Build your own KSS!

[Abraxas]

Hey there community,

Did anyone build their own KSS (Kerbal Space Station)?

Since I bought this game I was eager to build one myself... with .16 the parts were there, but the docking didn't came. When .17 came out I hoped so much, and a few weeks ago, finally, there was the ORDA and the Erkle Docking Clamps.

And now, after ~10 hours of planning, building, failing, orbiting, rendevouing, docking.... I have it.

It is not perfect, and some parts are missing, but I don't want my computer to explode. Even with my pretty awesome PC (i5-2500, 8GB RAM, Radeon 6950) KPS has approx. 10 fps at the moment.

Well, long story short, here it is:

http://imgur.com/a/3zAUc#0

Now good night, folks, I'll have my well deserved rest.... :-D

[unWinged]

I'm starting small with stations similar to Salyut or even smaller... I wait for official docking so I can build safe modular stations. (And I wait for some more IVA or need for fundings, so my Kerbonauts will have a job up there)

[mrrpamplemousse]

I have a concept, but, I get into solar orbit for no raison when I want to dock.

[swiftgates24]

I'd prefer to call it K.I.S.S. (Kerbal International Space Station). I might partake if my computer can handle it...I have the same system as you except 6GB ram yet my average is 15 FPS...yeah I'll just build a huge station and watch it explode on the pad.

[Dehzz]

Yep, I'm just building it Erkle's mod is a great thing - especially when it's the only mod you're using ( except electricity and rover )- the satisfaction when docking without any ORDA etc., steering something heavy - cannot be described

I'll drop some screens later.

Tell me guys, do U also have the problem, when there are more than 3 ships connected , when warping time in other ship and returing to the connected one, the parts sometimes are disconnected - several kilometers from each other ?

I must admit ,that I tried to build earlier a big interplanetary ship, with rover, reactors, ION engines etc, 5 modules, they were steerable but when I warped time half a year, the ship was in 3 pieces :/

Damnt, I'm dreaming about an option to fuse the connected ships into one ship, that can be later divided. Is it even possible? ..

good luck with your ISS'es

Mine is called Kerbal Spacestation Alpha .

[katyjsst]

I want to build but frame rates go to as low as 1 FPS

[RogueMason]

I have a space station design that I should really put into orbit after rectifying the design faults I had. It has the three man Mk1-2 pod (not the ugly 'shuttle' one) and looks pretty decent, in my opinion anyway...

[Abraxas]

Narf, now I have the KSS nearly complete, but when I click on it in the Tracking Station KSP freezes and don't responds... so guys, I think 10+ docking clamps is the maximum so far...

[nhnifong]

Wow! It looks just like ISS! Nice work. I like the little Soyuz crafts on the bottom Did you launch those independently?

[Abraxas]

No, I built them with the sections together... It was work enough ;-)

[Rizz]

No, I built them with the sections together... It was work enough ;-)

How did you manage that?!

I was hoping to build a space-station with an added feature: Refueling, for both rocket and RCS fuel. Unfortunately, this adds a ton of weight to the whole structure, and the clamping mod (Erkle) isn't the most reliable. Can't select the clamp you wish to clamp to, just selects a nearby one. That wouldn't be a problem if it was just the refueling port that I was attaching to the ship-to-be-fueled. But attaching separate modules all-together is incredibly annoying, especially when trying to load the save and having them separated or even completely despawned.

[Cydonia]

This is awesome, the attention to detail is incredible. It almost looks the same as the real ISS modeled in Orbiter 2010.

Well done.

[ashrobhoy]

10 FPS with that are you sure you are not broadcasting because i have a nividia GTX 440 and when broadcasting i would get like 20 fps with that and without about 70

GTX 440 is less powerful as your radeon

[potatobabe]

I've got one but which mod is for the extendable solar arrays, feel stupid having giant extended panels on the launch pad

[cloudofawesome]

I've made a full 1:1 scale replica of the real ISS using a few mods. Here is a link to the album:

http://imgur.com/a/3awvX

[nhnifong]

I've made a full 1:1 scale replica of the real ISS using a few mods. Here is a link to the album:

http://imgur.com/a/3awvX

Is the color of those solar panels orange on purpose?

[lordpie]

That is really nice, last time I built a station it did not look nearly as good as that, bravo, craft file and mods please?

[Abraxas]

@cloudofawesome: Looks nice, but I have to say "booo" for persisting it into orbit... I flew mine into orbit, rendevoued all parts and docked them (c;