Be able to play offline (Play without internet access.)

[StealthLava]

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I do not think it is a bug.

Sometimes the internet fails. I go to launch KSP and the Launcher always says "Checking for updates".

There is no way to launch KSP when the Play button is gone. No way to cancel the check either.

I think it will be a good idea if the Launcher update check can be cancelled. And/Or have a Play Offline button.

It is good that we can disable the check for updates to the game. But the Launcher needs an option like that too.

The game is single player as far as I can tell. Should not need internet access in order to launch it.

Please add this feature and Thank You for reading.

Shortened Version: Please add a Play Offline button and/or a Cancel (Update Check) button to the KSP Launcher. Thank You.

Without this feature; I can not play the game without internet access.

[Estel]

open ksp.exe instead

[Superfluous J]

What estel said, but yeah there's no reason the Launcher can't time out after 10 seconds or so of no connect.

[Vanamonde]

You can turn update checking off through the settings screens. If you're going through Steam, there's a different method. I don't know it: not a Steam user. Either way, you won't miss an update. They're announced here.

[StealthLava]

open ksp.exe instead

Okay, I'll try that next time. Thank You.

[StealthLava]

You can turn update checking off through the settings screens. If you're going through Steam, there's a different method. I don't know it: not a Steam user. Either way, you won't miss an update. They're announced here.

I am not using the Steam one. But Thank You anyway.

[StealthLava]

What estel said, but yeah there's no reason the Launcher can't time out after 10 seconds or so of no connect.

When the internet is out. The Launcher sits there for over a minute and never seems to time out.

[Dunbaratu]

When the internet is out. The Launcher sits there for over a minute and never seems to time out.

The actual internet timeout for attempting TCP connections tends to default to 2 minutes. Back in the day with very slow connections this made more sense. Now it's just silly, but a lot of the same rules are still used deep in the network stack of operating systems.

[Superfluous J]

When the internet is out. The Launcher sits there for over a minute and never seems to time out.

Sorry, I was agreeing with you It *should* time out. There's no good reason for the behavior you're seeing.

[sal_vager]

The launcher isn't perfect, but thankfully KSP is DRM free, even the Steam version

The answers already been posted so I wont reiterate, but yeah the launcher really should check for a connection then give up and start KSP anyway, so it is a bug of sorts

[StealthLava]

Thank You everyone for all of your helpful replies.

[razark]

There's a launcher?

What exactly does it do?

[Superfluous J]

There's a launcher?

What exactly does it do?

Run launcher.exe instead of ksp.exe to find out

The only real reason I run it is because you can set the resolution, fullscreen, and "fake fullscreen" before launching the game. For that last one, it's the only way I know to get it to happen Makes recording youtube videos easier because "fake fullscreen" doesn't explode your entire neighborhood when you alt-tab away from the game.

[AlamoVampire]

i play via steam, and never have had it bug on me, I double click jebs face, and away I go, after it loads itself, im off and splattering myself on KSC hehe

[Serratus]

Wait, there's a launcher for KSP?

EDIT: Scrach that, I just read 5thHorseman post.

[razark]

Run launcher.exe instead of ksp.exe to find out

Well, that would be too easy, wouldn't it?

The only real reason I run it is because you can set the resolution, fullscreen, and "fake fullscreen" before launching the game. For that last one, it's the only way I know to get it to happen Makes recording youtube videos easier because "fake fullscreen" doesn't explode your entire neighborhood when you alt-tab away from the game.

I don't change my settings that often, so I'm not sure what value that would be to me.

Using the following shortcut works to get the "fake fullscreen":

"F:\KSP\KSP .23\KSP.exe" -popupwindow

[Superfluous J]

Well, that would be too easy, wouldn't it?

I don't change my settings that often, so I'm not sure what value that would be to me.

Using the following shortcut works to get the "fake fullscreen":

"F:\KSP\KSP .23\KSP.exe" -popupwindow

Before I learned about the launcher, I tried that. It did not work. I then learned about the launcher and never went back and tried.

Though, it may be that I had left "fullscreen" on in the game. I learned later (thanks to the launcher) that those two settings don't like each other and actual fullscreen supercedes fake fullscreen.

Though I do change the settings quite often. When recording I play fullscreen (obviously) but when not recording I frequently play in a window so I can see if someone messages me.

[YoBlox2002]

open ksp.exe instead

When I do that it just opens the previos ksp we had that is version 0.22 how do I run the new one and not the old one

[klgraham1013]

Mine keeps checking for updates even with the internet. Surprised it never times out. Anyway, yeah, ksp.exe.

[Thomas988]

Huh, I'm pretty sure KSP doesn't need internet. I could be wrong, but just keep trying ksp.exe.

[Sonny_Jim]

KSP doesn't need internet access at all, but the launcher (launcher.exe in the KSP directory) does not timeout if it doesn't connect to an update server (which is stupid).

There's already a thread about it here:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/117016-Launcher-not-working-and-stays-at-Checking-for-updates

[Rath]

KSPLauncher is almost never used or upadted so it has alot of problems

[HappyHominid]

How do you manually download & install updates via this method??  Thanks in advance.

[pandaman]

Hi @HappyHominid. And welcome. 

I do it by logging on to the store and downloading the whole game again, exactly as if I just bought it. 

I also keep the 'old' version for a while at least as a back up.  If you do this don't forget to re do your shortcuts.  You can also copy your saves over from your old versions so no progress is lost. 

[Crocket]

On 3/12/2014 at 5:20 PM, StealthLava said:

Sorry if this is in the wrong place. I do not think it is a bug.

Sometimes the internet fails. I go to launch KSP and the Launcher always says "Checking for updates".

There is no way to launch KSP when the Play button is gone. No way to cancel the check either.

I think it will be a good idea if the Launcher update check can be cancelled. And/Or have a Play Offline button.

It is good that we can disable the check for updates to the game. But the Launcher needs an option like that too.

The game is single player as far as I can tell. Should not need internet access in order to launch it.

Please add this feature and Thank You for reading.

Shortened Version: Please add a Play Offline button and/or a Cancel (Update Check) button to the KSP Launcher. Thank You.

Without this feature; I can not play the game without internet access.

You can access it from the launcher if you have no Internet, it just requires some precise clicking.