What did you do in KSP2 today?

[Mikki]

5 minutes ago, NexusHelium said:

Actually I didn't really mind landing on Jool. It's cool.

I just feel bad that Bill will have no one to keep him company.

Well... Except for Ludfert...

Maybe I should stop Landing on Jool.

And I'm not a scientist either. I just research orbital mechanics in my spare time to understand KSP. Probably unnecessary but neat none the less.

... Kerbals are extremely resistant and redundant. I guess we care to much about their names. I fire them up with little remorse, at least in early access... There is some kind of strange soulwandering going on, but better we leave them alone, since they use  to return back from certain death like... well.... Kerbals do.  

All is well in my opinion with this universe, all is well.

[NexusHelium]

The only ones I care about getting home (Or roasting them in front of the engines to respawn them) are the OG four. I don't know why. I guess I have collector's anxiety for the Kerbals.

[Alchemist]

Finally managed to find a way (through all the strut issues) to do the one thing HRO is designed to excel at. Payload recovery.

From here

to here

 

Full report here:

[NexusHelium]

I took Jeb to the helicopter pad on the VAB and just stared at the clouds. Where I noticed either a bug or an unfinished asset. The clouds appear to not have a smooth animation. They kind of just skip from one place to the other.

Odd.

[Mikki]

Genovis: "Yesterday we were not able to leave the seat, but today it works. What is this trickery?"

Bob: "I dunno.  Early access is weird."

 

[Socraticat]

This is what I will be doing today:

It's currently on Minmus, but the Kraken got it pretty good. Working on sending a repair crew to repair damage today (Nevermind that it's made of cursed parts)...

[Alchemist]

Flew 2 HRO shuttles (different variants) together.

The game didn't like it too much.

Barely got them back home.

[Gonb]

I've put probes on all the moons of the kerbol system

 

[Socraticat]

This is the result of Kraken-Proofing the "Slamvan". It uses zero trussing or hubs; it uses the same steel frame as the Van; the cargo area carries limitless possibilities.

I call the frame "SpaceTruck" and the particular build "Tuff".

It's a "Tuff" Truck... when it's upright.

Should I jump the Dres or Eeloo canyons?

Does anyone want to see this in the craft share?

Sidenote: This one was built to dominate Minmus, but R&D insisted on testing capabilities on the Mun. The rationale was that if it could perform at all on Mun, it would be successful on a host of other bodies (some have even mentioned a secret program for Duna exploration)

[Pawelk198604]

here you are

 

[Heretic391]

Finally built one of my weirdest builds yet, an asymmetric airplane. Just trying to fix the randomly disconnecting/exploding parts issue and stability. Will share craft link once it's in a better state.

Edited September 17, 2023 by Heretic391
Typo

[Alchemist]

Continuing with trying out Shuttle Challenge in KSP2, this time the payload is... Apollo-style

 

 

 

 

Full report here:

[The Aziz]

Flew this

Almostcircumnavigated Kerbin (probably should've gone the other way)

[Socraticat]

 

Edited September 24, 2023 by Socraticat
reuploaded- No music. Not today. Too quiet.

[Socraticat]

I wanted to make a cinematic. I fought the Kraken, the Kraken won. The craft never became what I wanted it to be. It never performed quite like I hoped... but it did do some things right and it seems to be a good contender for Garage Top racing! So here it is. What was intended to be something larger is just a short series of videos about the Mail Truck going about to get mail, Rendezvous with the Rover Delivery system for international travel, then cruising around what is clearly not KSC, because deserts need mail too!

And their all links in the paragraph, since they are all shorts and I don't get to choose the thumbnail.

Except for this one. This is where I get to conservatively use the engines to stay competitive uphill. Good fun:

(It's the same vid as the first hyperlink)

Now please excuse me while I put the Rover in the craft share.

I hope you all have a great whatever time of day it is for you soon.

[Dakitess]

@Socraticat Nice video but it's very slow, nah ? I feel it would be more fun with some more speed, some drift, etc. It does not feel like there is any challenge or way to improve things on your try, just because you're limited by the wheel speed and that's it.

I've organized plural "Race Against Time" on KSP1, and the last one looked like this, I still have the record haha, even if it's still far from perfect. Both the craft design and the pilot skills are equally very important here :

 

 

[Gargamel]

Some off topic material has been removed.    This thread is for what you did in game, not outside of it.   

[Socraticat]

7 hours ago, Dakitess said:

I feel it would be more fun with some more speed, some drift, etc. It does not feel like there is any challenge or way to improve things on your try,

No challenge?

Did you try it or is it just "feelings"?

I challenge you- you who clearly has knowledge on the subject, to use my craft or build one of your own to make it from one garage top to another.

Spoiler

I was at less than full throttle on the way up. There's room for improvement. Speaking of room for improvement: I used jet engines, but I could have gone with closed cycle. I could have thrown jets on a smaller craft and added some wings for downforce. I didn't do any of that because I know one of you is ready to ruin my time on the course by building something faster- that is, if you're willing to put action where your words are.

I'd love to set a course around KSC2. Unfortunately there are still  a lot of ground continuity errors on the ground- everywhere.

The garage has fewer, if any of these "snags" as I call them, so it seemed like a good place to offer up Kraken mitigated ground for racing.

As for speed, consider Pathfinder and Sojourner- the rover needed to traverse rough terrain and do so reliably. Sojourner was not fast. Sojourner is still super cool, and if you don't think so then you can go straight to Kerbol.

Rather than make something "fast", can you make something reliable that you can pilot through two garages to be competitive? How competitive? C'mon! Put that sass in the VAB!

So, yeah, it's slow but I had a lot of fun. I did compete in Fastest under the Bridge while there were still conpetitors, but everyone left. Try "Garage Tops" before you knock it. Try to take it at a speed somewhere between Sojourner and your KSP1 example.

Also, I'm not sure that Mail Truck can make it up the Garage without thrust. Full throttle it reaches about 60m/s. It's not at all aerodynamic.

[Dakitess]

Sound like you took it very personally haha, maybe my message did not sound the way I intended, sorry for that then ^^

I just had the feeling and indeed it's only a feeling, that your craft / rules does not allow much room for improvements / skills, because of the wheel speed limitation. It's perfectly clear, normal and legit that rovers and rovers wheel in general are not meant to go ever faster than 1m/s haha.

 

[Socraticat]

On 9/28/2023 at 1:44 AM, Dakitess said:

Sound like you took it very personally haha, maybe my message did not sound the way I intended

Absolutely I took it personally, but don't think I didn't like it! It's true that the wheels are super slow, that's why it's more fun with fuel and thrust attached to the rear   More than anything it just felt like another challenge- So I took it as one and responded. I gotta defend my challenge, you know?

I just want to make a case for the Challenge, since I really get a lot of enjoyment out of it. I like to race the Garage tops to make sure I can perform on inclines, turns, and to see responsiveness in a controlled environment. Once I've dialed it in there, it's easier to dial in the rest of the suspension and traction settings on other celestials.

I'll have to take a look at the rules, but I'm pretty sure they don't restrict the use of engines, just that the craft is meant to be a rover. If that's not clear, I'll change it.

You got me so worked up I had to go and make a lighter, more aerodynamic Racer:

I had just as much fun this time as I have on the other runs. There's a sub 2:00 run real close here- Is anyone else going to chase it?

Spoiler

I'm thinking about a race on the Mun, but it's been difficult to scope out a good race location with the decay bug. With that a bit more tamed, I'm excited to revisit the Mun for some low Polar orbits and scoping out cool terrain. I've had some good results with "speedy" driving there, despite the lack of friction. Anything smaller than Mun turns into a special kind of race... I think if I'm going to pick some other "tracks" they are likely to be Point to Point races/ Time Trials rather than Circuits. 

The Challenge can be found HERE. There's not limitations other than it has to be a Rover- and It has to go from Top to Top (I'll add a rule that states you have to go from Top to Floor to Top)

Edited September 30, 2023 by Socraticat
Holy Copy/Paste, Sorry for anyone who had to witness the doublepost

[Casellina X]

Having gotten bored in a meeting that was dragging out for way to long, I decided to put a small comm satellite into orbit between Kerbin and Mun.

And naturally after having fussed with an unstable rocket to eventually get my payload well on its way, and indeed parked in orbit, I exited the game without saving. Oh well. The time was much better spent that way rather than on a meeting that went nowhere.

[The Aziz]

I landed.

[cocoscacao]

On 10/2/2023 at 7:57 PM, Casellina X said:

Having gotten bored in a meeting that was dragging out for way to long

So, my basic assumption here is that @Casellina X forgot to mute the mic and was commenting things out loud, without bothering to listen the actual meeting...

Boss: "So how's everyone feeling about this project?"
CX: "...and the atmosphere is getting thin now..."
Boss: "The rest of the team seem optimistic. Are you insinuating that there are problems?"
CX: "....huh... too much wobble, it may flip on its head...."
Boss: "Wobble? Please clarify. Which part do you think is problematic?"
CX: "...dump the first stage... right about... now!"
Boss: "The first stage of development was planned by me. What's wrong with it?"
CX: "... this should go faster by now..."
Boss: "Are you questioning my competence? I may rethink that bonus I wanted to give you!"
CX: "...guess I needed moar boosters..."

Edited October 3, 2023 by cocoscacao

[Casellina X]

On 10/3/2023 at 2:24 PM, cocoscacao said:

So, my basic assumption here is that @Casellina X forgot to mute the mic and was commenting things out loud, without bothering to listen the actual meeting...

Boss: "So how's everyone feeling about this project?"
CX: "...and the atmosphere is getting thin now..."
Boss: "The rest of the team seem optimistic. Are you insinuating that there are problems?"
CX: "....huh... too much wobble, it may flip on its head...."
Boss: "Wobble? Please clarify. Which part do you think is problematic?"
CX: "...dump the first stage... right about... now!"
Boss: "The first stage of development was planned by me. What's wrong with it?"
CX: "... this should go faster by now..."
Boss: "Are you questioning my competence? I may rethink that bonus I wanted to give you!"
CX: "...guess I needed moar boosters..."

Well the funny thing is, that's pretty accurate as to how things are going for me at work. I could probably monologue an entire KSP 2 mission failure and it would mirror the project to a T. If you thought my KSP missions were poorly planed, oh boy... We're currently in the not enough dV to reach space phase.

[Royalswissarmyknife]

On 10/3/2023 at 5:24 PM, cocoscacao said:

So, my basic assumption here is that @Casellina X forgot to mute the mic and was commenting things out loud, without bothering to listen the actual meeting...

Boss: "So how's everyone feeling about this project?"
CX: "...and the atmosphere is getting thin now..."
Boss: "The rest of the team seem optimistic. Are you insinuating that there are problems?"
CX: "....huh... too much wobble, it may flip on its head...."
Boss: "Wobble? Please clarify. Which part do you think is problematic?"
CX: "...dump the first stage... right about... now!"
Boss: "The first stage of development was planned by me. What's wrong with it?"
CX: "... this should go faster by now..."
Boss: "Are you questioning my competence? I may rethink that bonus I wanted to give you!"
CX: "...guess I needed moar boosters..."

Words cannot explain how funny this is.