Science in Sandbox Mode

[ymir9]

For those players who don't want to start playing with a tech-tree but appreciate the idea of accumulating science just as a score-keeping method, it would be nice to be able to collect data in Sandbox mode.

Players can also use the science points for their own campaign rule-sets as they see fit.

[Goobest]

I agree. Science is much more than a currency for the challenge aspect of Career Mode; It offers a vast amount of gameplay and potential immersion to Sandbox.

Allow science modules to function in Sandbox and simply set currency costs to 0. Players can then limit which Nodes they'll unlock -- creating a potential array of different challenges they can control.

[Lexar]

I agree completely. I think they may have held off on this because they wanted people to do science in the career mode for testing.

[dlrk]

I also would really like this as well. I'd be delighted if this was rolled out immediately, if not sooner.

[Commander Zoom]

I would also like to be able to do Science in the sandbox. I'm personally indifferent about the points - I'm not a "high score chaser" - but I definitely want the flavor text, which to me is most of the experience.

[SorensonPA]

Alternatively, science as a means of letting you clone and upgrade stock parts according to your preferences would be pretty nice. Learn stuff, use what you learned to make your stuff better, use your better stuff to learn even better stuff. Just as useful in sandbox as career.