[The cool screenshots thread]

Ooh, clouds

[Bugs you have found]

steam's default screenshot key collides with some sort of aerodynamic debug panel

[Bugs you have found]

For parts without a "shift for more info" option, the descriptions are cut off and you cant shift to expand them.

[Bugs you have found]

Assembly to be launched flag shows through detailed part info window

[Why aren't the Vectors HydroLox fueled?]

Because the Vector is not an RS-25, it's a KS-25. It looks a lot like an RS-25, but it isn't.

[Change sizing abbreviations]

because then you either have a search that requires you type out the entire word exactly, or a search where searching 'L' brings up both "L" and "XL" and possibly "XXL" and so on

[Rocket noodling? Oh gods, not again...]

IIRC the devs said during the event that the SAS's PID controllers need tuning, especially for aircraft

[OMG the sound design - AAA out of the gate.]

Ye the sound design seems great, though I'm hoping for a mod to add some of Askerad's music as well

https://www.youtube.com/@Askerad

[Engines not better identified in the last feature video]

Didn't we see examples of refineries for all sorts of different fuels?

[[New] Space Launch System / Orion Discussion Thread]

here we go

we have a "Pointy end up, Flamey end down"

[Firefly Aerospace Discussion Thread]

ooh, sounded sorta screechy/crunchy

[Gameplay: Participation]

I definitely think Scansat-type experiments where you need to solve some sort of puzzle (in this case getting an orbit that will pass over every point on the surface to some extent) would be good.

[Im at Dres in a equatorial orbit, how much Delta V does it take to get back?]

I must introduce you to our Lord and Savior, the ∆V map. 

[Stuck on minmus]

a probe could definitely get there I think. If you have the communotron 16, that has the range to get a signal to Minmus if you have tracking stations tiers 2 or 3 which you have as you're playing science mode

[KSP procedural star systems confirmed?]

4 minutes ago, Pthigrivi said:

Oh right right. Outer Wilds is what I meant. Ive seen some great reviews but haven’t cracked into it yet. I love me a good puzzle game. 

Go into it as blind as possible, but if you get stuck, ask for hints on the subreddit. They're good at nudging you without spoiling.

 

Back on-topic, I can see how procedural design is not ideal but our sample size (of one star system) is low. Perhaps Elite:Dangerous is right and 90% of what we find are bland balls of ice or rock or gas giants.

[KSP procedural star systems confirmed?]

1 hour ago, Pthigrivi said:

I've been looking forward to checking out Outer Worlds but I've just been to busy lately. I loved Myst and Riven back in the day and its got a lot of those vibes. 

Not "The Outer Worlds",  "Outer Wilds"

They're entirely different games. 

[KSP procedural star systems confirmed?]

Would be cool if they could somehow get some permutation of Elite: Dangerous' Stellar Forge generation system and have an entire galaxy

though no one's ever gonna get more than a few hundred LY out

[Lighting whilst traveling between stars]

would be nice to get some sort of augmented reality "utility overlay"/"night vision" which shows your ship(s) in fullbright and, if you have the relevant sensors, the ground and surrounding objects in wireframe/pointcloud

[Visuals over physics?]

thought experiment: single-part rigid-body ship, no crash damage, timestep of 1/10 of a second for simplicity (though this will also apply if our craft is allowed to deform)

t=0.0: craft is heading at the ground at 100m/s. It is 10m above the ground.

t=0.1: craft contacts the ground 100m/s = 10m/0.1s

t=0.2: we have 2 options now:

1.  unconstrained phyisics engine: Craft velocity is set to 0m/s, a change of 100m/s in 0.1s, or 1000m/s^2. The craft correctly stops at the ground and all is fine.

      t=0.3+ Craft velocity is 0m/s, craft is sitting on ground.
 

2. constrained physics engine (set to 100m/s^2): Physics engine calculates that an acceleration of 1000m/s^2 should be applied to the craft and thus its velocity should be set to 0. "error checker" says "oh no you don't", and applies an acceleration of 100m/s^2 to the craft instead, setting its velocity to 90m/s (a change of 10m/s in 0.1s). 

        t=0.3: craft is now 9m below ground (moved 9m in 0.1s). Physics engine calculates that an acceleration of 900m/s^2 should be applied to the craft and thus its velocity should be set to 0. "error checker" says "oh no you don't", and applies an acceleration of 100m/s^2 to the craft instead, setting its velocity to 80m/s (a change of 10m/s in 0.1s). 

        t=0.4: craft is now 17m below ground (and so on)

You see, sometimes extreme accelerations are required for realistic physics.

[Visuals over physics?]

issue is that acceleration clamping is going to clip you through the ground because while the max acceleration of a bare engine might be hundreds of Gs, an impact with the ground could be thousands.

[Shirubāottā: A Tale of Fusion and (Non) Functionality]

3 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said:

I could be wrong, but I thought the main issue with the Bussard Ramjet was that the magnetic ramscoop created more drag than the engine produced thrust…

Means it would still be useful for slowing down upon entry to a system...

[Crazy celestial body ideas]

there's going to be some level of spin where the spheroid is very oblate but net acceleration toward the center at the equator is still positive.

[Crazy celestial body ideas]

23 hours ago, Bej Kerman said:

Quick physics lesson: gravity pulls the edges together into the most compact shape it can I.E. a sphere. There are no disk worlds.

What if it's spinning really fast?

[How Much delta V Is needed to do a whole Ike Mission (Landing and going home included)]

14 hours ago, Superfluous J said:

To slow down into orbit at Ike you need 250+30+180 or 460m/s of dV

of note, the arrow on the 250m/s part means that you could theoretically aerobrake using Duna to scrub off that velocity but lining up the entry and everything to then intercept Ike is a bit tricky.

[How might the Tracking Center and tracking/comms capabilities work?]

We can warp fast enough that days take a fraction of a second, and probably will have even higher levels of warp to handle the years required to travel between systems, Waiting an hour isn't an issue.