[stock 0.16] IBN: Odin's Ring [¡Warning Big!]

[Elmetian]

No, not the name of a Norse saga recounting the aftermath of a godly curry binge. This is the largest thing I've ever put into orbit.

It was originally meant to be a space station that I could spin up to provide some artificial gravity, but the game isn't flexible enough to build something like this around a central pod, so I had to build from the edge. It'd be nice if we could choose which point the capsule snaps to, because after I'd finished building the ring, it became impossible to move the pod to a different point on it.

Anyway, here's some proof that I managed to put it into orbit:

Be warned though, my PC is a new build, and I was getting about 1 FPS throughout the launch. You need to throttle up to about 65% before ignition, and leave it there, because it's unlikely you'll get chance to adjust it with the FPS issues. Make sure to engage the SAS before launch as well. On a few launches, the whole assembly decided to violently dismantle itself before ignition, so you might need to fiddle with the gantry height and move it away from the pad. I found that if the capsule is touching the VAB ceiling, it's probably not going to throw a tantrum on the pad.

All parts are vanilla btw.

Edited August 31, 2012 by Narcosis

[Exelcior_esp]

That looks AMAZINCREDIBLE!! if my PC was not a crap, i will try it and launch it....

it renember me to mün station epsilon.... Good job!

[NetBlitzer]

Nice station! I've built spiral stations and tried spinning them before. Trust me, you don't want to make that mistake...

You might be able to get some better FPS if you attached struts to the lower rockets. Usually, the more things wobbling around mean lower FPS.

[Elmetian]

You might be able to get some better FPS if you attached struts to the lower rockets. Usually, the more things wobbling around mean lower FPS.

I might slap a few twisty-ties on if I cba. Those boosters were swinging around quite a bit. On a related note, I couldn't get it working with the new big engines in 0.16. They flailed around and ripped Odin's poor ring to shreds.

[Additivetulip]

GTx 670 and it is still unplayable! Better OC.

[Elmetian]

GTx 670 and it is still unplayable! Better OC.

Heh, I've got a GTX 560ti, so maybe I got lucky

<del>Strapping some struts on as NetBlitzer said seems to help</del>, but the thing's inherently jiggly.

EDIT: adding the struts on helps with the framerate issue, but unfortunately it makes the thing too rigid, and it tears itself apart during launch.

Edited September 3, 2012 by Narcosis