Kerbal Civilization?

[CommanderLOL]

I just thought of something, how are the Kerbals in space if they don't even have a city???? Are there only about 100 Kerbals in existence, that all live at the launch area and have no desire to go anywhere else on the planet except to space? Do they only live their lives to build rockets and fly them only to have them either blow up or land half way on the other side of the planet. Why do they have the technology level to get in space if they have nothing else?

[Qumefox]

1) I believe cities/other structures on Kerbin are on the to-do list.

2) It's a game?

[CommanderLOL]

so what if its a game. you need fundamental things.

[Qumefox]

KSP is a spaced based physics sandbox (currently) all kerbin cities would be is eye candy IMHO.. which is nice, but not required for me to enjoy the game. I'd personally rather see clouds implemented before cities.

[AeroPelican]

I just think they live underground like tunnel rats.

[THX-1138]

I just think they live underground like tunnel rats.

True! They resemble a type of worm instead of rat. Most likely they have underground cities.

[sal_vager]

Just a note, Orbiter doesn't have cities, and that's supposed to be our planet there.

[CommanderLOL]

maybe cities where you can crash your rockets and destroy them would be nice.

[Kizarvexis]

I just think they live underground like tunnel rats.

Considering the amount of 'sploding rocket parts I rain down on Kerbin all the time, they better live underground.

[Omega500]

I carnt wait to see how Jebs scrap yard will look like. (as mentioned in some of the rocket parts description)

I imagine its got some sort of runway and something that looks like a airplane boneyard. Then at one end there is a rocket launch tower made up of wooden pallets scrap bits of metal and gaffer tape. With some sort of notice from the planning department cos jeb don't play by the rules and never got planning permission for the tower. I also hope he has an old 50s style trailer as a home. numerous smoldering creators around too

[Colderjake1524]

Maybe in the future we will have the ability to make cities and factories (cities customizable like underground maybe) so that every day you get money from the kerbals working in the factories to build onto your spaceship in career mode!

[AmpsterMan]

I personally would love to see cities and such. I am so glad that it is on the to-do list

[CommanderLOL]

The city element would be cool.

[Werwolf]

This is a space simu-sandbox, not a kerbin simulator. if you want that go play sim city

[decemberstorm]

This is a space simu-sandbox, not a kerbin simulator. if you want that go play sim city

no one ever asked to build city's only to have them be seen on the surface, and frankly it would be pretty cool to see lights and illumination from those city's when in orbit.

[Accelerando]

This is not thing I'm most interested in. If you want thing I'm not most interested in, go play game X. Insincere smiley face.

And by the way, it's only partly a sandbox. Career mode is coming, as are cities, and presumably a more detailed setting. Why do we have Gene Kerman or Werner von Kerman? While appropriate to the theme, they're not strictly necessary to the gameplay of a space simulator-sandbox. Cities also fit the theme, as your rocket parts need to come from somewhere...

Edited October 16, 2012 by Accelerando

[UNSC]

That would be cool to see your rocket be carted out of the VAB to the launch tower.

[AmpsterMan]

This game is so much more than just a space simulator. I would hate for it to just fall to that.

[CommanderLOL]

It says the rocket parts mostly come from the side of the road. Question who on Kerbin discardes this stuff?

[um3k]

I like the idea that they ascended to intelligence last week when some small lizard-like creatures happened upon a Munolith. The monolith technology has advanced in leaps and bounds since its part in the rise of man.

[azazel1024]

Hey, speaking of cities, which could be neat, anyone know if landing lights are visible from orbit on the night side of planets? I never thought about it until I read this thread and it got me thinking how cool it would be, at least for Kerbal, to have a couple of cities so you can see slights on the planet on the night side. Or at the very least, lights from the kerbal space center on the night side.

Now I need to to strap a bunch of lights to a capsule, blast it suborbital, parachute it down and turn the lights on and look down from orbit to see if I can see them or not.

[Zephram Kerman]

I like the idea that they ascended to intelligence last week when some small lizard-like creatures happened upon a Munolith. The monolith technology has advanced in leaps and bounds since its part in the rise of man.

Way back in the demo days, someone suggested "there are only two forms of life on Kerbin: kerbals, and grass. Where is the missing link?" Then the monoliths revealed themselves, and once again I could sleep at night.

[Whatshtisthis]

If there were only grass and Kerbals on Kerbin, could Kerbals originally be grass that somehow got affected by the monoliths?

[LukeTim]

I know it's unlikely to happen due to the potential computational complexity of having this on a planetary scale, but cities with destructible buildings would be amazing.

Sitting in sandbox mode firing rockets at Kerbin's capitals in order to reduce them to rubble would be pretty fun. Maybe launching multiple warheads into orbit, and coordinating a simultaneous strike...

Y'know, just for fun.

[um3k]

The devs have already made it clear that KSP is not a war simulator, so the only chance of that happening is with an extremely flexible modding system.