Hey Squad, are you ever going to address g-forces on pilots?

[Franklin]

I know Squad doesn't seem to like the gameplay element of pilot health, life support, etc. but it makes the g-force gauge look vestigial as it is.

[Frank_G]

It would be totally enough to see the g-force effects on the kerbals faces... no need for a health game mechanic, when you can have hilarious kerbal faces...

[Robotengineer]

There's a mod for that.

It would be nice if pilots would black out in stock though.

[Wallace]

Didn't this used to be a thing in the really early versions?

[Frank_G]

Do kerbals actually green out?

Edited July 9, 2015 by Frank_G

[Franklin]

It may be worth removing the gauge sooner than later if there's no plan to introduce pilot health/support, since it probably confuses new players who think it actually does something.

[Skorpychan]

Unimpacted? Two of them are clearly terrified. The other one seems to have just dropped spores in his EVA suit.

Otherwise, yeah. I'd love to see kerbal G-faces when trying to make orbit. And have the Gs actually mean something for the kerbals, not just the structural integrity of the rocket.

[Thomas988]

It would be nice if pilots would black out in stock though.

That'd actually be a pretty nice game mechanic. If you're not careful with the G's on your crew, pilots would become unable to provide SAS and maneuvering assist, and if you have no probe core you would lose all control over your craft. If a mechanic fiants, obviously they couldn't fix the ship, and if a scientist blacks out they couldn't provide science bonuses and whatnot.

[Grumman]

If a mechanic fiants, obviously they couldn't fix the ship, and if a scientist blacks out they couldn't provide science bonuses and whatnot.

The mechanic can't fix the ship while it's under acceleration anyway, and the scientist bonus can be retained just by waiting until you finish the burn before you transmit.

[Xannari Ferrows]

It may be worth removing the gauge sooner than later if there's no plan to introduce pilot health/support, since it probably confuses new players who think it actually does something.

It is used to indicate acceleration currently.

[Robotengineer]

It is used to indicate acceleration currently.

And rapid deceleration, as the case may be.

Edited July 8, 2015 by Robotengineer

[Franklin]

Sure, but so is the odometer, and unless the red zone of the g-force gauge actually represents a "rocket breaking point", which I'm skeptical it does, it's not a helpful gauge.

[Randazzo]

That gauge serves to notify me that I'm turning my plane much too hard, and that continuing on such a misguided path will result in disintegration and death/hilarity.

[peadar1987]

I find it a very helpful gauge. If you can accurately work out acceleration from how quickly the rate of change of the numbers on the odometer is changing, you're a lot better at this game than I am!

[mikegarrison]

That'd actually be a pretty nice game mechanic. If you're not careful with the G's on your crew, pilots would become unable to provide SAS and maneuvering assist, and if you have no probe core you would lose all control over your craft. If a mechanic fiants, obviously they couldn't fix the ship, and if a scientist blacks out they couldn't provide science bonuses and whatnot.

There is a mod for that. Blackouts and (for negative G) redouts. (For kerbals maybe redout should be greenout? Do kerbals have red blood or green blood?)

[Thomas988]

There is a mod for that. Blackouts and (for negative G) redouts. (For kerbals maybe redout should be greenout? Do kerbals have red blood or green blood?)

Oh, cool! I should check it out.

[Madrias]

I've found with some of my more fragile plane designs that they'll blow apart halfway into the red zone. That gauge is useful if you're fighting to keep part counts low.

[wossname]

Do kerbals have red blood or green blood?

Since they are plants, neither. Unless you can bend the definition of "blood" to encompass chlorophyll, which is green.

Kerbals may in fact be a herb, like bananas, which are a kind of fish, which is why bananas live up trees.

Although I cannot explain the fact that they have teeth. Kerbals, not bananas, that is.

Hmm, do bananas have teeth? Coconuts have eyes and sound like horses.

WHY IS BIOLOGY SO HARD?!?!?!

[Franklin]

Kerbals aren't plants, stop that.

[Moar Boosters]

I think both gauges either side of the nav ball could have some work done to them. The red area at the top of the throttle gauge needs to either be usable, or be removed. Every time I build a rocket that's underpowered I look at that little red area and wish I could actually use it.

[Sawyer7as]

That'd actually be a pretty nice game mechanic. If you're not careful with the G's on your crew, pilots would become unable to provide SAS and maneuvering assist, and if you have no probe core you would lose all control over your craft. If a mechanic fiants, obviously they couldn't fix the ship, and if a scientist blacks out they couldn't provide science bonuses and whatnot.

Then you just end up with a probe core on every single craft. Why not? Not that much weight, cheap cost.

[davidpsummers]

I like the G-force meter and I do try and keep my Kerbals from getting too many Gs. No point in removing it.

[r4pt0r]

It would be totally enough to see the g-force effects on the kerbals faces... no need for a health game mechanic, when you can have hilarious kerbal faces...

I support this with ever fiber of my being.

And to the rest of the thread: they are a sentient fungi(that poof and release spores on death). They have an underground civilization where they take their commands from the hive queen. The current queen loves space so they all head off to do her bidding.

[Dres]

I support this with ever fiber of my being.

And to the rest of the thread: they are a sentient fungi(that poof and release spores on death). They have an underground civilization where they take their commands from the hive queen. The current queen loves space so they all head off to do her bidding.

[derail]My headcanon is mostly like this, but instead the Hive Queen is a tyrannical leader who is horrible, and all the Kerbals we see are trying to escape their homeworld to move elsewhere, probaly Laythe. That is why they are so helpful and nice, and a bit incompetent, due to being in a rush. [/derail]

Anyway, I would love G-effects on Kerbals (and their faces in the Cockpit Portrait ), but I would like it as a setting, or prefferably, a slider, like the reentry heat. I would also like it like the G-effects mod, where pilots can withstand more than engineers/scientists, with tolerance going up with pilot expirience.

[AbacusWizard]

Kerbals aren't plants, stop that.

Maybe they're animals whose skin is coated with a thin layer of a symbiotic lichen. The kerbal's body provides a safe place for the lichen to grow (and carbon dioxide and moisture); the lichen provides oxygen, food, and some protection against heat and bright light. Hm, this could actually explain why they don't need life support...

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Then you just end up with a probe core on every single craft. Why not? Not that much weight, cheap cost.

I always do that anyway--ever since the first time I tried a Mun landing with just a scientist in the lander.

It's also a good bit of insurance in case the occupant becomes incapacitated but the lander still needs to return to orbit (or pick up the poor guy).