The Dulas

I jumped off the chair, thrust my fist into the air, and for the first time in my life, gave a sincere battle cry!

So, would I be able to make a laythe trip?

My goal for this project is to create a single launch, two way Duna science lander and transport craft. This is what I have come up with so far: The top module separates in orbit and acts as a lander and docks with the transport ship to return home. As you can see, the ship is quite large (took up all of the VAB height and just hardly fits into a 3.75 expanded fairing), and with my current level of ship building, wouldn't be able to get off the ground with out the KW mod. Although it works well to get to Duna, land, and return home, I have to wonder if there is a more simple way to do this? I have made ships that can reach other planets before, but this is my first that has the ability to land and return. Is this an overbuilt design?

Great! Thanks for the help everyone!

Hello, I have very little experience posting on the forums and would like to add some photos. I notice that I am supposed to use the IMG tags, but am a bit confused as to how to go about taking my photos from say, imgur, and bringing them into the forums. I do not wish to make improper posts, so any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

I have kind of grown to know KSP as an individual. I literately fist pounded the air the first time I did a docking, and shouted for joy at my first space plane (actually that bit was only a few days ago, prior to finals week). At this point, I have no one to play MP with, and so I feel that it will be largely a useless feature for me.

Maybe they are right. I gave up on other space based because of the constant and endless need to mine and refine resources. It was like saving up money in order to buy a bigger jar to keep your money in. I just hope that what steps in the resource place is worth it. SQUAD has yet to let me down, so I am optimistic.

Until SCIENCE rolled into town, the Kethane mod was really the only reason for me to set up shop on a far out moon and continue regular operations there. I would love more than anything to have a full resource system, as it would allow for more of a "colonization" of the other planets, and would give an active site of operations. That being said, if SCIENCE were to be a continuously generated thing (the direction it appears to be going), this could be a fair substitute for the resources. Nevertheless, I like the ideas of different metals for construction, even if it is only a few selections. Since the first talk of resources I have been waiting and longing for them. I do understand that it may be simply to complicated to add in, this game is fairly complex as is, and would understand if this is the case. Still, I will frown a little...

Got it! Thanks for the help!

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My trip to Laythe, I am sorry if this didn't work out or cannot be seen. This is my first time trying to post an image to the forums.

Plus, nothing beats the unaided victory feeling. For any of you who used to wrestle, you know that the feeling of winning something, based purely on your own skill over the opponent, is a feeling unlike anything gained from a team sport. I guess I just get such a rush when I get a circular orbit to within a few meters by hand. Still, the information would be nice as I haven't quite mastered interplanetary travel. It's more of a trial and error with the maneuver nodes, and lots of waiting.

I feel like it would be a slippery slope for me. Id start with just looking at the information, then I'll just not want to circularize my orbit one day, so I'll turn to Mechjeb, and before you know it, I forget how to do a manual landing.

Hello every one, My name is Dulas and I have never used Mechjeb. It is with high hopes that I can resist the addictive temptation that surrounds this empowering tool. I would like to have a more organic, albeit more stressful for Jeb, space experience. Thus far I have achieved interplannitary orbit, a crash land on eve, Mun landers and such, and a refueling station. All done with stock parts. I WILL COLONIZE SPACE, AND I WILL DO IT UN-MODDED! Wish me luck as I came within one mouse click from downloading Mechjeb the other day.

Thanks, it helps out. I can learn with this, and then attempt to get rid of the mod to just use my skills. Thanks again.

Hello, I am working on a space station, and have just recently gotten fairly good (acceptable) at docking. The problem is, the station looks like a patchwork weave of various ships and parts at all different angles and such. For example, two sets of solar arrays are not lying in the same plane, and it just looks unprofessional. The problem is, while docking i cant seem to get the camera to focus around my docking port. It always seems to center on what appears to be the center of mass of the ship, or at least a bit of distance away from the docking port. This, as you may be aware, makes docking more difficult because it creates poor camera angles in relation to the target docking port. A first person from the docking port would be great. Is there a way to remedy this or am I just being too weak willed in the art of docking? Thanks!