Squadcast Summary for 2015-04-18 - Picture Perfect Edition!

[luizopiloto]

Well... At last we can make frag granades with the new Fairings...

[Red Iron Crown]

Glad to know the bugfixing is going well *cough*.

You realize he was playing 0.90, right?

[dryer_lint]

Well... At last we can make frag granades with the new Fairings

This is actually a great idea.

Ohhhh, Daaaaanyyyy? Where aaareeee yooou?

[smjjames]

You know, I wonder if there are deployable large heatshields for doing stuff like aerobraking at Jool.

Might actually need to stack those heatshields, and I'm wondering about the rest of the ship.....

[Pthigrivi]

So. Much. Awesome. The modeling on the new parts is fantastic. Great job guys.

I wonder if the heat-shields can be stacked? Will they disintegrate when used up or just let heat damage through?

[Red Iron Crown]

I wonder if the heat-shields can be stacked? Will they disintegrate when used up or just let heat damage through?

If you look at the small rocket on the left in the heatshield pic it looks like there is a heatshield stacked between the pod and decoupler. I would imagine that means multiple shields could be stacked if a player is planning multiple aerobraking maneuvers, or particularly energetic ones.

[Pthigrivi]

Squeeeeee!

[smjjames]

Actually.... How big or small can we make those heatshields? That image doesn't show a whole lot of size variance.

I'm sure mods will fill in the size gaps if there is one.

[KotDemopan]

I finally noticed that in the "plane with new wings" picture, the terrain isn't flat around the KSC.

[Renegrade]

You realize he was playing 0.90, right?

That's nice. It should have been fixed in 0.24.3.

[Superfluous J]

I finally noticed that in the "plane with new wings" picture, the terrain isn't flat around the KSC.

VERY interesting. I was going to say that it was likely just the texture, but you can see it goes up and down along the edge of the runway.

Nice find!

[J.Random]

The fairings are set up like the broken solar panels are. When seperated, the fairings are not created as traditional vessel debris - this understandably means that having lots of little fairing segments breaking off isn't as much of a performance hit as it would be if they were debris.

Terrible idea. Well, there's still KW Rocketry for "standard" fairings and pFairings for custom fairings/fuselages/aeroshells, so I don't really care about this confetti crap.

[h4didact]

VERY interesting. I was going to say that it was likely just the texture, but you can see it goes up and down along the edge of the runway.

Nice find!

Well, I still think it is the texture (that changes when you're at certain distances of the planets). I hope I'm wrong, so finally upgrading the runway won't be meaningless.

[regex]

Terrible idea. Well, there's still KW Rocketry for "standard" fairings and pFairings for custom fairings/fuselages/aeroshells, so I don't really care about this confetti crap.

This is exactly what I was thinking. "Welp, back to pFairings..."

[klgraham1013]

Once again Max repeatedly, and frustratingly, reproduces the radial-decoupler bug and refuses to acknowledge that it's an issue.

Yep.

It should have been fixed in 0.24.3.

Yep.

Terrible idea. Well, there's still KW Rocketry for "standard" fairings and pFairings for custom fairings/fuselages/aeroshells, so I don't really care about this confetti crap.

Also this.

Edited April 18, 2015 by klgraham1013

[HafCoJoe]

Wait so the thread that I started was merged with the thread by ObsessedWithKSP's.

Edited April 18, 2015 by Avera9eJoe

[Red Iron Crown]

Wait so the thread that I started was merged with the thread by ObsessedWithKSP and now it has Obsessed's title but my text and it says I started it.

I described what I did with the merge here. I kept OWK's title because a lot of us look for the "Squadcast Summary" thread every week, and because the thread is now about more than just the pics.

[anarkhon]

I finally noticed that in the "plane with new wings" picture, the terrain isn't flat around the KSC.

Yea,but water and terrain textures... bah,15 years old games using better ones.

[basic.syntax]

Quoting myself, as their seems to be some renewed doubt about the decoupler ejection force bug.

Around 36:00 into SQ, after the 2nd or 3rd time his craft-of-the-day had unceremoniously self-destructed, he talks about it and said he believes it's been fixed, but wanted to check to be sure, and might let folks know with a tweet or other posting. He was really appalled over the situation and let the craft spin out of control, for all to see. If Ted checks this thread again, and could help with the question, forum readers would appreciate it

[Richy teh space man]

Cool pics, so I guess asteroid mining is a thing now.

Did they mention what happens if you mine everything out of one? Does it shrink/disappear?

[Majorjim!]

A quick word on the new cargo bays. Why have a support beam in the middle? That really limits the size of what you can put in it..

And don't say, for support..

[klgraham1013]

A quick word on the new cargo bays. Why have a support beam in the middle? That really limits the size of what you can put in it..

And don't say, for support..

My guess is aesthetics.

[Damien_The_Unbeliever]

A quick word on the new cargo bays. Why have a support beam in the middle? That really limits the size of what you can put in it..

And don't say, for support..

I haven't watched the squadcast (that's why I look forward to OSK's efforts on the forum) but these bays have sometimes been referred to as utility bays rather than cargo bays. That is, I gather, their purpose is to contain/shield parts of the same (single) craft that would otherwise have to deal with adverse aerodynamic forces, versus cargo bays which are intend to contain separable parts that (at some point during a mission) are removed or inserted.

[Majorjim!]

I haven't watched the squadcast (that's why I look forward to OSK's efforts on the forum) but these bays have sometimes been referred to as utility bays rather than cargo bays. That is, I gather, their purpose is to contain/shield parts of a single craft that would otherwise have to deal with adverse aerodynamic forces, versus cargo bays which are intend to contain separable parts that (at some point during a mission) are removed or inserted.

Right that makes sense. Thanks man.

[smjjames]

A quick word on the new cargo bays. Why have a support beam in the middle? That really limits the size of what you can put in it..

And don't say, for support..

It may have been hinted that larger ones won't have the support beam in the middle. At least that's what someone said during the squadcast.