Why no Mission control for Sandbox?

[Kroslev Kerman]

i was wondering one day why cant i accept a contract in sandbox mode i wanted a little challenge to test my SSTO and i wish i could have a kerbal stranded in orbit

[Vexillar]

You can always pop Bob in a pod and use the Alt-F12 cheat menu to send him into orbit.

[Kroslev Kerman]

My Alt F12 doesnt work.Squad just make Mission control work for Sandbox

[Gargamel]

6 minutes ago, Kroslev Kerman said:

Alt F12

Ctrl-Alt-F12 then.

 

[Kroslev Kerman]

doesnt work also

[Kerbalstar]

Fn-Alt-F12?

Edited October 31, 2018 by Kerbalstar

[Kroslev Kerman]

is there even a mod that makes the Mission Control Avaible for all modes??

[linuxgurugamer]

Play a career, cheat everything to full

[Snark]

Moving to Suggestions.

[Superfluous J]

1 hour ago, linuxgurugamer said:

Play a career, cheat everything to full

Hard to do with alt-f12 not working But not impossible. Start a career, save it, edit the file and add like 10 zeroes after your money and you essentially have Science Mode with contracts. Put 10 zeroes after your science and you have Sandbox with contracts.

[Chel]

If you had Mission Control, then you would receive funds and contracts (In Career mode only). What's the point of having Fund caps and rewards if in Sandbox you are given unlimited Funds? 

[linuxgurugamer]

16 minutes ago, The_Cat_In_Space said:

If you had Mission Control, then you would receive funds and contracts (In Career mode only). What's the point of having Fund caps and rewards if in Sandbox you are given unlimited Funds? 

It gives him something to do

[linuxgurugamer]

2 hours ago, Kroslev Kerman said:

i was wondering one day why cant i accept a contract in sandbox mode i wanted a little challenge to test my SSTO and i wish i could have a kerbal stranded in orbit

There are at least two mods which will help you with this:

Tree Toppler

Career Manager

[Geonovast]

2 hours ago, Kroslev Kerman said:

doesnt work also

What operating system are you on?  On Linux it's Right Shift + F12

[Gargamel]

2 hours ago, Kerbalstar said:

Fn-Alt-F12?

Yeah, that's what I meant....

[Pecan]

I second that emotion.

The tech-tree is ridiculous but when I'm designing a vehicle with an eye on tech-level it would be so much easier if I could at least see the levels, instead of 'this facility is closed' on R&D.  Similar for contracts and strategies (?).  I might have no need of science, funds and reputation but it would help to know what they're about if someone asks.  Can't think of a reason I'd go to Mission Control (ever) but in sandbox it can still be useful to check science-point requirements per level, which level things are, what their prerequisites, etc.

Otherwise I might do crazy things like a make a tech-4 ship with *gasp* something like a ladder on it; the sort of tech which is beyond magic ^^.

We can see prices and total ship cost in the VAB/SPH, so what's the problem with seeing tech, etc?

[Kerbalstar]

9 minutes ago, Pecan said:

I second that emotion.

The tech-tree is ridiculous but when I'm designing a vehicle with an eye on tech-level it would be so much easier if I could at least see the levels, instead of 'this facility is closed' on R&D.  Similar for contracts and strategies (?).  I might have no need of science, funds and reputation but it would help to know what they're about if someone asks.  Can't think of a reason I'd go to Mission Control (ever) but in sandbox it can still be useful to check science-point requirements per level, which level things are, what their prerequisites, etc.

Otherwise I might do crazy things like a make a tech-4 ship with *gasp* something like a ladder on it; the sort of tech which is beyond magic ^^.

We can see prices and total ship cost in the VAB/SPH, so what's the problem with seeing tech, etc?

I agree, however, in the VAB’s advanced filters, you can filter parts by tech level. It’s a little bit annoying, as it doesn’t show lower tech parts, but it should help you from building a T4 ship with a magic ladder.