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Nice answer, @Geonovast, thanks for taking the time to do that. I moved the thread to Kerbin Network, since that's where we talk about forum stuff like this.

The second Space Skuttle - the Contender - is finally complete and ready for launch. It is identical in design to the Collumn BR (pronounced with a British accent) except for the removal of the erroneous docking port that caused the disaster in the previous mission. Booster seperation... hold on to your seats... Better. Coasting to Apoapsis. I've come to really appreciate the engine-heating glow. External fuel tank ditched, now using on-board fuel and the OMS engines. Mission specifications request a 200x200 km orbit for the station. This will have to be close enough. And so it is my pleasure to present to you the first module of the: Moderation Nation Observation Station Crewed, incidentally, by a local hero who was the first kerbal ever to swim across an ocean and climb over a mountain in a spacesuit after everyone thought he was dead: Lagerdorf Kerman is back! Time to get the rest of the crew home Touchdown! The mission was a resounding success, but the pilots complain that the Skuttle flies like a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick, and is extremely difficult to control even without a payload. It was decided to improve on the design. To that end, Deddly Design spent 500 science points on some nice new atmospheric engines. The rest of the Moderation Nation will be so pleased.

...and the vast majority of them completely inexperienced in directing a space programme or designing spacecraft, meaning that most (I hesitate to say all, but I expect that is the case) of us have made stupid miskates, reverted, tweaked and tried again, reverted, try again in an attempt to see what exactly happened... OK now for some reason it works ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I once had a pilot wrenched back to life from a horrifying explosion several times whilst I was troubleshooting a certain craft and each time he was screaming at the moment he spawned... So, whilst I respect your opinion, @regex, and somewhat agree with it, I do think the joke is more than just making fun of explosions, and I found the comic amusing.

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Moved to Gameplay Questions. Please just report it next time, then we can get to it sooner, thanks

Yes. Please help us stop people doing that, because there are still people out there who think a Pentium 4 @ 4 GHz outperforms a modern CPU

Hi Ian. I think the issue you are referring to is caused by the rocket flexing. This can usually be fixed by enabling "Advanced Tweakables" in the main settings menu, then right clicking the engine at the bottom the stack and clicking the button that says "autostrut" until it says "root part". This will make an invisible strut go right down the centre of your craft, hopefully reducing that unwanted flex. You can also try rigid attachments, which I believe is also one of the advanced tweakables.

Sorry but this is only half true. You want highest single-core performance available. Number of GHz is largely irrelevant unless you are comparing two CPUs of the same architecture. KSP can and does use more than one core for some things, but single-core performance is still the major bottleneck for this game. Is that particular CPU overkill? Well, that depends on how many parts you would like to make your crafts out of. If you like to make things small and compact, it's probably overkill, yes. If you want to make a massive station with thousands of parts with no slowdown, then the more powerful the CPU the better.

As I understand things, for a device to be able to display a font, it must have that font installed. Some mobile devices (and some OSs) simply do not come as standard with Comic Sans.

That's right, and well done for checking Policy now is that under-18s shouldn't reveal personal details, but 13 is the actual age limit for using the forum. It's a clarification based on our understanding of the law and Squad's desire to protect underage users.

I've never used KAC but my impression is that it's primary purpose is to remind you to perform a maneuver that you previously set a node for - perhaps on a parallel mission to the one you are currently controlling - so that you don't accidentally warp past it whilst doing something else. It allows you to have several missions going on at the same time. Depending on your play style, I can see how that can become indispensable. I think it really would be great to have that functionality in Stock, so console users can have a richer experience if they want it. Mind you, it's good you can't do that in the current version, otherwise people would be overflowing their save files much more often. EDIT: Now that I think about it, I recall something was added to the tracking station to help with that, but I haven't tried it.

Hi @Thorn_Ike! I think it's best you open up a new thread with your question, because this one was asked a few years ago and many things have changed since then

There is only one expansion pack, called "Making History" and it's being developped right now

Hello @Colonex and welcome. The Making History expansion pack is currently in development but isn't ready yet. You can find mods in the add-ons section here or, if you prefer, you can click the "Get Mods!" button at the top of the page. Hope you find something that you enjoy

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/31830-dont-click-this/&do=findComment&comment=428571

Hi @FelixInAWood! Great question, and it will certainly be interesting to find out! I've closed this thread, though, so that you can join the discussion in the other one here. Hope you don't mind

@steve_v I agree that it can be annoying. I was originally of the opinion that it should be removed, but I was swayed otherwise when I realised how useful it can be. 1) People using a search engine to look for the answer to their question can find the (hopefully) correct one at the top of the list. 2) People browsing the forum looking for a question to answer can skip the ones that are already marked with a "best answer" and go help someone else. 3) Others who open the thread with the intention of answering it will see the current upvoted answers and can just click the up arrow instead of needlessly repeating what has already been said (we all know that a lot of people don't read the whole thread).

That's a very strange way of ... I don't know. Of... I cannot see a purpose to that, other than to spread false information.

That's certainly good advice. I was thinking of trying something like that for Space Skuttle Contender. But but... all that extra weight

Whaaaaa? What a great little rocket Actually, if you look closely at this picture, you can just about see that there are actually Sepratrons installed. I just have the minimum of fuel for a quick burst, which is why you can't see the flame in the picture. But I don't think more fuel would have helped in this instance. My understanding is that, since the Skuttle was underneath the boosters, its wings lifted it up so that it collided with the booster as it was ejecting.

Yeah, if it defaulted to "Sort by Date" (which we otherwise have to manually click on, and many people miss that) that would be ideal.

That's a good point. But KSP on console wasn't supposed to be early access, unfortunately. Oh, you were talking about another game

UNEXPECTED PAYLOAD Sometimes, no matter how well you plan and how hard you try, things just don't work out as you had hoped. This was to be one of those times. The Space Skuttle project was the culmination of countless hours of research, development, hopes and dreams. Deddly Design had noted the soaring launch costs as the Moderation Nation space projects got ever more complicated and adventurous. They were convinced that the key was Reusability, and so the first craft in this project would be known as the Column (as in the first of a procession) Bringing Reusabulity. As the engineers who had spent their days, nights and weekends working on the project looked on, the CBR Space Skuttle was gradually rolled out to the launch pad. It was truly a sight to behold that early summer morning. Bill was still annoyed that the team was unable to develop a sufficiently-powerful SRB in order to reduce costs further, but he was hoping that the Package of engines available would Expand in the future. Either way, he knew that the team was Making History today with the launch of this new technology that he was convinced would revolutionise space travel. ...3, 2, 1, and we have lift-off! The booster separation was glorious... ...for a moment The crew caught their breath as they felt the entire Skuttle shudder from a glancing impact. Thankfully, Lagerdorf Kerman had a steady hand on the controls and his lightning reflexes were enough to keep the ship under control and on course. But what would this mean for reentry? Would he be able to keep Column BR at the correct heading and orientation throughout the buffeting of the lower atmosphere at supersonic speeds? None of the training scenarios had prepared him for this. But for now there was no choice but to continue with the mission, and work out the details in the relative calm of orbit. As the moment arrived to launch the first module of the Moderation Nation station, the crew discovered a fatal flaw that would mean a damaged wing would be the least of their concerns. In spite of their best efforts, they were unable to extract the cargo from the hold. A visual examination confirmed that the docking ring had disengaged as designed, but there was a mysterious force holding the cargo solidly in place. No amount of maneuvering would budge it. It was almost as if there were an invisible docking port at the aft of the cargo bay. This was a cause of great concern - the Skuttle was designed to return empty, not with a full cargo. Added weight to the front of the craft would move the centre of mass forward to such an extent that it would likely be impossible to keep the nose up. Column BR had become a lawn dart and seemed doomed to either languish in space until life support was exhausted or be dashed to pieces on the surface of the planet the crew called home. Either eventuality would be devastating to the stated goal of reusability, but only one option had a slight chance of success, and so the crew was instructed to reenter the atmosphere and attempt the impossible. Lagerdorf Kerman heroically positioned the craft with the bay doors open facing the superheated air in an attempt to destroy the cargo by overheating it. But as he wrestled the sluggish controls, he realised that it just was not going to work - the station module was fitted with advanced cooling capabilities that easily overcame the reentry heating, and so the doors were closed again to prevent an uncontrolled death spin. The crew was ready to die, but there was no need to make the journey there unpleasant and vomit-inducing. Not in spacesuits. No thank you. As suspected, the meagre control surfaces at the rear of Column BR were not enough to overcome the unwanted payload forward of the centre of mass, and the Skuttle headed rapidly off course and down towards the ocean. Thinking fast, Lagerdorf made use of the split rudder, which arrested a great deal of speed and helped to lift the nose somewhat, but there was no-one foolish enough to believe that this would be anything other than a crash landing. The managers at Deddly Design held their breath, hoping and praying that there would be at least a few parts to salvage. Lagerdorf's voice cracked over the intercom. He hardly knew what he was saying, but it scarcely mattered. "Lady and gentlemen, the Captain has switched on the fasten seatbelt sign. Please return your seats to an upright position and fold away your snack trays." "Cabin crew, doors on automatic. Cross-check." "Cabin crew, please take your seats for impact, thank you.... It's been an honour, friends." We did, at least, make some small contribution to the space programme: Now that's the value of reusability for you. And what was the cause of the devastating bug that all the moderators were about to quit over? Engineers went over the design sheets with a fine-toothed comb and found one very suspect part hidden behind the bulkhead: It was almost as if there were an invisible docking port at the aft of the cargo bay... Sabotage? Whatever the cause, Deddly Design is determined to get to the bottom of this, and that the Column BR disaster shall be the last and only one in the Space Skuttle project.

It's a fair point, and I saw the second thread that you started for the purpose of forming such a distinction. But it was decided to close that one because it's unreasonable to expect people to only post in agreement when someone says "I think this mod should be stock", just like the other thread rapidly turned into a reverse copy of this one with people saying "I don't think this one should be in stock" and people replied "Oh, I think that one would work well, because...". In either thread, if I were to say "Hey, that's not for this thread, go post it in the other one" it would seem quite rude and we would miss out on a healthy debate. I've disagreed with people many times on a wide range of subjects, and a healthy (read: friendly) debate has changed my mind. Stopping people disagreeing would just encourage polarisation, not a consensus. The great thing about this community is it's mostly mature enough for people to not get worked up just because someone doesn't agree with a suggestion. Having said that, this little diversion really is off topic, but I'm happy to continue in PM if you (or anyone else) would like to discuss it further. It's already taken care of, but thank you. Best to just report it next time, please

We need to get this knowledge spread out there to the masses: The number of GHz means nothing unless you are talking about the same CPU. The Pentium 4 went right up to 3.8 GHz (or possibly 4) but that 12-year-old CPU is no match for a modern one at a much lower clock speed. Not even close. For example (source): 2005 Top-of-the-line PC CPU Pentium 4 @ 3.8 Ghz Modern high-end Laptop CPU: i7 7500U @ 2.7 GHz 140% higher clock speed 314% better performance overall 169% better single-core performance To put this into perspective (and this is oversimplifying it, of course), to get the same performance out of the Pentium 4, you would have to overclock it to 12 GHz. So what laptop (and model number) do you have, @LeKiwi? There are a number of things you can do to improve performance, but it depends on whether you are experiencing CPU slowdown (calculations) or GPU slowdown (graphics)