The Open Part Mod - Week 2 Voting Started!

[StarVision]

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Create a radially attached probe body designed for controlling spent stages

Entries:

Snjo

Download - Unity Project - If you are confused

LandeTLS

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tygoo7

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Cpt. Kipard

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Robotengineer

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Nazari1382

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darkside

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Ven

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Moon Goddess

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Edited May 3, 2014 by StarVision

[tygoo7]

My submission...

The Probodobodyne RFC (Radial Flight Computer)

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[CaptainKipard]

My submission.

Oracle Navigational Computer. Loosely based on the Apollo Navigational Computer.

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Edited May 2, 2014 by Cpt. Kipard

[Robotengineer]

Here is my submission. The kPod-RP (Radial Probe).

Download. https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqe5lmwdkt7z2jc/kPod-RPC.zip

Thanks!

[Nazari1382]

video

Download: http://www./download/r4slpcgszn9hz6k/OpenPart_probe_Nazari.zip

[darkside]

My submission.

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[Ven]

Autonomous Control Unit~

Download thingy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7ZITn5ZQ3VgaWZkNVhpeVIteWM/edit?usp=sharing

[Moon Goddess]

Introducing Moon Goddess Inc's first part, the Bolt-on Probe Core.

This part will let you control spent stages and features a small solar panel to keep the batteries charged.

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[StarVision]

Voting is open until next Thursday. Good luck to all entries!

[Spanier]

I would vote for Nertea, if I could. Why isn't his part in the poll?

[landeTLS]

I voted for ven. Really nice part man. Sorry i didnt have time to to redo my part guys. I see its added in the poll anyway..o well:P

[Taki117]

GAH! So many good choices I don't know who to vote for! I think the only one I don't like is Capt. Kipard's only because I don't feel it fits the aesthetic. It seems to be kinda a hack job, almost like the original design didn't quite work out and so it was a replacement. I like Snjo's Brain Slug for it's cute-factor and the fact that it looks like the brain slug is riding the rocket. However, I don't feel like it's a part I would use more than a few times. I like Moon Goddess's the best since he/she was the only one to include a solar panel.

[Moon Goddess]

I like Moon Goddess's the best since he/she was the only one to include a solar panel.

I'm always surprised that my name doesn't make my gender clear LOL.

The solar panel wasn't in the original request, but I've a habit of attaching mechjeb console to stages for this exact same propose but I keep forgetting them and come back and the battery is dead, so I wanted to give it a way to stay alive. Playing with it last night after posting I find it has some real problems, textures not lining up and the solar panel rotates when it's not supposed to. But hey, it's my first publicly released part. And I even included icons for PartCatalog

[DMagic]

These projects have been tough to vote on.

I like Ven's design the best, I like tygoo7's too, but I think both are a bit big. I voted for Moon Goddess' though because I think hers does the best job of fulfilling the original purpose: a small, self contained probe core meant for recovering spent stages or collecting science drop-offs. The weak solar panel and small battery make it great for insuring that you'll be able to actually maintain control of the vessel for the short time needed without being too powerful.

My only suggestion would be maybe to lower the torque a bit (the part is, afterall, very small) and those orange connector pieces might need to be extended a bit to avoid problems with the shoddy fuel tank colliders; the same issue that came up during the last mod contest too.

[StarVision]

I would vote for Nertea, if I could. Why isn't his part in the poll?

I scanned through the Dev thread looking for entries, but the thing Nertea posted looked more like a Progress shot. There was no download or anything.

Edit: also thinking about it now, If anymore people participate next time we'll have to find another way to to a poll. As the Forum's only allow 10 choices.

[Robotengineer]

I voted for tygoo7's as I think that is the most detailed, and I am surprised that I got a vote. I am looking forward to next weeks.

[CaptainKipard]

It seems to be kinda a hack job...

Yeeaaah, Thhaaannks.

[landeTLS]

Actually for me cpt. Kipards part comes in at a close third after tygoo and ven at first. I really liked the texturing on it.

[Tiberion]

Voted for Nazari because nostalgia.

Good job this week though, guys. Sorry I didn't get a chance to join in

[Helix935]

i voted for tygoo7's even though Snjo's reminded me of Futurama which was one of my favorite shows ever

[Taki117]

Yeeaaah, Thhaaannks.

Just being brutally honest. I don't know what goes into making a part, so I don't know exactly how difficult it was, but to me it just seems like it's a box with a bit sticking out of the top, which to me doesn't seem that hard to do. I could be totally off base here, but that's just my assessment.

[StEligius]

Ven, nice very good stock-like feel. Nothing unnecessary, nicely minimalistic, doesn't look too fragile with naked-to-space components. Again nice!

Kip, like the look, nice and gritty, would look good on Duna as part of a rover digging around in the rust soil.

LandeTLS, good looking part.

Edited May 4, 2014 by StEligius

[astropapi1]

Damn, this was hard to choose. I like Ven's part because it's minimalistic and fits nicely. Looks like a part I would use a lot.

But then again, tygoo7's one looks stock-a-like and I think it would be a nice replacement for the Mechjeb case.

Anyway, thanks to all participants!

[CaptainKipard]

It really is just a box with a bit sticking out.

Just being brutally honest. I don't know what goes into making a part....

Well if you're ignorant of it, then "honest" is not how I'd characterise your assessment that it's a "hack job". To each their own, and brutal criticism is absolutely fine by me, but try to make it constructive and coherent. That sentence about the "original design" was just weird and unhelpful. It's your subjective imagination; You should be more objective.

Anyway here's my criticism. I voted for Ven because while his textures weren't top quality they were good enough to fit with the stock textures. He also made the model look reasonable considering the purpose of the part. I would have voted for tygoo7 but his model has exposed batteries, which is an odd thing to have in space, and a functionless antenna. Ven's part doesn't have many extraneous bits.

[mordin86]

all are very cool parts (I love the brainslug part by Snjo). voted for Ven the part fits in the game very nicely.