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Well done! I can't link it as I'm on my phone, but how I dealt with Eve is in my Sig (orange words). To some, clever engineering. To others, cheating. I haven't done a regular Eve run yet. Also, I think I reped the wrong post. I meant your one below that.

Doesn't look too bad, either!

OK, trying out things in 0.90. Watsan's specialization is scientist. Seems right. I'll have to be careful with those wheels though, might wait and see if some way to add the wheel repair skill to specific kerbals emerges. Dontop and Seetop are engineers, Joefel and Mallie are also sceintists. Looks like I got lucky, them and a few other important kerbals have all emerged with suitable roles. Perfect. Also, I ran out of Christmas cards, but I found this strange, Prograde City branded postcard in a service station near KSC. So I stuck a sticker on, and wrote on it: Uh, Merry Christmas!

That's alright, I won't be playing until some time after christmas either. Will use when you are ready to release.

I got a new weather station with a wireless sensor and lots of functions. It is now giving me readings about humidity, temperature and stuff. Also a space pictures calendar, a book one drawing, a new boogie board, and some organisation stuff. Also a bookmark/electronic dictionary, but that was a super late birthday present. They're still going? I haven't one for ages, is he out of highschool yet? Don't know if it's still the sort of thing I'd read. Not a 'real' tree, but our Pinus Plasticocha has served us many many years, looks just as good, and lacks any risk of setting of a friend's allergies. It's quite realistic, even drops pine needles....

This is a bit of a design flaw. Some ideas for fixing this include having the stations you set up for others vanish after you leave them. Personally I'd rather there be more use for them in the game, and it doesn't have to ask you to put them there. If the science system was more than a point collection mechanism, they could be research and training stations, which boost your rep, and skill up your kerbals.

But then she'll miss out on information and context.

I found a strange unknown object approaching KSC in the tracking station.

The fanworks forum is a bit odd like that at times. But yes, these are very awesome drawings of plernerts. Very awesome.

I thought of that too! I find landing legs aren't that important, unless you're in high gravity, or need it to spread out how much ground the lander covers for balance reasons. But then, I like to do very soft landings.

That is a big stack of tugs. It does make me wonder if those spires aren't turrets for some secret defence system by microscopic intelligent life. Beta particles. Clever. Who knows what the bremsstrahlung rays do to kerbal minds. The names are good choices, pronunciation shouldn't be affected at all. It does seem like a waste that sustaining a long living, productive space program which explores and tests thoroughly is not something on squad's plans at the moment. It should be. And I agree about probe cores needing some rotation force at least, even if the have no actual SAS. Well done Jumpster! Does this work for all older saves, or does it need to be tailored to suit a file? I also have an old save that could do with some fixing. Oh! Also, Merry Christmas! Where did I put those cards?...

There is a tree mod part that should still be available here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/27273-I-am-SO-grateful-to-have-such-an-awesome-community-here-on-KSP/page3?p=335733#post335733 Probably needs the CFG file modified, by putting part { and } at the beginning and end to make it work in newer versions of ksp though.

My work here is done. Some trivia: Jingle bells wasn't made as a Christmas song, it's just a song about a guy in an sleigh who has some mishaps. This is once reason why other versions are better. Colin Buchanan versions are actually about Christmas. Merry christmas everyone!

I almost missed this! Opps. Poor Desdin. He got quite an unlucky run. He didn't seem inconsistent to me, so well done. Getting characters right is tricky. An interesting interpretation of the jetpack system. I thought for a moment that the solar panels had been forgotten, but then, the USKK wouldn't have become that sloppy. Was that a new mod used for the engine fire, or image editing techniques?

Well, this is an interesting take on that famous kerbal. It is true he never looked that confident while flying, but maybe kerbals are just more expressive than us. Are you aiming to give Danny a guilt trip?

If it's in my roleplay or story making save, it gets something witty or appropriate, or silly.. With some indication of role and function. In career, Most things are left unnamed, unless it's something I might re-use, then I use the above pattern.

Yes, some of the others could do with some better windows too. I pitty the kerbal who has to sit in the bottom seat of a Mk 1-2 capsule. At least in the mk1 capsule, you have one tiny window.

Agreed. Probes aren't that useful when playing a career game atm. Some simple, easy, yet ballance changing life support would be good. Single resource, able to be topped up from the right places, etc. Remote tech is pretty cool, but I'm not sure it's quite right for pure stock games. A more simple set of range limit, or perhaps varying levels of data loss could be a way to differentiate between the antennas. You could do networks that way. Simpler than remote tech, but still promotes setting up your own satellite network -this gets you thinking and planning, not just passively following the contracts. Agreed, it would make sense, and would allow you to take them more frequently without cluttering the map or save file. Unless the contracts are modified to give satellites life spans, after which you must deorbit the satellite, or face some penalty. Though making them disappear should be optional- done with a stop tracking button.

Would it be possible to add extra traits to a specific kerbal via module manager?

I too would support introducing long term contracts. There could be a mechanism for 'research' contracts if you have a station or base with the right parts and kerbals. But, sucking to satellites for now, I think some could run for a few years, ideally, balanced SOI Kerbin gets a start network, that you they paid for, but doesn't case saves to get over cluttered. Then again, I've been rationalizing the terminate flight button as another 'stop tracking type thing.

Nice breakdown. It is a pity it's just place based, setting up a station for training kerbals could have been a cool mechanism. Maybe someone with more orbit smarts could work out a Mun-Minmus-edge of SOI cycler. I do like that Kerbals who haven't left the kerbin SOI can't get that much experience- it saves the full five stars for veterans.

I've had similar things happen to me. Unfortunately, it this case, what bounced was a kerbal...

And there was I, out in the warmth, restoring our backyard's house of spiders into a cubby house suitable for my cousin's son to play in, an epic feat that will be greatly exaggerated to preserve the reputation of Australian wildlife.Wait, they weren't meant to hear that... Yeah, Christmas is a little different here, but it's the way I like it. Plus, I have a new Aussie Kerbal Christmas song for you guys. This song looks at what an outdoor, Aussie style christmas day can be like. This was meant to look like a tin can and ute, but turned out closer to the enterprise. Merry Christmas Everyone!

The traditional KSP christmas song thing is back! Here's freshly made, kerbal version of an Australian version of a classic christmas song, and kerbal Christmas party. Enjoy. For best results, start humming the intro... now. ♪♪♪-♫♪♪-♪♪ ♫ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♫♪ Dashing through the sky, ♫♫ ♪♪ In a space grade old tin can, ♪♫ ♪♫ Turning up the thrust, ♫♫ ♪♪ Science in the back! ♫♪ ♪♪ Bob is by my side, singing christmas songs. ♫♫ ♫♪ It's spaceflight time and I am in my helmet, suit, and gloves. Oh, ♪♪ ♪♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, ♪♫ ♪♫ Christmas in KSP in the harsh vacuum of space. Hey! ♫♪ ♪♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is fun! ♪♫ ♫♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a space grade old tin can! ♪♪ ♪♪ Engine's getting hot, ♫♫ ♪♫ Check the delta V. ♫♪ ♫♪ Bill will climb aboard. ♫♫ ♪♪ He is welcome too! ♪♫ ♪♫ All the crew is there, ♫♪ ♪♪ Out on EVA. ♫♪ ♪♪ Christmas day the Kerbal way, ♪♫ ♫♪ on another world! Oh, ♪♪ ♪♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, ♫♪ ♫♫ Christmas in KSP, in the harsh vacuum of space. Hey! ♫♪ ♪♫ Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is fun! ♫♪ ♪♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a space grade old tin can! ♫♫ ♫♪ Come the afternoon, ♪♫ ♫♫ Jeb makes things explode, ♪♪ ♫♫ The kids and Uncle Gene, ♪♫ ♪♪ are swimming in low G. ♫♪ Technical note: There's no way that's water. I'm not sure what they've got there that stays liquid in a vacuum in full sun, but they've got it. ♪♫ The time comes 'round to go, ♫♪ ♫♪ we take the family snap, ♪♪ ♫♪ Pack the ship and all blast off, ♪♪ ♪♫ before the air runs out. Oh, ♫♪ ♫♫ Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, ♪♫ ♪♫ Christmas in KSP, in the harsh vacuum of space. Hey! ♫♪ ♫♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells, Christmas time is fun! ♪♪♫♪♪♫ ♪♪ Oh what fun it is to ride in a spaace graaade old tin caaan! ♫♪ ♪♪♪-♫♪♪-♪♪ ♫ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Merry Christmas kerbal forum! A version of the original is here: Last year's Kerbalised Christmas song is here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/60584-Christmas-Six-White-Boosters There's also this, which isn't quite christmas, but... http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/52983-Twas-the-night-before-0-22