Help needed: any way to save/land on jool

[fenderzilla]

I have always wanted to make a jool colony, one with floating buildings and balloons and stuff. there is only one problem though - it's completely impossible! there is no way to save once you've entered jool. you can't quicksave or return to the space center, because you're floating freely in the atmosphere. I would love to be able to land, but that won't work either. there is no surface to land on, just a super destructive ocean. I've tried lowering KAS winches down into the sea, but they just get destroyed. i've tried using Hooligan labs ballast tanks, but the ship just sinks and explodes anyway. are there any mods that prevent this? anything that makes a joolian surface or lets me save in the atmosphere? any help would be great.

[davieholgate]

If you are open to mods, try this: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/hooligan-labs-airship-parts-and-plugin/

On the wiki it says you CAN put Kerbals on the surface, but all craft are crushed or devoured by the Kraken.

EDIT: try making a space station then, since it may also be impossible to save while using balloons too, sorry

Edited February 9, 2014 by davieholgate
Trying not to be a complete idiot, read full OP and realised how stupid i was.

[Vanamonde]

This sounds like a how-to kind of a question, so moved to the how-to sub-forum. Carry on.

[fenderzilla]

If you are open to mods, try this: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/hooligan-labs-airship-parts-and-plugin/

On the wiki it says you CAN put Kerbals on the surface, but all craft are crushed or devoured by the Kraken.

EDIT: try making a space station then, since it may also be impossible to save while using balloons too, sorry

yes, I am fully aware of the hooligan labs balloons. I use them a lot actually. they don't really do anything for me though, since the game still counts floating as flying, and you still can't save. I've been trying with Hooligan Labs balloons and submarines to land or float on jool and sentar, the ship will always explode no matter how fast it's moving.

[Tank Buddy]

It's pretty much impossible. You can't really land on something without a real surface. Sorry to crush your dreams

[fenderzilla]

Sorry to crush your dreams

no pun intended.