HeadHunter67

Let's take our own advice and follow the conversation.

For that, you might want to consider the LSD1-1 Stock Weld pack.

With the DPAI, you don't even have to worry about aligning to normal/anti-normal. Once you learn the best way to use that plugin, you will be able to do high-speed docking from all kinds of crazy angles.

Looking forward to the changes you have in store. Currently, I'm just using the plugin for chutes on the Kerbals - I don't really want the extra parts but it's definitely reassuring to know that my test pilots can survive when a craft goes belly-up. Thanks.

Here's another you might want to look inot... haven't used it myself. http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/0-18-2-sceppies-0-5m-minipack/

Indeed - on command pods that have a lot of modules and/or tweakables, KER majorly slows things down - because it loads the Engineer module for each of them. Right click on the pod and you will see.

I want to know how someone can argue that copyrights or licenses kill creativity, and then argue against creativity itself? If someone traces an illustration of a comic book character, can they claim they've done something "creative"? Would it not be more creative to learn to draw? I don't buy the notion that just because the pens and paper came before, that this puts the tracer on the same creative level as the artist.

A minor digression, but I would submit the films of Akira Kurosawa. Any astute student of literature can see that Ran is simply a samurai retelling of King Lear, that Throne of Blood is a retelling of Macbeth, etc. But I'd caution anyone against taking that as anything like reworking someone's mod - Kurosawa was capable of making old stories new and original and engaging because he did it his own way - the only common element is the theme, and even that is changed significantly.

Hey, according to the post to which I was responding, you should repsect it for its artistic and literary integrity! Yet, new things would still be invented. The point isn't the patents themselves, it's that innovation and original invention continues to happen. Because your definition of best and mine are bound to differ vastly. What makes you think we'd agree on music when we can't agree on the rights of the musician? I would say these things are original concepts in KSP - and the people who created them had to do so from scratch, they didn't copy off someone else's work. I'm not sure why you'd take anything I say as a personal attack - did you have reason to think I was speaking about you, rather than to you?

If, as you say, there is no original thought or innovation, there'd be no progress. Since the patent office has yet to close, I'm going to state that your claim is inaccurate. Why do we need 12 people copying someone else's work, if what you say is true? If you want to cherry-pick parts packs, you can already. There's no need to redistribute the work, unless one holds the belief that they know what people want better than those who actually create original content. There's never been any restriction on how content can be employed for personal use. It seems the greatest advocates for unrestricted use of others' work are those who do not create original content themselves. They will proclaim that there is nothing original to begin with, but they'll happily cannibalize any of it that they find. The fact is, there are a lot of innovative and original mods, for this game and for others. And for every Kethane or KAS out there, there's a dozen "parts packs" that are nothing more than config hacks.

But you see, nothing in this game is a "satellite". It's all just computer code, nothing actually orbits anything else. Also, you took the clause out of context. "Communications by satellite" does not apply here in the slightest. Squad has nothing to fear.

Maybe it's a ladder that also improves your wireless reception? Built-in antenna?

I agree 100%. I know a lot of her disenchantment arose from feeling like her mod might not remain "her" mod. Even after she made her position crystal-clear, there were still people who tried to distribute add-ons or plugins based on Redpower, and I would not be surprised if that's what made her not want to put the effort into doing it any more. So, in the end, the very people who claimed that they were "helping" keep Redpower on the scene are the ones who harmed it. I cannot imagine anyone logically defending the premise that limiting a creator's right to control over his or her own work would ever, possibly, somehow encourage mod development. All it does is enable hangers-on to succeed on someone else's hard work - because leaving full control in the hands of the creator doesn't, in any way, limit the ability for others to create original content. In other words, those who can, do... those who can't, redo what someone else has done. Please don't go quoting Jefferson in some attempt to justify appropriation of intellectual property in the name of "liberty". Do you honestly think a Libertarian would advocate taking someone else's work for another's personal gain? Where's the "liberty" in being told one must "share" with others; in being told how one must allow others to benefit from one's own effort?

I regret that I have but one Rep to give for this song... well done! Wish I could give it more likes!

Reloading the game seemed to fix that one, so it may have been unrelated after all.

Another minor issue - icons in the VAB screen are now invisible for certain parts - all the stock science instruments, both illuminators, ram air intake, the RCS block, the RoveMate and a number of the decouplers and stack separators. The parts are still selectable and visible once selected - it's just the icons on the menu that do not show.

OK, I tried the other stock chutes - the 2.5m chute and drogue look fine, the radials look fine - it's just the 1.25m model that looks like this:

I'll look into the other chutes - reloading the game now. Thanks to the space you saved me, I was able to install B9 - and what do I return to here, but to find you've got a way to reduce its RAM usage while we are at it? Serendipitous. I'll let you know what I find.

Also, if you want everything to stay attached when the chute opens, use struts between parts. What's happening is that the rapid deceleration is causing parts to snap off due to the sudden shock.

I'm betting it's due to just that. I figured the alpha channel would cause some issues, this sounds like one.

I noticed an odd effect now, with the Mk16 parachute. The yellow texture from the canopy completely fills the area of the shroud lines. Not sure if that's something new but I never noticed it before. Anyone else have this issue? I can include a screenshot if this is a relevant issue.

Zarathustra. It's basically got "thrust" right in the name.

Indeed - he's the one who bought it, after all... It's amazing how John Young smuggles a sandwich onto a flight, and they send him to the Moon and give him command of STS-1, while David Scott brings some stamp covers and they never let him fly again.

I agree - if they are not the same, sidfu should apologize to lovad for his accusation, and to the rest of us for stirring up the thread.

I know - but they're "significantly brighter" than any man-made satellite, don't you agree? Neither do we...