lo-fi Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Thanks! It never ceases to amaze me how many people must have downloaded already; it's something over 30K spread over the various versions according to KerbalStuff.The lander does give me an idea for a sort of strap on (if you'll pardon the expression) skycrane for the DSR3 that I'm currently remodeling and texturing... Which reminds me, I need to ask Marce if his strut gun is ready yet. I can't be doing with this docking port to tie things down shenanigans Maybe we ought to have thought about renaming the modules before releasing the beta! It just never occurred to me, really. Still, it won't cause much disruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZodiusInfuser Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The lander does give me an idea for a sort of strap on (if you'll pardon the expression) skycrane for the DSR3 that I'm currently remodeling and texturing... Which reminds me, I need to ask Marce if his strut gun is ready yet. I can't be doing with this docking port to tie things down shenanigans You mean active struts? That's been ready for a while, and there's an IR themed version too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's the one, though he had something special in the works we were talking about I'll go take a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 A while ago it was bra's/boobies and now strap-ons, we need to get a moderator in here and put a stop to this The new medium/small textures look really great - it's good to have it all in a release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Hehe! All in best POSSIBLE taste Cheers dude, looking forward to seeing what you come up with next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZodiusInfuser Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's the one, though he had something special in the works we were talking about I'll go take a lookOooooo. I know nothing of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Hehe! All in best POSSIBLE taste Cheers dude, looking forward to seeing what you come up with next!I started something so far removed from wheels or space or anything KSP that I abandoned it (that and probably copyright). Do you think I should finish it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaalidas Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Need to turn that guitar into a prop for the kerbal to hold. Too bad that really stinking old mod that added in-game modifiable kerbal animations didn't make it into a usable state. That would make it even better.- - - Updated - - -Thanks! It never ceases to amaze me how many people must have downloaded already; it's something over 30K spread over the various versions according to KerbalStuff.The lander does give me an idea for a sort of strap on (if you'll pardon the expression) skycrane for the DSR3 that I'm currently remodeling and texturing... Which reminds me, I need to ask Marce if his strut gun is ready yet. I can't be doing with this docking port to tie things down shenanigans Maybe we ought to have thought about renaming the modules before releasing the beta! It just never occurred to me, really. Still, it won't cause much disruption.I can't help it man, my mind is always half in the gutter I think. The first image that came to my mind was a kerbal prop of a strap-on that looked like the DSR3 (and it's amazing how it's shaped rather conveniently for this purpose) and now I feel all dirty upstairs. I guarantee a bunch of you guys do now too, now that I've shared the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Scumbag Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Oh yes! Finally, you released the mod. I have waited for this and have so much to do. And like I said some weeks/months ago, I will make a video for this mod.@Darren, ... are you doing again!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Darren, that's brilliant! Please continue! Btw, UK law now permits use of copyrighted works in parody. I think that counts We're going to get ourselves into trouble, Gaalidas!Looking forward to seeing what you come up with, Space Scumbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've seen toasters and washing machines amongst other things Space Scumbag, you're hardly in a position to comment The greatest (only) rock tribute band on Kerbin may appear soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpspoonful Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The tracks are the greatest things ever. Thank you so much for killing two days for me. Im trying to make a Haglund ATV that'll drive into a Mk. 4 fuselage for transport to both north and south poles to start Polar Observation Stations. I'll start posting photos of some creations later after work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD5Ray01 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Apologies if this has been asked before, but I have a problem. It seems that the Medium Tracks don't want to work no matter what way I place them. They always sink into the ground and do nothing except spam my debug log. I don't have a screenshot from when I tested them in normal configuration, but here's one in an upside-down configuration:The three toolbars are BDArmory, Throttle Controlled Avionics, and Kerbal Konstructs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaalidas Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wow, that's funky... do we even have a reset button in a popup menu? I can't speak for our fearless leader here, but that's some messed up stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirondoll Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Apologies if this has been asked before, but I have a problem. It seems that the Medium Tracks don't want to work no matter what way I place them. They always sink into the ground and do nothing except spam my debug log. I don't have a screenshot from when I tested them in normal configuration.........I have the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 The tracks are the greatest things ever. Thank you so much for killing two days for me. Im trying to make a Haglund ATV that'll drive into a Mk. 4 fuselage for transport to both north and south poles to start Polar Observation Stations. I'll start posting photos of some creations later after work.Very much looking forward to seeing that. Screen shots, videos and cinematics always welcome here!Apologies if this has been asked before, but I have a problem. It seems that the Medium Tracks don't want to work no matter what way I place them. They always sink into the ground and do nothing except spam my debug log. I don't have a screenshot from when I tested them in normal configuration, but here's one in an upside-down configuration:http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv71/WildFighter9/screenshot3_zpseabc464b.pngThe three toolbars are BDArmory, Throttle Controlled Avionics, and Kerbal KonstructsThey definitely wont work upside down, with the exception of the RBI inverting.I have the same problem.First reports I've had, so could you both post an output_log with a medium track equipped craft in flight please? Is this only the medium track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I have the same problem.Do you have CollisionFX mod installed by chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Actually, I get that too now. Something funny going on with that model; hang fire and Ill completely re-rig later to re-post with the fixed texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riocrokite Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 hey lo-fi,KF surface track is great. is it possible to increase its turn angle so we could utilize its top-mount feature to the fullest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Absolutely, just play with the steeringcurve values in KFModuleWheel. First value on each line is speed, next is corresponding steering angle for that speed. It interpolates, so you might just want to add a line above the others like: key = 2, 90, 0, 0 (hopefully I've remembered the formatting right). This would allow steering to full 90 degrees under 2 m/s, for example.Incidentally, that's how the truck wheel we've been talking about will be set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riocrokite Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Absolutely, just play with the steeringcurve values in KFModuleWheel. First value on each line is speed, next is corresponding steering angle for that speed. It interpolates, so you might just want to add a line above the others like: key = 2, 90, 0, 0 (hopefully I've remembered the formatting right). This would allow steering to full 90 degrees under 2 m/s, for example.Incidentally, that's how the truck wheel we've been talking about will be set up.cheers, I think there is a need for more top mounted wheels or tracks. Mainly for docking multiple vehicles / freight cars together. The usual problem is that you can't dock two vehicles since docking ports are on different heights:- different weights -> spring/dampener actions- it's hard to attach wheels / tracks on the side so they are aligned and touch ground evenlytop mount and fixed height solves those 2 problems:) Edited January 23, 2015 by riocrokite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) You can adjust the height of sets of wheels using the right click menu to make this easier. Set the ones you want to change into the same group number using the slider, then adjust the ride height slider and click 'apply wheel settings'.Surface mount wheels have suspension too, but being small you may have bottomed them out. Edited January 23, 2015 by lo-fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horus Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 First, your wheels mod is totally awesome!However, ~185Mb for a set of "wheels" is just a bit too much, imho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riocrokite Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) You can adjust the height of sets of wheels using the right click menu to make this easier. Set the ones you want to change into the same group number using the slider, then adjust the ride height slider and click 'apply wheel settings'.Surface mount wheels have suspension too, but being small you may have bottomed them out.yah, true, forgot about that:) to keep you creative -> a nice-to-have thing I could imagine would be to have an in-flight slider to change steeringcurve, something I think is implemanted in B9 for its landing wheels. Then I could dynamically change switch between maneuvering or cruising mode sensitivity without changing cfg file.- - - Updated - - -First, your wheels mod is totally awesome!However, ~185Mb for a set of "wheels" is just a bit too much, imho...I suggest deleting RoverBody catalog which takes half of that (insane texture quality hehe;)); also you can delete wheels/repulsors/tracks catalogs you won't need to further reduce memory footprint. Edited January 23, 2015 by riocrokite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Funnily enough, I was just thinking about a steering multiplier slider earlier: it'll be dead easy, I'll try and get that out in the point updated with the fixed medium track.Regarding texture sizes, there's a lot of sharing optimisation to be rolled out as lots of parts share track textures. Riockrite is right, the rover body texture is quite large I'll roll it into a separate download at some point - for the moment, just delete what you don't need/want. There are no inter-part dependencies currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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