Red Iron Crown Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Is there any reason why people shoudl bother docking now, when they can just attach ship to ship with claw? Does using claw on ship have some downsides?I'm guessing that the claw will mass more than a docking port. Also, if alignment is important, like during orbital assembly, the docking ports are better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 If this is true it might save me hours of cussing at my screen trying to get a maneuver setup, only to be told it is a full orbit away .That shouldn't be a problem any more with the addition of the "next orbit" and "previous orbit" buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfull Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Is there any reason why people shoudl bother docking now, when they can just attach ship to ship with claw? Does using claw on ship have some downsides?Well, for one thing, docking ports look better on stuff like space stations and large spacecraft.Also, the claw won't be unlocked until late in the tech tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenchant Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Also in Pleborian's video he got a pretty circular orbit and there was NO shakieness to the AN/PN markers at all.Now THAT, that is wonderful news! It seems that setting up transfers will only cause slight hair greying, instead of full loss like in the days of old On the other hand, I was really hoping for a 3.75m capsule with crew capacity of 5 or 6. Maybe next time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketPilot573 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 This is .18 all over again!!! Seriously, this update is just full of surprises! Time-warping in the tracking station? Flags on ships? New SRBs? This update is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfull Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I find it hilarious that some people thought that this was going to be a rushed or low-quality update!The parts look great and asteroids are going to be tons of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwhip Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 The new claw:http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.de/wcf/images/photos/photo-3920-d0eb5004.jpgHoly Kraken, that thing is cool. And what is the animation going to look like, I wonder? Because that looks like a "Deployed" mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HafCoJoe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Yes the Claw has a pivot! And you can toggle it off and on!When you grapple yourself onto the asteroid, the asteroid counts as a part of your ship and is named this. So if you want to name an asteroid, you'd nee to attach a probe to it and name the probe what you want the asteroid to be called.The asteroids I think come in a good range of size from barely movable to wackjob amounts of fuel needed Edit:This is .18 all over again!!! Seriously, this update is just full of surprises! Time-warping in the tracking station? Flags on ships? New SRBs? This update is awesome.FLAGS ON SHIPS?!?!?!?! TRACKING STATION TIME WARP?! BIGGER SRBS?!?! COLORED LIGHTS!?!?! (Although I saw the colored lights with lolbster ) Edited March 24, 2014 by Avera9eJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt_flyer Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 sooo, how much time before someone will turn the claw into an hinge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HafCoJoe Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 sooo, how much time before someone will turn the claw into an hinge? Lolbster is in his next stream. He's going to put a kerbal in orbit, and attach ships on either side of it to play kerbal tug of war!Although I think you mean use it for like a train and stuff. THAT would be really cool. I'm building my next moon base like a train! Thanks for the idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus Klein Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) CLAW.....clicks on link.......OMG now that's a claw he he IM going to enjoy this.Yes the Claw has a pivot! And you can toggle it off and on!When you grapple yourself onto the asteroid, the asteroid counts as a part of your ship and is named this. So if you want to name an asteroid, you'd nee to attach a probe to it and name the probe what you want the asteroid to be called.The asteroids I think come in a good range of size from barely movable to wackjob amounts of fuel needed Edit:FLAGS ON SHIPS?!?!?!?! TRACKING STATION TIME WARP?! BIGGER SRBS?!?! COLORED LIGHTS!?!?! (Although I saw the colored lights with lolbster )This UPDATE! this update oooo god thank you squad! REP! EVERY ONE MORE REP just throw it all to them DROWNED THEM WITH REP! I cant contain my excitement! we may be ready for a waiting room, forum crashing mega thread like the 0.23 waiting room explosion. Edited March 24, 2014 by Tidus Klein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kookoo_gr Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Another feature of this update: once you place a maneuver node you can use the mousewheel by placing the cursor on one of the adjustion icons (pro/retro grade etc.) to fine tune the ÃŽâ€V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidus Klein Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 another feature of this update: Once you place a maneuver node you can use the mousewheel by placing the cursor on one of the adjustion icons (pro/retro grade etc.) to fine tune the δvstop it! Stop blowing my mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LethalDose Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 The pivot on the claw is a really great solution to the CoT/CoM issue from earlier. It also looks like you can target CoM, or at least CoM will be reported as the the current target based on what's been shown in the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdad84 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I didn't realize that this release was so close! now I'm beyond excited! Barely sitting still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfull Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'm definitely going to start a new Campaign save when this comes out. I'm going to transition to using fewer mods than I have in the past.This means I need to wrap up my Jool mission on my current save... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomoo Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Kind of a nitpick, but why are the exhaust plumes from the new engines all different colours? It looks very inconsistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4pt0r Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Kind of a nitpick, but why are the exhaust plumes from the new engines all different colours? It looks very inconsistent.liquid fuel exhaust is steam. solid fuel exhaust is smoke. essentially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 liquid fuel exhaust is steam. solid fuel exhaust is smoke. essentiallyNot really. Liquid fuel in KSP is roughly comparable to kerosene/LOX, not LH2/LOX. Heck, even for kerosene the density of the stuff is hardcore Also, no knocking new engine effects, I want more of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 When an asteroid hits Kerbin, Laythe Eve, Duna etc.It should cause an explosion... or... If It hits the water of Eve Kerbin or Laythe It should cause a cataclysmic tidal wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gojira Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 When an asteroid hits Kerbin, Laythe Eve, Duna etc.It should cause an explosion... or... If It hits the water of Eve Kerbin or Laythe It should cause a cataclysmic tidal wave.These asteroids are small enough that the only damage it can cause is to your ship or a few fish in the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Cecil Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I heard somewhere that the pack will be released at the end of the livestream marathon. Don't quote me on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Another feature of this update: once you place a maneuver node you can use the mousewheel by placing the cursor on one of the adjustion icons (pro/retro grade etc.) to fine tune the ÃŽâ€VThis was in the game before, except mouse wheel acted both as zoom and as maneuver adjust. If the map stops zooming when you point at the icon, good. The question is whether you can still screw up your maneuver while zooming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) These asteroids are small enough that the only damage it can cause is to your ship or a few fish in the ocean.Don't underestimate the asteroids.... an asteroid the size of a plane could destroy a whole LOT OF CRAP (In real life) since the kinetic velocity is very high... But If you slowed It down enough you could make the tidal wave or explosion be smallerNOTE: KSP runs on the Unity engine and Unity announced Unity 5 so... The Unity engine will be better faster and stronger. and KSP will be easier to make on the devs. Edited March 24, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiak Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Will we be able to detect also some other asteroids than near kerbin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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