[1.0.2] NovaPunch 2.09. - May 6th - 1.0 Compatibility Update

[viperwolf]

Once you release the new engines, im deleting KW completely

[hellion13]

Once you release the new engines, im deleting KW completely

i dont think i will, kw pack has different tanks in pretty much the same size increments but with different masses and fuel loads, although i dont use the engines as much as i do NPs, but the tanks can be useful, i particularly like the pancake tanks and i was able to get my first almost single stage to orbit rocket, with a combination of KW and NP parts, the old NP1.5b 3.75m bearcat 5x sls engine on the long KW 3.75m orange tank with the big KW Solid fuel boosters, it was enough to get a 2 stage orbiter/lander into orbit, the small black KW 3.75m tank with a little mother engine connected to the small white KW 2.5 tank with a stock poodle engine and the beefy landing legs, hell it was enough to go to both moons in one go and return to kerbin, or a suicide mission to Duna or Dres, i was kinda bummed when NP got rid of the 3m SLS engine this last update and the 4x replacement engine seems a little weak for that design but all well having fun rebuilding my craft, and gonna get broken anyway when .21 comes out anyway

[viperwolf]

i dont think i will, kw pack has different tanks in pretty much the same size increments but with different masses and fuel loads, although i dont use the engines as much as i do NPs, but the tanks can be useful, i particularly like the pancake tanks and i was able to get my first almost single stage to orbit rocket, with a combination of KW and NP parts, the old NP1.5b 3.75m bearcat 5x sls engine on the long KW 3.75m orange tank with the big KW Solid fuel boosters, it was enough to get a 2 stage orbiter/lander into orbit, the small black KW 3.75m tank with a little mother engine connected to the small white KW 2.5 tank with a stock poodle engine and the beefy landing legs, hell it was enough to go to both moons in one go and return to kerbin, or a suicide mission to Duna or Dres, i was kinda bummed when NP got rid of the 3m SLS engine this last update and the 4x replacement engine seems a little weak for that design but all well having fun rebuilding my craft, and gonna get broken anyway when .21 comes out anyway

I completely understand your point, I was using KW for the engines and a few other small parts. But im getting way to many mods. They are so good and tempting you want to have everything. Ive been deleting parts i dont use or like from every mod i have.

according to KW in some of the post i read, they will not be working on the mods anymore. Novapunch seems fired up right now and that is motivation to use theirs. When .21 comes out, we are not sure what it will break again. If KW is corrupted, we will lose crafts again.

[hellion13]

i see your point, because of the upcoming save breaking, ive been doing the exact opposite and getting as many mods as i can, see what i like and dont like, kinda sucks about KW not updating anymore, maybe someone will take it over in the future, like Tiberion, and Fizzank did for this pack, but cant really get mad at them its not like they get paid to make the parts

[frizzank]

i see your point, because of the upcoming save breaking, ive been doing the exact opposite and getting as many mods as i can, see what i like and dont like, kinda sucks about KW not updating anymore, maybe someone will take it over in the future, like Tiberion, and Fizzank did for this pack, but cant really get mad at them its not like they get paid to make the parts

Wow hit the nail on the head with that one. The real reason I make the parts is because I want to play with them. I play the game and I say to myself "A part that looked like this would be awesome!". I check if anyone else made one, and if not I make it and then share it with everyone else. Its like a big shareable, digital Lego set that I can make custom bricks for.

Also gives me an idea for a new mod.

[rpayne88]

I don't have time to read through 161 pages of this thread, so sorry if this has already been asked. In addition to Novapunch, I'm also using FAR. I've used your fairings to shield my payloads, but FAR doesn't recognize it as shielded. This is weird, because it WILL recognize KW fairings. Is this an issue with NP or FAR, and if so, how can I fix it.

[hellion13]

Wow hit the nail on the head with that one. The real reason I make the parts is because I want to play with them. I play the game and I say to myself "A part that looked like this would be awesome!". I check if anyone else made one, and if not I make it and then share it with everyone else. Its like a big shareable, digital Lego set that I can make custom bricks for.

Also gives me an idea for a new mod.

LOL if i had ANY skill at 3d modeling and creating .cfg files i would prolly be making my own parts as well, but i do not and i thank you guys for keeping this pack going and continuing to update it in your spare time, since i got the game at the .16 mark its been a mainstay in my inventory( except for a while after .20 hit, some parts worked and others didnt)

[hellion13]

I don't have time to read through 161 pages of this thread, so sorry if this has already been asked. In addition to Novapunch, I'm also using FAR. I've used your fairings to shield my payloads, but FAR doesn't recognize it as shielded. This is weird, because it WILL recognize KW fairings. Is this an issue with NP or FAR, and if so, how can I fix it.

i wouldnt worry about it too much, get procedural fairings pack it works with FAR, and i do believe NP is going to cut the fairings out anyway just because of that mod, i seem to remember something about that a few pages back

[frizzank]

We are not going to cut out fairings just yet. The procedural fairings mod still has some limitations.

[hellion13]

We are not going to cut out fairings just yet. The procedural fairings mod still has some limitations.

my bad....

[frizzank]

One rocket punching a sun into oblivion coming up

[Floki]

That's better looking than I expected frizzank, nice job.

[hellion13]

thats awesome

if no one minds that just became my flag until it either gets lost in a hard drive crash(had one recently I don't trust solid state anymore) or something better comes along

personal use only, i dont upload videos to youtube or anything

Edited July 19, 2013 by hellion13

[frizzank]

That's better looking than I expected frizzank, nice job.

I got skills, 3D and 2D....

[Floki]

I got skills, 3D and 2D....

That goes without saying.

[hellion13]

question about the new 5x bearcat, is that an indication of what the single bearcat is going to look like? and if so does the 5x come with a blank adapter like the old 5x m50 did? i rather liked being able to lock gimbals on the 4 outer engines to stabilize the rocket better. havent really used the newer 5m bearcat because of this, fins work along with some struts but if i forget to lock the gimbals im twisting apart when the first tank gets about empty if i even make it above the launch clamps LOL

Edited July 19, 2013 by hellion13

[frizzank]

The new 5x Flys MUCH better than the old one. That being said its still HUGE! I got it to fly with almost no wobble by using struts on the decouplers, aero fins on the bottom, and locking the gimble on it. Its going to run out before you leave the atmosphere anyways.

[frizzank]

So the new Bearcat 5 or B-5 engines for short I created, are a new mainstay in the NovaPunch package. They will come in a 1, 3, and 5x configurations.

New Bearcat Tri-Nozzel and Bearcat single.

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Edited July 19, 2013 by frizzank

[Gryphorim]

One of the Bearcat engine clusters, the 5 if I remember rightly, Looked like the engine cluster on the proposed Ares V cargo rocket. With all these engine updates, is it still going to be there after? or has it been reimagined as a different look? I personally liked the clean lines of that engine cluster and would like a version of it to be retained.

Edit... May have been the 4

On another note...

Is it possible to ask if we can get a faux "orion" command pod? As in a 3.75m to 1.25m conical pod seating 5 or so, that isn't a direct reproduction of the real one, just "inspired" by it? I currently use the Bobcat American Launchers pack but more and more want to trim down on mods installed, and want to retain that "kerbal" feel.

Edited July 19, 2013 by Gryphorim

[Tiberion]

Actually I have been somewhat working on something like a CST-100 command pod in that size (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CST-100) I just haven't gotten very far on it. Its somewhat close to the Orion in size, its one of the vehicles in competition for the commerical crew contract with NASA (with Dream Chaser and manned SpaceX Dragon) - Sort of goes along with the remake of the Odin pod/system which is only in the planning stage, so even further down the road.

And the 'current' Bearcat5x is modeled after the 1st stage engine of the SLS rocket, though Ares has similar engine designs too (all using re-used shuttle engines as a basis)

I like that engine too, but that big NotSaturn engine is just cool

Edited July 19, 2013 by Tiberion

[stupid_chris]

So the new Bearcat 5 or B-5 engines for short I created, are a new mainstay in the NovaPunch package. They will come in a 1, 3, and 5x configurations.

New Bearcat Tri-Nozzel and Bearcat single.

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Those winglets... I know there are control surfaces attached to them but are they new parts I don't recognize them

Else those look gorgeous, awesome work

[mwlue]

hmmm, cant wait to build my mun rocket, with that5x b5 and radical mounting 6x b5s. yumyum

[NoMrBond]

I regret nothing

[scottholio]

Lol, that is awesome dude.

[mwlue]

epic rofl~!!!