Dante80 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thats a little harsh man. Politely asking for config files is not a sin, especially since there is a good chance that someone already has one. Regarding a resized Kerbol system, there are a number of players that wish to retain the "Kerbal" feel in Kerbal Space program while taking advantage of the extra challenge a mod like RSS provides. Its only natural. On the other hand, NathanKell wants to reproduce both the Solar System and a more realistic space program, so just resizing the squad system is not enough.The goal (and the beauty) of this mod is that I can read something in Wikipedia about our Solar system, and then reproduce it inside the game. Need some info for dV needed for Mars? Go read that and you are spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Finished my Cassini-Huygens mission analogue. It's amazing how large of a rocket you need for such a small payload to Saturn.Javascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos_forge Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thats a little harsh man. Politely asking for config files is not a sin, especially since there is a good chance that someone already has one.Thanks for being understanding. It doesn't seem like anyone has such a config file, however, so I'll just have to make it myself the next time I have enough free time to play KSP. If/when I make it, I might post it here (or would another thread be better suited for it?) for the benefit of those who want to retain the "Kerbal" feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoZo Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thanks for being understanding. It doesn't seem like anyone has such a config file, however, so I'll just have to make it myself the next time I have enough free time to play KSP. If/when I make it, I might post it here (or would another thread be better suited for it?) for the benefit of those who want to retain the "Kerbal" feel.This is what I've been using, default Kerbal planet positions with increased scale: http://speedy.sh/YkZyb/RealSolarSystem.cfgI did not make it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Finished my Cassini-Huygens mission analogue. It's amazing how large of a rocket you need for such a small payload to Saturn.Nice. Where can I get the RSS configs and textures pack you used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuSouONumero345 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I want it too, looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p3asant Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Finished my Cassini-Huygens mission analogue. It's amazing how large of a rocket you need for such a small payload to Saturn.Awesome looking probe/cassini.Too bad you didn't land it.On Saturn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicSilence Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Quick question: with this mod, what is the altitude of geosynchronous orbit? I tried 35,786 km (GEO), and although it's very close it still drifts a bit. Does anyone have the exact number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferram4 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It's 35,786 km. Make sure that your semimajor axis is 42,164 km and that your orbital period is as close to 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0916 seconds as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunJumper Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Note that although using ksp distances will reduce the delta-v to the mun/etc, the delta-vs to the planets will increase massively. Also, the mun would be very close to kerbin, there would be only 4200km between the muns surface and kerbins surface. The mun might not even have a SOI... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Nice. Where can I get the RSS configs and textures pack you used?About 5 pages ago. Or this page on reddit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah, but that's just a config file. I don't want to spend half a day figuring out how to pick and install Celestia textures. Could this be made into a single, zipped package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxP Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Emm, sorry for stupid question, but the planet surface cannot be shined by lights - is it normal for this version?And if there is a way to remove graphical glitches on surface (when viewing landed vessels)? Edited November 27, 2013 by MaxP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah, but that's just a config file. I don't want to spend half a day figuring out how to pick and install Celestia textures. Could this be made into a single, zipped package?Sure I'll do that when I have some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphor Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah, but that's just a config file. I don't want to spend half a day figuring out how to pick and install Celestia textures. Could this be made into a single, zipped package?Here you go. Unzip to your KSP folder.Mods needed: RealSolarSystem, PlanetFactory, UniverseReplacer, Clouds and City Lights. No guarantees of working if these mods get updated substantially.It's my first time making a file like this so I'm not sure if I got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Thanks. That should come in handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucchese Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I seem to have a bug somewhere..As soon as i press esc on the launchpad, i can not revert for some reason.When i press esc to go ingame again, the rocket blows up and parts get transported up to 250km.They then fall down to about 100km, just to get teleported back to 250km.This causes it too loop infinitly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiingrules88 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I'm trying to land a probe on rescaled Duna, but neither the drag or full sized stock parachutes deploy at all before i slam into the surface. I'm not sure if it's a Ferram issue or a problem with the atmosphere/surface scaling in this mod. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoZo Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I'm trying to land a probe on rescaled Duna, but neither the drag or full sized stock parachutes deploy at all before i slam into the surface. I'm not sure if it's a Ferram issue or a problem with the atmosphere/surface scaling in this mod. Has anyone else encountered this problem?Scaling issue, try the RealChutes mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwaster Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 (edited) Scaling issue, try the RealChutes mod.If anyone's interested I have an RC config for a pair of chutes that more closely mimic Mars Curiosity chute.At least in regards to altitude deployment. Sort of. Duunnno what drag should be so mostly I didn't do anything with that. Edited November 28, 2013 by Starwaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickedKeyboard Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 With this realistic scaling, TWRs for efficient rocket designs are hugely important.Where can I find out or calculate the optimal initial TWR for a particular rocket stage? I assume that the ISP and the aerodynamics of the rocket both factor in somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanKell Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 I don't have information on your exact question, especially since what matters in real life is cost rather than performance. I can tell you that most RL (liquid fuel!) rockets have approximately 1.2TWR sea level at launch. Probably much more than that and you could get away with a smaller engine. Fuel is cheap; costs almost nothing to add another ton of fuel. So you might as well launch with the minimum TWR below which you suffer more loss in dV from gravity, than gain from more fuel). That magic number is somewhere around 1.15-1.2I do recall that the rule of thumb for staging is "equal dV per stage"--often violated in real life, however, since it's cheaper to mix-n-match a few extant stages than make specific stages to the requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrandom Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Is there any way to increase the draw distance of planet texture mipmaps? I'd like Kerbin to not get quite as fuzzy as quickly as it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanKell Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 You can increase SSFade and PQSFade numbers in the RealSolarSystem.cfg entry for Kerbin. Just keep them in synch.Also, try the 8k texture I posted a ways back, via Universe Replacer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickedKeyboard Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Ok, so I built a test rocket that kerbal engineer and mechjeb say have a TWR of 1.2. Upon liftoff, i find out that it actually is producing 1.05 TWR, and I rightclick on the engine, and see that under these conditions it makes 258 kilonewtons instead of the 300 it is rated for.The engine is the L37 if that helps, and I am using the realism mini-pack version 18b.How do I correct for this, other than by trial and error? I take it that sea level thrust is not always the listed number in your mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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