kamov23

I really like this idea, and apparently Squad does as well (According to the planned features on the wiki). Prior to the April forum purge, Squad have talked about implementing this system into the game. In fact, even now we can see many parts of this system already in place, although not directly tied together. The science center has an observatory, and parts that read temperature, atmospheric pressure, and gravity are present. Since statistics are already known, these are all useless as they don't add any new information. Through logical progression, it is highly probable that future updates will add discovery systems. This isn't to say that these systems will be mandatory for every game. Many games have an options list prior to the commencement of a new game that let the player tailor their experience. It is possible that an option will exist that would let the player start with planets and parameters already discovered. We can not know how squad will implement this system, but we can say that it will exist in some form as resources and time have already gone in to developing models and parts. My one quirk with this system is that these tools are unlocked fairly late into the science tree with respect to their complexity. By the time I unlocked a barometer, I had already landed on both Mun and Minmus several times. These parts should be unlocked at least 1 - 2 tiers earlier than they are, with the thermometer being one of the starting parts. Furthermore, transmission for data from these instruments should be at 100% instead of the current 50%. These instruments do not give much science, and their data is fairly simple.

I'm curious as to what the decision regarding unity 4.3 is, if any. Is Squad going to update to unity 4.3? Reading the devblogs, it appears that they recently updated to unity 4.2.2 for the latest update. Is there any word on 4.3?