IVA Challenge

[KerbalCorgi]

The Challenge: Using only IVA mode and map view, fly somewhere ('somewhere' depending on your mode).

MODES:

Easy: Fly a craft of your own design to orbit, using only IVA and map view.

Slightly-less easy: Fly to the Mun using only IVA and map view.

Medium: Fly to Minmus using only IVA and map view.

Hard: Fly to Eve, Moho, Duna, Jool, or their moons using only IVA and map view.

Scott Manley: Fly to Eeloo using only IVA and map view.

RULES

-Mechjeb and Hyperedit are not permitted.

-Your craft must be stock, no modded parts.

-Craft must be manned.

-Must show pictures.

-Must be in IVA the whole time (but you are allowed to use map view.)

If you are going to a different planet, multiple launches are okay to dock the ship in orbit and you don't have to use IVA.

SCORING

-Easy: 5 points

-S.L. Easy: 10 points

-Medium: 20 points

-Hard: 50 points

-Scott Manley: 100 points

EXTRA CREDIT

-Landing on a planet or moon: +5 points

-Landing on the body (Of The Kraken): +15 points

-Returning to Kerbin: +10 points

-Flying under a Mun Arch: +25 points

-Creating a badge: +25 points

-Not using map mode: +50 points

 

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2016 by KerbalCorgi

[Nich]

Docking should be in IVA that is pretty much the only challenging thing.

Do action groups work in IVA mode?

[KerbalCorgi]

Don't know but think so

[teag2]

Are we allowed to use RasterPropMonitor? That mod would make a HUGE difference in results. Also, may we use VesselViewer? Either of those mods would be super helpful.

[KerbalCorgi]

1 hour ago, teag2 said:

Are we allowed to use RasterPropMonitor? That mod would make a HUGE difference in results. Also, may we use VesselViewer? Either of those mods would be super helpful.

What do those mods do?

[max_creative]

I managed to perfectly lithobrake on mount whoopstooshort in Iva once. I can try to get to orbit.

[teag2]

2 hours ago, KerbalCorgi said:

What do those mods do?

RPM adds a lot of KER-like functions to IVA. Vesselviewer allows you to view the vessel, and integrates with RPM to allow you to see your vessel in IVA. If you don't get what I'm saying, look up the mods.

[KerbalCorgi]

8 hours ago, teag2 said:

RPM adds a lot of KER-like functions to IVA. Vesselviewer allows you to view the vessel, and integrates with RPM to allow you to see your vessel in IVA. If you don't get what I'm saying, look up the mods.

RPM is fine. I don't know about Vesselviewer, because the whole point of the challenge is to do it in IVA the whole time. However, if you use it for seeing if what blew up, then sure.

[teag2]

Well, like I said, it integrates with RPM.

[Freshmeat]

How about KER, Docking Port Alignment Indicator (Self explainative), Telemarchus, kRPC, KSPSerialIO (All of which gives telemetry to external devices and allows external commands)?

I guess the fixed hull cams from RPM are right out, they are a gamechanger as well. But given those, docking in IVA is a breeze.

Edited April 18, 2016 by Freshmeat
Reason: More afterthought

[KerbalCorgi]

Yeah, those work.

[colonel0sanders]

How many extra points do we get if we don't use the map view either?

[Wjolcz]

Having the map view is not challenging at all tbh.

[KerbalCorgi]

12 hours ago, colonel0sanders said:

How many extra points do we get if we don't use the map view either?

need to think about it

[KSP Bro AE]

Badge: 

[hikoriyami]

Well that was a fun first challenge to try. I've been playing RSS recently so if my rocket + burns look way off...sorry.
Anyway, Jeb went on a vacation first to orbit, then the mun's orbit, then landed on the mun and then back to Kerbin. 
My math puts me at:

SL easy mode: 10
Landed it: 5
Returned to Kerbin: 10

A healthy 25 points to start us off. Easy to beat. 

 

[RandomUser]

A simple but interesting challenge.  I had completed it in an hour, making some errors (ain't done rockets in a while).  However, because I made some errors, I had to reload from quicksaves.  Unfortunately the game puts you in 3rd person automatically, and it takes a second to get back into IVA, though apart from that, and when I landed to get out, I stayed to the rules (at one point I accidentally hit the "c" key, but I reloaded a quick save to refrain from breaking the rules).  I did a flight to Minmus landed then back to Kerbin and landed, 35 points.  Challenge actually starts in video at 8:12. 

 

Pros

• Challenge was fun, but not to difficult.
• The challenge provided a new perspective to KSP flights.

Cons

• The challenge was a little easier then I had expected it to be.
• The majority of the challenge, given the rules, was spent in the map view.

How can this challenge be improved?

• Add more rules to make it more difficult, such as no checkpoints, or the Mun or Minmus and back to Kerbin being the easiest, etc. 

Final Score

7.5/10

Edited April 22, 2016 by RandomUser

[LeKerbal]

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!

[Ribby Kerman]

I think I will try Duna. It is pretty easy to land in Iva because it has a respectable atmosphere. It should not be to hard. Good luck to all.