Rubber Kerbals!

[MrCalvinator]

I was doing my R&D a favor by going to the mun.  I tried an unplanned landing, since I was tired of flybys, and decided to take a risk.  In the end, I stranded Jeb.  So, I made a rescue craft, and landed it about 20 km away from good ol Jeb, and decided take some fun jumps with Jeb.  I jumped so high, and fast, I killed him a couple of times.  (sorry, Jeb)  I realized that if I slammed into the ground hard enough, I would bounce, and the Kerbals would freak out, and magically survive.  It was really funny. ( to do this, you go up, and forward in EVA, and then, at the peak of your ascent, go down, and spam the jump button.(don't go too high, or fast.  Go about 100-150 m/s)). It ended up crashing my game, since I quicksaved when the Kerbals were flipping out, then quickloaded.  This is more of a notice, than a question, but, whatever, right?  Why does this happen, and why is it so FUNNY?!

[monstah]

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[LordFerret]

If you've got a Kerbal falling a great distance, make sure you land on your head (if at all possible) ... you'll likely survive the fall.

[MrCalvinator]

Apologies, everyone, forgot to say this is on PS4.

[DoctorDavinci]

1 hour ago, LordFerret said:

If you've got a Kerbal falling a great distance, make sure you land on your head (if at all possible) ... you'll likely survive the fall.

Definitely ... land on your head and all will be well 

Watch below as I bounce Valentina's head off of Duna at 180m/s ... both Valentina and Duna survived the encounter

 

Edited November 14, 2016 by DoctorDavinci

[James Kerman]

You Sir are a steely eyed shot put man.

[monstah]

On 14/11/2016 at 11:51 AM, MrCalvinator said:

Why does this happen, and why is it so FUNNY?!

Want to know what's funny? With this mod installed, (apart from other things) the Kerbals made squeaky sounds when they hit the ground:

If you are interested, in the last pages there's a link for an unofficial update, I believe it's for 1.2 (haven't used this mod in a while, tho).