Squadcast Summary 2015/08/28 - Three For The Price Of One

[Superfluous J]

I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. When I say formulaically determine the mass based on the parts stats I mean all the parts stats (crew capacity, resource storage, crash tolerance, heat tolerance, commandable, science lab, crew can, the works) as it stands the crewed parts have absolutely no rhyme or reason and none would be agreed on by being in any way arbitrary. Basically there needs to be common ground to avoid community controversy. Assuming absolute soul crushing realism isn't everyone's cup of tea (it isn't mine I don't even drink tea) the answer is a common formula for determining stats.

The end result would be the same as you eyeballing it, but no one can complain about the result because it was calculated by a means that was fair to all pods. Station and lander parts would be lighter and more fragile than their space plane and reentry capsule counterparts is this not what everyone wants? though people would disagree as to how much more fragile or sturdy any one part would be for a given mass that is why I insist on formulaic generation of mass based on stats so that the parts are given their unique roles fairly and thereby the inevitable firestorm over fans being displeased with the balance like they were with the general engine nerf can be more easily quelled.

EDIT: Of course beyond saying "I think the answers a copout" going on about capsule balance is probably straying further from the topic than one should... >.>

Naaw, it was talked about in Squadcast so I don't think it's off topic at all. This is where we talk about what they talked about.

The problem with your "Just throw all the stats in there and pop out a mass value" is that you are presuming you know the pod's stats. The part of balancing that takes the long time is figuring out what the non-mass stats should be. Granted, this isn't the problem with the 3-man pod because it's just too heavy for its own good. However, setting the mass to 3x the mk1 pod is not the solution. It's one possible first pass in the balancing process.

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How do I see the chatlog for each video?

I always assumed you couldn't. I get all my Q's from what they say on the video.

[BudgetHedgehog]

Cheers 5th, good job.

Also, can't believe it hasn't been linked yet, but here's the mod Kasper was using.

[Superfluous J]

Cheers 5th, good job.

Also, can't believe it hasn't been linked yet, but here's the mod Kasper was using.

I totally forgot to add the link! Thank you OWK. I've updated the first post.