Greetings Fellow Kerbanaut's

[BlakJak70]

Hi everyone. A friend told me about this game yesterday. I downloaded the demo and was instantly hooked and ended up buy the full version.

So far all I\'ve been able to do is launch and then splash down. Haven\'t quite figured out orbiting yet. My first big goal is to be able to orbit. Next big goal is to survive landing on the Mun and the return trip as well.

[Capt'n Skunky]

Welcome to the KSP Forums!

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt\'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[Schweehog]

Hi! Welcome to the forums, if you need help getting into orbit I have a few tips:

-Try to use solid fuel rockets as boosters to get you going and always expel them and other burnt up rocket stages ASAP

-I find that having multiple engines works better than one engine (tri-couplers as an example) rocket designs. It\'s possible to get a single engine to go to the moon, but you need lots of fuel which in turn slows down your already slow spacecraft and also makes it top heavy and wobbly.

-Start small! The first thing I did was create a rocket that moved. Then a rocket that went up. Then punched into the next layer of atmosphere. Then into space. Then into orbit. Then to the Mun. I haven\'t made my Mun craft return (nor will I) because EVAS on the moon are so fun!

-Get good at orbits. Specifically making them change, and try to get a perfect orbit if you can.

-For going to the Mun I suggest that you practice landing on Kerban first.

-The more tries, the more success! Try more! The more rockets you try and get into orbit, the more you will learn about what works and what doesn\'t.

-Use struts! You see your rocket wobbling a lot? Then use struts! They look cool and only help!

-Ladders, pretty self explanatory but you would be surprised at how many people forget them .

-Learn the helpful keys such as: R for RCS and jetpack while on EVA, L for light while on EVA, Caps Lock for finer controls, T to toggle ASAS/SAS, [ and] to exchange between different objects (mainly used for EVAS with multiple Kerbans), and the all helpful X key to quickly shut down your engines (useful for orbital adjustments and landing).

-Screen shots! Though this doesn\'t help at all by pressing F2 to get rid of HUD and F1 to snap a pic, you can share the most precious memories to people across the globe. Not to mention yourself!

-And finally don\'t use ANY mods without backing up your save and playing the vanilla game for a few days to get used to the parts!

Good luck and now some quick pictures to end my tips!

My first (and only as of 8/1/2012) Muner rocket:

Notices the layers? That\'s very good for a rocket design!

Perhaps try and get a perfect orbit around the moon and land for your first time? Overkill maybe but it\'s possible, just ask my first Mun rocket the Delta XV!

Make sure to get Jebediah as your first man on the moon! That\'s what I did and trust me, his enthusiasm makes it so much easier! ;P

Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you\'ll land among the stars!

And finally a good luck picture. May the best of luck to you. And to your Kerbans? Well, they ARE disposable right?

[BlakJak70]

Thanks for the welcome and the tips! Much appreciated!

[Ghery88]

One more:

Always turn 90 degrees (right) after launch. That way you make use of the rotation of Kerbin and need less fuel for everything. On when to turn, it\'s up to you, everybody has his or her altitude and pace for that.