KN_Namida
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Thanks Claw, and thanks everyone It took me longer than I originally anticipated, because of all the pauses.. but I enjoyed the ride nonetheless, and as I was reaching the starting point of my journey I felt really good, I felt like something was coming full circle I remembered all the hills and mountains I climbed, all the valleys and "lakes" I traversed, all the flags planted, the accident and the rover change, all the sunrises and sunsets, the view of Kerbin and the Mun from the surface of that little, frosty ball.. I really liked it. Now, I'd prefer to have a stronger PC before attempting any other Elcano challenges, we've come to the point where KSP rises my computer's temperature to almost unsafe levels (I'm playing on a laptop, this is no gaming rig..). But who knows, maybe I'll get tired of waiting and I'll just attempt a Mun Elcano on this old fella.. we'll see.
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Before sending the rovers to Minmus, I launched a small "scout" spacecraft with infinite fuel on, to check for cool places I could visit during my on-land journey. Even though, by Minmus's standards, even a steeper-than-average hill qualifies as a cool place still better than travelling in a straight line, though. And then, all I did was connecting the dots. Sure, at times I had to, say, move west, then east then west again, but I was enjoying the trip so the extra long route did not feel like a chore, not at all
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Alright folks, my journey around Minmus has come to an end. The big arrow was my START/FINISH point, the little stars were my checkpoints, I travelled westwards (from right to left in the picture). I had an accident near Checkpoint #11 and had to use my spare rover to continue the trip. Here's the main thread: I intend to continue with the Elcano challenges, but not right now, I'm afraid my PC isn't up to the task. But I will be back, sooner or later, as long as you guys will still be sticking around here EDIT: forgot to say, I'm playing on a stock install, no mods whatsoever.
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Last part of the trip:
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And one more part..
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Did some more travellin'. Next bit will be the final part of my journey
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Here's the next part, we don't have many left
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Gonna post the next bit in a few minutes, we're.. 2 flags away from completion, I think.
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Posted the next part of my trip. Yep, I should finish the journey in a few days if I keep this pace.
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And next bit too, we moved the second rover to our location and then drove to the next checkpoint, all in one sitting
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Next bit, here it is: As you may have guessed, next time I'll have to take rover #2, which is still attached to the transport ship, and move it over to Checkpoint #11.
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Thanks Claw. Posting the next part right now. I should be done in a few days.
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Uff, posted another bit o' trip on my mission report. I'd better finish this soon, I think I'll just play KSP once a day during this week and.. hopefully I'll complete the circumnavigation. Also, this game fries my poor pc. Had to change the cooling fan a few weeks ago, it started malfunctioning. I think I'll take a long break after completing Minmus, then I'll resume with the challenge once I get a new, more powerful pc.
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Ok, completed another journey segment, here's the album:
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The Elcano Challenge : Ground-based circumnavigation
KN_Namida replied to Fengist's topic in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas
Just update my thread back at mission reports, linked the imgur album. I didn't know that in the last update brakes got buffed, a really welcome change! Slowing down on Minmus was a real pain before, but now it's so much easier
