Warn a Brother I Just about fell out of my chair

[Trenchfoot]

Holy Cow, I just got back on with KSP. I had a little bit of a career in .90, and then today I go into a new Sandbox to play with bigger toys for an hour or two and this is what happens on my first launch...

so everything is cool, and then this...

and tons of smoke and everything, I like.

Steam pics weren't working edited to imgur.

The Launchpad exploded? Whats with all the extra launch smoke? My rocket was undamaged...

Edited April 9, 2015 by Trenchfoot

[sal_vager]

I think you're going to have to try Imgur, your Steam pics aren't working

[SlyReaper]

The first picture is a rocket on the launch pad. The second picture is the same rocket on the exploding launchpad. I surmise the rocket was too heavy and caused the launchpad to be destroyed by the "impact" of the rocket going from on-rails prior to loading, to being more accurately modelled by the physics engine.

[dryer_lint]

The first picture is a rocket on the launch pad. The second picture is the same rocket on the exploding launchpad. I surmise the rocket was too heavy and caused the launchpad to be destroyed by the "impact" of the rocket going from on-rails prior to loading, to being more accurately modelled by the physics engine.

Yep, you guessed it.

It's kind of a known bug feature, but I'm not sure if SQUAD is planning to fix it...

[Trenchfoot]

That was a first for me. Does the rocket hit it? What is the idea that the launchpad gets destroyed?

[Red Iron Crown]

It was part of the "destructible buildings" feature that was added in 0.25. I just turn it off in the difficulty settings as I think it's silly for the pad or runway to explode from having an oversize craft on it and I don't hit buildings anyway.

[Kerbart]

It's kind of a known bug feature, but I'm not sure if SQUAD is planning to fix it...

KSP? Getting rid of explosions is "fixing" it?

You, sir, are sick in the head!

[uglyduckling81]

Launch clamps FTW. I didn't know this was a thing as I have always used clamps on rockets over 30 parts.

[Joshwoo70]

Thought they fixed the heavy craft fix... in 0.90...

I think it is the craft is in the ground

[Trenchfoot]

Yeah, it's been a while and all of my nozzles were stuck in the pad. It didn't break them only put on a good show.

[Kagame]

Psht, I've made clampless rockets with the B9 Aerospace HX series, and they didn't break the launchpad. Heck, one even made orbit. Maybe it has to do with partcount as opposed to tonnage?