Milestone Reached - 0.23 is Now in Experimentals Phase

[blizzy78]

So.. new planet with 0.23?

Its too good to be true.

Where does it say there's a new planet coming?

[Commander Zoom]

People are making that guess/assumption, based (as much as anything, as far as I can tell) on last year's Kerbalkon and .18 release adding Eeloo.

[LethalDose]

If you think of marketing you want to have as much attention as possible before you release a product. Yes, all of us on these forums begging for updates will know within 24 hours (more like 2 - 4 hours for most of us ) but for the people who have never heard of KSP, it makes more sense to gain as much publicity before releasing an update.

I'm not sure if it makes sense to build publicity before the release of a game in development. A lot of players may be turned off by getting started in one system, then having that system suddenly change and have to start all over. I think would make sense to release the update and then publicize the bajeezus out of the game.

But since the game is still in development... publicity probably isn't as important as it would be in a finalized game.

Regardless, sooner the better: I'm getting antsy for science labs and movable reports.

[Superfluous J]

what milestone means? Why is called that way??

I was going to explain it but I'll link to it on Wikipedia instead.

[Daddy Cecil]

I asked in the other thread and got a hazy answer, but now that experimentals have started, does that mean new experimentals applications? Or is it from just time to time?

[Thiel]

No. SQUAD uses the same testers every time. They only recruit new ones as and when slots become available.

[gre8]

I must say that SQUAD is really setting the standard for game development. You guys do an amazing job!

Best money spent in a game in my entire life.

[gre8]

In that case you might see a new planet or moon. Alternatively, we could see more planets and moons get the new procedural terrain and biome maps.

I thought all planets' terrains were already procedurally generated. Which ones aren't yet?

Btw, I'd love to see Laythe getting some terrain detail love.

[Thiel]

I thought all planets' terrains were already procedurally generated. Which ones aren't yet?

Btw, I'd love to see Laythe getting some terrain detail love.

They are, but they haven't all been upgraded to the same standard yet.

[greg12]

I think with a little plus for 0.23 the devs could add a new sensor. An Altitude meter from terrain would be nice!

[UH60guy]

Yes! It's already partially implemented too- ever notice the radar altimeter in the IVA views of the lander cans? It does just that if you don't mind landing from inside the craft. Would be a great addition to the normal view for those that like landing in the 3rd person view.

[Trueborn]

SteamGauges lets you put a radar altimeter wherever you want on the screen, making 3rd person landings much easier.

[Rivvik]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked science... So Squad's experimenting on a patch for their game about experimenting so you can science while you science!

But seriously: AWESOME

[RenatsMC]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked science... So Squad's experimenting on a patch for their game about experimenting so you can science while you science!

But seriously: AWESOME

Nice ! Checking Forum every day.

[HafCoJoe]

Nice ! Checking Forum every day.

- Every day for me too!

[kiwiak]

It occured to me that we might get 0.23 and watch Change 3 moon landing simultaneously.

[CaptainArchmage]

Correction to my previous post: "next release window" is a reasonable day to release, which means Monday through Wednesday, which means this coming week. The reason why Friday is not a reasonable day to release is that it is just before the weekend, so if there are major bugs that have gone undetected they would not be dealt with for a few days.

It is also not reasonable to expect a release of Kerbal Space Program during the Jade Rabbit landing, because everyone will be watching it. Right? Right?

[Caelib]

My guess (based on historical releases) is that KSP .23 will be released on Tuesday at 3pm EST.

[Alchemist]

KerbalCon is when? My birthday is the next day after it, hope for a nice gift...

[Sharpened Alliance]

I'm looking forward to use my kerbals, to do science on kerbals

and i want to see the monoliths raised up to the right elevations so we can do science on them to!

P.S. Alchemist, KerbalCon is on a different thread

P.S.2 :0.0:J _|___|_

Edited December 7, 2013 by Sharpened Alliance
P.S.

[lyndonguitar]

how long do experimental phase last based on past updates? I am hoping to go back to this game and play again in this weekend

[Wampa842]

how long do experimental phase last based on past updates?

If I remember correctly, .22's experimental phase wasn't longer than two weeks. Probably shorter.

[Caelib]

If I remember correctly, .22's experimental phase wasn't longer than two weeks. Probably shorter.

It was 8 days.

[Cdodders]

If I back-up my saves, and re-load them after the update, will my craft in orbit survive?

[Starwaster]

If I back-up my saves, and re-load them after the update, will my craft in orbit survive?

If you have all parts packs successfully loaded then most likely.

Whether they have all functionality that they did before depends on whether you also have all plugins successfully loaded.

I'd say in order of importance, parts packs then plugins. (reason I say this is because if you are missing any parts then the craft won't load at all. If you are only missing plugins, it mostly doesn't hurt it, it will just be missing functionality. Mostly)

Just remember that neither success nor failure are guaranteed after an update. (unless you are explicitly told that an update will break your saves. And, sometimes not even then as in the case of 0.21 which we were told would break saves and which some people still believe but 0.21 can still convert and load pre-0.21 saves, usually)