Mun - Build, Land, Return speedrun

[Aphobius]

Challenge: Build a rocket, land it on the Mun and return to Kerbin as fast as possible in real time. You can use time warp, only real time matters.

Challenge guidance:

-make a new sandbox save file

-enter the VAB

-start the timer

-build anything you want

-land it on the Mun

-return to Kerbin

-stop the timer

Timer: You can use any timer you want, but I recommend WSplit.

Rules:

-you must have at least one kerbal in a pod

-no mods

-no debug console

-your ship must not have any part destroyed during the landings

-when you land on the Mun and on Kerbin, you must have 0.0m/s and throttle must be at 0% before you launch/stop the timer

-you must start building your rocket on a new save file, you can't alter the position of the Mun before building your rocket

-only videos allowed (video must be an unaltered screen capture that contains the full run)

Leaderboard:

1st - Aphobius -

Edited May 9, 2014 by Aphobius

[KvickFlygarn87]

your ship must not have any part destroyed during the run

So SSTMnR (Single Stage To Mun n Return) only? Seeing as when you drop boosters, they're gonna blow.

Also, could we see your submission too? Not required but good ettiquette.

[Aphobius]

Sorry for that, I wasn't very clear. You can have more stages, but you can't have any part destroyed during the landings (for example you can't crash into the ground with 50m/s when you return to kerbin). My english is not very good and I don't know how to formulate that rule better.

Also, could we see your submission too? Not required but good ettiquette.

I'm at work right now, I'll post an entry in a few hours, when I get home.

EDIT: Ok, replaced "run" with "landings" in that rule

Edited December 29, 2013 by Aphobius

[Blue]

I'm so gonna enter this competition.

[Aphobius]

My entry: Video

Not the best time, but I'm sure that I can do better.

[Aphobius]

No one wanna try it?

[Blaster]

I'm sure we'll get some...

[Joel Dryden]

Am I allowed the speed up the footage of everything, as long as I show myself turning WSplit on at the start? Just might be nicer to do so.

[Aphobius]

Sorry, no.

My entry got only 179mb and I guess the quality is good enough. I don't see the point of speeding it up.

[Aphobius]

Evil people, not trying my challenge.

I wanted you to have fun with this, that's why I've posted that 11 minutes entry ... but since no one else is posting entries, here's my real entry: 2:50.13

[Hyomoto]

I may give this a go today. I'd recommend making your WSplit a link, for people who don't have a timer to look at. If you are suggesting it, you might as well save me a google search.

[Aphobius]

Thank you for your intention of participation.

From what I know, WSplit doesn't have a website and the only place where I found it looks a little ... fishy, a random file uploaded to mediafire. I thought it's better if everyone is using whatever timer they want or download WSplit from wherever they think it's safer.

[Hyomoto]

Time, 10:26, but it doesn't matter because it fails at the end anyways. But I said I'd do a submission and I did. However, if this becomes real competitive it should be noted that your time is affected directly by your load time to the pad, not a huge amount but a little. And enough in a close race.

[Aphobius]

Thank you for participating. I would add your time to the leaderboard, but if we are allowed to destroy parts during the landing, it can be abused pretty bad, like using girders and crash without parachutes and I think even the pod of my lander would have survived without parachutes.

That loading time should be about the same on all computers. But to be honest I was playing the game from a RAM drive, hoping it was going to help at least a little.

[Hyomoto]

Yup, I'm aware of the rules. I was aiming to land on ... well, land. Luckily KSP warp caused me to pass through the planet not once, but twice! I may give it another shot later, though after watching how you did it I think you've found a pretty quick method and it seems silly to try, since it would just become a game of who can navigate the interface quickest

[Aphobius]

Yeah, I've ... refined my procedure pretty well. Even time warp is not a problem anymore, I've seen that you've also found that trick when you arrive at the Mun, so it's not about skill anymore.

The only skills required are navigating the interface xD and the landing on the Mun. Nothing else requires any skill.

EDIT: AHAHAHAHA, I forgot, another useful skill for this challenge ... being able to build a good pc to get a fast loading time. =)) =))

Also I think I can launch with 4x physics warp if I overclock my cpu.

Edited January 4, 2014 by Aphobius

[Aphobius]

It looks like no one wanted to try my challenge.

A new entry from me using the new parts from the last patch.

[Aphobius]

Good news everybody!!! Scott Manley announced his participation in my challenge!

It looks like finally I'll get some competition, I can't wait for his entry.

Note: Click the picture to see the comments on youtube.