My new love: First Person Roving

[G'th]

So during my Apollo 16 mission, where I finally managed to assemble (and then relearn to drive) a PRC rover, I decided to see what it was like to turn on Hullcam's first person feature and see what roving was like in first person.

And suffice it to say, it is too much fun. Makes the large distance I'm currently travelling seem much less boring.

Granted, anyone who make a rover with a command pod kind of already got this sort of experience, but even so. Its neat.

[Overland]

I wish you well and good fortunes in your first person roving.. its indeed something special.. sometimes while we're flying over the terrain the subtle artwork in the terrain mastered by squad and crew are lost to the blur of speed and distance..

having been a full time train driver for over a year..I know exactly what you mean.. being up close and personal with the terrain is an entirely difference experience to simply using the external view.. in this context 10m/s seems a tad too fast.. extreme terrain changes also become scary and rightly so..

you dont quite appreciate the ground when its rushing up to meet you with balls of flame and death when flying an aircraft or spaceship

[Col_Jessep]

You got a slick ride!

[Windspren]

What mod are you using to make the rover? Me wants!

[raffa29]

I like it

[Senormeens]

What mod are you using to make the rover? Me wants!

I would assume KAS (Kerbal attachment system) and KIS (Kerbal inventory system) I'm planning on doing a similar thing with these

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

I would assume KAS (Kerbal attachment system) and KIS (Kerbal inventory system) I'm planning on doing a similar thing with these

He/she's using stock revamp, too.

[G'th]

The rover itself comes from Portable Rover Components by ASET.

Still works, though I find it suffers from the explosion bug that can happen with KAS/KIS, and in turn also suffers from some wonky ground collision. I bring along a couple of ground pylons (the KAS one works best) to rest the rover base on. This stops it from falling through the ground and makes it easier to attach parts to it. And after your done, all you have to do is move the pylons out of the way and bam, it drops down like a dainty butterfly lol. (I also found this construction platform technique useful for any sort of in-situ rover construction)

[peachoftree]

Takeoffs using hullcam are also a one of a kind experience, it must double (at least) ones sense of immersion!

[G'th]

Oooh, I gotta try that. Only ever did it with rockets but never with a plane.

[peachoftree]

Oooh' date=' I gotta try that. Only ever did it with rockets but never with a plane.[/quote']

Make sure you have some part of the plane visible in the field of view, having it remain fixed while everything else moves is super cool:)