Around Kerbin in 80 days - Triop's adventure, a live blog.

[Triop]

I almost had a heart attack . . .

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21, 2019 by Triop

[Triop]

We are now near the place where Jeb took his final toilet break (see page 1).

RIP Jeb, you have all the privacy you need now in heaven.

Next up:

It's getting dark...I hate driving in the dark. My buggy doesn't have lights because having lights on while driving slows down my graphics.

TBC

Edited February 3, 2019 by Triop

[Jacke]

Out of likes again!

47 minutes ago, Triop said:

I almost had a heart attack . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9YV3THBGo8

Whoa!

I watched the flip sequence a few times.   Just over a gentle crest, the back end bounces up twice.  On the second one, while the rear wheels were off the ground, the left-front wheel comes up a bit.  Then the rover pivots to the right as only the right-front wheel was in contact.  When the left wheels touch down, the rover is going sideways and the contact drag has it flip and tumble.  Fortunately ending upright.

Looks like @GDJ and @Hotel26 were both right.  Perhaps you need to soften the suspension and put some fins on, especially fins and a spoiler to keep that rear axle down.

And paint it red.  Because red ones go fasta!

 

[Triop]

1 hour ago, Jacke said:

Out of likes again!

Whoa!

I watched the flip sequence a few times.   Just over a gentle crest, the back end bounces up twice.  On the second one, while the rear wheels were off the ground, the left-front wheel comes up a bit.  Then the rover pivots to the right as only the right-front wheel was in contact.  When the left wheels touch down, the rover is going sideways and the contact drag has it flip and tumble.  Fortunately ending upright.

Looks like @GDJ and @Hotel26 were both right.  Perhaps you need to soften the suspension and put some fins on, especially fins and a spoiler to keep that rear axle down.

And paint it red.  Because red ones go fasta!

 

Hahaha ! That's an amazing analyses, you should be my live sports commentator.

I'm not going to put fins on this thing, it's balanced perfectly for me.

There is always a risk of crashing/flipping, I'll take it any day.

*And paint it red.  Because red ones go fasta!*

Painting is something I might do later . . .

CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 6 DAYS AND THEN SOMETHING:

So we are about 50kms away from cp 3, so we set up Checkpoint 4.

TBC

 

Edited February 3, 2019 by Triop

[Triop]

Some paint jobs, I can't pick . . .

[Triop]

So I just sank into the ground . . .

Ok, the Kraken obviously want's me to fail . . .

But I'm not gonna give up.

Tomorrow I will fly a new buggy to checkpoint 4 and continue my trip.

 

I've been fair with the game, the game was not fair with me . . .

 

I have no idea yet who will drive the buggy...

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[Jacke]

12 minutes ago, Triop said:

 

Spoiler

 

R.I.P., Bill.  You drove Bugger all well.

Damn, already 2 KIAs.

 

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So I just sank into the ground . . .

Ok, the Kraken obviously want's me to fail . . .

But I'm not gonna give up.

Tomorrow I will fly a new buggy to checkpoint 4 and continue my trip.

I've been fair with the game, the game was not fair with me . . .

I've heard that we still need some sort of loading stabilizer, like @whale_2's WorldStabilizer.

 

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I have no idea yet who will drive the buggy...

"And here's the Astronaut Complex.  Normally buzzing with the sights and sounds of Kerbals veteran and recruit planning and training for new missions.  But today, for unknown reasons, eerily quiet and empty."

Edited February 4, 2019 by Jacke

[GDJ]

@Triop

Go into your game settings.cfg file and double check what your DT_PHYSICS_FRAME_LIMIT is. 
When I had the ground problem my limit was set too high (0.1 seconds per frame) and reducing it to 0.06 seconds per frame helped quite a bit. You can do this manually by using a text editor app on your computer to change the value (much more accurate than doing the in-game settings).

It's something to do with not enough time for the game to simulate the ground physics properly. We don't have to worry much about that flying or going up in space, but driving on the ground is far more complex.

Give it a try. You got nothing to lose.

[MaverickSawyer]

Hmm... Traveling too fast taunts the Kraken, eh?

 

Good thing my plans for a similarly challenging rover mission call for a lot slower top speed...

[Jacke]

15 minutes ago, GDJ said:

Go into your game settings.cfg file and double check what your DT_PHYSICS_FRAME_LIMIT is. 
When I had the ground problem my limit was set too high (0.1 seconds per frame) and reducing it to 0.06 seconds per frame helped quite a bit. You can do this manually by using a text editor app on your computer to change the value (much more accurate than doing the in-game settings).

It's something to do with not enough time for the game to simulate the ground physics properly. We don't have to worry much about that flying or going up in space, but driving on the ground is far more complex.

 

In my settings.cfg, I've got this, which I think is default for KSP 1.6.1.

PHYSICS_FRAME_DT_LIMIT = 0.04

[Triop]

44 minutes ago, GDJ said:

Go into your game settings.cfg file and double check what your DT_PHYSICS_FRAME_LIMIT is

I'm in my game file cfg file right now, but I can't find DT_PHYSICS_FRAME_LIMIT . . .

I did managed to paint my shuttle, looks are everything.

To be honest I don't want to change cfg files, we will take it, everything the Kraken throws at us, we will take it, we will

TBC

26 minutes ago, Jacke said:

 

In my settings.cfg, I've got this, which I think is default for KSP 1.6.1. 

PHYSICS_FRAME_DT_LIMIT = 0.04

I've managed to find the physicsframethingy and it is set to 0.04 here aswell (I'm playing 1.6.1.)

 

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[GDJ]

Hmm....strange. Worked for me.

Perhaps the answer is elsewhere.

[Triop]

 

9 minutes ago, Triop said:

I've managed to find the physicsframethingy and it is set to 0.04 here aswell (I'm playing 1.6.1.)

Ok @GDJ just for science purposes I've set my psything to 0.6

I will report when I "feel" changes.

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[GDJ]

Just now, Triop said:

Ok @GDJ just for science purposes I've set my psything to 0.6

I will report when I "feel" changes.

WHOA!! TOO HIGH!!

Maybe 0.06

[Triop]

3 minutes ago, GDJ said:

WHOA!! TOO HIGH!!

Maybe 0.06

PHYSICS_FRAME_DT_LIMIT = 0.06

CHECK !

 

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[Triop]

*rectification*

I keep saying Rolas is with Edberry, but it's Val who I send there, Rolas is in one of the refuel tanker jets. . .

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[PunkyFickle]

Please, send a helicopter or something to Edberry. He nearly lost his life to save Jeb, you cannot leave him to walk through a whole continent!

By the way, why don't you use Persistent trails? It would be nice to see the path your different buggies and rescue missions took. (Although your MS Paint drawings are very informative and accurate)

 

Edited February 4, 2019 by PunkyFickle

[Triop]

10 hours ago, PunkyFickle said:

Please, send a helicopter or something to Edberry. He nearly lost his life to save Jeb, you cannot leave him to walk through a whole continent!

By the way, why don't you use Persistent trails? It would be nice to see the path your different buggies and rescue missions took. (Although your MS Paint drawings are very informative and accurate)

Edberry is fine, he can get a ride back with Val.

The persistent trails mod looks cool, I might use it later, for now I'm going to keep planting flags every 50 km.

Let's continue:

We got the cargo jet ready on the runway, waiting for Bartner Milkin Kerman (engineer) to load his Bugger.

The Bugger is to wide for the cargo jet . . .

We need another solution:

R&D once again helped us out and designed us a carrier.

We are ready to go, Bartner will be our new driver. Checkpoint 4 has dissapeared after Bill crashed, so we have to guess where that point was.

Coming in to land:

Perfect

TBC

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[NBDesigns]

17 hours ago, Triop said:

 

Ok @GDJ just for science purposes I've set my psything to 0.6

I will report when I "feel" changes.

Now I wanna try putting it to 0.6 to see what happens! And maybe try lower and higher settings. 

 

By the way, I like the orange color on the bugger 

[Triop]

21 minutes ago, NBDesigns said:

Now I wanna try putting it to 0.6 to see what happens! And maybe try lower and higher settings. 

 

17 hours ago, GDJ said:

WHOA!! TOO HIGH!!

Maybe 0.06

I liked the orange too, but it's camo for now.

I've "landed" about right on the spot, 4.8 km to ride for cp 4.

Hope I don't run into quicksand this time . . .

So far so good: Checkpoint 4 (again)

TBC

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop

[Triop]

TBC

[Triop]

We hooked up the bugger with the F-5, but the jet won't even move a centimeter.

Looks like the F-5 can not be saved right now, so it's time to get Val and Edberry home.

TBC

[Triop]

Take off !

Enjoying yourself Ed ?

Landing.

I've cleared the debries and the map looks much cleaner now.

TBC

[Triop]

So we where about to continue our trip to the first bridge when I suddenly saw we took some damage.

We can't have things sticking out of our body, so we took it out.

Too bad I can't repair it, but I can repaint it.

That is good news, that means I can repaint the buggy whenever I want.

TBC

[Triop]

- Buggy: Let's roll !

- Me: screenshot ! screenshot ! screenshot !

 

I need 5 minutes and then I'll be on my way again . . .

This is madness . . .

TBC

Edited February 4, 2019 by Triop