Antennas in a resized solar system

[michal.don]

Hi there,

I'm a little confused. I recently started a career in a system where planets are roughly 3.2x larger and the distances 6.4x larger. To ensure the comm ranges are the same (for example the same type of antenna can reach Duna), I modified the antenna range by a factor of 6.4, as well as the DNS strength. But the part description still gives me values that are roughly the same as the original "stock" configuration. Is there a factor I'm missing? Or are just the part descriptions in the VAB "hardcoded" and do not change according to the difficulty settings?

Thanks,

Michal.don

[evileye.x]

Part descriptions depend only on part config, not difficulty setting.

And in my opinion, stock antenna range are so overpowered that I decided to go 1x antenna range and 0.5x DSN range for 6.4x 

 

For super-long range I decided to use additional orbital relay with one or two

also I would recommend 

 

Edited July 24, 2017 by evileye.x

[michal.don]

4 minutes ago, evileye.x said:

Part descriptions depend only on part config, not difficulty setting.

So, if I understand correctly, I need to multiply the value stated in the part description by 6.4 to get the actual range?

I'm at the point in my career where I'd like to send the first probes to Duna and Eve just to get a bit of science, and not set up the relay network yet, because my choice of antennas is very limited by my tech so far.

BTW the Antenna Helper mod looks very useful, I'll have to check whether it works with 1.3 at the moment.

Thanks,

Michal.don

[evileye.x]

Just now, michal.don said:

I'll have to check whether it works with 1.3 at the moment.

I use it with 1.3

Also this one spreadsheet is really good

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qIgFB8OXnlgpPCGsxv7JYUYQq5O671IcZXpumVaStek/edit#gid=1781472150

[michal.don]

2 minutes ago, evileye.x said:

I use it with 1.3

Thanks, this looks like just the thing I need then, I'll check it when I get to my KSP computer. The spreadsheet not so much unfortunately, the system I'm playing is not a pure rescale, but it also does a bit of planet shuffling.

Thank you again,

Michal.don

[evileye.x]

9 minutes ago, michal.don said:

not a pure rescale, but it also does a bit of planet shuffling.

You can fiddle with orbital characteristics of bodies on second sheet

[Spricigo]

14 hours ago, michal.don said:

So, if I understand correctly, I need to multiply the value stated in the part description by 6.4 to get the actual range?

 

If DSN strength and Antenna Ratting multiplier is 6.4 range is also multiplied by 6.4.