[The Ultimate Jool 5 Challenge Continued]

I think that's the forum trying to be helpful and failing... if you click the tiny link at the top where it says "GRS replied to a topic" it takes you to the right place

[Pretty Good Test Thread]

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[gilly to moho saving fuel (orbital mechanics mastery)]

@sevenperforce are you getting those numbers from the dV map? that 2400 isn't from the lowest energy hyperbolic orbit, it's from a Hohmann transfer from Kerbin.

[Magnetometer Boom Problem/s]

It doesn't work while landed, nor while flying in an atmosphere. If you have a Minmus flying car, try running it while flying on Minmus. (Although it doesn't provide science per biome, so maybe just leaving it in orbit would be better)

[The K Prize - 100% reusable spaceplane to orbit and back]

I've long wanted to build an SSTO spaceplane that I could use before upgrading R&D. Finally got one working:

https://imgur.com/a/9w0nZij

[Question about nodes: How do I set it up properly?]

Okay I can see a couple of things!

1. You seem to have entered the distances in kilometres but the nodes are expecting metres. Multiply them by 1000.

2. Select the "Landed Vessel" node, and in the action pane on the right, select "Options" and then "Node Connections Order". The more specific Test Distance (the 2km one) needs to be first, then the less specific Test Distance, and the Change Score node without a test needs to be last. (You may need to rename the two Test Distance nodes so that you can tell them apart).

3. IIRC the "Landed Vessel" node doesn't trigger when you splash down, so you may need a separate "Splashed Vessel" node for that.

[Cannot start mission???]

I found a better workaround: disable the "Brakes On" checkbox on the "Spawn Vessel" node.

[The K Prize - 100% reusable spaceplane to orbit and back]

Thanks!

2 hours ago, boolybooly said:

in space, noone can hear your propellers... whirring...

They're pretty quiet on Kerbin too tbh

(The prop version went to Eve, technically it was an SSTO but it refueled in LKO and decoupled the nacelles and is never going to return, so definitely not a K Prize candidate)

[The K Prize - 100% reusable spaceplane to orbit and back]

This started out as an RTG powered prop plane, but changed direction somewhere along the way...

https://imgur.com/a/5uqBZTp

[Cannot start mission???]

This maybe?

https://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/issues/23184

[Starwind - Ended (due to the Kraken)]

On 6/28/2019 at 5:51 PM, fulgur said:

I can transfer resources on both sides of the docking port, but they do not go through it

Dunno if you worked this out already, but it's a difficulty setting. "Resource Transfer Obeys Crossfeed Rules" is enabled by default on Moderate and Hard.

[Spawn on a solar escape trajectory?]

I'd like to spawn something in a solar escape trajectory. I can spawn in an escape trajectory out of, say, Kerbin SoI, by spawning in a solar orbit in a position that happens to be inside Kerbin SoI at the time, but that doesn't work for the Sun because it doesn't have a parent body. It seems to be impossible but maybe I'm missing something?

[Custom Craft in missions]

The VAB (or SPH) is accessed via the "Create New Vessel" button near the bottom of the Spawn Vessel node's action pane.

The node also has an option to select Player Built or Creator Built for the spawned vessel. You need to create a vessel using Create New Vessel before you can select it as a Creator Built vessel.

If you want to spawn a vessel somewhere other than a launch site, select "Landed" or "In Orbit" in the Situation drop-down.

[Are their any agreed upon names for the comnet dishes?]

Yeah, they all have in-game names. You can see them in the list of connected relays your vessel is using when you hover over the signal strength meter. They're also listed in the wiki at https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/List_of_bases_on_Kerbin (the ones that aren't launch sites are listed under "Others").

[Funniest/Coolest Kerbal Names]

I've just been offered a contract to rescue Jesus and her craft from low Eve orbit.

 

[Ferry <<n:1[/%d]>><<n:1[a VIP/tourists]>> safely to ...]

Sounds like the same thing as this?

[KSP 1.3 Broken string substitution, Steam & 64-bit Linux Mint 17]

Hey, thanks for the hint! I had (almost) the same problem on Debian 8; didn't think of looking at the log. I just tried 6.3.0-18 from stretch and it seems to fix the issue, so I guess that version must have whatever is needed.

[no connection lander]

You decoupled the longer-range antennae, most likely the 16-S's don't have the range to reach the relay. You have the map view in network mode so the green line you're seeing is probably from the debris, rather than the lander.