The search for the Magic Boulder

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Has anyone had the time to put a lander on Ike's pole and search the Sky for a little pixel moving across?

Maybe Squad has played around with asteroids a little more than just around Dres.

(This just came to my mind)

[RocketPilot573]

I have an Ion probe in Ike orbit, I looked for a few minutes and then lost interest. I do still have the slightest hope that it is back though.

[WOODY01]

I just thought of this today. I am playing career right now and was thinking of starting a sandbox game specifically to go search for it. Then decided just to wait to get the tech I need in career to see if it exist.

I am surprised I have not seen anyone posting confirming or denying it exist post 1.0 release, maybe I just missed seeing the thread.

[sj176]

Godspeed in finding the mythical, and indeed, magical boulder. Although, I'm not too sure how someone found it in the first place that'd be quite a bit of searching.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Although, I'm not too sure how someone found it in the first place that'd be quite a bit of searching.

I think that goes for all the EasterEggs in the Game.

And still, it always gets me off guard when I spot one by accident

[Majorjim!]

It's not in the game sadly.. Squad have hinted that it may come back in the future though. It sure would make a lot of people happy!

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

It's not in the game sadly.. Squad have hinted that it may come back in the future though. It sure would make a lot of people happy!

Oh yes it would.

If I could code and were a dev at Squad, I would bring the magic boulder back and not only that.

If you were to mine and convert it's guts to Rocketfuel, the game should do this to your vessel everytime you throttle up

It's an EasterEgg after all right? And people will dig into that little boulder only to see what happens.

[Maddmatts]

Godspeed in finding the mythical, and indeed, magical boulder. Although, I'm not too sure how someone found it in the first place that'd be quite a bit of searching.

Oh! I remember this story! We first found out about it when curious people were poking around the debug log which listed the names of all the objects that got loaded on startup. For quite awhile no one knew where it was until people starting getting near Ike. That's when reports of glimmering pixels were seen in low orbit but no one could seem to catch up to it. There were wild claims being thrown around that it would randomly teleport to different planets/orbits or that it defied orbital mechanics by being too fast/slow for it's altitude.

Eventually, some clever guy wrote a plugin that pointed an arrow directly at it and hunted the boulder down. The dev that hid it there was not amused with this.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Oh! I remember this story! We first found out about it when curious people were poking around the debug log which listed the names of all the objects that got loaded on startup. For quite awhile no one knew where it was until people starting getting near Ike. That's when reports of glimmering pixels were seen in low orbit but no one could seem to catch up to it. There were wild claims being thrown around that it would randomly teleport to different planets/orbits or that it defied orbital mechanics by being too fast/slow for it's altitude.

Eventually, some clever guy wrote a plugin that pointed an arrow directly at it and hunted the boulder down. The dev that hid it there was not amused with this.

Is that really how it happened? That is amazing

If I would ever hide something in a game and drive people mad until they write a plugin to find it, i would be damn proud

[DuoDex]

I can guarantee I know where it is.

Take a peek in orbit of [redacted], and you will find a small asteroid that looks exactly like [DATA EXPUNGED].

[sj176]

Oh! I remember this story! We first found out about it when curious people were poking around the debug log which listed the names of all the objects that got loaded on startup. For quite awhile no one knew where it was until people starting getting near Ike. That's when reports of glimmering pixels were seen in low orbit but no one could seem to catch up to it. There were wild claims being thrown around that it would randomly teleport to different planets/orbits or that it defied orbital mechanics by being too fast/slow for it's altitude.

Eventually, some clever guy wrote a plugin that pointed an arrow directly at it and hunted the boulder down. The dev that hid it there was not amused with this.

That's hilarious Imagine being one of the first to catch it and just seeing it in all its greatness, only to explode

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

I can guarantee I know where it is.

Take a peek in orbit of [redacted], and you will find a small asteroid that looks exactly like [DATA EXPUNGED].

Aaaaah, that was a bad tease. I enjoyed it greatly

[Asmayus]

It's been a while since I've been here (obviously I'm back for 1.0) but one of the better campaign logs back in 0.18 was this one: http://www.mindspring.com/~sportrocketry/ksp/magicboulder.html

That particular log is called "bothering the magic bolder"

[problemecium]

I recall one of the devs saying somewhere that it hadn't been forgotten but was definitely not present in the 1.0 release.

Don't ask me where, though, because I don't remember.

[dryer_lint]

It would be a great joke if the Boulder had never existed at all.

Devs make a series of fake accounts, post "I found the Magic Boulder!" Repeat every few weeks.

[Brotoro]

It would be a great joke if the Boulder had never existed at all.

Devs make a series of fake accounts, post "I found the Magic Boulder!" Repeat every few weeks.

Damn...I've been found out! And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your dog.

Edited May 4, 2015 by Brotoro