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On 12/31/2020 at 8:46 AM, panarchist said:

It was never confirmed by a dev at that time as far as I can tell.

Actually it was confirmed, by the creator of the game no less

  

On 12/19/2013 at 10:58 AM, HarvesteR said:

The original idea (and implementation) was indeed that the Kerbals would use the monoprop from the pods to fuel themselves.

During experimental testing however, we noticed everyone was getting frustrated with it because those tanks, being just normal mono containers, would get drained out using RCS, and when it was time to EVA there would be no more fuel left for them. It didn't work as well in practice as it did in theory, and without a total rewrite of the RCS flow logic, which we just didn't have the time for, we had to think of something else.

In the end, this feature was causing more aggravation than enjoyment.

There were other issues as well, for instance, the mono on EVA suits had to be 'hacked' to zero density, otherwise the added weight would make Kerbals unable to walk properly (just those 5 units of mono was several times heavier than they are themselves). The EVA propellant resource can have its own defined properties, so it works without having to resort to hacky fixes.

The switch to EVA prop solved all those issues without having to do a full reversal back to the old system. Now they have all the advantages of having a proper resource-based pack propellant, without the problems that arose from that fuel being the same as the one used for RCS.

I decided to leave the RCS containers on the pods however, because that did prove very useful for minimal craft designs, as you noticed as well.

Cheers

 

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21 hours ago, PocketBrotector said:

command pods contain an amount of monopropellant too small to be useful for docking

Command pod monoprop is more than enough for multiple dockings if you're careful. I only bring up extra monoprop containers if I'm mining and processing fuel.

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32 minutes ago, eberkain said:

It doesn't seem to which really surprises me. Plus my wife game me a look like... what exactly are you doing? 

I hope you replied, pointing in the air, "SCIENCE!"

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Been wanting this a long time!

I can't play right now... Does all this get reflected in the dV readout in the VAB while constructing your craft?

[1.7.3 Design Notes - Propellers, Rotors and EC usage]

9 minutes ago, Paul Kingtiger said:

I assume you mean without an Oxygen atmosphere, propellers shouldn't work in a vacuum.

No you just need to bring other rotors to spin up and act as fans.

[Whats in a Vessel Name?]

Is it weird that this it's my single favorite thing in 1.4? It barely edges out the new decoupler models.

[Goodbye, friends]

Huge for this. I don't even have words.

You will be missed.

[Kerbal Space Program patch 1.1.1 is now live!]

Sweet I expected this on Friday. Possibly late. Or pushed to Monday.

Can't wait to test out my particular set of pet bugs

[Kerbal Space Program update 1.1 “Turbo Charged” is now available!]

9 minutes ago, RYU AZUKU99 said:

Wait I cant even click on my periaps or apoaps tabs to keep them there? WTF? Its a pain to have to hover over them constantly.

Right click them. Takes some relearning but in the end it really is better.

I called that it would be today, by the way. Over a month ago. When I bought plane tickets for a vacation. I fly in 10 hours... :/

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2 minutes ago, _stilgar_ said:

Are you equally opposed to working for someone for free? Because that's what testing the pre-release version is... 

No. I will happily donate my time. I just won't pay a company for the privilege. My time and hopefully verbose bug reports are my payment for trying the new stuff that may or may not be buggy.

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35 minutes ago, _stilgar_ said:

You can always buy another copy on Steam. This game is worth it, isn't it?

I am morally opposed to paying someone in order to work for them.

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2 hours ago, Elthy said:

Damn, only over steam. I can see the news allready: Updates just over steam, future versions just over steam, mods only over steam...

 

If you cant treat everyone the same just dont do it at all, your biggest fans obviosly bought in your store...

I'm not quite so hurt as you, but I do feel a bit slighted because I specifically chose to purchase from the store to support the developers.