Kerbal Space Program DLC: “Breaking Gound” Grand Discussion Thread

[Pthigrivi]

32 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

Sorry all I meant was if they can make the Tylo Cave that big they could make a volcano that big.

Oh oh gotcha I read that wrong.

[Clockwork13]

This game already costs $40 on Steam, now they're locking features behind paywalls? Yeah no. [snip]

Edited May 30, 2019 by Snark
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[Pthigrivi]

24 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

This game already costs $40 on Steam, now they're locking features behind paywalls? Yeah no. [snip]

Sorry you feel that way, man. Have you seen what some of this robotics stuff can do? It's pretty baller.

[klesh]

30 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

This game already costs $40 on Steam, now they're locking features behind paywalls? Yeah no. [snip]

 

Correct, that's how DLC expansions work. 

[Clockwork13]

1 minute ago, klesh said:

Correct, that's how DLC expansions work. 

Not necessarily. The first DLC they added was entirely free of charge, and I believe they said something at the time about how they'd only release free DLCs, though don't cite me on that. All this paid DLC stuff only started happening when T2 took over.

[MechBFP]

3 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

Not necessarily. The first DLC they added was entirely free of charge, and I believe they said something at the time about how they'd only release free DLCs, though don't cite me on that. All this paid DLC stuff only started happening when T2 took over.

Wrong. They always had the intention to start doing paid DLC. 

[Clockwork13]

1 minute ago, MechBFP said:

Wrong. They always had the intention to start doing paid DLC. 

[citation needed]

[Superfluous J]

44 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

This game already costs $40 on Steam, now they're locking features behind paywalls? Yeah no. [snip]

Either way you won't get the content. If they didn't charge for something they'd have closed shop or moved on to another game by now.

At least this way I can play it.

[klesh]

6 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

The first DLC they added was entirely free of charge.

 

Sorry, my receipt from Steam on the day the fist DLC was released says otherwise:

 

 

You've got your details confused.

[Clockwork13]

3 minutes ago, klesh said:

 

Sorry, my receipt from Steam on the day the fist DLC was released says otherwise:

 

 

You've got your details confused.

I was talking about the Asteroid Redirect Mission one. It wasn't really DLC in the normal sense but they branded it as DLC.

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[Superfluous J]

2 minutes ago, klesh said:

Sorry, my receipt from Steam on the day the fist DLC was released says otherwise:

Squad released two things they called DLC before making history: a soccer ball and Asteroid Day.

However they have said they may charge for content in the future for over 6 years. If they hadn't, they wouldn't have needed the early adopter free clause.

[razark]

27 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

...though don't cite me on that.

 

21 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

[citation needed]

Heh.

 

 

 

14 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

I was talking about the Asteroid Redirect Mission one. It wasn't really DLC in the normal sense but they branded it as DLC.

As I recall, it was actually branded as an "Official Mod".

And both the World Cup and ARM were released before the game was released.

 

Edit:
Works Cited:
https://www.pcgamer.com/kerbal-space-program-gets-second-official-mod/
https://steamcommunity.com/app/220200/discussions/0/540744474721452198/
https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/114911-first-official-mod/
https://kerbal.curseforge.com/projects/kerbin-cup?gameCategorySlug=ksp-mods&projectID=221319

 

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by razark

[klesh]

8 minutes ago, Clockwork13 said:

I was talking about the Asteroid Redirect Mission one. It wasn't really DLC in the normal sense but they branded it as DLC.

 

You mean the one they literally called a "patch"?   They most certainly did not brand it DLC.

 

Go ahead and search the announcement, nowhere is DLC mentioned.

The soccerball one for the World Cup was an official mod.  Semantics aside, yes you have to buy the DLC expansions now.  C'est la vie.

Edited May 30, 2019 by klesh

[Superfluous J]

No they did refer to it as DLC. And as a mod. Sometimes in the same sentence. It was a more confusing time back then.

"Today, the Asteroid Day mod was released by KSP developers at SQUAD as an official DLC."

 

[Klapaucius]

3 hours ago, Gargamel said:

Just finished that book a couple weeks ago, looking forward to this, along with KSP. 

 

I loved that book. Read it 20 years ago and need to read it again.

[razark]

21 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

"Today, the Asteroid Day mod was released by KSP developers at SQUAD as an official DLC."

But was that quote from an actual Squad spokesperson, or was it a regular forum user? 

18 minutes ago, Klapaucius said:

I loved that book. Read it 20 years ago and need to read it again.

I read it 20-15 years ago, and I reread it earlier this year.  I miss Sir Terry, the knight with a sword forged from a meteorite.

 

Edit:
And now I am sad, because I just realized I completely missed Towel Day/The Glorious 25th of May.

Edited May 30, 2019 by razark

[Superfluous J]

1 minute ago, razark said:

But was that quote from an actual Squad spokesperson, or was it a regular forum user? 

Oh oops. I don't actually know. Add there was no link I kind of assumed it was the announcement itself. 

But I really clearly recall a discussion about whether or not it was really DLC even though it was free. It would be odd to have had that rampant a discussion if they never said it.

I mean, Squad never said it was a fish and we didn't argue for weeks about how maybe it actually is a fish.

[razark]

2 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

I mean, Squad never said it was a fish and we didn't argue for weeks about how maybe it actually is a fish.

So, what you're saying is Squad will be providing a seafood buffet for the DLC release?

 

3 minutes ago, 5thHorseman said:

Oh oops. I don't actually know.

There's been a decent amount of turnover, and I can't quite keep track of who has/hasn't held a official position.

[klesh]

Either way, it was before even the 1.0 launch of the game, some 5 years ago. @Clockwork13 you've had 5 full years since that content, whatever you prefer to call it.  I think its reasonable to charge for new content packs.  They're still updating the base game quarterly, including all those part facelifts.  You're certainly free to feel its not worth your 15 smackaroos. 

 

 

So, how about some Jumbo size cryovolcanos, eh?   I'm hoping some kind of scalefactor=3 can be fiddled in somewhere.

[Jestersage]

That's what Costco hotdog is for.