In the spirit of cooperation and competition

[Jm419]

Better design.

[dharak1]

My section! NOOOOOO! It was so close to living too! If the probe and engines stayed on you could have blown the rest up with the orange tanks!

[Nauthy]

Hehe, seems like everyone enjoyed the wonderful destruction. I'm kinda tempted to build a militarized module for the science station, to ensure those pesky fuel depot folk don't get any fancy ideas.

Anyways, a couple of quick updates. Unfortunately, Hoojiwana had to drop out Goose should still be going up next, I'll speak to him asap to confirm that, after which we have Spyritdragon and myself. And then we're done with this phase of the project, whee! So that just leaves the decision for where we're going next. I believe there was some common interest in doing the Minmus ground base/orbiting station combo, which sounds like a great idea to me! Any other suggestions? I'll make a final decision once the last module for our current stations goes up.

[Jm419]

I like stations, though I'd be fine with a lander too.

[Spyritdragon]

Im still in favor of the base + orbital service station combo. Will keep individual part counts down too.

Also, after Goose puts up his module, i'll put up mine, i have a... project in mind. It shouldn't harm the science station. I'm not so sure about the universe though - who knows what else Seelorf comes up with, once he notices whats going on.

Ill do my module quickly after Goose, then i'll post the persistance file so you can get to work, and i can work individually on my video while the project still continues. If it turns out the way i hope it will, it'll be awesome.

[Nauthy]

Ooh, that sounds mysterious and exciting, lookin' forward to it! And Goose is working on his module, the video will probably go up within the next few days.

[Spyritdragon]

Heres a hint:

It involes my trusty Seelorf, and i'll probably put Kirrim in it too if Cooly agrees.

[dharak1]

I am for the ground/station on Minmus too. I can't wait to leave LKO! Who gets to plant the flag? It has to be stock or else it might break saves.

[leax256]

was on page 3, update on status of next vid?

[Nauthy]

Heres a hint:

It involes my trusty Seelorf, and i'll probably put Kirrim in it too if Cooly agrees.

My Star Trek knowledge is a bit lacking, but that's a Klingon Bird of Prey, isn't it? Not sure where the image is from, though. Still, can't wait to see what you're comin' up with!

was on page 3, update on status of next vid?

The next one should be coming out soon. I spoke to Goose yesterday and he was working on his module. By the way, I hope it's cool with everyone, I allowed Goose to build a separate thing from both the stations. I know it kinda goes against the rules, so I do apologize for that, but it will be awesome enough to make up for it! I figured it would be good publicity for the project if we had our biggest YouTuber do something a little special.

This also means that there might be some space left for more modules. When it comes around to me, I'll take a look at the stations and see how we're doing on the parts' count. So if anyone's interested in maybe putting up another module, lemme know down below and we'll see if we can work something out.

[Spyritdragon]

If you have parts leftover you need to fill, i had two ideas other than my mass relay i skipped over. First my massive fuel tank, which i dont think we'll need.

But more usefully, second, i repurposed my "Mission Minmus" Mun and Minmus lander to be an orbital fuel shuttle. I can bring it back to... hopefully 20 parts. Maybe 25. Itll hold a full orange tank of fuel - possibly more if i go over 20. It carries 3 crew, remote operatable, 5k battery with 2 small panels for emergencies, NERVA powered and supports twin-ring RCS for docking. Adaptable to 4 crewmembers depending on wether you want a std or a sr clampotron on it. Sadly, current design does support both on easily dockable positions in one cravt. Still, its awesome for 20 parts.

[leax256]

if more modules are neeeded(considering aall the dropouts) I'll be more than happy to add another module.

[Nauthy]

Cool, thanks for volunteering, guys! I'll keep that in mind after I look at the parts count. I'm currently not having any framerate issues with either of the stations, but I've got a pretty beefy computer. What's the performance like for everyone else?

[leax256]

I get very little if any frame drop.

[dharak1]

I don't think I'm qualified to test it. I use around 11 GB of my 16 all the time. I rarely restart too.

[Spyritdragon]

Ill have a test tonight :-).

[Spyritdragon]

I took a 66 part craft to the fuel station and then spun Batman around at 100 RPM and i didn't get any noticeable lag yet.

[Spyritdragon]

This is the lander i'd be repurposing. The five LV-909's, including the two FL-T200 tanks and four struts used to suspend two of them, will be removed and replaced with two NERVA's. The four landing legs as well as the decoupler and parachutes will also be gotten rid of - its meant to be a fuel tug, and im removing safe reentry capabilities in favour of less parts. A few more tanks can be added if needed, or i could change one or two of them to oranges.

Hope you like it :-)

[Nauthy]

Happy to hear that people aren't really having lag issues. What about those on lower end systems? I don't want to add any more modules if not everyone can get a chance to play around with it.

And the orbital shuttle idea sounds good, Spyritdragon! It'll be useful to have for any crew/fuel transfers or whatever other adventures those crazy Kerbals will get up to.

Also, I was thinking about making an escape module, so hopefully I should have that whole safe re-entry thing covered

[Spyritdragon]

As long as none lags because of the actual shuttle, it was in part meant just for that. It enables you to refuel large, high-partcount ships while remaining out of physics range of the also reasonably high-part station.

[Spyritdragon]

Were on page 4 - if you dont mind I might start the video already without the completed stations. Im starting to think of a spin-off series now

Or could I maybe launch my mkdule and then we can merge persistances with Gooses side project?

[Nauthy]

Yeah, it's totally alright if you launch your module now, we can merge after. Goose's video should be up soon. I know I've said that before, but it's true! Just spoke to him again a couple of days ago and things are going well, there was just an unexpected delay.

[dharak1]

How will we merge saves?

[Nauthy]

The persistance file is really just a text file, so we should be able to just combine the two saves. I haven't done it before, but I doubt it'll be too complicated. Hopefully...

[Spyritdragon]

Each craft has a seperate identification within the persistance folder. I'll either launch a small sattelite probe into orbit / wherever Goose's construction is, which will then be registered in the persistence file, then replace

the probe's persistance entry with Goose's construction. Or i'll just take my copy of the station, which could get quite lengthy though, and copy it into Goose's persistance file.