puzzler300 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 how would the game react to building something that tall? because it would be pretty awesome. you could also launch ships and things without worrying about gravity or aerodynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katyjsst Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 A long discussed topic, quite impossible. But can be done. With carbon nano-tube mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapy97 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 well... the height of it would make it tipp over, then it would lagg you to death and finally it would help stop stupid questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAO Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 in game ship height limit is 5000m, you can try it out with R4m0ns(or however he spells it) launch tower remover plugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluejayek Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 You mean like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo-not Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 You mean like this?*snip*Darn! If imageshack wasn't down, I would have beaten you to it. Though, you did get it higher than me.What kind of music would they play on the space elevator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmpsterMan Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 How did you guys do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Destroyer Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 R4m0n's launch pad oblilberator, and then clicking on the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucidLemon Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) I wonder if less hacky version could be made as a plugin. Would it be possible to adapt something like the Orbital Construction Mod so that it would slowly bring you up an imaginary tether attached to a geostationary satellite? The tether could just be a drawn line (like in the Lazor mod or Docking mods) between an anchor and the satellite. \If you could place the anchor, you could use this to deliver things to and from the surface of planets and moons. Edited October 4, 2012 by lucidLemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluejayek Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 R4m0n's launch pad oblilberator, and then clicking on the part.Whats the launch pad obliterator?I just went into my .craft file and added 700,000m to the height of each part.If I try to do it with multiple launch clamps the ship tends to tear itself apart though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puzzler300 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 that is exactly waht i was talking about!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo-not Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I did mine by rotating the VAB camera up while dragging the pod. Move it around and you will get how it works.Except the rocket breaks off of the things once done loading or won't let you launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonhands Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 you could also launch ships and things without worrying about gravity or aerodynamics.I don't see the point of building a rocket if you're not gonna launch it, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katyjsst Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 My attempt at an ACTUAL space elevator. Used a mod I created myself. It toppled, HARD.[ATTACH=CONFIG]34215[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]34216[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puzzler300 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 I don't see the point of building a rocket if you're not gonna launch it, man.I was thinking of using the elevator to get above the atmosphere, and then launch your rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Znath Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Yea the idea of a space elevator is you use the elevator to take parts up into orbit without a launch. The elevator itself uses the earth's rotational force to keep up. Basically a geosynchronous orbit satellite with a long cable down to the surface.If you can build a craft piece by piece in orbit, then you don't have to worry about pesky things like air resistance on the launch.It gives you more freedom in your ship design as well as more stability in the design. I'd like to see something like that in KSP really, but short of mods, not much so far.Until some development comes along where you can haul parts up with a shuttle and assemble things in space....The only way you'll get massive ships is with mods, or launching them with obscenely huge game breaking launchers.If we could launch from orbit, it'd mean we can make extremely huge starships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krahazik Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 One thought I had was to try and make us of the Kerbal Attachment System cables. Get the station launched into geosynchronous orbit, then lower the ground base down to the surface. Then see about anchoring it to the ground. Might need to build a custom winch with enough cable length for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybersol Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 EDIT: Old thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 This is an old, old thread, and space elevators in KSP are still precluded by physics sphere size. Locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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