Fearless Son Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Last night I tried to rescue three Kerbals I stranded on the Mun by underestimating the delta-v requirements of the trip. Unfortunately, I also underestimated the delta-v requirements of the rescue mission. This seems to be something of a habit of mine. Anyway, I had to scrub the surface rescue mission before it could land. However, a "Rescue Randal Kerman from orbit of the Mun" contract opened up while it was in transit, so I was able to accept that and change the mission objective to get him back. That more than recouped the cost of the mission which would otherwise have been a waste. Next time I am going to have to revise my lander design to increase the efficiency on the ascent and return stages so I can squeeze enough delta-v out of them to get back to Kerbin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLE Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 12 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Tonight I goofed around for a bit and made a model of the Oskar EW-5894 Fleischgewehr! (Absolutely not a ripoff of the Oscar 5894 Phallus from Hot Shots!, it's self absolutely not a rip off of the Folland Gnat. Terrifying name for an airplane, that.) The resemblance is clear, right? Huh? Huh? No...? (Yeah, I suck at making models) It actually flies pretty nice. Re-engined, and I could almost get it up to Mach 3. Shooting the K2 gap at just below Mach 1, not a scratch! Er, wait I think something's missing.... Pulling to the right, hmm... Honestly, I expected better from Katnis Kerman... ... and a perfect landing! Now, to find a certain disagreeable spaceplane pilot... Is it a Mod? Can you upload the craft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curveball Anders Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 With my 1.1.2 Duna Exploration science save at a stable point I decided to try my own patience and start a 1.1.2 career game. And after 4 hours playing I still haven't slapped my monitor even once, or even used bad language (but it's been close, if I ever get my hands on the little green critter that came up with those combinations of orbits and speeds it'll end badly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Today we picked up a new recruit after the last one died...Wonder what he is thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Today in KSP, I fell off the wagon yet again. Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya Geschosskopf, and I'm a code-aholic Since the days of punch cards, I have sworn off coding more times than I can count and each time I've usually managed to stay code-free for several years, but then I fall. KSP has really helped me stay clean lately because it has so many modders, but I have recently encountered something they (rather surprisingly) haven't dealt with yet. And the whole time I've been playing KSP, kOS has been sitting there tempting me. Today, I couldn't take it any longer and gave in to that temptation. I began writing a kOS script to do something no mod can do. It compiles. It does what I what I tell it to do. But I'm not yet telling it the right things to do because I'm not getting what I want out of it, so am compelled to keep hacking at it. I'm on the long, slippery slope of a downwards spiral of coding that I know all too well, having left my fingernails embedded in it many times. Help me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogoob Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Today I was having fun with my career game, and had a slew of contracts on Minmus, in particular one for a surface base. So, this grossly oversized lander is what I came up with using the funds from all those contracts, and I brought all the orange suits along for fun (and leveling-up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Played around with my Fleischgewehr some more, and accidentally made a spaceplane. Dammit, I hate it when that happens. These two certainly seem happy about it... Unfortunately, they're about to die horribly due to a complete loss of electrical power because, you see, it was never supposed to be a spaceplane. The rest of it slowed down just fine. In the end, this little bugger was the only bit to survive. Look at that bright unblinking light, silently mocking me. We're going to need another Marbel & Nanna! Next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 12 hours ago, JLE said: Is it a Mod? Can you upload the craft? It's got a couple of mods. I'll see what I can do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 So I mentioned I sent three Kerbal's to the Mun in my most recent career game, and here they are! Unfortunately, their lander lacked the delta-v to make it back to Munar orbit. Reminder to self: add drop-tanks next time for extra endurance. Speaking of drop-tanks, that is what the automated rescue craft used on its way to get them home... Do not let the 139.7m distance from the target craft fool you, touching this lander down was a pain. High center of gravity and narrow landing legs made it very tippy, resulting in many aborted landings that, coincidentally, ended up bringing it a lot closer to the target than I had hoped. Anyway, all three Kerbals transferred from one craft to the other, bringing their science data with them. Huzzah! A boon for our Research and Development department! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'th Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 I went to a very, very pretty Mun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 9 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: Today in KSP, I fell off the wagon yet again. Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya Geschosskopf, and I'm a code-aholic Since the days of punch cards, I have sworn off coding more times than I can count and each time I've usually managed to stay code-free for several years, but then I fall. KSP has really helped me stay clean lately because it has so many modders, but I have recently encountered something they (rather surprisingly) haven't dealt with yet. And the whole time I've been playing KSP, kOS has been sitting there tempting me. Today, I couldn't take it any longer and gave in to that temptation. I began writing a kOS script to do something no mod can do. It compiles. It does what I what I tell it to do. But I'm not yet telling it the right things to do because I'm not getting what I want out of it, so am compelled to keep hacking at it. I'm on the long, slippery slope of a downwards spiral of coding that I know all too well, having left my fingernails embedded in it many times. Help me..... Just wait for the next stage... When you find something kOS can't do, even if it probably should... And decide you want this to work... So you download the sources... And start modifying the mod! Mwahahahaha!!! Welcome to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kertech Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 since getting Kerbal R&D I've been building ships more modular-ly, so all multimission ships have removable engine pods (which look great too!) Also got imjur so should be posting pics of my Eve ascent tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curveball Anders Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Took my new funky 1+4 Orbital Taxi Mk2 out to pick up two stranded Kerbonauts. And added two bewildered tourists to the cargo to max out the profit. They did get a bit more than just a quick orbit "This is your Captain speaking: We'll hang here for a bit while Jemma in that dead pod EVA's her behind over to us. Please remove any luggage from the other seats and don't eat all the snacks. Thank You." Edit: One of the tourists was named Camus, but he appeared quite philosophical about the situation ... Edited May 12, 2016 by Curveball Anders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogoob Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 6 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Played around with my Fleischgewehr some more, and accidentally made a spaceplane. You named your plane the Meat Rifle?!? That's awesome, in a Borderlands meets Luftwaffe sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Launched a Kerbin station in my latest science game Then Val broke a landing leg on Duna by " I just touched it I swear" Which necessitated a replacement lander delivered to Duna. Everyone agreed that the new model did look pretty cool with the new running lights added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChurchill Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 19 hours ago, Geschosskopf said: Today in KSP, I fell off the wagon yet again. Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya Geschosskopf, and I'm a code-aholic Since the days of punch cards, I have sworn off coding more times than I can count and each time I've usually managed to stay code-free for several years, but then I fall. KSP has really helped me stay clean lately because it has so many modders, but I have recently encountered something they (rather surprisingly) haven't dealt with yet. And the whole time I've been playing KSP, kOS has been sitting there tempting me. Today, I couldn't take it any longer and gave in to that temptation. I began writing a kOS script to do something no mod can do. It compiles. It does what I what I tell it to do. But I'm not yet telling it the right things to do because I'm not getting what I want out of it, so am compelled to keep hacking at it. I'm on the long, slippery slope of a downwards spiral of coding that I know all too well, having left my fingernails embedded in it many times. Help me..... LOL There's no helping a masochist. And if you remember punch cards, you're an OLD masochist. The idea of kOS is really spectacularly cool, but it makes my brain hurt thinking about it. I have enough trouble getting paid to make SQL do what I want it to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearless Son Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 48 minutes ago, N_Danger said: Then Val broke a landing leg on Duna by " I just touched it I swear" You too? Jeb broke a landing leg when I was trying to get him back into a Munar lander via EVA pack. He ended up colliding with the leg at low speed, then the leg snapping due to being "overstressed". Either these legs take great umbrage at being accidentally kicked by Kerbals, or the new physics for them needs a little tweaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjarf Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 The last couple days I've been building a base on the mun with the Planetary Bases mod (I love the mod btw). So far I've placed the base core and added a MK2 crew habitat and a green house. It's ready for the first inhabitants to move in, also gonna put a lab/power station/light array on top of the core, and on top of that will be the landing pad. The lander will dock with a Clamp-o-tron Sr. so that it can re-fuel and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Today our base got attacked ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 15 hours ago, Alchemist said: Just wait for the next stage... When you find something kOS can't do, even if it probably should... And decide you want this to work... So you download the sources... And start modifying the mod! Mwahahahaha!!! Hopefully some firend or family member will ambush me with an intervention long before then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 5 hours ago, Fearless Son said: You too? Jeb broke a landing leg when I was trying to get him back into a Munar lander via EVA pack. He ended up colliding with the leg at low speed, then the leg snapping due to being "overstressed". Either these legs take great umbrage at being accidentally kicked by Kerbals, or the new physics for them needs a little tweaking. I was just jumping off and brushed it on the way down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrooperCooper Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 The UNSA is reaching out to the Moon. Click here for details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interplanet Janet Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 (edited) I got captured into orbit around Ike...without needing to burn. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=683242843#_=_ Edited May 13, 2016 by Interplanet Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quijote Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Again I have spent a lot of time trying to complete the dockink tutorial and I finished without fuel to complete the maneuver I need help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venusgate Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 2 hours ago, Quijote said: Again I have spent a lot of time trying to complete the dockink tutorial and I finished without fuel to complete the maneuver I need help Gentle adjustments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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