30 part limit

[display_name]

Why do we need a 30 part limit?

it makes the missions imposible!

Please let us turn it off, I cannot complete any missions because 30 parts is less than half a vehicle!

[omelaw]

1. upgrade your VAB

[Speadge]

you can upgrade it by upgraing your facilities. Thats part of the career experience.

[Evanitis]

I totally love the 30 part limit in a starting career. It's so challenging to see how much you can accomplish that way on different tech levels. I like to delay my VAB upgrade until I can.

I only came to express this, and totally not for gloating about taking 8 tourists to orbit with 29 parts. Besides, I bet the awesome guys in the Caveman challenge can do a lot better than that.

[Nich]

What is really impressive in the caveman tour is orbital rendezvous, Duna and MInimus flybuys without flight planning

[Temeter]

It's perfectly viable to do a moon landing with level 1 buildings. If that's not fun for you, maybe play sandbox?

[Cornholio]

Try using something like TAC where you have to stay under 30 parts and keep your Kerbals alive.  That becomes a REAL challenge.

[rcp27]

In my career games I have always found that by the time the 30 part limit becomes something I want to exceed I have enough funds to do so, so it's not really an issue.

[KSK]

Getting out of the atmosphere requires five parts (parachute, pod, decoupler, FL-T400 tank, LV-T30 engine). Getting to orbit is very doable with 30 parts, although the weight limit might be more of a problem, depending on how good your design is. By the time you've completed the contract to get to orbit, you should have plenty of funds to upgrade your VAB. Problem solved.

[Malich]

30 parts shouldn't be an issue if you've got the science to use larger fuel tanks. Early on I go for aerodynamics rather than rocketry and build a little ground car using aircraft parts. For 30 parts I can get 6 materials bays, 6 goo containers, and a few science parts that can be reset by a pilot and then drive the whole thing round the KSC and surrounding biomes gathering all the science there. You should be able to get a few hundred science to get you the bigger tanks.

That should let you build something that will get to the Mun with your 30 part, 30 ton limit... just.

[Blaarkies]

1 hour ago, Malich said:

30 parts shouldn't be an issue if you've got the science to use larger fuel tanks. Early on I go for aerodynamics rather than rocketry and build a little ground car using aircraft parts. For 30 parts I can get 6 materials bays, 6 goo containers, and a few science parts that can be reset by a pilot and then drive the whole thing round the KSC and surrounding biomes gathering all the science there. You should be able to get a few hundred science to get you the bigger tanks.

That should let you build something that will get to the Mun with your 30 part, 30 ton limit... just.

Pilots can't reset material/goo experiments 
But since SAS or Prograde Aim is a very low priority for "rovers", a scientist will do great. Also, how many binomes are there at KSC? I know of the big ones (Runway, LaunchPad, Each building)...but i found that every tracking station dish is unique binome, as well as some small structure at RnD

[Red Iron Crown]

23 hours ago, omelaw said:

1. upgrade your VAB

Quoted for truth. The 30 part limit is for early career before the VAB is upgraded, it's not a permanent limit.

[Malich]

6 hours ago, Blaarkies said:

Pilots can't reset material/goo experiments 
But since SAS or Prograde Aim is a very low priority for "rovers", a scientist will do great. Also, how many binomes are there at KSC? I know of the big ones (Runway, LaunchPad, Each building)...but i found that every tracking station dish is unique binome, as well as some small structure at RnD

No, they can't which is why I have 6 of them and 1 of the others

There are, within close proximity, 

KSC, Runway, VAB, Astronaught complex, mission control, admin, Hanger, shores, grasslands, crawlerway, tracking centre and, if you can find it, a section of tundra just at the base of the hill closest to the shore. 

[AbacusWizard]

On 2/26/2016 at 1:13 AM, KSK said:

Getting out of the atmosphere requires five parts (parachute, pod, decoupler, FL-T400 tank, LV-T30 engine).

You only need three of those parts to get out of the atmosphere.

If you want to return safely, you might need the other two.

[KSK]

1 hour ago, AbacusWizard said:

You only need three of those parts to get out of the atmosphere.

If you want to return safely, you might need the other two.

We're kerbals. Safety is our watchword.

[Loren Pechtel]

The only times I've bumped into the parts limit was loading down something with science instruments.  Otherwise, as has been said, it's simply telling you it's time to upgrade.