Hello, Kerbal children

[lajoswinkler]

I've been playing KSP for a few weeks and so far I've visited everything, if you include crashing on Tylo as a visit.

The first body I've visited was Minmus. First an orbiting mission, to determine the proper landing sites, and then landing. I crashed it the first time on the night side, but I saw how those rocks glow in the darkness far into the hills and mountains and I was hooked.

My way of playing is without mods. To this day, I still have to master docking and I wish it could be made easier. It's way too complicated and I think it's a bottleneck for many players that simply leave the games, frustrated. For these reasons, I use large rockets with plenty of fuel.

Anyway, this is an awesome game/simulator and I hope it will stay peaceful. I cringe when I see ideas for wars and weapons.

I hope it will remain in the field of exploration and science. I'm ok with career mode being opened in the future, as it will open economic aspects, but as long as this stays about peaceful missions, without bad influence of typical games today, it will hold that special KSP feeling we all know and love. It's good to have such game available. I was dreaming of this since I was a kid.

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[Naten]

Wow. You got the hang of this game fast? Play any other flight sims, e.g. Orbiter?

EDIT: Oh, and did you try spaceplanes yet? They're fun

Maybe try replicating a Skylon-like mission, where the plane achieves orbit and returns.

Edited August 18, 2013 by Naten

[lajoswinkler]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

KSP really does have a steep learning curve. I've tried Orbiter long time ago, but the interface made me angry so I just stopped. I remember playing other simulators which names I totally forgot, but KSP gives the most fun of them all.

I still haven't tried the spaceplane hangar. I'll let my interest gradually stew, don't want to burn it like a mainsail engine.

[Scarecrow88]

Welcome to KSP. A lot of players find docking difficult to master, but once you get your head around how it works and what's required to perform a docking, I don't think anyone would ask that it be made easier. The act of docking isn't difficult. What is difficult is understanding how to dock. Heck, even NASA struggled with their first attempts.

[SuperWeegee4000]

I've tried Orbiter long time ago, but the interface made me angry

This.

Welcome to the forums!

[lajoswinkler]

Thanks. Actually I did make it two days ago. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's a nuisance. There should be at least an in-game tutorial for it.