Please fix contracts!

[falloutaddict]

I really love career, it is the only mode I even play and I think it has a very good progression:

Launch

Break atmo

Orbit

Explore Mun

-Fly by

-Orbit

-Land

Explore Minmus

-Fly by

-Orbit

-Land

Then on to Duna and beyond...

That is if I can get the contracts to appear D:

I know you can go into the debug menu and add them manually but that seems kind of silly for a complete game.

This game is sooooooooooo awesome, it is in my top 5, so pleeeeeeease fix this pretty please

[Wjolcz]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Went to Duna, Eve, Jool and Moho by myself since I had some spare monies and after the SOI encounters I got contracts about landing, orbiting, etc.

Though it might have been the problem with reputation since I took a massive loan and the consequence of that was rep going down a ton. And since the contracts are given based on rep I would recommend you checking yours.

[falloutaddict]

You know what? I didn't even consider reputation. I don't think those have an effect on the explore contracts but I will have to do some testing to know for sure. Unless someone can chime in who already knows...

[Wjolcz]

You know what? I didn't even consider reputation. I don't think those have an effect on the explore contracts but I will have to do some testing to know for sure. Unless someone can chime in who already knows...

I've seen a whole chart about how reputation influences the types of contracts that are given. It's been somewhere on reddit, I believe. Go google that.

Edit: Just searched it and couldn't find anything but dV and engines comparing charts. Maybe someone else will be nice enough to post it here.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Veeltch

[Alshain]

I don't think reputation has anything to do with it really. I don't even get Minmus anymore and I certainly don't have a bad reputation by the time I get done landing on the Mun.

There is definitely something that needs tweaking to get these to appear when you are ready for them.

By the way, OP. There is another one you may not have seen. If you send an unmanned probe, you will get a special "Return a Kerbin from x" contract. That is a series of one-time only contracts that I bet a lot of people miss. Personally I think any contract that can be missed if you do the objective early should be automatic like the Words first contracts.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Alshain

[Tw1]

Personally I think any contract that can be missed if you do the objective early should be automatic like the Words first contracts.

This is why I like Streetwind's idea:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/120974-Missions-or-Milestones-Let%E2%80%99s-Expand-On-The-1-0-Contract-System

I do think the game relies on contracts a little much, but this would be an improvement.

[Alshain]

This is why I like Streetwind's idea:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/120974-Missions-or-Milestones-Let%E2%80%99s-Expand-On-The-1-0-Contract-System

I do think the game relies on contracts a little much, but this would be an improvement.

That thread should be stickied IMO.

[Laie]

You know what? I didn't even consider reputation. I don't think those have an effect on the explore contracts but I will have to do some testing to know for sure. Unless someone can chime in who already knows...

Oh, reputation matters quite a bit. All the "explore $body" contracts are of the three-star type. You can only have so many three-star contracts open at the same time, depending on rep. No guarantees that an exploration contract appears as soon as possible... but without a free slot in the highest tier, it won't show up at all.

The easiest way to bolster reputation are the VIPs to Kerbin orbit. They don't pay very well, but give a lot of rep for such an easy task.

[falloutaddict]

I don't think reputation has anything to do with it really. I don't even get Minmus anymore and I certainly don't have a bad reputation by the time I get done landing on the Mun.

There is definitely something that needs tweaking to get these to appear when you are ready for them.

By the way, OP. There is another one you may not have seen. If you send an unmanned probe, you will get a special "Return a Kerbin from x" contract. That is a series of one-time only contracts that I bet a lot of people miss. Personally I think any contract that can be missed if you do the objective early should be automatic like the Words first contracts.

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37500202556907700/A08764B09B0653866908D823A30B207EFC926981/

I have literally never seen those contracts :-/ how weird. And yes, I agree, the explore contracts could be automatic much like the world firsts.

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This is why I like Streetwind's idea:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/120974-Missions-or-Milestones-Let%E2%80%99s-Expand-On-The-1-0-Contract-System

I do think the game relies on contracts a little much, but this would be an improvement.

Just read that, that would be perfect! I hope it becomes a reality even if it just a mod.

[LABHOUSE]

That thread should be stickied IMO.

Stickied in the code of the game.