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[1.2.1] Mini Sample Return Capsule - Bring your experiments home safe! (v1.2 9/Nov/2016)


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  On 7/24/2016 at 12:53 PM, Boots said:

I just unlocked this in my career save, and wanted to use it for an automated probe, not just Kerballed mission sample return.

Two questions:

1) Other than the stock barometer and thermometer, what fits in the cargo bay? Most of DMagic's stuff is too big and/or trnsmits for full value, and I don't hve a lot of other science mods.

2) Is there some way to automatically transfer data from experiments to the capsule wihout a kerbal being present that I'm missing?

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I haven't checked, but I suspect the experiments in the Sounding Rockets pack will fit nicely - and work well with their intent of being single-use experiments.

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I'm serious when I say this.  After hours and hours of gameplay this mod is the single most useful mod I have ever used.  I strap the bottom half on probes use it as science escape pods or just launch all my science towards earth from the surface of another planet and grab it later.  Its even handy to store science on a probe for transmitting later so you don't drain all the battery. Thanks for such a great mod.

 

I would love to see maybe a smaller radial attached storage option for probes like a little science container.  That could add some more functionality for different missions but even just as is this mod is awesome. Thanks again.

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Finally got a chance to play around with this.  Fun.  :wink:

Two things stand out to me as could use some tweaking, if possible - and they're kinda related, in a way.  First off, the capsule won't hold a bottom-first approach through the atmosphere without SAS, as far as I can tell.  Not a major issue on it's own - I'll just use SAS.  However, it combines with the other: The capsule's just a bit light on the EC.  The result for me has been a 50% loss rate as the capsules run out of EC just as the parachute needs to be deployed.  (Which I tend to do manually - I haven't wrapped my head around the auto-deploy sliders yet; it's been a low priority.)  Fixing the first would probably give you enough EC - it would reduce usage by 0.01/s though reentry, which might be just enough.  Or the simpler solution would just be to bump up the EC to 40 or 50.  (Honestly, 35 would likely be enough for my situation - but so far I've been returning them from 200km orbits.  It'd be nice to have enough to return direct from a high Kerbin orbit - anything above that and you can probably afford to stick a solar panel or something on it for the transit.)

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  On 8/16/2016 at 2:41 AM, DStaal said:

Finally got a chance to play around with this.  Fun.  :wink:

Two things stand out to me as could use some tweaking, if possible - and they're kinda related, in a way.  First off, the capsule won't hold a bottom-first approach through the atmosphere without SAS, as far as I can tell.  Not a major issue on it's own - I'll just use SAS.  However, it combines with the other: The capsule's just a bit light on the EC.  The result for me has been a 50% loss rate as the capsules run out of EC just as the parachute needs to be deployed.  (Which I tend to do manually - I haven't wrapped my head around the auto-deploy sliders yet; it's been a low priority.)  Fixing the first would probably give you enough EC - it would reduce usage by 0.01/s though reentry, which might be just enough.  Or the simpler solution would just be to bump up the EC to 40 or 50.  (Honestly, 35 would likely be enough for my situation - but so far I've been returning them from 200km orbits.  It'd be nice to have enough to return direct from a high Kerbin orbit - anything above that and you can probably afford to stick a solar panel or something on it for the transit.)

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For parachute sliders, just set it to predeploy at 0.42 ATM - that always works, unless you come in wayyyy to steep.

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@Ravenchant any chance you still have any interest in the RO/RP-0 patching? Took a hiatus from KSP and this was the first thing I thought of when I got back :P. If not I'll give it a crack myself and try and get a polished patch working, just thought I'd ask first as your work is basically guaranteed to be better than mine :).

Keep up the great work guys! :D

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  On 10/28/2016 at 8:19 PM, CobaltWolf said:

Thanks for volunteering to test it! I just updated the RCS and added in the transmitter from a Communotron 16. Let me know if everything works and I'll push it to Spacedock. :)

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Probe butt category = Utility, not Payload? Likewise, Probe core is Utility also, not Command? You know what they say about mod devs who stick all their parts in Utility...:rolleyes:

Also, the RemoteTech patch will need to be updated since you added an antenna. I believe currently you'll get both the RT antenna and stock antenna if you have RT installed. A !MODULE[ModuleDataTransmitter] {} should do the trick.

Cheers.

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  On 10/30/2016 at 3:26 PM, Mark Kerbin said:

Waiting To See If Stuff Explodes...

Ill Get Back To You.

Im Gonna Make An Idiot Of Myself But Isnt Remotetech Basically Part Of the Vanilla Game Now?

:sticktongue:Enjoying My Use Of Caps?

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Kind of yes, kind of no. Like most stock vs modded equivalents, the modded version goes further. It has different parts, measures distances differently (in the configs), has a computer (e,g, MJ lite) that allows you to queue up actions for when you have no connection. When you have RT installed, it has the option to disable CommNet. I'm a huge fan of RemoteTech - however, trying it recently, it was badly broken, but that might have changed. It hasn't made the switch to 1.2 as gracefully as it could have, to be honest. Most will be content with the stock version.

Sorry for the off topic.

On topic: how did the test go?

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Here is a patch to work with stock antennas

@PART[SampleReturnCapsule_Parachute]
{
MODULE
{
	name = ModuleDataTransmitter
	antennaType = DIRECT
	packetInterval = 0.6
	packetSize = 2
	packetResourceCost = 12.0
	requiredResource = ElectricCharge
	antennaPower = 1500000
	antennaCombinable = False
}

MODULE
{
	name = ModuleScienceContainer
	reviewActionName = Review Stored Data
	storeActionName = Store Experiments
	evaOnlyStorage = True
	storageRange = 1.6
}
}

 

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  On 10/30/2016 at 7:52 PM, MeCripp said:

Here is a patch to work with stock antennas

@PART[SampleReturnCapsule_Parachute]
{
MODULE
{
	name = ModuleDataTransmitter
	antennaType = DIRECT
	packetInterval = 0.6
	packetSize = 2
	packetResourceCost = 12.0
	requiredResource = ElectricCharge
	antennaPower = 1500000
	antennaCombinable = False
}

MODULE
{
	name = ModuleScienceContainer
	reviewActionName = Review Stored Data
	storeActionName = Store Experiments
	evaOnlyStorage = True
	storageRange = 1.6
}
}

 

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Doesn't it already have the new antenna? I swear I saw an antenna in the 1.2 version he posted. It should already have a science container as well.

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  On 10/31/2016 at 3:19 AM, Deimos Rast said:

Doesn't it already have the new antenna? I swear I saw an antenna in the 1.2 version he posted. It should already have a science container as well.

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The part did have a antenna but i didn't see anything in the cfgs i had of it but i might have a older one and if you have one on yours then guess you don't need the patch then :wink:

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  On 11/9/2016 at 7:20 PM, CobaltWolf said:

Alright, update is up on Spacedock! Thanks to @Deimos Rast and @MeCripp for helping check the update and figuring out what I was missing.

Changelog:

-Updated to KSP 1.2
-Removed reaction wheels. Use your limited RCS to control your attitude, or SUFFER >:3
 

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LoL , I just thought about this mod and wanted to check if it is compatible with 1.2 XD

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  On 11/18/2016 at 8:41 PM, IronCretin said:

The science container can pull data from experiments like the stock one, right?

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  On 11/18/2016 at 10:36 PM, CobaltWolf said:

I hope so...

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Nope. I fiddled with this a bit and made it more to my liking. The science results transfer bit is at the bottom.

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