Community Manager Dakota Posted March 15 Community Manager Share Posted March 15 Orbital Test Colony over Duna from the One Year Anniversary Post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Dakota Posted March 15 Author Community Manager Share Posted March 15 Orbital Test Colony over Jool colonycliplowres.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryaja Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Parts production? fuel production? energy? What is this? Spoiler The two colonies also seem to be different, the facility I mentioned is mounted differently, possibly a new iteration of the colony? It seems there are more struts too, maybe a different configuration of the same parts? Large antenna and what appears to be a nuclear plant or maybe a science facility to me, possibly a launching dock? Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto200 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Thank you for the video! lots of us were very excited to see how it moved! I'm wondering, maybe procedural sizes for the gravity rings? it could effect how fast it spins to always maintain 1g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 33 minutes ago, Ryaja said: Parts production? fuel production? energy? What is this? Reveal hidden contents The two colonies also seem to be different, the facility I mentioned is mounted differently, possibly a new iteration of the colony? It seems there are more struts too, maybe a different configuration of the same parts? Large antenna and what appears to be a nuclear plant or maybe a science facility to me, possibly a launching dock? Reveal hidden contents They look the same except the Duna one has more stuff at the end. Now one thing who makes me exited is that you send materials to the base and you can then enter the base builder interface and upgrade the base using the materials. For now you have to send this from Kerbin but in the future you can mine and refine in space but you will always need to send stuff up to orbital colonies either building material or raw material for processing. But for me the exiting thing is that if your ship is docked to station then you press edit mode, so your ship should be part of this and you should be able to edit your ship. It would be more work to not include the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flush Foot Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: For now you have to send this from Kerbin Oh, I really hope that's not how it works in v0.3 when Colonies (pre-resources) comes out... I have no problem needing to ship in the 'seeds' of the colony from Kerbin, but I really hope that there are gradual "part/fuel-generators" that just consume large sums of energy and produce loads of waste-heat to enable true off-world construction (or even 'role-playing' as if you've lost all contact with Kerbin, an orbital probe shows a smoking crater where once the KSC stood, and now your colony is Kerbality's only hope for the future, doable only because a sufficiently-advanced colony could be self-sustaining) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aziz Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 colonycliplowres.mp4 highres wheeere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Dakota Posted March 15 Author Community Manager Share Posted March 15 24 minutes ago, The Aziz said: colonycliplowres.mp4 highres wheeere? colonyclip.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flush Foot Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Beat me to it @Dakota! I just noticed 'hi-res' on Discord and was about to share that link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kianykin Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Are we getting rotors in this next update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aziz Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Mmmmm, crispy Just now, Kianykin said: Are we getting rotors in this next update? don't think so, the rotating part probably sits on top of a bearing of sorts, and the opposite sides with connection nodes are static, all-in-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephensmat Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 44 minutes ago, The Aziz said: Mmmmm, crispy don't think so, the rotating part probably sits on top of a bearing of sorts, and the opposite sides with connection nodes are static, all-in-1 We've got moving parts. Someone will find a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroneer08 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 This looks awwwwesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunaManiac Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 7 hours ago, Dakota said: Orbital Test Colony over Jool colonycliplowres.mp4 10.5 MB · 6 downloads Nice to see the colony sneakpeak today. My suggestion for the next sneakpeak would be a more in-depth screenshot: perhaps a screenshot of the (work-in-progress) UI or a particular part with a short explanation as to its function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeggz Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 The parts look cool! Any comment on when we could hear some information on what restrictions/considerations will be needed in the finished game in exploration mode? Ie is science points the only consideration or will resources limit the player in some way, and if so, how and how will mined resources be counted. Will it be binary resource availability, tied to in game clock, or tied to real game clock or some other solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flush Foot Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 2 hours ago, moeggz said: will resources limit the player in some way As I believe I understand it, once resources come into the game, ‘basic’ resources are likely infinite from KSC (likely parts we have now/brought forward from KSP1 and probably all fuels we have now too, exception perhaps for the uranium-fuelled power-generator we have in KSP2) but as the near-future techs start to get unlocked, their consumables to operate and/or ‘construction requirements’ (plus also the size of build-space, which is bigger on-orbit) starts to limit what can be built/refuelled and where. #Speculation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto200 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 14 hours ago, moeggz said: The parts look cool! Any comment on when we could hear some information on what restrictions/considerations will be needed in the finished game in exploration mode? Ie is science points the only consideration or will resources limit the player in some way, and if so, how and how will mined resources be counted. Will it be binary resource availability, tied to in game clock, or tied to real game clock or some other solution? 12 hours ago, Flush Foot said: As I believe I understand it, once resources come into the game, ‘basic’ resources are likely infinite from KSC (likely parts we have now/brought forward from KSP1 and probably all fuels we have now too, exception perhaps for the uranium-fuelled power-generator we have in KSP2) but as the near-future techs start to get unlocked, their consumables to operate and/or ‘construction requirements’ (plus also the size of build-space, which is bigger on-orbit) starts to limit what can be built/refuelled and where. #Speculation My Speculation is that they will make the KSP only have access to methalox and methane then they'll make you go to other celestial bodies to find the resources to make other fuel types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechBFP Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 54 minutes ago, Presto200 said: My Speculation is that they will make the KSP only have access to methalox and methane then they'll make you go to other celestial bodies to find the resources to make other fuel types Yup that is my guess as well with the exception being sandbox mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGG-GoodGuyGreg Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 That’s more like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarAdmiral Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 6 hours ago, Presto200 said: My Speculation is that they will make the KSP only have access to methalox and methane then they'll make you go to other celestial bodies to find the resources to make other fuel types I basically have the same thought. Though my guess would also include hydrogen and xenon. It would be a little strange to not have access to hydrogen with an ocean right at the end of the runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephensmat Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I agree, but I'm betting there's more to it. We're talking about fuel, what about RTG's for electricity? Or advanced Science parts, like a Radiation Detectors? And that's just the parts we have. That doesn't even go near the Colony Parts, Interstellar Engines, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarAdmiral Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 13 minutes ago, stephensmat said: I agree, but I'm betting there's more to it. We're talking about fuel, what about RTG's for electricity? Or advanced Science parts, like a Radiation Detectors? And that's just the parts we have. That doesn't even go near the Colony Parts, Interstellar Engines, etc. Ah you're right. I could see them limiting Uranium to be only off world, so no NTGs and no NTRs. And I guess there's no real use for hydrogen without the NTR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeRandomGuy Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 18 hours ago, SolarAdmiral said: I basically have the same thought. Though my guess would also include hydrogen and xenon. It would be a little strange to not have access to hydrogen with an ocean right at the end of the runway. Extra strange to have access to me than but not hydrogen. Cracking hydrogen from water is at least expensive in terms of power needed. Hydrogen from methane steam reformation is cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 21 hours ago, SolarAdmiral said: Ah you're right. I could see them limiting Uranium to be only off world, so no NTGs and no NTRs. And I guess there's no real use for hydrogen without the NTR. Now I could easy see hydrolox engines. High ISP but lower trust than metanox. It has the benefit that it drain from the mothership fuel tanks rater than dedicated lander tanks as you always bring to little or much of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarAdmiral Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, SomeRandomGuy said: Extra strange to have access to me than but not hydrogen. Cracking hydrogen from water is at least expensive in terms of power needed. Hydrogen from methane steam reformation is cheap. Abundant hydrocarbons makes it cheaper for us yes. But water electrolysis isn't so much more expensive to make it impossible. Like a space program on a planet without hydrocarbons but that does have water would easily still be able to have hydrogen. But you're right, with access to methane, there's no reason the kerbals wouldn't also have hydrogen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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