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    OK @paneledberry np, name of craft updated to Dove.
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    Yes it does @paneledberry So assuming you made a full orbit with PE>70km, lost no parts on the way and made a landing intact, congratulations on completing the K-Prize. paneledberry with Dove. Thanks for your report and welcome to the K-Prize party guest list aka the roll of honour.
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    I'm here! Indubitable congratulations to @Skystorm for... Skystorm Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Utilitarial Commendation with the spaceplane with no name. ... completing the K-Prize successfully. If you would like to supply a name for the craft I can update the link accordingly. Otherwise thanks for your mission report on a professional looking satellite launch and welcome to the party guest list aka roll of honour for the K-Prize. @icantmakemodels I hope you will let us know when Jebediah stops screaming !
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    Congratulations to... Spaceception Advanced Pilot Precision Award with SSTO. @Spaceception herbal space program Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Expeditionary Astrokerbal Distinction (Duna) with Duna Moth. @herbal space program Thanks for your mission reports, text only is sufficient evidence btw as we are on the honour system but its always interesting to watch a mission play out. Welcome to the guest list for the K-Prize party, aka the roll of honour.
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    This is happening to me now after the new loading screens arrived. Began on Monday 24th July. Very slow loading of stock version which has never had mods, over 10 mins and counting in x64 version in Win7. I verified the game files in steam and that did find and redownload one file but it hasnt helped. I only have one network adapter and it is hardware "Killer e2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller". This makes the game virtually unplayable. EDIT update, I was just now able to get it to load normally by restarting Windows and starting only Steam and then KSP. But it has done this before and then the slow loading returns.
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    No you read it right, no worries. I was just waiting for a good time to read through the screenies. So congratulations on a successful mission earning the accolades as follows... zanie420 Exploratory Astrokerbal Distinction, Utilitarial Distinction (Gilly) with Klementine. Thanks for your report and welcome to the roll of honour aka the K-Prize party guest list.
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    Exploding is against the rules !
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    @icantmakemodels thats a fine landing but its not on the runway so it gets a pilot proficiency medal and not an advanced pilot precision award. All you have to do to get the latter is maneuver onto the runway, though its better if you land on it in the first place plus a mission report of a K-Prize mission accomplishments would be needed for awarding the prize fyi. That can be any medium you prefer, text, stills, video, possibly mime, depends on how good the make up is! jk
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    Looks great but you know the K-Prize has a no refuelling clause? See page 1 for rules. @linuxgurugamer I am sorry but Tweakscale alters physics values from stock, so its breaking the rules. I dont know the physics stats for open cockpit, if its the same as a stock cockpit and is just an aesthetic change its allowed but if it has different physics then its gatecrasher material. @Spaceception So I take it you would like a gatecrasher listing, so here it is. You can have your gatecrasher record expunged, at your discretion, if you complete the mission successfully. Thanks for sharing your mission videos Spaceception came back down to Kerbin with a bit of a bump... and an explosion... or two...
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    Well SF-01 looks like a little R&D went into it. Any (successful) mission report you want to make will be linked on the front page. ... for now, I am waiting to see what the promised KSP mission designer is like and if possible will transfer the K-Prize to an in game mission format so people can get a clear decision in game and I can have a holiday!
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    So you made it through the whole mission @Joseph Kerman, is that right? Recovering from tracking station is also fine. Sounds like a K-Prize! So congratulations and thanks for your mission report and clarification... Joseph Kerman Advanced Pilot Precision Award with SF-01 Falcon. Welcome to the K-Prize roll of honour and guest list for the K-Prize party.
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    Sorry @53miner53 didn't twig. So I am happy to convey the apologies of the K-Prize committee and congratulations on completing the K-Prize mission successfully. 53miner53 Kosmokerbal Commendation (Mün) with SSTO 1. Thanks for your mission report and welcome to the roll of honour aka party guest list. I hope that is right now!
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    @53miner53 OK where is that ? I dont recognise it, I thought it was a planetoid, is it Kerbin desert?
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    Congratulations to... Fulgora with Minimalist SSTO 5. @Fulgora JacobJHC Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Expeditionary Astrokerbal Distinction with Dres SSTO. @JacobJHC - Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Expeditionary Kosmokerbal Commendation (Duna++) with the I don't know if this SSTO has enough fuel. Invisifly2 Utilitarial Commendation with Sparrow. @Invisifly2 @SuicidalInsanity - Advanced Pilot Precision Award 1st Class with Flamespear Mk2. .. on completing the K-Prize mission successfully. Thanks for your reports and welcome to the K-Prize party guestlist AKA the roll of honour. Fulgora you have expunged the gatecrasher record but I will keep it here in case you want it put back as is your right. "Fulgora was confident that gantry launches would one day eliminate the need for wheels." @53miner53 didnt see a Kerbin landing so am assuming the mission was not completed yet. @Joseph Kerman Sorry that you didnt get to finish your mission with your nice looking craft SF-01 Falcon. FYI it is within the rules to play on from an F5 save. Am I right in thinking your craft is all stock but with clipping (which is also OK, just the engines look a bit different due to rotated placement) ? JacobJHC IMHO the not stock planetoid landings dont count but where the mission reached a stock planet it counts and meets K-Prize criteria assuming the craft and physics remained stock otherwise. Please let me know if I missed anything.
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    The rules have the simple intent of creating a level playing field for comparison of reusable spaceplane designs. As far as I can see, clipping and alignment wouldn't break any of the K-Prize rules as long as they do not produce a kraken drive effect. The stipulation about horizontal takeoff is to encourage spaceplane development as opposed to rocket (as is the no decoupling rule). With gantries, re decoupling, its much the same case as loading kerbals into a flight chair prior to lift off and dropping the command pod, they do not count as part of the craft and if you can find a way to launch horizontally using a gantry then fair is fair and ingenuity is always interesting. @EliteGuy3 @Fulgora
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    Congratulations to... @JoeNapalm JoeNapalm Advanced Pilot Precision Award with Vampire Mk1 SSTO. @JYNg JYNg Advanced Pilot Precision Award 1st Class with Kaiser 4. @Skylon Skylon Advanced Pilot Precision Award with STP-2 'Javelin' Trainer Spaceplane. @EliteGuy3- with Corinthians I. ... for completing the K-Prize mission succesfully. Thankyou for your mission reports and welcome to the roll of honour aka the very exclusive K-Prize party guest list. @Joseph Kerman nice looking craft but you need to make a mission report of some kind for us to know that you did the mission. Same goes for your report @ccoel which does not state that your craft completed a mission and given the objections above I will wait for your reply. @Fulgora If you think about it using infinite fuel does count as refuelling so its a gatecrasher without a doubt but thanks for your honest report and if you are OK with it I will link it on the front page among other gatecrashers and other missions of infamy. Though I should also add that launching from a gantry has been done before and that was also a gatecrasher because the launch trajectory was not horizontal, as due to physics the craft dips on release no matter how powerful the engine if it is launched horizontally in mid air and not angled up. If you want to use that launch method then it has to meet the rules and plausibly launch horizontally, which would be all the more plausible if there was some graphical evidence to show how it works. You can expunge your gatecrasher if you so choose by completing the mission successfully.
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    Can anyone tell me why my kerbals keep changing frame of reference and orientation in mid space? It almost looks like they collide with something invisible, e.g. as a rescued kerbal leaves the vicinity of their capsule, the RCS thrusters suddenly fire and they spin around and are suddenly facing a different direction and will not align to the camera and I have to steer them via 6dof rules. Then if they grab and release the rescue ship ladder they reorient to camera normally again. Feels a bit buggy.
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    I took a little license there, glad you like it goes without saying that if you would prefer a different name you need only say so. PS @JoeNapalm I am sorry to say procedural wings comes under gatecrashing because it is a modified lifting surface. FYI it will be a week or two until my next update so if you want to avoid the gatecrasher listing you can complete the mission or if you say so I will ignore it else I will set about finding a suitable quip!
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    Congratulations to the following intrepid space pioneers... voicey99 Expeditionary Utilitarial Distinction (Duna) with Yate Haugan. @voicey99 Mr. Me Advanced Pilot Precision Award with Freebird SSTO. ForScience6686 Pilot proficiency meda with Convertible. @NoobTool - maximalist record holder (1325t), Utilitarial Commendation (476.8t), Advanced Pilot Precision Award with Czar Galactica MK 5. @Thor Wotansen - Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Utilitarial Commendation (36t) with Róta. Scarecrow Advanced Pilot Precision Award 1st Class with Jeb's Limo. @Scarecrow ... for completing the K-Prize with respective kudos. Thanks all for your mission reports and welcome to the roll of honour aka the K-Prize party guest list. @Mr. Me Notification seems like a worthwhile innovation. I guessed your entry had qualified for the K-Prize and did reach orbit because it looked like it did, also your linked page did discuss the capability, but FYI your report did not state that orbit was achieved during the mission or provide any screenshot evidence of this. So I have assumed this, please let me know if this was not in fact the case and I will give the mission a gatecrasher listing instead. @ForScience6686 kudos for multipart craft missions counts while the craft is entire, anything achieved by a lander etc like your dropship does not count as a capability of the entire ship, though it is very interesting as a method and certainly slick and good looking in the case of Convertible.
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    Hi voicey99, understood, you can fly what you like and good luck, though I have to admit there is something old school about your prototype biplane! dare I mention Dick Dastardly's contraptions from Stop The Pigeon ? So today congratulations are in order for ... Mjp1050 Utilitarial Commendation with Excelsior. Something - Advanced Pilot Precision Award with Erwin. overkill13 Advanced Pilot Precision Award 1st Class, Utilitarial Commendation with Panter II cargo SSTO. ... for completing the K-Prize mission with flying colours. Thankyou for your mission reports and welcome to the roll of honour aka the K-Prize party guest list. PS Mjp1050 you gave no landing location for Excelsior so I did not presume anything other than a safe landing from your description. That is the √64,000 question!
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    Fairings would definitely be allowed if they stay intact for the entire mission. Technically they contribute to lift / drag reduction, so ejecting a fairing qualifies as decoupling. If they are decoupled after lift off then it counts as a gatecrasher; and they cannot be considered payload as payload is not allowed to contribute to flight. Hope that makes sense There isnt a currently valid altitudinalist record for this version. Refuelling is gatecrashing, see rules page 1, provisos B & C. So no you cannot get the record that way as gatecrashers cannot qualify as record holders as they don't complete the K-Prize mission.
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    Reloading is fine Ozelui, refuelling is out though. Pinolallo nice ship but did you fly an actual K-Prize mission ? Andetch a K-Prize mission flight is necessary to get a front page listing, but its a nice looking ship. FYI we had a minimalist throw down a while ago and tseitsei89 won @ 0.836 t. See front page listing. Thinking Potato Gamer feel free to start a challenge. Congratulations to ... Space Yorkie with X-13 Greyhound II Spaceplane. Numerlor Utilitarial Commendation with SSTO2. Ozelui Advanced Pilot Precision Award 1st Class, Utilitarial Commendation with Beluga mk5. Luizopiloto Advanced Pilot Precision Award, Utilitarial Commendation (Mün) with X-98L BlueJay (video). Special homemade IVA dashboard award. ... for completing the K-Prize mission with flying colours. Thankyou for your mission reports and welcome to the K-Prize roll of honour aka the K-Prize party guest list. Special awards for excellence are ocasionally made by the K-Prize committee and Luizopiloto certainly earned one with an incredibly detailed "homemade" IVA dashboard, I think they should give you a job Luizopiloto but I do hope they pay you more than the last lot , missing you guys. So the good news is that the expansion will contain a mission maker, which in the right hands might turn dreams of a K-Prize in game mission into a reality. I have no idea what that will look like so am waiting to see, offers of collaboration welcome.
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    That is because the BB migration broke all the links Jestersage and there were too many to fix. Considering how that went there was no knowing when they might all get broken again, so I decided to live in the now and link new missions as they were were reported. SpaceYorkie, thanks for your mission report, nice to have some business again after a new year's break. Can I take it the orbit PE was more than 70km and X-13 Greyhound II Spaceplane landed on the runway? It is a question of awarding the appropriate kudos
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    Thanks for the plug mate I think the idea of a one stop shop for popular challenges is a good idea. Which is why I vote a sticky for this thread ! What do you reckon @sal_vager ? My guiding principle is what makes sense for KSP as a game and to that end I wonder if it would be an idea to incorporate some challenges into KSP via the mission system. I will keep going with the K-Prize challenge thread as long as people are interested but would be only too happy to hang up the tape measure, put my feet up in the Dog and Booster and let the AI take the strain! What could possibly go wrong...?
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    With v 1.2.2.1622 I saved a couple of kerbals and took them on a grand tour of Kerbin SOI including exit of the SOI into Kerbol orbit and back and a landing on Minmus and orbit of Mun and orbit of Kerbin. Previously this used to be enough to earn 3 stars. Now they have two stars and are two points short of the third. When I look at their accomplishments I see they have flyby Kerbol (4pts) and not orbit Kerbol (6pts) like previous grand tourists, so I thought maybe I had not noticed an intercept on exit of the SOI. But then I saw one kerbal, picked up on Minmus' surface, who had not orbited Kerbin before being rescued. He also has flyby Kerbin and not orbit Kerbin, but I know for a fact that their craft was in a free and clear orbit of Kerbin out of atmo with AP = PE =~ 100km just prior to reentry ie not intersecting any other SOI, so he should have got a straight orbit of Kerbin but he didn't and got a flyby. So what is going on here? Am I missing something? Is it a bug with orbits not being recognised properly for astrokerbal experience? Anyeon else noticed this? Has it been reported? EDIT I can add an observation which is that the first time the Kerbal rescued on Minmus entered Kerbin SOI he was already on an escape trajectory as the craft was heading out into Kerbol orbit via a trajectory plotted inside Minmus SOI, maybe that was why he was tagged with flyby, but it doesnt explain not updating to orbit.
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