The shared .23 release features news thread.

[Deadpangod3]

Ppppft.

To EVERYTHING and back!

Screw that,

TO JOKER AND BACK AGAIN (Krags planet factory)

[CreepyD]

I'd be surprised if only Minmus biomes are added, but we'll see I suppose.

I wouldn't have thought adding biomes is very difficult at all, just a bunch of coordinates marking a boundary and a name surely?

Still though I'm looking forward to this update a lot

[Aragosnat]

I'd be surprised if only Minmus biomes are added, but we'll see I suppose.

I wouldn't have thought adding biomes is very difficult at all, just a bunch of coordinates marking a boundary and a name surely?

Still though I'm looking forward to this update a lot

Name then funny little quote along with science value.

[SiliconPyro]

I'd be surprised if only Minmus biomes are added, but we'll see I suppose.

I wouldn't have thought adding biomes is very difficult at all, just a bunch of coordinates marking a boundary and a name surely?

Still though I'm looking forward to this update a lot

Not just that, but how they relate to the science system, what values you'll get for various samples and tests. All that not only has to be implemented but also balanced so it is worth the trip, but isn't too easy to get those points. This will only get more complicated with other planets, where a surface sample returned to Kerbin should have increasing value whereas a flyby of someplace like Ike should have relatively little, since getting to Kerbin's surface from Ike orbit is pretty easy.

[Bekiekutmoar]

Seems like a decent update. Not that spectacular as .17 or .18, but especially the optimalization is a good thing.

[Pbhead]

Will tweakables give us the option to lock gimbals during construction?

I believe so, but this was already doable with hotkeys.

[phunk]

I believe so, but this was already doable with hotkeys.

Yeah I know, just annoying to waste a hotkey that I'll only press once before launch and never again.

[nholzric]

SCIENCE! Lab facts:

3.5 tons

Holds 2 Kerbals

No IVA yet

Takes a long time to process experiments

Can only process 1 report at a time

Improves recovery rates of science experiments

Displays increased rate upon completion-as well as additional flavor text! Always welcome

New report has a massively increased data value: good luck if you're using the materials bay or the avionics pack

Looks frakking awesome.

Do we know where the Lab is in the Science Tree?

[42undead2]

Breaking news: HarvesteR wants cake too!

[Deadpangod3]

They were saying something about a big anouncement in the comments...

[Tom Asz]

The science lab will require 2 kerbals inside in order to work.

[dudester28]

Ooh! Maybe with this new rapier engine, I will actually be able to build a functioning SSTO. I absolutely suck at designing those.

[7499275]

Never once have I read EVERY post of a 17 page long thread until now! Cannot wait for .23!!

[Scotius]

Ooh! Maybe with this new rapier engine, I will actually be able to build a functioning SSTO. I absolutely suck at designing those.

Same here, despite numerous attempts. But now, when our spaceplanes won't carry a deadweight of extra engines it might be different If only we'd get a RAPIER for Eve...

[Shuttle]

Will tweakables give us the option to lock gimbals during construction?

Yes.

[astropapi1]

I kinda like the old GUI more.

[Shuttle]

Here are some other pictures of tweakables from KerbalKon:

http://i.imgur.com/0gp9PqF.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/95yAppx.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2Srmhxw.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/V02RH7h.jpg

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

I've already gone as high as 6,500, though that took almost three hours to finish launching. But after this update? Wheels are already turning.

Wheels within wheels. With wheels on those wheels.

What about pintels within gudgeons?

[Whackjob]

What about pintels within gudgeons?

0.24, maybe. I can wait.

[Corw]

So only Minimus is getting biomes or did I miss something?

[allmappedout]

I suspect this may have been covered (I tried to keep up with this thread but it just grows like the Kraken!), but are RCS thrusters tweakable thrust as well? It would be very cool to be able to balance their thrust, particularly if you could balance it in each degree of freedom. I suspect that may not be the case (yet!), but I didn't see anyone using RCS on ships in any of the streams I managed to catch

[CaptRobau]

Enabling the precision controls in docking mode using CAPSLOCK makes RCS already thrust variably in each direction, to compensate thrusters that are offset to the CoM.

[Garek]

http://i.imgur.com/2Srmhxw.jpg

Wait, pods include Monoprop now?

[EtherDragon]

Wait, pods include Monoprop now?

Yes, I think that each time a Kerbal goes on EVA, their pack is refreshed from the RCS supply. So - now you gotta bring extra RCS if you want to have more EVAs. <- I haven't personally confirmed this from the 0.23 kon footage, though.

[Tex_NL]

Yes, I think that each time a Kerbal goes on EVA, their pack is refreshed from the RCS supply. So - now you gotta bring extra RCS if you want to have more EVAs. <- I haven't personally confirmed this from the 0.23 kon footage, though.

No, as far as I know Kerbal EVA has it's own resource: EVA Propellant.