My take on KSP Multiplayer (A.K.A: Apollo Reenactment)

[DoctorSpaceman]

I saw a post about this before the April Purge and I decided to try it out.

Basically, the idea is that one player flies a rocket to the Mun, in cockpit mode, while the others act as Mission Control and tell him when to make burns and what way to go and stuff.

The Cast

Myself: aka Crump, a somewhat experienced KSPer. I will design the rocket for Shawyn.

My friend Kyle: Dabbles in KSP. He will be helping me with figuring out the burns and directing Shawyn.

My friend Shawyn: Our pilot .Has never played KSP before. A recipe for disaster? Maybe.

The Rules

Shawyn will be in cockpit mode the entire time.

-He can look at map view one time, to check his Apoapsis during flight to orbit

Kyle and I will be looking at shawyns screen over the internet

-This is so we can point things out to him and see what's going on

Shawyn is allowed no prior experience beyond a brief explanation of the controls

If we actually pull this off, it will be hilarious. A video will be posted in the Live From Mission Control subforum and on YouTube.

[astropapi1]

You guys should allow him to use the Kerbal Engineer. Now that he doesn't have the map mode, at least he's got enough info in his hand.

Just like the real Apollo missions.

[DJEN]

Looking forwards to it.

[The Destroyer]

Oooh I wanna try this.

[Enigma179]

It'd be cool if there was a mod or something so that multiple people could watch the same game, or even better if one person could operate the map (maneuver nodes and such) while the other pilots. I can imagine one person in cockpit view while the rest look at the map and give him prograde/retrograde/maneuver directions to be quite entertaining.

This sounds really cool though! I think I might just watch it.

[DisarmingBaton5]

This sounds cool; I am certainly watching that video.

However, you may want to change the title of this thread; It looks like another multiplayer thread.

[Atreiu]

You should use MechJeb + Telemachus. You'll be able to get all his spacecraft information over the internet, and guide him in space. Don't allow him to open the map and touching MechJeb. You can control MechJeb over internet via Telemachus

[DoctorSpaceman]

I appreciate all the suggestions. However, I feel like mechjeb, kerbal engineer, Telemachus, and the like kinda violate the spirit of the idea. What we want to do is make it hard on ourselves, with a rookie pilot, no map view, and only the information from the cockpit displays available to us. We could basically fly it for him, but where's the fun in that? I digress, but the basic point is that while we could use all these computer aids, we want to do it with pencil, paper, and a calculator instead.

Btw, if anyone has a good idea for what I should renamed the thread to, I'd be glad to hear it!

[Synapse]

He shouldn't be a rookie pilot. You should teach him how to use the controls, but all his education should take place in IVA mode. He should have an abort control group set up to bring him back to Kerbin safely too

[Umlüx]

awesome idea

maybe MJ and KE would be too much.

but telemachus would be nothing more than live telemetry data. so you don't even have to see his screen, only some data readouts like real mission control back in those days

[Jon Tash]

Interesting, I'm looking forward to this.

Good luck!

[Synapse]

In fact, you should build him a small plane to learn to fly in IVA mode, like real astronauts. He'll still have no clue about controlling a rocket into orbit

[DoctorSpaceman]

I'm glad this is getting so much interest! I like synapse's idea about training shawyn with a spaceplane, and I'll definitely look into Telemachus because ive never really used it. Honestly though, the screenshare was mainly to give the audience something to look at. Maybe I could animate it instead...