[PLEASE SQUAD....]

Kerbal on PS4 is kinda not working.

From my Kerbal Space Program game experience I can tell you this, Kerbal is seriously fun, extremely frustrating at times, very difficult to learn the extremely twitchy control schemes, and the majority of tutorials out there are for PC not console, even if they say they are for console.

Career mode dies and takes all your saves, Sandbox is all you can play and even that will freeze (crash?) during builds, requiring frequent restarts.

I'm still having fun with this game, but it seems all the activity with updates and mods is strictly on PC.

I can only find DEV posts from around a year ago saying update or patches "soon".

 

[Ps4 patch]

I'm playing Kerbal Space Program on PS4, are there any updates or patches planned?

[How to fix a corrupt save on the PS4]

I've never even thought about backing up the PS4 onto usb, do I have to download a file to do this or can I just cram a stick in there and go?

It's a great idea, I'll check this out.

Since I'm asking "easy" questions, I'm on my computer for this forum, how are you uploading PS4 pictures here?

 

[KSP on PS4]

I just got the docking trophy 3 or 4 days ago, maddening learning curve. I used ridiculous amounts of fuel initially, but I'm getting a bit better at it.

The docking ships centre of mass is what you'll be rotating around, so having a large Mono-propellent tank hanging off the back of your ship can make the final few metres frustrating. I keep having to stop and figure out which way is 'U' or 'Down' when using the trigger translations, the game seems to pick the 'up' of the station when I get close to docking,  the camera swings around and I've got to try and re-orient myself.

I'm not thrilled about the fact that the' X' button on PS4 was chosen to do both the Staging operations and the selector for Linear and Rotational toggling, I've started to get closer under rocket power and if I forget I should be flipping to burn retro-grade and instead push 'X' to toggle linear to rotational, well I'm suddenly ditching a perfectly good rocket and fuel.

Frequently freezes during builds, like routinely. I have only been able to get a few missions into career mode before it "data corrupts" and all saves in all modes are lost. So I'm not doing the career at all.

But I'm loving this game!

I'm currently trying to fly my SR-71 replica all the way around Kerbal, I've got to figure out optimal altitude and speed, is there any kind of trim tab or non-cheat auto pilot?

 

[Maneuver doesn't work]

What is this L1 modifier? I occasionally lose the ability to place nodes or make warp points completely, have I been inadvertently turning something off?

I did finally find that button to turn off the motion mouse, under general settings as a green light to toggle off, here I was looking at the controller page...

Is there a solid solution for the game freezing during builds? It's happening frequently..

 

Finally did some docking, mostly ugly push and bump affairs, but a couple nice clean ones,  this Forum has been helpful for a few things.

 

 

[Console Patches Update Discussion]

Kerbal seems like an awesome game, I hope they can fix the console version.

I'm playing on a PS4 and I'm seriously disappointed with it. If they are actually working on a fix, great.

I'll believe it when it works.

I'd rather be spending this time learning how to use the procedural tools for building things.

 

[Save currupt data]

I've only been able to play Kerbal Space Program in Sandbox mode. Career mode crashes and gives me a "corrupt file" or "corrupt data" and all saved play is lost. This typically happens after only 6 to 10 career contracts have been fulfilled. So I've gotten nowhere in that mode.

I've lost a couple different Sandbox files to this corrupted save data bug as well, but at least I can crash into the Mun occasionally. Having 3 or 4 different orbiters at once seems to crash the game in sandbox. That's a total wipe out of all game saves in all modes. If the vehicle I'm building has more then a dozen or so parts the game will freeze and I'm unable to save, so I've gotten into the habit of saving what I'm building after each part is placed, this is happening in career mode and sandbox mode... building anything is tedious.

The game controls on console are extremely twitchy and it's very tedious trying to build larger or more complex vehicles. I've set the sensitivity as low as it will go and I still have difficulty getting wings to mount level on space planes, or docking ports to line up along the centre line of rockets. Yes I've been toggling snapline on and off. The Procedural build tools like the rotate parts wheel is apparently useless in space plane mode, as any rotation to a part results in the part sticking out and barely being connecting to the craft. Again the overly sensitive controls don't help when trying to line things up. I haven't been able to use any of the other procedural tools yet, I can't figure out if I'm playing/building badly or the game is being twitchy.

PLEASE Give me a settings switch to turn off the motion capture movement of the controller, yeah you can turn it off in game by holding the stick in for a second, but opening any new windows or area turns it back on, a good portion of my crashes are because of the addition of this useless control interface.

I've been unable to rendezvous/dock because I cannot null out closing velocities because the controls are so ridiculously sensitive.

Is there going to be a patch for this game?

I'm almost afraid to ask if there are plans to release any of the game mods I see on you-tube.