Kerbal Space Program Live 48 hour real time weekend challenge

[OpenWorldAddict]

I am planning to conduct myself on Twitch starting this evening my custom real time weekend challenge. I am posting this in case other people would like to give this a shot as well.

The goal is in time of 48 to 54 hours, starting with beginning tech parts (in science mode, you must:

1. Build a communication relay network around Kerbin and the Mun.

2. Map out the surface of Kerbin and the Mun.

4. Build a Mun Karbonite mining colony on the mun

6. Begin sending a science gathering ship to minnus

and possibly more.

7. Use IVA for all launches and burns.

The point is to see how much infrastructure you can build in the Kerbin Planetary System with in 48 to 54 hours. Here the catch though: Everything must be done in real time, meaning time warp is NOT allowed. You are allowed to sleep, eat, take care of daily chores, whatever else you need to do as long as you check back frequently, have KSP running the entire time; and make sure not to miss your important laucnh, burn and transfer deadlines. Of course all of this must be done live on twitch. Sound's crazy, eh! Well the crazier the better. If you have an idea that is even more intense, then go for it.

Here are the mods I will be using, some of which are required for this challenge.

Required:

Remote Tech

Karbonite

ScanSat

RasterpropMoniter

Probe Control Room

Vessel Viewer

Other mods I will use:

Mechjeb (mostly for planning complex maneuvers (which I am not good at), planning rendezvous, and auto-manage docking.

Atmospheric Trajectories

Kerbal Attachment System

Kerbal Inventory System

Procedural Fairings

Procedural Parts

Launch Countdown

Final Frontier

Kerbal Engineer Redux

Kerbal Alarm Clock

Ship Manifest

Enhanced Navball

ActionGroupsExtended

ActionsEverywhere

StockBugfix modules

Dmagic Orbital Science

Freight Transport Technologies

Stockalike Station Parts Expansion

Extraplanetary Launchpads

So that is what I will be using. I will create another thread in appropriate forum for my twitch schedule this weekend for the challenge.

Good Luck!

By the way, there is no scoring, no rewards, just some craziness and see if you can out-do the others. One more note: I said 48 to 56 hours because I am going to do the challenge in 56 hours, but 48 is good goal as well.

Edited March 20, 2015 by OpenWorldAddict

[Foxster]

What's Twitch?

[bakanando]

A very nice idea, I'd recommend science mode so progress is not halted by career mode. If you use the mun for gravity assist, you might be able to get to minmus before your streaming is over. Minmus is around 9 days away with low energy transfers, you could cut the time by two or so days by getting to escape velocity and try getting a capture.

@Foxster: twitch . com is a streaming service dedicated towards games.

[OpenWorldAddict]

A very nice idea, I'd recommend science mode so progress is not halted by career mode. If you use the mun for gravity assist, you might be able to get to minmus before your streaming is over. Minmus is around 9 days away with low energy transfers, you could cut the time by two or so days by getting to escape velocity and try getting a capture.

@Foxster: twitch . com is a streaming service dedicated towards games.

Of course science mode. I am not good enough for career mode yet.

[Greenfire32]

Wait are you streaming for a continuous 48 hours or will you just be doing 2 (hopefully more) streams within a 48 hour window?

It can't possibly be healthy to do a 48 hour stream. I'll also level with you and say that no one is crazy enough to watch a 48 hour stream for...well 48 hours

[OpenWorldAddict]

Five streams within 54 hours. Check the following link for the schedule.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/113578-Kerbal-Space-Program-real-time-weekend-challenge-livestream

[inigma]

You know, you could enforce the no timewarp thingy by simply requiring everyone to install DarkMultiPlayer and then hosting it all on a multiplayer server set to No Time Warp.

[OpenWorldAddict]

My 54 hour livestream kerbal space center real time challenge ultimately failed when i started having problems with Remote Tech 2. I was trying to launch my first communications satellite, but I would lose control of the rocket as soon as it left the pad. The end result of that is that I couldn't stage it and thus it soon after crashed. After trying to launch it dozens of times and making tweaks on many different things (including changing the direction the communication devices pointed, nothing worked and frustration began to build up. Eventually in anger I gave up. I can't complete the challenge if I can't get one communication satellite off the ground.