[0.25] Lionhead Aerospace Inc. - Icarus v0.4 updated

[Rocketscienist]

Please, speak english!

And salut!

[Nibb31]

Please, speak english!

And salut!

I don\'t know what that was, but it wasn\'t French.

[TheCardinal]

I don\'t know what that was, but it wasn\'t French.

Says who?

[Cepheus]

I really want that rover. Please, let me have it.

[Yogui87]

Bonjour ! J\'ai utilisé ce mod un peu, et malade dire son grand !

I don\'t understand anything, even if it\'s my language ???. May be it\'s a google translate or brain damages due to too many time spend in zero-gravity ;D. I appreciate your effort but it\'s easier for me to understand you in english.

[H2oskiKerbal]

Yogui87 what date do you expect the solar rover to come out?

[Yogui87]

I almost finish modeling the wheels, I need to texture them, make some .cfg tweeks, test the whole mod, then I\'ll release it.

I think it could be on next week.

[Emilio]

I don\'t understand anything, even if it\'s my language ???. May be it\'s a google translate or brain damages due to too many time spend in zero-gravity ;D. I appreciate your effort but it\'s easier for me to understand you in english.

Yes, I\'m french too, and you\'re right that\'s google translate. If you translate it again, it means :

Hello! I used this mod a bit, and ill say its great!

[Kreuzung]

It\'s not even googles fault, it\'s spelled wrong ;P

Google with corrected spelling:

Bonjour! J\'ai utilisé ce mod un peu, et je vais dire que c\'est génial!

[XSP-Xenon Space Programm]

Hmmm, you could use the Camera-Plugin for the 'head'

[Yogui87]

Hmmm, you could use the Camera-Plugin for the 'head'

Can you give me a link to the mod you talk about? That could be interresting.

[Rocketscienist]

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=14009.0

[Yogui87]

Lionhead Prometheus solar rover V1.0 is out. Check the main page to read more.

[TheProdigy]

OMG DAT ROVER....TWU SWEXY!111!

[jamieadd]

Airbags will be awesome. There is a addon request for them. If you can make them, you will have the best addon ever! ;D

[tadeass]

Nice. Congratulations to your first mode. Awesome.

[ddavis425]

Is the headlight from the video in the download? I can\'t find it anywhere, and it\'s not on the .craft for the rover.

[Yogui87]

Is the headlight from the video in the download? I can\'t find it anywhere, and it\'s not on the .craft for the rover.

The headlight was missing in the V1.0. You can download now the V1.1 rover, the headlight is stock part of the rover wheels.

[TheCardinal]

Perhaps it\'s wise to also mention that you use the KSP 15 stackdecoupler (with the Prometheus craft).

[azawada]

For the Antenna, there are two tools that could be used to make it do something. they are the CRX telemetry module and the Elderberry NI V2 telemetry system. The links are at http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8663.0 and http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=11403.0. Take a look if your interested .

[TheCardinal]

I\'ve just taken the Rover for a spin and i must say it\'s truely awesome!

The only thing i feel is really incorrect about the Rover is the crew of three. (How do you cram three kerbalnauts in a solarpanel????!!!!!)

If you don\'t mind two suggestions from my side:

1) Change the module of the roverpod from commandpod (which always has the three kerbalnauts) into MuMechJebPod.

Plugin wise it doesn\'t make a difference as you use the mumech plugin already.

2) Al the parts are now category 5, however category 3 seems more apropriate as all the drivable vehicles are category 3.

*Edit - corrected the category*

[Kreuzung]

I think you could also try to set it to MuMechVariablePod with crewCount = 0, dunno if it works but it whould be less cheaty.

[TheCardinal]

.... be less cheaty.

What do you mean by 'cheaty', Kreuzung? The Rover is a robot, not a manned research vessel. Besides, everyone can choose to use the Mechjeb functions or not.

[TheCardinal]

The Rover\'s speed is quite low (about 13 m/s) but it is incredibly stabil. Even a tight turn at top speed won\'t make it topple over. And it\'s survivability is quite high. I bumped into the landingstrip at top speed and only a side solarpanel exploded. (I had to do it three more times before i finally got the complete rover to explode). The onboard camera is a nice addition,a pity it isn\'t placed on the 'head' of the rover.

I expect that many of your parts will find their way into other 'Kerbal' endavours. The folding solar panel, the uprising head, the extending LGA antenna (which i find a bit short), the rotating parabole and the vehicle itself add a lot of possibilities in the game.

My compliments for a great addition! (hard to believe that it\'s your first mod!)

[Sbowyer28]

I will say beta testing was a little trick but the beta was pretty nice especially driving on the mun but it was a pain to get it off the lander.