MrSnappyTurtles Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 5:27 AM, Entr8899 said: Yes, looks like the site is dead. You could try copying the original URL and pasting it into archive.org. Expand So i figured that. Im just scared about that new link it redirects to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha512 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 4:00 AM, Trem Fantasma said: So i was going through the wiki and i noticed this link proposed Atlas designs leads to a sketchy site. Should I be worried? Expand Spacelaunchreport is dead, alas. But all the designs mentioned there can be found on https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26915 alongside the flown ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJ576 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 On 1/24/2023 at 11:24 AM, Alpha512 said: Spacelaunchreport is dead, alas. But all the designs mentioned there can be found on https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=26915 alongside the flown ones Expand Here is the web archive link. It is all there, for the time being: https://web.archive.org/web/20220416202322/http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 You can also use the wayback machine to get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friznit Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Derp. Reminder to self to update the link. Shame about Space Launch Report. It was an invaluable resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynFuZe Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Is there a problem with the parts themselves showing up in KSP? I tried to get the parts from the assembly menu but its like most of the parts from BDB aren't showing up in game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 12:46 AM, SynFuZe said: Is there a problem with the parts themselves showing up in KSP? I tried to get the parts from the assembly menu but its like most of the parts from BDB aren't showing up in game Expand If you're not in sandbox mode, they will be distributed through the tech tree and might need unlocking, but otherwise it might be an incorrect installation/bad download. How did you download the mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakuvendell Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Hey, so what craft is the Sarnus-SIVB-APS-550 Auxiliary Propulsion System from? The one with the forward-facing thruster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 7:13 AM, shakuvendell said: Hey, so what craft is the Sarnus-SIVB-APS-550 Auxiliary Propulsion System from? The one with the forward-facing thruster? Expand It's a fictional RCS pod made by Cobalt to give any of the Saturn stages the ability to reverse when docking in orbit. So, I got bored and decided to launch a... 'payload' on top of the Titan IVB. It's a little cursed, not going to lie. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet You ready for the cursed payload? Reveal hidden contents Are you sure? Reveal hidden contents Last chance to back out. I'm telling you, it's really messed up. Reveal hidden contents Alright, I warned you. Here you go: Reveal hidden contents The tiny dot at the top right of the Sun is Moho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadJohn Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 I have questions about the 1.875m docking port, the flat androgynous forked one with "MOL" in its name, I think file bluedog_MOL_DockingPort.cfg. The port's node marker ball shown when attaching in VAB is surprisingly tiny, much smaller than the 1.25m CADS and stock port node balls. Does the game think the MOL port is smaller and weaker than it looks visually? Will the MOL port wobble more than expected because of the tiny node? The port seems ok in use, but my station is only 1/3 complete and I wonder what to expect later. If the CADS port is actually stronger I'll start using that instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 7:32 AM, GoldForest said: It's a fictional RCS pod made by Cobalt to give any of the Saturn stages the ability to reverse when docking in orbit. So, I got bored and decided to launch a... 'payload' on top of the Titan IVB. It's a little cursed, not going to lie. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet You ready for the cursed payload? Reveal hidden contents Are you sure? Reveal hidden contents Last chance to back out. I'm telling you, it's really messed up. Reveal hidden contents Alright, I warned you. Here you go: Reveal hidden contents The tiny dot at the top right of the Sun is Moho. Expand I’ve seen worse… Also I work in the medical field…probably helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) On 1/25/2023 at 3:23 PM, Blufor878 said: I’ve seen worse… Also I work in the medical field…probably helps. Expand I didn't say it was the most cursed, just that it was pretty cursed. @Blufor878 I mean, let's be honest... launching an ENTIRE Vanguard TV-3 rocket into orbit, along with an entire fully fueled Centaur T'? Cursed. But then to send the Vanguard 1 satellite INTERSTELLAR? Really cursed. Edited January 25, 2023 by GoldForest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 3:13 PM, DeadJohn said: I have questions about the 1.875m docking port, the flat androgynous forked one with "MOL" in its name, I think file bluedog_MOL_DockingPort.cfg. The port's node marker ball shown when attaching in VAB is surprisingly tiny, much smaller than the 1.25m CADS and stock port node balls. Does the game think the MOL port is smaller and weaker than it looks visually? Will the MOL port wobble more than expected because of the tiny node? The port seems ok in use, but my station is only 1/3 complete and I wonder what to expect later. If the CADS port is actually stronger I'll start using that instead. Expand Oh, you're right. The nodes were set to size 0, which is for 0.625m parts. I just set them to size 2, which is used for 2.5m parts and should be much stronger. I just uploaded a fix to the Github, but in the meantime you can fix the part in your local install by just changing these two 0's to 2 in the part cfg you already found. One thing though - I'm not sure this will take affect on crafts already in orbit. You could try either editing your save file, or relaunching the parts of the station you've sent so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadJohn Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 5:34 PM, CobaltWolf said: Oh, you're right. The nodes were set to size 0, which is for 0.625m parts. I just set them to size... [snipped for brevity] Expand Thanks. I think your fix will also reduce drag. A vertical stack of 1.825m tank (or other part), MOL port, 2nd MOL port, another 1.825m tank was previously creating a lot of extra drag between mismatched nodes. Your detailed reply also clears up my confusion about general docking port configuration. I knew that docking ports had to have matching node types, as in "nodeType = MOSport". I was curious why I could never find any further definition for "MOSport" and other custom docking port types in the BDB files. Now I realize that the nodeType is just a tag rather than a reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted January 25, 2023 Author Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 6:19 PM, DeadJohn said: I think your fix will also reduce drag. A vertical stack of 1.825m tank (or other part), MOL port, 2nd MOL port, another 1.825m tank was previously creating a lot of extra drag between mismatched nodes. Your detailed reply also clears up my confusion about general docking port configuration. I knew that docking ports had to have matching node types, as in "nodeType = MOSport". I was curious why I could never find any further definition for "MOSport" and other custom docking port types in the BDB files. Now I realize that the nodeType is just a tag rather than a reference. Expand Hmm, I don't know if that would cause drag? Nodes used to affect it years ago but I think they fixed that in like... 1.0.4 or something? And yeah, there's no separate file that defines the docking port types, their nodeType strings just have to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra4nd0m Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) @GoldForestIt seems that those budget cuts are pretty servere! Well when there is not enough money to develop new upper stage why not just grab an old smallsat launcher and cram it as it is? I mean IT WORKS! Edited January 25, 2023 by ra4nd0m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudgemountain Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 3:27 PM, GoldForest said: I didn't say it was the most cursed, just that it was pretty cursed. @Blufor878 I mean, let's be honest... launching an ENTIRE Vanguard TV-3 rocket into orbit, along with an entire fully fueled Centaur T'? Cursed. But then to send the Vanguard 1 satellite INTERSTELLAR? Really cursed. Expand Play Mars Horizon, you can launch a Mercury Capsule and Gemini Spacecraft with a Space Shuttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 1/25/2023 at 10:37 PM, Pudgemountain said: Play Mars Horizon, you can launch a Mercury Capsule and Gemini Spacecraft with a Space Shuttle. Expand Even better you can’t launch soyuz on the soyuz rocket… I do play it on the switch whenever I’m away from the PC. When I get back on my computer I tend to translate the designs I made there into KSP. It’s ok, but definitely not KSP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappystein Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 So I have an Itch to write another article... Problem is.. I have NO IDEA what I want to write it on. Looking for suggestions for my next historical article. A couple of things I won't write about: I won't write about Nuclear weapons, nor the Ballistic missile side of the space race other than in the pure space sense. (don't ask me to write an article on how the Peacekeeper guided it's warheads for example, but I could write one on how it evolved into the Minotaur IV/V/VI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDinoShadows Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Does atlas engine shroud have doors that can open and close like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 @BlackDinoShadowsIt does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 2:07 PM, Pappystein said: So I have an Itch to write another article... Problem is.. I have NO IDEA what I want to write it on. Looking for suggestions for my next historical article. A couple of things I won't write about: I won't write about Nuclear weapons, nor the Ballistic missile side of the space race other than in the pure space sense. (don't ask me to write an article on how the Peacekeeper guided it's warheads for example, but I could write one on how it evolved into the Minotaur IV/V/VI) Expand Apropos of nothing, yes, I do believe a history on how Minuteman and Peacekeeper became Minotaur would be interesting. On 1/27/2023 at 6:07 PM, BlackDinoShadows said: Does atlas engine shroud have doors that can open and close like this? Expand On 1/27/2023 at 6:36 PM, septemberWaves said: @BlackDinoShadowsIt does not. Expand Currently, no. It's definitely a detail that would be included in the Atlas revamp, but that's on indefinite hold at the moment - might not come until KSP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberWaves Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 What are those doors on the Atlas engine shroud actually for? Are they for covering up fuel pipe connections after launch, or do they have some other purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDinoShadows Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 @septemberWaves it's actually for fuel pipes to fueling the atlas and some of maintains for the rocket like electricity and other things that i don't know but it's probably for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I was looking around the old BDB wiki an it used to have diamant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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