Through the Eyes of a Kerbal - KSP IVA career mode

[kurgut]

 

Through the Eyes of a Kerbal

KSP IVA career mode
 

I love flying in IVA in KSP, it gives it a completly different experience, especially with mods like FreeIVA, awesome IVA mods available out there.

So I started a new career, where I attempt to fly missions only from the cockpits and the mission control room, for unmmaned spacecraft.  

This will be mostly done in a video format (the serie style is new to me, so don't hesitate to provide feedback  )

So let's bang our Kerbal head against all those knobs and switches shall we ? : P

 

- Link to a WIP version of this retro-NASA-styled Probe Control Room IVA, used in this serie :

 

- Modlist (will evolve eventually) :

Spoiler

If you want the full thing, there it is now : ) -> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pa1mwndtfldtrbjchyjpd/KSP_IVA_CAREER_MODLIST.txt?rlkey=2ihyze4iulijzq4fnmbgkddmh&dl=0
Below, the most relevant thingies :
- IVA stuff and related : 
ASET / RPM / MAS
FreeIVA
Through the eyes of a Kerbal
Probe Control Room (with custom made retro style IVA)
De_Iva extensions / KSA IVA upgrades / Warbird cockpits / Starilex IVA / Ultimate shuttle IVA / SABS IVA
Scansat / Mechjeb / DPAI / Astrogrator / NavUtil / Chatterer / RSE / VesselView
Parts
Airplane plus
Restock/plus
SXT
SSPX
Planetside Exploration Tech
Planets/others :

Quackpack / Better Kerbol
Gameplay : 
TACLS / TAC self destruct / persistent rotation / Engines have less ISP in atmosphere patch /  WYG! / Kerbal Launch Failures
Exploration plus / PWP / Tourism contracts / Station contracts
+ visuals and utility/QOL stuff

 

- Chapters : 

Spoiler

Ep.1 - Humble Hoppings
Ep. 2 - Plane shenanigans & First Kerbal in Orbit (and back : ) )
Ep. 3 - Failures, scanning & first Mun flyby

Ep. 5 - Fly me to the Mun
 

Godspeed !  

Ep. 1 - Humble Hoppings

We discovered female Kerbals are called "Kerbalinas" ? did you know ? : D

Next we'll surely get a Kerbal to orbit, and hopefully some probes to the Mun, while continuing developping aircraft tech to break the sound barrier !

Edited January 11 by kurgut

[Sten89]

Are you going to release the analog probe control room for download?

[kurgut]

16 minutes ago, Sten89 said:

Are you going to release the analog probe control room for download?

Yeah it's planned, but it's not ready yet ! I need to tweak some things, like eventually actual wall monitor instead of absurdly scaling those CRTs ^^
Also figuring out how to organize props for a release, since I'm using quite a few assets from different mods.
I'm quite busy until end of december, so I'd say early 2024 !  
And welcome to the forum too !

Edited December 4, 2023 by kurgut

[kurgut]

Ep. 2 - Plane shenanigans & First Kerbal in Orbit (and back : ) )

Today's menu :  

Spoiler

barnstorming shenanigans

Speed, altitude record, and first test of an actual ILS approach at KSC runway  

Breaking the sound barrier (featuring me getting lost in the clouds, not finding the runway, and making a hopefully non-explosive emergency landing haha)

First Kerbal into Orbit

And first spacewalk ! what a view < 3

 

Cheers !

Edited December 11, 2023 by kurgut

[kurgut]

Ep. 3 - Failures, scanning & first Mun flyby
 

First catastrophic failures due to a flight director error (me lol), more engine failures, first kerbin scientific satellite, showcase of the MirageDev's Maneuver props in action (still WIP), and the first live images from the Mun, as we flyby it : )
This involved some interesting challenges, as how to align my solar panels properly to the Sun, a transfer to the Mun in IVA. Also guessing the correct orientation for the spacecraft, and the camera, to get images from the Mun, and see it coming live on the displays was quite satisfying !  
(I'm also working on making the first steps towards a first WIP release of the retro PCR IVA)
 

[kurgut]

Ep. 4 - First NOT-so-Graceful Mun landing
 

After some plane shenanigans, and mun scanning, I attempted the first unmaned Munar landing !
The grace of this execution is certainly a quality that the landing pilot will have to work on...  

I also released a test version of this Retro-NASA-styled Probe Control IVA, available on the first post of this thread. : ) @Sten89

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by kurgut

[kurgut]

Ep. 5 - Fly me to the Mun

 

After the excitement provoked by the first unmanned landing, sparks started in engineer brains back at the KSC, this added with the pressure from the press, and 1 month later, tada, Doksov-1 is on the pad, ready for the first Kerbal-ed Mun landing ! Scientists insisted that crucial parts such as manned rendez-vous or reentry from the Mun should be done first for safety, or even testing the new launch vehicle, Saucisson-01... But Jeb insisted as usual, saying "just give me a big abort button I can smash if somehting goes wrong", and voilà.

Jeb and Bill are assigned to this historic flight, tho Bill is a bit unhappy about that, he might even try to....