parts that have lights." I didnt know this but I am glad there fixing bugs. I think the loading freezing is caused by "Upgraded Galaxy Textures." But I wish I could revert to old textures to see how it plays out. I am stuck with 1.7 because of my save file and can still play it. However there is a bit of load freeze that I have to deal with in the meantime, not sure exactly whats causing it.

I apologize for this as well. Your right about everything you said. I wish I could have titled this and chose my words differently howevefr I chose not to continue this and just focus on the bugs. I appreciate with all the features and updates this game has and appreciate of someone is spending the time to fix it. I am just a bit annoyed that before the update, I never had any flag issues and after the update, it just started. Thats where I got a bit annoyed. So something appears different and I have been trying to experiment to what it is.I could be the the framless window setting which was changed on launcher, before it was on, now it was off. I turned back on and that seemed to work so far. I dont know what it does but somehow it seems to fix it. This problem has been so random and confusing to me. I am glad I took a break from it. I will still play this game.

[snip] Ive already stopped playing this game till they release the next patch. If they dont fix it within the next patch then I am gonna stop entirely and im not the only one. [snip]

I apologize for the flea rocket. It did worked on a fresh install. However regardless the issue is the flag. It seems I have this problem and it seems random. Now I am really curious to what this is. Please take a look at it.

I feel your fraternization. It helps to know which version. I installed 1.5.1 with the expansion and I notice it laggs a bit during loads. This is probably because its loading lots of content so it depends on which type of computer your using. Personality the game loads with me just fine with little lag but I have issues with crashing flags. It is pretty annoying that noone is responding or addressing these types of issues. I am doing a quick test right now and if the problem persist with clean save file, I am quitting this game till they fix some bugs on it.

A: I dont blame squad for using old save file. However I tested it on other newer save files and it still persist B: They might work fine for high end computers. But you should not need high end computers. Plus did you even listen to what Ive said? They worked very well before and somehow the game thinks flags are crashing so I cant switch out of it. C: [snip] the flea rocket+Command Pod+parachute will crash due to parachute destroyed by heating. This is for new players who are just starting there science. ( I was wrong about this one) Right now the flag that I replanted somehow got missing again. This issue needs to be fix and no im not gonna ignore it. Squad you better have a stable game otherwise I am quitting and I am sure others will as well.

To answer your question. Its a pretty old save. I think its from 1.2 or something. I do backup my files but I choose not to revert which is my own choice. Luckily I can replant them where they were. The issue I guess is I cannot view them on game or risk loosing them. Plus I also heard 1.3 hopper, pod and parachute are not enough to stop crashing to ground. Little off topic but for new players, this would really throw them off. Squad really does need to get it together and make their game playable to players. Stuff like this is very disturbing to hear especially when fixes and design should have been thought of long time ago.

to explain simply. I have flags planted in my save file that whenever I load them in tracking station. There preload in flight mode, not landed. In other words if I leave them, they get considered as crashing. In other words they get lost completely.

No I am not using any mods. I play solely vanilla. I took a screenshot of my issue. Hopefully its self explanatory. https://imgur.com/a/ZYSwAGL

This needs to be said and this needs to be talked about. [snip] To start I am a huge fan of the game, I am glad there coming up with new updates and new features which is pretty exciting to see the progression of the game. However there is a downfall to this which I am about to talk about. When I updated to KSP v1.5 I loaded the flags that I planted and now there lost forever. What the hell. If the game aint broken, dont fix it. I can plant flags but I cannot load them or risk loosing them. I am pretty sure at least some of you when you load your flag, the game think its crashing and you cannot even switch vessels as to before you could. OI am pretty shocked noone is talking about this. What is this? First the map had lines in between which they did fix, and now my vessels flys off drastically whenever I parachute it in some parts on the water, now this? Notch please make your game stable already, do you even test it? This is horrible and it does make me want to quit the game. On one hand I love the game, on the other these little updates are whats destroying it. Its like minecraft all over again, the game is practically unplayable now because of the bugs and render. I feel this game is becoming exactly like the direction minecraft is going and is why I quit it long time ago. Sure I could not update but I feel like id be missing out on new features. Please devote your whole time in testing your game in low end computers and make sure its at least playable before you add new features, not after. Its getting really annoying and frustrating. At least my computer can play it but I heard people having lag times more often. You should not need a high end computer to play this game.

I sort of have similar issue. However I do not think this is a problem. When it updated, It showed the unlocked parts that were locked, I looked at newer save files and realize that the part that was unlocked was not at that spot but into a newer spot. I am not sure if this will help but look for the radial intake or other parts at other science modes that you have not unlocked.

This is not much of a big deal, I got the transfer files from previous to this new 1.2 comm update. However even though I can still play it. My question is, is there a way I can edit my save file o add these new advance settings that were previously not there, or is it to risky? Can I add the new comm font in the upper left corner of the screen with this savefile? Or do I have to start a new game to use all these new features? https://postimg.org/image/3pqpzoq6l/

I tried the debug ALT+F12 but it seems confusing on the conract menu. I want to add a specific contract, not random generated ones.

I am very happy to hear that, It seems like this contract generator thing needs to be remodified a bit. I cant seem to deny the duna contract which I am clearly not ready for and havent even landed on the mun yet. I am thinking they should just put those kinds of contracts in the milestone service via a checklist instead having it as a base contract.

I am currently sadden that even though I plan to land on the mun. Bothers me a bit that I wont get a reward. Maybe it will appear on first world record if Landing but I dont know. Just in case. Is there a way I can manually add that contract via my savefile? If its possible, I would love to know.

Thanks. Il see if I can skip a few contracts to try and show up but I will pretty much ignore it. I just found it kind of odd that It jumped me on dunas or mimmus contract isntead.

This is basically a quick question to clear up some issues. I recently completed a contract to do a fly by the mun, I ended up doing orbit on mun and I am not sure if this is the caused of it. I find it really odd that I get the land on Duna contract and it seems to skip the Mun contract and shows up Minimus instead. When will this land on mun contract show up? Will it ever show up? Do I have to skip contracts that will lead straight to this? Is there a way I can bring this back if it did happen to be a bug? I really wanted the contract and I am afraid I will have to move on without it? Is there a way I can bring it back or am I forever done?

When I said position, i meant height (should have rephrased it). Should be enough to separate from a constant to actual values. thanks A * V² * e-h/B

I am trying to find the relationship between the position function and the drag force. So far I have D=1/2kv^2 in which k=something*y(t). I am just to find the relationship. I meant to say height.

i wish I knew how to mark this as answered since this was a long time ago post. Anyway I calculate the fuel flow all the time. I like to change everything in terms of the metric system since I am a huge fan of it. I am more comfortable with the kilograms instead of tons. Units to me are very important since it avoids errors that one might make.

I just uploaded a video for those who want to calculate motion from a rocket launched up in space. Let me know what you guys thinks of it so far . Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmN6saXGoqU I plan to do more parts pretty soon since I already have the second velocity function already done. All these are done manually by hand and video. I didnt cheat or used any of the mods one bit. Anyway enjoy

back to this long thread . The units for me are very important. Even if the game is design so its kilo would cancel or something, I still like to be able to see the units. I already made a nice function, well not so nice but it works.