adsii1970 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I'd rather not put a semi-official stamp on approving some mods and not others. Fair enough. I could see where an answer might cause an issue of hurt feelings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinkAllKerb'' Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 diaspora ... mostly ... often boring stuff ya know .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjwt Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 At the rate I'm going, I should be set for the next year... Here's my question for the moderators: Of all the mods out there, what are the top FIVE you would recommend to both new and old KSP players as being the essential mods to help maximize game play?I recommend un-modded play to learn the game and basics, I'm a firm believer that you should get your space program able to get to other planets before you look at adding mods, so you understand the basics before expanding on it, I', like this with most games really, once you have fundamentals down, then mod it all you want, you will be in a better position to chose what you need or want then i would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Are all posts counted in the total post count (the one under your avatar)? I've made a truckload of posts on the forum games, and I don't think posts there count, but I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Forum game posts do not count toward your total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Are all posts counted in the total post count (the one under your avatar)? I've made a truckload of posts on the forum games, and I don't think posts there count, but I'm not sure.[NOTAMOD]No, they don't.[/NOTAMOD]EDIT:Ninja'd by the master of ninjas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Ok, kind of behind the knowledge curve - what is ACTUALLY meant by part clipping? I have seen many discuss it but it always has a little bit of differences in the meaning according to what forum thread you read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Ok, kind of behind the knowledge curve - what is ACTUALLY meant by part clipping? I have seen many discuss it but it always has a little bit of differences in the meaning according to what forum thread you read...Quite literally, whenever two parts share the same space - even a tiny bit - the second part is said to "clip" into the first, and you have part clipping.Before... 0.25? 0.90? I don't remember. When they removed that inane inability to clip that was semirandomly enforced. But before that, part clipping was considered evil. Cheating. Horrible. If you had to go into the Alt-F12 menu to turn on clipping to build your ship, it was not worthy of consideration and likely would summon the Kraken.After they started allowing clipping by default, things got more grey. Most people now consider all clipping okay except fuel tanks, and many consider clipping "a little" (the exact amount varies) of even those to be okay.With the proposed new model for the jet engines, clipping is not only enforced and required, it seems to also most likely entail clipping into a fuel tank, which is the last bastion of taboo in that regard./history101 Edited November 7, 2015 by 5thHorseman Removed some vague wording and I had "cheating" where I meant to say "clipping" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupid_chris Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Quite literally, whenever two parts share the same space - even a tiny bit - the second part is said to "clip" into the first, and you have part clipping.Before... 0.25? 0.90? I don't remember. When they removed that inane inability to clip that was semirandomly enforced. But before that, part clipping was considered evil. Cheating. Horrible. If you had to go into the Alt-F12 menu to turn off cheating to build your ship, it was not worthy of consideration and likely would summon the Kraken.After they started allowing clipping by default, things got more grey. Most people now consider all clipping okay except fuel tanks, and many consider clipping "a little" (the exact amount varies) of even those to be okay.With this, clipping is not only enforced and required, it seems to also most likely entail clipping into a fuel tank, which is the last bastion of taboo in that regard./history101I don't remember the same stigma as you about part clipping. AFAIK it was wildly used by most people that either wanted to get creative, do some space management, or get around the game being unable to do symmetry correctly without it being active. It really wasn't a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I don't remember the same stigma as you about part clipping. AFAIK it was wildly used by most people that either wanted to get creative, do some space management, or get around the game being unable to do symmetry correctly without it being active. It really wasn't a big deal.I distinctly remember all the challenge threads had "no clipping" rules, which meant you could do whatever the game allowed without enabling clipping in the cheat menu. I also remember a fairly... interesting time during the sea change from a never-do to what it is now, just another part of ship building.I don't know about the exchange or "show off your craft" threads, as I don't (and didn't back then) frequent those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 FWIW I still avoid part clipping for the most part (aside from wing parts and nosegear on planes). Old habits die hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noname117 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 So let's say I start a forum game where one person builds a replica of an aircraft (or perhaps car, tank, boat, or rocket), takes several pictures of it and posts a download for it without ever giving a name. Everyone else has to guess what the plane (or other vehicle) is by asking questions and searching online for similar looking aircraft or vehicles. Whoever guesses correctly first gets to build the next one.So I assume this would go in the forum games subsection, but since it requires creating and sharing craft I just want to quickly ask if it would belong in a different section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 No, games would be a good spot for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjwt Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Part clipping could do really cheety things with physics, so that's part of why why it was frowned upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 First off, this question is not asking when, but just confirming another rumor I heard somewhere on the forums:Is it true that there are plans to add clouds into the stock game? Why were they not added earlier in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Is it true that there are plans to add clouds into the stock game? Why were they not added earlier in the game?I'd have to see some source (or know who said it) to add to it's credibility. As to why they aren't in earlier...idk. I suppose Squad decided they wanted to get to some other things first.Cheers,~Claw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diomedea Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Is it true that there are plans to add clouds into the stock game? Why were they not added earlier in the game?Please know we moderators are under a non-disclosure agreement about coming features. Even in case we were actively testing them for the upcoming release, no hint should be given.There's actually a good reason, developers know all too well features they are developing can be scraped even at the very last moment, often because tied to a major bug which requires a lot longer to fix than the time left before release. Or, because their efforts had to be diverted to something more important. Any feature announced can be source for serious hype, but if not delivered that turns into bashing.Squad employees are the only who can make such public announcements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Ok! I understand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzkid Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) Why are some user accounts marked as 'guest', such as in this thread?Also, is there a way of finding the first post a user made? Edited November 9, 2015 by Whizzkid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Green Iron Crown was a test account to see what negative reputation looked like, and was repped by members to make him "good", resulting in his destruction (banning). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoloYolo Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Do you guys manage and moderate other forums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 This is the only one where I help moderate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjwt Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Do you guys manage and moderate other forums?Sorry, I am only one person, modding eats spare time =) Kerbal is the only forum I mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ok, don't remember if I have asked this before, but:Do you have a favorite game to play outside of KSP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgey Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Is there still a 10 character limit on posts? Somehow i managed to post "soon." With no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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