Cdr_Zeta

Greetings... I plan on streaming this morning for awhile...I am still tryin to get a second computer goin to monitor streams and not havin very good luck so it will be a few minutes. I got thru the first few nodes...moved a small seperator up in the tree to make my Kerbals lives a little easier since the science is difficult enough as it is as I about tripled the cost of science across the nodes in my tree. I think my way of increasing science is better as it is 'non-linear' (!) meaning the higher in nodes you go the cost goes up in a non linear fashion - 25-50-150-250(I think!)-500-1000 I forgot exactly how I set the science - the flying nodes are a little easier. I noted that you cant pass certain nodes I think until maybe the research building is upgraded - pretty kool. I looked ahead a little also and looks like upcoming missions will be more than enough to finance so I cut the funds in half. As I recall the Achievements mod adds REP so I plan on checking funds and REP this morning for gameplay and using that to work the new admin rules. I want to see how REP will play out. Things are quiet on the homefront so far ... Cmdr Zeta

Hello, Ya things are looking up a little at least for awhile - I wasnt actually lookin for Beta and I saw it had just been released so I wanted to get into the action while I can. The upgraded mods are lookin good kudos to the modders out here ! My last Career Tree is lookin good I can still use it with a few changes here and there I have to do manually; I started these missions just to see how Beta looks. I am running about 30-40% reduced Science rates indirectly as I made the costs for Science go up with the tree; it worked out well when I played v24 so I left the Science values the same - I can tweak them if I need but as it is Science is lookin really tough to get in the beginning. Achievements should add REP and I plan on using REP to "X" transfers as before REP was easy to get more or less and capped out so I want to see if I can maintain a good REP GAIN/LOSS margin with the new admin mod. The missions look kool - and yes one must continue with what we know how to do to keep a sane and steady mind. I plan on streamin for an hour or so tonite to continue - I have made some small changes but I may be able to keep this mission going as 'REAL'; I jut need to watch the availability of Kerbal in the astronaut complex as I have set them not to respawn if they get lost. Cmdr Zeta

Hello, I will be attmepting a first start of the new Kerbin Missions using Beta. I have added a few more mods and dlls so it may take a few starts but I am hopeful; I have tested my tree and most of the mods I use early in the missions. I will be using 1/2 value of FUNDS thats a 50% reduction in funds recieved from rewards. I will be moving a rover to start instead of way later because the UAZ doesnt work anymore and may be crashing the game. My webcam may not work this go around I dunno what happened to it. Wish me luck ! Cmdr Zeta PS Chatterer may not work either I will look for an update but it may not be in game; I can add what mods I dont have later and not lose mission time !! I expect the stream to be up in a few minutes...

Hello, I practically depend on this MOD to play KSP. Keep up the good work and thank you ! I am tryin it now in Beta ... just to see if it will load. Cmdr Zeta

Hello, I am giving this a whirl... Cmdr Zeta

Hello, Not sure if you have done this but please remove this DLL; it may be a violation of license or you may have had permission to use it but since the KSPAPIEXT.DLL Part Extensions has a seperate install it is best to remove it; I couldnt figure out why I had an error; thanks. If this has been removed in updates please ignore thanks ! Awesome mod keep up the good work; I havnt been able to get it to work let alone barely try it out but I hope to soon and it is mart of my install ! Cmdr Zeta

Greetings, I am not sure about doing up my Fanworks writing-storylines (RPG) I havnt felt all that great...I think the challenge of KSP will be quite enough for me as I want to divide my time into a few other MMOS as well - that plus TV and family time. I am glad I have tried KSP's new Science functions and know how to make Career Trees; well I hope this is still possible as I am sure it is; I always seem to start things over and over again but in v24 I have a few space stations out there - did alot of docking - sent probes out of Kerbin orbit - visited a few asteroids...KSP is great ... Now...storywise we know we have a window of 15 Kerbin days before we must monitor asteroid close encounters. We know we have made several gains in early exploration those early KSP days of v24...unfortunately we may seem to find the KSC is not what it once was...many of our previous contracts and clients have taken a break and as such our facilities may have been rendered...well...perty sad. We dont know the full extent of the problems, but as soon as the mods and tree begin to be in working order, let the streams and totally new missions begin ...I hope to stream tonite ... but it will be mostly for KSP setup for career mode. Commander Zeta

Hello, Just thinking why I wanted to come back to KSP well I really never left my heart is always gonna be with KSP; it will be a brand new start but I will also be working my own career mode part placements - I am not seeing any problems doing this...I hope haha. I am so glad Beta KSP is out they have done ALOT of work here - kept its player base well informed, and the reviews are speaking for themselves; people who missed out on KSP back from v18 onward might be at a little tad of a loss as to how to play - the good ole sandbox mode which I hope is still there fills in this gap for those folks; hyperedit gets massive parts/stations into space for computer FPS checks and game performance so people can build accordingly. These new features are lookin great I can actually start a new game. Yes mindcraft is okay but I tried similar programs like 'Starmade' and it actually destroyed my quad-core computer - cpu power supply an all. Be mindful of CPU useage and temps - monitor this stuff while yer gaming these days with computers gettin more expensive for high quality modes...and you will be a happy KSP space camper. I hope to start streamin again... I have to look at the mods again...thank you KSP ! Commander Zeta

Hi All ... WOW...KSP Beta-h than evah ! I just read a blog and this is gonna be a nice xmas present for me. My wife had lots of pains these last few weeks but she seems to have improved - ALOT atleast for now - we think she over did work outside a few weeks earlier I hope that is what it was. All the tests - well we seem to be in the same boat but at least pain wise I think we gonna have a Christmas this year; her spirits are doing well and we both have improved the last week or so. We really wont know anything for about 6-8 more weeks but I am hopeful; I think we are lucky we caught it when we did; she was always a lucky gal. I have my upgraded computer back online - upgraded hers - we are saving $100 a month on bills this next year...and I really miss KSP and it looks like I can get back into 'the game' for awhile and stream again. We do the best and only what we can and just have to keep going; it is what all those who have come before us would want us to do. Thank you all for your support and I will keep you posted. Mr Zeta

Hello, She calls herself the Rose Petal ... she always brings a smile in the worst if times and hardly ever breaks down; we had a little breakdown today and me well you all know how that goes. I made a few stream videos working on porting my V24 Tech Tree over to V25; well it is almost done and I am running a few simulations tonite - remembering always to look up but also inside; for sometimes the brightest stars are right with you. I spect I wont be streaming after tonite I want do do some things this weekend and next week will be tough... I know the stars watch us all ... it is good to hope for this ... Thank you all for your support and I will keep you all posted...I am demoting myself for awhile ... Mr Zeta

Hello, I am sorry to hear TheSaint wow 16 years and I cant imagine what my life will be if and when that time comes for me and her. Thank you all... Me Zeta

Hello, Well I have a couple days left before next week so I am doing this. I am making a few videos on updating my tech tree for career mode v25; tree-edit and tree loader dont work so I go back and run v24 with the same mods, save the working tree and port it over to V25 - piece of cake since I most of my tree saved ! I am running v24 and going over it; then later tonite hopefully starting v25 missions. You can imagine being in a computer isnt like it was for me anymore; I need to work on my research at home but I wanted to get this started so I wouldnt have to worry about it later. I am probly not doing any roleplay this trip. Zeta

Hello, Thank you again all for your support it means alot. I got this weekend off more or less I am feeling a little better but next week we are gonna be really busy; hopefully you hear from me next weekend I will know more; it will be either a go for chemo or if it isnt I probly wont be around for awhile; then we got to get thru the first rounds of chemo for a few weeks if she can get thru it...after that its gonna be a daily grind in real life. She is tough but everyone has breaking points; its awful when you dont know what to do; I know and suspect a few things here; no matter what I will be with KSP as long as I can and will keep everyone posted. Mr Zeta

Hello, One can only hope; I try to keep from having a nervous breakdown; I have to be strong for her; but in reality inside I am not very strong both physically and mentally; but those simple words..."Stay Strong"...mean alot; we cant just give up. I play KSP cause it is a simple game but challenging - most importantly - it reminds me of how insignificant we all are in this Universe of ours, or maybe even Multiverse(s) who knows and who really cares - it's just unimaginably huge; we have to respect that. I am one of the possibility that there is more to life than what have here on Earth; hopefully this is just the beginning for us; either way...it is a step...we are life and we should respect all life; some of us dont seem to do that; some of us have to take risks; it's sad. I wish I could go with her ... but it seems as I have, we all have, some job to do here while we are on this planet; I thank you for volunteering your time for me ... space is so huge but there must be souls out there watching us; if not then so be it; I guess we shouldnt care as much about the meaning of life as to taking part in it. I can say my wife has done that and more; we have shared many dreams together and I believe those dreams will continue on in the heaven that either is created for us, or what we have created for ourselves; her soul is reaching out to me and I sense it alot; my soul seems so puny; but it is what it is; at least we are given some kind of chance here; so sad our world is with killings an such over religion and everything; I am sorry to vent out abit sometimes it helps; no need to drag it on here; just me ranting; I am okay. I want to get v25 going; KSP is one of the few games where I can see achievements and progress; it makes me feel good. We got some work to do at home ... it will be good works ... sharing the good things in life and keeping positive right thru to the end; its scary for me but I went thru it with my dad a long time ago too. Sorry I talked too much; I will keep you posted I will know what is gonna happen in about 6 weeks maybe for the long haul. Thank you all for your support. Cmdr Zeta

Hi, Sometimes you do just have to keep going and do things that need to be done in the face of adversity. During the bad storm we had last week or so we were without power for almost a week; lucky it wasnt too cold like in the 50's. A week or so before that I was nagged to get the generator at our other property which we aint movin too now; nice dream there while it lasted but some reality checks make it not good for us to move there; so I fonally get the generator after not using it for 2 years; we have the other property for like 5 years and been tryin to sell it for 2+; I had run the generator off and on. So I get it home and after 2 winters wouldnt you know it we needed it. I messed around with the electrical panel (luckily I know electronics and electricity); the main substitute breaker for the whole house didnt work so I said the heck with it and ran the heat and the fridge off and on during the last few days of the outage; quite an experience; well now I know what to do if it happens again and I am ready; life's learning lessons; then this happens right after the storm. The last 2 nights she hasnt felt good; side effects of the surgery we think from 2 years ago; it happens and I think she overstressed herself; I told her to chill out and let me do things; she seems in good spirits today. Me...I have this pain in my side; didnt really bother me for almost 2 years; after I heard the news its like the day after this pain comes back; goin on 2 days; its minor but once some years ago I doubled over and thought I was gonna die ! Argggh ! Well if it persists its back to the doctor for me; sometimes you have to be really persistent; oh they did tests before and couldnt find anything; I think it may be an ulcer even though it feels like my appendix; yer sposed to have fevers with that mess; I felt almost like a stomach flu setting in but my body seems to be fighting whatever it is; and I havnt had a flu shot in 10 years and never get the flu; I dont get out much haha for good reason; I hate hospitals they make you ill but they heal you too. Thanks for the donation page; I see this picture of her in my head; I may take you up on the offer; luckily I think we are okay on our medical bills; we could do a breast cancer donation thing in her name or something; one outfit in Utah asked for donations but I dont know if it is legit there are so many scams out there; not saying she could use some money but in that sense we are not desperate; we are very lucky here; in fact she has always been my Good Luck Charm. Will keep you posted ... thank you all for your support; I dont like to use real names on the Internet but she has a nickname; not sure how we would do up any kind of donations page; I have my own website as well for stuff also but I dont know how to setup donations. I have another venture going on that will be accepting Paypal donations for some research I am doing on...ET ! No worries though there; I spent most of my savings and have all the equipment; I just hope I can keep my homes long enough to do the work which hopefully will be in process this winter; now its gonna be tough. Hopefully the chemo works if that is what she goes thru... Mr Zeta

Hi, I am dealing with my wife's second recurrance of cancer and personally I dont think it looks very good for her. I have streamed KSP alot and really like the game; I hope to be back but it is sketchy. I may put up a site I dunno I am shaken up pretty bad myself and dont feel so great; over 24 good years with her I hope they can help her. Keep us in your thoughts. I will keep you all posted.

Hi, There is a major health problem at my home ... its not me but my wife ... I dont know when I will be back certain things will be happening next week and over the course of the next month or so... Cmdr Zeta

Hi, This MOD isnt obsolete - I used it just fine in version 24 altho I had other problems with v24.2 I havnt tried tree manager yet but I am gonna look into it this trip I guess ... Sometimes ya just have to move on ... I will still try tree loader and my way of using it in v25 ! I will post later ... Cmdr Zeta

Hello, I hope to use and test this mod ... I had it installed and tested a few times but the regeneration rates were very slow making them difficult to test. Cmdr Zeta

Hi, Ya nice mod but I havnt got it to work yet or maybe I did haha ! I am looking forward to tryin again in my Kerbin Missions ! I also thought it would be kool to post my 500th post on page 1250 in the KSP forum !! Thank you Modder(s) !! Cmdr Zeta

Greetings From KSC Offices, Bob Kerman Reporting In For Jeb; poor Jeb got a cold ... All is going well altho we had to respec all of our missions and get our Space Pilots safely back to Kerbin. There were some contractual and financial changes made to our Space Program here and we are in the process of finalizing new contracts for a new startup venture to go back to Mun and beyond. We have learned many things - how to rendesvouz with asteroids was a big plus for us. We heard the engineers back on planet Earth had a major success landing Philae on an asteroid...when commenting this to Jeb he replied... "...yes I heard a report on my radio here - how on Earth did they manage to cook fish on an asteroid is just beyond my comprehension...where is the science in that...?" Poor Jeb...ah well...the new program will be readding various Modules already researched, and keep the Science Tree in tact as much as possible altho it may take a few days to sort it all out again; we got the top brass on it - top brass. Jeb: When can we expect simulation runs Bob? Bob: We dont have a timeline sir but as soon as we are ready we hope to be up and running within the next few days. Jeb: Ah great ! Did you look at the Interstellar Ship plans? I dont like those large foldable circular arrays - they are too unwieldly, too expensive, and look ugly ! We need to work on thermal propulsion systems and energy regeneration techniques. Bob: Yes we have the RTG on the drawing board and are revamping the nuclear ... Jeb: Dont worry too much about Nuclear ... but its nice to have it and not need it. I think thermal is a solution as well as H and O production; lets hope the plant scientists got their stuff together ... Bob: We can go for a tentative live stream simulation runs during the evening hours when the general populace has gone home...ya know in case of any explosions to keep the collateral damage to spec minimums... EOM

Greetings, I have looked at a few things and all the buzz about V25 - looks kool and I am downloading now. I have 2 posts left to make 500 ! Hop on over to the Fanworks storyline to see the continuation of The Kerbin Missions ! http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/26149-The-Kerbin-Mission-Commander-Zeta Not sure when I am streaming yet but also keep tabs on my website I will post the MODS that I use there (when I can get to it !). It will probly just be a repositary of what MODS I use anyways and nuthin more as I do all my Roleplay right here on KSP forums ! http://vncvw9.webs.com/spacepgm.html I dont run FSX Virtual Navy due to lack of interest and time constraints; all of our KSP space engineers and pilots have passed Naval Aviation with flying colors ! Wish Our KSP Space Cadets Good Luck ! Cmdr Zeta

Hi, So I havnt been around for awhile due to issues - I also didnt think KSP would evolve 0.25 and are now looking at 0.90 - the end of Alpha and the begining of Beta. I am not too dissappointed; does this mean there isnt much future left for KSP; well for some that may be the case; those who have spent hours of gaming KSP with no sleep; thankfully that isnt me and isnt how I roll ! I think that KSP will continue to evolve a little and run better as time goes on; meaning the game engine will improve (and KSP was looking for this) to give more to the game; allow for more mods, better memory management, smoother gameplay; I think KSP still suffers from not being able to have alot of things going on at the same time; like several bases on planets and on orbit without literally burning up one's CPU; this is sad; now of KSP takes the idea and rolls with a different game engine, say Crysis, and replaces our beloved Kerbals with a few factional alien critters multiplayer an all...whew one can only dream...then we have 'other' 'games' out there to fill in the voids. KSP is a 'One Of A Kind' game and sim; I will be back streaming again soon with 2 options - Regular Mode and Realism Mode (the realism mods). For me, with the MODS, there awaits many hours of space exploration, discovery, and challenge in KSP - they will always be there for me...Thank You KSP and Modders ! I wanted to let you all know...Commander Zeta...is still here ! (EDIT: Wow almost 500 posts !! That is the most I have posted in forums on any game !! For the 500th...we begin again...to go where few Kerbals have gone before...) (EDIT: It was said that Realism Overhaul (RO) will not allow Career Mode - This is unfortunate as Career Mode is a mainstay of the game in my opinion; I cant live without Career Mode sorry ! Maybe there are other MODS to simulate RO without losing Career Mode I will have to look into it; and I see MODS for 0.25 are catching up nicely !) Cmdr Zeta

Hello, Ugh ... well I wont be streaming 'often' for a week or so due to the fact that on this particular computer I am using KSP is loading slowly - ... So I will miss KSP for awhile ... in the mean time I will be lookin at doing up the real solar system with deadly re-entry etc for the next round of KSP re-start. I am 2/3s way thru Science in my modded career mode with about 3 times more science required and it worked out well - with a few more tweaks KSP Kerbin Asteroids will be a real challenge. Back in a few weeks I hope - I will keep tabs in the forums and watch out for my ' non-KSP ' thread in ... elsewhere in here ... (Edit: Wow My Dual core with 2 gigs of RAM and 512 GeF9500 - and the tons of mods I have - wow forget it - takes way too long. I may drop a crapload of mods so I can work on my planetary SIM<<< practice muah...mwah?! I will see what I can do later...No Stream Test tonite! (actually lemme see what I co do - maybe Sandbox SIM Practice !!) Cmdr Zeta

Hello, Why would one use a volumetic equation to describe a 2 dimensional process? What book are you using ?! I happen to be good at math - at one time... I didnt look at the answers. Sinusoidal is 2-d; a sine wave - looking at the question I see actually a modulated sine wave with 1/2 period for one year with the peak at half the year. Translating you have a proportion 1000/500 or 2/1. SInce it is a sine wave... you have y = A sin (x) where A=2 - lol I am probly wrong I need to go back lol - I am in the process of setting up my electronics lab so I should know this stuff. Ahh... P=y x=t ...>>> hence P=2sin(t) errr sumthin like that...I think '2' sets the MAX so if you do a derivative you get a max of y=2 - in this case 2 = 1000 haha - its just my play... I actually study Scalars and Vectors and how they apply to electromagnetics... Cmdr Zeta