Disable building upgrade?

[mattig89ch]

Hidy ho all,

Its been a while since I was here last.  I was waiting to pick up ksp again till after launch, and...welll, it launched!

So I started getting back into ksp, and started getting frustrated by the new building upgrade mechanic.  I needed more science, and figured I'd go get some on the mun, or minmus, by building bigger rockets.  I had the funds to afford a larger rockets, but not to upgrade the vab or pad for them.  This just seemed like an arbitrary limitation, that only served to annoy me instead of challenge me.

Some folks might feel differently, but it made it just anoying for me.

So I figured I'd ask if it was possible to start a new campaign that disabled the building upgrade, and just had them all be at their full upgrade status.  But still had the funding mechanic built in.

[Evanitis]

2 minutes ago, mattig89ch said:

This just seemed like an arbitrary limitation, that only served to annoy me instead of challenge me.

Every limitation is served to provide more challenge, it's a different matter how many players find a certain one annoying. But figuring out how to trim various aspects of the limitations to fit our expectation is indeed a daunting task.

The 'funding penalties' slider (or something like that) controls building costs if you want to unlock them faster. Or just give yourself enough cast to upgrade everything.

[mattig89ch]

Fair enough, I don't expect everyone to share my ideas.

Odly enough I don't have a problem with the tech tree as of yet.  Just the limiting factor for upgrading the buildings

How much do you need to afford to upgrade the vab, sph, and runway/launch pad?

[juanml82]

A lot. I just use the debug toolbar (alt+F12) to cheat me the money (hold ALT for five seconds when the debut toolbar is open and you can add funds, science and rep)

[Snark]

Also, another option if you want to just disable money completely (i.e. cash is not an issue, all buildings start out fully upgraded) and only have to do science research, is to play a "science" game rather than a "career" game.

Edited February 23, 2016 by Snark