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Squadcast Summary (2015-03-28) - Back With A Bang Edition!

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Miro Beero

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Thank you!

I'm a little let down by the name "ore" - its so... plain. Yet, I know Squad got tired of everything starting with "K."

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Should have been called RAC - Resource Allocation Collection and with the K its KRACK! pronounced [CRACK!]

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I'm a little let down by the name "ore" - its so... plain. Yet, I know Squad got tired of everything starting with "K."

(It was mentioned in a previous devnote about something else that needed a name.)

I can imagine some hair was pulled during a long meeting or internal chat/mail thread, over what to call the new resource.

Nothing official has K's added in random places though, that's very much a fandom theme. The resource wanted a generic name to fit with the other things in the game being real but generic terms, "Ore" is satisfactory.
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BLUESTREAK

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What about "Water"? Translates into every language, basic raw material of rocket fuel, ties in nicely with NASA's current search for the stuff. I was very surprised that they went for "Ore"... Ah well, it doesn't really matter what it's called, it won't change gameplay.

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What about "Water"? Translates into every language, basic raw material of rocket fuel, ties in nicely with NASA's current search for the stuff. I was very surprised that they went for "Ore"... Ah well, it doesn't really matter what it's called, it won't change gameplay.

It depends on what they're going to use it for. The name itself is going to conflict with some mods which already use a resource called ore, but that's whole orders less bad than having a name that doesn't translate easily into every language with the chance of sounding like some other word in the language.

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I thought the whole point of resources was so that you could refuel around the Kerbol System. The only uses I see for ore are to build stuff on site (Bases, Rockets) and something connected to the contracts system. But if only one resource is coming in 1.0 I would prefer Water.

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I thought the whole point of resources was so that you could refuel around the Kerbol System. The only uses I see for ore are to build stuff on site (Bases, Rockets) and something connected to the contracts system. But if only one resource is coming in 1.0 I would prefer Water.

They haven't said anything about the plans for refueling changing, so I'm sure the converter just turns "ore" into the various kinds of fuel...

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BudgetHedgehog

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I like how you want to stop getting rep from the squadcast summaries XD, They're awesome man! But yeah I get your point lol.

It's not so much that, it's more that I want other people, people who I personally feel deserve it more than me (i.e. every modder ever), to get some as well.

Also, regarding the name, RoverDude has said on reddit that it's trivial to change it. Which is nice, it's good to be able to so easily suit KSP to personal wishes. Might be bit confusing for newbies as Ore is more 'building' than 'refuelling' overall, but I can live with it. I forsee one megahuge FAQ about little things like this in 1.0, it's a huge gameplay changer.

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Superfluous J

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Again thanks for doing this, OWK. I tuned in when they said they'd start and they were ending, so all I got was the two pics (which is really all I wanted to see anyway) and didn't hear any of the tidbits. I've repped you a couple times - and every modder whose mods I use at least once each - so I'll skip it this week for your sanity :D

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Did anyone else notice that there is no AppLauncher in the upper right corner of the U.I. pic?

I did not and now I'm super intrigued. I am not happy with the way they currently handle what is in that corner.

Nothing official has K's added in random places though, that's very much a fandom theme. The resource wanted a generic name to fit with the other things in the game being real but generic terms, "Ore" is satisfactory.

Fine Print snuck a couple in, so it's reasonable to expect another mod to do the same. I was expecting Karbonite as the actually. I'm not too happy with "ore" but whatever, a resource by any other name will convert just as well to LFO.

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Does it bother anyone else that there is a valentine kermin but no Buzz or Neil or Yuri Kermins?

Buzz Kerman is actually already in the game, he pops up from time to time. :) We used to have Neil too, but he was removed after the real Neil passed away, because it was considered bad taste to have a kerbal (that are often considered quite expendable by many people) to be named after him at that point.

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Superfluous J

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Does it bother anyone else that there is a valentine kermin but no Buzz or Neil or Yuri Kermins?

Not exactly. It bothers me more that Kerbals are named after real people, than that we didn't name more as well. I'd rather they keep their own names.

That said, I don't care enough to bring it up except as this reply :D

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