Realism Overhaul Playthrough

[rsparkyc]

On 5/14/2016 at 11:51 PM, ShmikeTP said:

 So far so good.

Famous last words...

[ShmikeTP]

Accurate.

[rsparkyc]

Recorded my first session in 1.1.2 the other night, but found a few bugs in the end, so didn't actually get to launch.  However, I think those bugs have been resolved now, and I'll see what I can do to at least put together and episode showing what's next in our series (even if we don't get to fly).

[rsparkyc]

Pulled this out of my recording, as it makes a good stand-alone video: 

 

 

 

[Kerbin vonKerbal]

Yes! Been waiting for the next video. Will watch it later. 

[rsparkyc]

2 hours ago, Kerbin vonKerbal said:

Yes! Been waiting for the next video. Will watch it later. 

Sorry it's short  Hopefully I'll have a longer one soon

[rsparkyc]

Episode 8 is up: 

 

[ShmikeTP]

Loved it; I got to see it so early on that only 360p had been uploaded xD

[rsparkyc]

Here's part 9.  This time no one should be stuck with 360p  

 

[rsparkyc]

Now that I'm back from vacation, I was able to put together the long anticipated Episode 10:

 

[rsparkyc]

And now, may I present, Part 11:

 

[Dman979]

Two, two, two episodes in one!

[rsparkyc]

Episode 12:

 

[TrooperCooper]

 

Nice series. Keep it up!

One little hint: you were worried about the dV lost due to adding struts to your top stage / fairing base connection. IIRC if you attach the first connection of the strut to the fairing base and then connect it to the satellite from there, its weight is added to the lifters top stage and not to the payload. Given the much higher mass of the lifters top stage, the minor weight addition does not make much of a difference in terms of dV this way, compared to putting it on the light satellite.

 

Edited June 13, 2016 by TrooperCooper

[rsparkyc]

9 hours ago, TrooperCooper said:

 

Nice series. Keep it up!

One little hint: you were worried about the dV lost due to adding struts to your top stage / fairing base connection. IIRC if you attach the first connection of the strut to the fairing base and then connect it to the satellite from there, its weight is added to the lifters top stage and not to the payload. Given the much higher mass of the lifters top stage, the minor weight addition does not make much of a difference in terms of dV this way, compared to putting it on the light satellite.

 

Awesome, I'll have to try that out.  Thanks!

[rsparkyc]

Just posted part 13.  Don't forget that there's a SpaceX launch in an hour:

 

[rsparkyc]

Happy Father's Day.  My gift to you: Episode 14 

 

[Dman979]

Well, I'm not a father, and my dad's not interested in KSP, but I'm enjoying this series anyway. Thank you!

[rsparkyc]

Episode 15.  Making some final preparations.

 

[rsparkyc]

Hello Moon

 

Edited June 21, 2016 by rsparkyc

[rsparkyc]

ComSat installation.

 

[TrooperCooper]

 

You might like this: http://kerbal.curseforge.com/projects/rename-vessel-in-tracking-station

Its supposed to be fixed with 1.1.3 though.

 

[rsparkyc]

40 minutes ago, TrooperCooper said:

 

You might like this: http://kerbal.curseforge.com/projects/rename-vessel-in-tracking-station

Its supposed to be fixed with 1.1.3 though.

 

NOW you tell me!   I'm hoping RO will be ready before I need to rename another satellite though.

[rsparkyc]

So i'm thinking about trying out a live stream format.  I just got my encoder setup.  Thoughts?  It would mean that there would probably be intervals where I'm not saying much, and I wouldn't be able to skip scene transitions.

[Dman979]

Eh. Honestly, I like the Youtube format you've got going a little better. One of the problems with live streaming is that you have to be online to catch it, and I'm not online most of the time. I like youtube because it allows me to watch your videos on my own schedule.

 

Also, I think you might be interested in this: 

It's a second-stage autopilot, which allows you to hit parking orbits very precisely. The first stage's pitch program needs to be a pitch-time table to follow the prograde marker, so @Reddy used MATLAB, IIRC.