greetings

[Endoric]

omg what a game. I consider myself a bright person but this game makes me feel dumb. So addicted and so glad i found a game that gets my grey matter working.

So far i have learned a ton about rocket design orbital maneuvers and just the other day I was thinking, "so thats what delta V means" to myself while reading the wiki.

I am working on docking right now and just cant seem to close that last 1000m gap correctly. Kerbal orbit, circularizing it, switching to a Munar orbit and getting back I managed to get the hang of. So much to learn. Looking forward to a bright future for this game.

[RawChicken]

Looks good!

There are a couple videos in youtube on how to dock, that last gap is possibly the hardest.

You are trying with RCS right?

Make sure you select the target and where it says "orbital" velocity, click till you get "Target"..that is your relative velocity with the taget. You want it around 5 m/s at 1000m from the target.

If you need more advice ask!!

[sal_vager]

Welcome to the community Endoric

Have fun learning orbital mechanics and fly safe!

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[Endoric]

Looks good!

There are a couple videos in youtube on how to dock, that last gap is possibly the hardest.

You are trying with RCS right?

Make sure you select the target and where it says "orbital" velocity, click till you get "Target"..that is your relative velocity with the taget. You want it around 5 m/s at 1000m from the target.

If you need more advice ask!!

so close. yes i am using RCS, but i havent used docking mode and maybe that will correct my lateral problems. my initial mistake was instead of buring retrograde i was burning away from my actual target instead.

so now i am flying within 30 or so meters of my target but the docking ports keep getting out of alignment. usually laterally or sometimes i just goof up and tilt my ship off the nose to nose alignment i had. is docking mode the only way to get side to side, lateral motion? i cant seem to do it in regular flight mode using thrusters.

thanks!

[RawChicken]

so close. yes i am using RCS, but i havent used docking mode and maybe that will correct my lateral problems. my initial mistake was instead of buring retrograde i was burning away from my actual target instead.

so now i am flying within 30 or so meters of my target but the docking ports keep getting out of alignment. usually laterally or sometimes i just goof up and tilt my ship off the nose to nose alignment i had. is docking mode the only way to get side to side, lateral motion? i cant seem to do it in regular flight mode using thrusters.

thanks!

Yes, there is a fix for that!

Assuming your ships are in a equatorial orbit, align the docking port so that it is facing north in the trackball, This whay, while it orbits around the planet, it will always be facing the same direction. If you hit the ship and make it spin, try going back to that other ship and realigning it again.

Also, if you are starting to spin uncontrollably or want the ship to stop spinning, hit "." and time accelerate. This will stop all movement.

Try with this tips!