Kerbonaut Hall of Fame

[TheSandDuna]

Im not sure if this has already been proposed, I didn't put much time into looking for a thread. But I think there should definitely be a building or list of famous kerbonauts for their outstanding bravery in missions. Or at least give them a medal for reaching milestones like first landing, first return trip, farthest distance travelled, most time in space, etc. To distuguish the grizzly vets from the knock-kneed rookies.

I would even be fine with a manually populated list, so long as the kerbals get the credit they deserve. Then you can send your favorite kerbals on the most dangerous missions and come back (or don't) a hero.

[LeadMagnet]

That wouldn't really add anything to the game. The devs are still working on the astronaut complex, so maybe something similar will be add to that (where it should be IMHO) as well as other goodies for career mode.

[sumghai]

At the moment (0.21.1), the game already tracks achievements such as:

- First launch

- Altitude record

- First crew to survive

- First flight to reach space

- First EVA

- First crew transfer between vessels

- First landing at or near KSC

- Specific achievements for each planet/celestial body (e.g. first flyby, first stable orbit, first rendevous)

However, this information is currently only stored inside each savegame's persistence file and not displayed in-game. I suspect that all that would be required would be an additional tab for the Astronaut Complex with code to parse all the stored achievements into a human-readable format.

[TheSandDuna]

Interesting I did not know that those stats were already tracked.

Even though it does not change the rocket engineering part of the game, I think there are other reasons people enjoy playing KSP. One big reason is because it is nice to know you are improving as a player, and so tracking yourself and possibly comparing yourself to other players is fun, at least it is when I check out what I have done compared to other people on the forums here. So I see tracking good flights/missions as adding something to the game. I also think that people are drawn to KSP because of the hilarious reactions of the Kerbals. The game wouldn't be the same without their reactions in the cockpit or their clumsy low-gravity stumbling. A HOF would be a way to please people who just launch virtual rockets recreationally, and pick their favorite Kerbal for tougher missions a lot like other videogames let you create a character. But who knows, maybe its already underway...

[G'th]

While its not exactly like a Hall of Fame, a similar feature can be had out of the Final Frontier mod. It gives individual kerbals achievement ribbons, such as being the first in space, first to step foot on Mun, etc etc.

So I see tracking good flights/missions as adding something to the game.

I see a Hall of Fame as a way of adding more persistence to your save games. Not only will you have the bits and bobs that you left behind to remind you of missions past, you could have records of those bits and bobs and the missions that put them where they rest. A fully realized HOF could not only display your achievements but also records of the missions that accomplished them.