It's been 5 years.. What's new?

[CDK]

Wow. I thought I may never play KSP ever again. But I came across the first ever vid I saw on it by kurtjmac. Those feelings came back to me. I almost completely forget about what "EFC" even was lol. My new mature-er self is getting back into this game
I learned so much from KSP and I also had fun. I was hooked on it for quite a while haha
I'm a freelance graphic designer now and my train of thought has shifted from researching about space to staying up til 2 a.m. doing graphic design for Twitch streamers. My love for space will never be forgotten. I'm coming back, KSP! I think what killed it for me (which was my own fault), was getting so many mods and it made it to where I didn't have the thrill of exploring space and getting into orbit anymore. I'm not gonna overwhelm myself with mods this time.

[Mikki]

I guess you`re actually shocked about what KSP has grown to ...  Welcome back!

[Rocket In My Pocket]

Welcome back!

It'd be difficult so sum up everything that's changed since then; it's a lot!

You can check out the KSP weeklies, or skim the patch notes to get a rough idea, or just play and learn as you go.

[Reinhart Mk.1]

idk who u are, but welcome back sir! i know what you mean about being burnt out on games. i was binging on stranded deep before i moved to ksp lol

[PewPewTrash]

You, my sir, are in for a massive storm.

Tons of new stuff have been added since whenever you played, like 1.1 or something.

Have fun.

[Superfluous J]

It may be better to check out the version history here: https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Version_history

Though the biggies, since early 2014  (in roughly time order)

• Asteroids
• Career mode with money and contracts.
• Many many tweaks to the Navball.
• Kerbals level up and have professions.
• So do your buildings.
• Totally new aerodynamics model. Think "FAR lite." Also shock heating and fairings.
• ISRU. Think "Kethane lite." Radiators because ISRU gets hot. As does the Sun.
• Lady Kerbals.
• Communications network. Think "RemoteTech lite."
• Kerbnet. Think "ScanSat lite."
• Part variants. Mostly textures but make sure you try the engine variants.
• Making History DLC. Some hate it. Some love it. I love it.
• Delta-V information in the VAB and flight.

There, those are the biggies, that I could see.

[PewPewTrash]

12 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

 

• Kerbals level up and have professions.

Does anyone actually pay attention to Kerbal levels? I sure as hell don't. I'll be playing like hardmode career and Jeb will be mastery 5 and I'll kill him off on accident and my friend will be like, "DUDE????"

[Superfluous J]

1 hour ago, PewPewTrash said:

Does anyone actually pay attention to Kerbal levels? I sure as hell don't. I'll be playing like hardmode career and Jeb will be mastery 5 and I'll kill him off on accident and my friend will be like, "DUDE????"

4, and 5? Nope. They're the same as 3.

1, 2, and 3? Yup.

[Gapone]

Read the changelog!

[Fraston]

14 hours ago, Gapone said:

Read the changelog!

Indeed, read the changelog, even though through 6 major releases its comparable to war and peace...