Show and Tell - The Kerbal Space Center

[ballisticfox0]

So is this actually on kerbin or is this just in-game on a plain with some hills?

Reasoning:

1. Skybox looks like a skybox not volumetric clouds
2. Terrain is extremely undetailed and looks nothing like what they showed off on the mun and pol
3. Either kerbin got a smaller or it is on a plain with a fall off

 

Edited May 28, 2021 by ballisticfox0

[isdi0]

Just now, Nate Simpson said:

There will be multiple space centers.

Awesome! Will there be a competitive version of the adventure mode? Or will there only be a co-op mode? Or, will there be a space race mode, where you can select a goal, and try to get there before anyone else?

[GuessingEveryDay]

2 minutes ago, Nate Simpson said:

There will be multiple space centers.

We also will be able to build them off-world, correct?

[Spaceman.Spiff]

1 minute ago, Nate Simpson said:

There will be multiple space centers.

Will there be a Kerbal Konstructs-esqe ability to build a space center wherever we want or will y'all just provide a bunch of space center locations.

Also, will there be differentiation? And different facilities? Like it would be cool if it was a real challenge to decide which DSN station to upgrade.

[Wubslin]

2 minutes ago, Nate Simpson said:

This is an excellent note. Consider that hill deleted.

There will be multiple space centers.

Haha, thanks lol. I know fans of giant SSTOs like Stratzenblitz75 will appreciate that

[Spaceman.Spiff]

1 minute ago, ballisticfox0 said:

Skybox looks like a skybox not volumetric clouds
2. Terrain is extremely undetailed and looks nothing like what they showed off on the mun and pol
3. Either kerbin got a smaller or it is on a plain with a fall off

 

Test Scene. We've seem a lot of them.

[Pthigrivi]

Look at the size of that dish!  Love the look of all this. Are these buildings going to have functions the way they do in KSP1?

[StarExplorerNeptune]

Will this be the final/close to final design of the ksc?

[Nate Simpson]

1 minute ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

Test Scene. We've seem a lot of them.

Yep, test scene. That's just a skybox and a temp terrain. Lots of moving parts, always a few warts on display.

[GuessingEveryDay]

Just now, StarExplorerNeptune said:

Will this be the final/close to final design of the ksc?

We still have a year and a half to go. This is definitely not the last version of the KSC.

[isdi0]

Just now, StarExplorerNeptune said:

Will this be the final/close to final design of the ksc?

I would assume so, considering they are doing a show and tell on it.

[StarExplorerNeptune]

Why hello there little kerbal, walking around the ksc huh?

[StarSlay3r]

3 minutes ago, StarExplorerNeptune said:

Will this be the final/close to final design of the ksc?

All Show and Tell footage is work in progress status. Content is subject to change as the team continues to work on the game. 
 

10 minutes ago, ballisticfox0 said:

So is this actually on kerbin or is this just in-game on a plain with some hills?

Reasoning:

1. Skybox looks like a skybox not volumetric clouds
2. Terrain is extremely undetailed and looks nothing like what they showed off on the mun and pol
3. Either kerbin got a smaller or it is on a plain with a fall off

 

As Nate has previously mentioned, this is footage from a test scene that the artists use to review assets. The background in this footage just shows a placeholder skybox. 

[StarExplorerNeptune]

10 minutes ago, StarExplorerNeptune said:

Why hello there little kerbal, walking around the ksc huh?

To add on to this, will kerbals walking around the KSC be implemented?

[Lithobrake]

I don't think anyone's mentioned the music. I'm excited to hear more of the new KSP2 score!

[Nate Simpson]

Just now, Lithobrake said:

I don't think anyone's mentioned the music. I'm excited to hear more of the new KSP2 score!

Yes! This is more of Howard Mostrom's original score. He's a treasure!

[Pthigrivi]

18 minutes ago, StarExplorerNeptune said:

Why hello there little kerbal, walking around the ksc huh?

Is it? Looks like light/bollard to me?

[Guest]

40 minutes ago, Nate Simpson said:

Design requirement #1: gotta have some stuff to fly under!

Indeed  

[Spaceman.Spiff]

Is there a chance you guys will add "testing areas" 

For example, somewhere we could test a rover on difficult terrain and in the proper gravity?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, The Doodling Astronaut said:

Indeed  

Tho it would be cool if we had a space center split in two and there was a bridge over a canyone to connect them. That would be SPICY

 

You guys are great, KSP 2 makes me happy

[shdwlrd]

Nice facilities, actually looks the part. I was kind of hoping to see a redesign of the astronaut center. I never cared for it in KSP1. All well. Everything is looking good, warts and all.

[minerbat]

the real question is: will the buildings be destroyable and have a toilet inside

[NPT156]

Awesome!

[Minmus Taster]

*Salivation

[Pthigrivi]

33 minutes ago, shdwlrd said:

Nice facilities, actually looks the part. I was kind of hoping to see a redesign of the astronaut center. I never cared for it in KSP1. All well. Everything is looking good, warts and all.

Yeah I can see why they'd like to reference the original for continuity. It has a very DC administrative look. This is the current NASA headquarters, which isn't a bad bit of deconstructivst architecture, but nothing to write home about and doesn't allow you to wrap around a big cool statue.  I think the current designs have a lot of integrity and a nice balance between slightly cartoonish proportions and  simple/realistic detail. 



Cape Canaveral also has a lot of this kind industrial support infrastructure that might be cool to see a dash of:



And as they're working on alternate launch sites there are some nice references at Japan's Tanegashima and China's Wenchang Launch Centre. More color and a fun tropical setting:





And of course Baikonur and its more raw, desert industrial aesthetic: