Why there shouldn't be AI animals on kerbin

[Tanner Rawlings]

Kerbin's first nature documentary!

"here we see the majestic kougar, one of the last of its kind, so majestic so...what is that in the sky?"

Jebidiah-

uh...ksc this is #1 badass im coming in extra spicy please advise

KSC-

careful jeb there is a endangered animal in your area try not to disturb it

Jebidiah-

would a loud "squish" sound count as disturbing it?

Documentary-

oh my god! oh god! WHY! WHY! OH GOD WHY!

Jebidiah-

...well i guess we are having one exotic BBQ

[softweir]

Maybe in a mod, but it's a HUGE amount of extra work - all the way from rewriting core code right up to creating new animations - just for a neat feature most people will ignore after 5 minutes.

[lajoswinkler]

All I'm seeing is this.

Except with a Kerbal in his mouth. Ragdoll style.

[Scotius]

Kerbals are nigh indestructible while in rag-doll mode Good luck to any predator trying to chew on something, that can survive lithobraking with terminal velocity just by going limp.

[Deadpangod3]

All I'm seeing is this.

http://www.agefotostock.com/previewimage/bajaage/ff76d6bdce0b51d1e1e7efc659f2becc/C62-1191314.jpg

Except with a Kerbal in his mouth. Ragdoll style.

Thank you for that horrible image I now have in my head

I'm scarred for life...

Poor Jeb...

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

The lag, you might as well and cities with a function, and you can land on a building, you can't land on a animal ( legally)

[grawl]

I'd like to see something in the lines of some wormy creature that you can capture,send to space and do some science with it

"the creature didn't hold together there, a spacesuit is definitely needed"

[lajoswinkler]

Kerbals are nigh indestructible while in rag-doll mode Good luck to any predator trying to chew on something, that can survive lithobraking with terminal velocity just by going limp.

True, but regardless of that, I would like to see a lion trying to chew a Kerbal while the little guy is grinning. Or a shark. Sharks grab the prey and move it around very fast. That would be funny to see.

Thank you for that horrible image I now have in my head

I'm scarred for life...

Poor Jeb...

You're welcome!

[Wayfare]

this is #1 badass im coming in extra spicy please advise

I'm totally stealing that

[Motokid600]

this is #1 badass im coming in extra spicy please advise.

Lmao! Made my day Ty.

[Epthelyn]

The lag, you might as well and cities with a function, and you can land on a building, you can't land on a animal ( legally)

That's human laws, not Kerbal. They don't have animals, so if they magically appeared then they probably would want to use them as rocket testing targets.

Oh, and the thread title isn't a question, it's a statement.

[Moar Boosters]

If life support ever gets put in the game, we definitely need animals to put in our rockets.

That little squid thing from one of the videos would be nice.

[Tanner Rawlings]

Lmao! Made my day Ty.

no problem

[Captain Sierra]

Jebidiah-

uh...ksc this is #1 badass im coming in extra spicy please advise

KSC-

careful jeb there is a endangered animal in your area try not to disturb it

Jebidiah-

would a loud "squish" sound count as disturbing it?

Jebidiah-

...well i guess we are having one exotic BBQ

Made my freakin day. XD XD XD

[Themohawkninja]

Maybe in a mod, but it's a HUGE amount of extra work - all the way from rewriting core code right up to creating new animations - just for a neat feature most people will ignore after 5 minutes.

Why would you need to re-write core code? It's just some 3d models with basic animations that collide with the terrain. Basically simplified Kerbals that you can't control, don't have ragdoll physics, and aren't as high of quality.

[Themohawkninja]

If life support ever gets put in the game, we definitely need animals to put in our rockets.

Actually, this would be a nice way to test if something is habitable or can sustain life (whether it be the interior of a craft, or a planet).

Canary in the crew cabin, anyone?

[qromodynmc]

They would be first target of Secret Super weapons.

[Dooz]

Well because the game is called Kerbal space program not Kerbal nature program

[Themohawkninja]

Well because the game is called Kerbal space program not Kerbal nature program

The game isn't called Kerbal flight program either, but we have planes.

All of those "it's not Kerbal <something> program" arguments don't work so long as we have plane parts.

[Panzerbeard]

Poor Jeb...

You mean "poor lion", right?

[Bobe]

Maybe in a mod, but it's a HUGE amount of extra work - all the way from rewriting core code right up to creating new animations - just for a neat feature most people will ignore after 5 minutes.

Do you frequent Yahoo Answers by any chance?

[RocketScientist00]

I hope there will be animals in future version of KSP:sticktongue:

[Madrias]

Hey, at least it'd spare Kerbals from being hit by my repurposed (and usually empty) fuel drop tanks...

[jwenting]

let's reverse it and think "why should there be?". It's a spaceflight game, things that can't be seen from space have little place in that.

[leax256]

let's reverse it and think "why should there be?". It's a spaceflight game, things that can't be seen from space have little place in that.

you can't see terrain scatter from space yet it's added.