eightiesboi Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Hey Angel-125,You mentioned a few months ago you were thinking of making the centrifuge IR independent. Are you still thinking along those lines? Trying to decide whether to install it or not. My mod list has my memory near capacity.Also, any chance of making the hub CLS-compatible? Thanks as always for your hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Hey Angel-125,You mentioned a few months ago you were thinking of making the centrifuge IR independent. Are you still thinking along those lines? Trying to decide whether to install it or not. My mod list has my memory near capacity.Also, any chance of making the hub CLS-compatible? Thanks as always for your hard work!Yup! Phase 2 will have an IR-independent centrifuge based on the NASA Discovery II spacecraft. It will have CLS support as well. I'm holding off on updates until 1.1 is released though. Thanks for asking. - - - Updated - - -Love these - I was wondering if there is a RealFuels stockalike config available for the SuperNova engine?Currently I don't have a RealFuels config for the Supernova. I can add that to the list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Yup! Phase 2 will have an IR-independent centrifuge based on the NASA Discovery II spacecraft. It will have CLS support as well. I'm holding off on updates until 1.1 is released though. Thanks for asking. Okay, perhaps that would clear up the issue of static IVAs on the sweeper arms... I don't have a video of it, because it tends to cause my spacecraft to go a bit screwy, but it does some weird stuff when rotating and you're in IVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 So how's the copernicus coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 So how's the copernicus coming?Hi Davidy,I've been busy with Pathfinder, and waiting on KSP 1.1, so I haven't had much time for Copernicus. I've worked on it indirectly in a way; in the NASA reference mission, Copernicus deploys a rover, and I am specifically designing the Buffalo MSEV's rover configuration with Copernicus in mind. As a rover, the Buffalo will fit inside the Copernicus's cargo frame. I've also been doing some design work on how Copernicus fits in the KSP design and use aesthetics. I can't give you any time frames but soon Pathfinder will be in a good place before the next major update, and then I can turn my attention back to DSEV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Understood. Can't wait for it to update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Understood. Can't wait for it to update.Me too! I want to send a Buffalo to Duna via Copernicus, land the frame, and drive the truck off the ramp. It's going to happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 What's a buffalo exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxg2827 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 What's a buffalo exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 What's a buffalo exactly?http://www.kansastravel.org/08redbuffaloranch8.JPGHAHAHA! Love it! Here is an album showcasing the Buffalo Modular Space Exploration Vehicle (MSEV) It is based upon NASA's real-world MMSEV, but styled for KSP. Just like the MMSEV, the Buffalo is more than a rover.Javascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Are you going to make the hab for the MTV/DTV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Are you going to make the hab for the MTV/DTV?Yup! It will become the Homestead module. And the beauty of it is that the Homestead module will be useful for the Nautilus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) EPICENESS!!! Finally, may I ask, what about a landing vehicle?- - - Updated - - -http://www.kansastravel.org/08redbuffaloranch8.JPGPS: That's a bison. This is a buffalo Edited September 20, 2015 by davidy12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 EPICENESS!!! Finally, may I ask, what about a landing vehicle?I recall seeing that the Copernicus has some kind of landing frame. The saddle trusses will be modular enough to serve as the landing frame; you'll have landing legs, landing jets, a cargo ramp, and the like. The stock payload shrouds will serve to cover the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I mean like a DALV (Duna Ascent and Landing Vehicle) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 I mean like a DALV (Duna Ascent and Landing Vehicle)I don't think there will be enough room in the 3.75m frame to handle a vertically mounted ascent vehicle, but I have some ideas that fit KSP's sometimes zany approach to things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123nick Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 you know, bobcat industries actualy had a nautilus X space tow or something, i think. its a bit outdated, but maybe you can take ownership of the parts, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 What about a DAV/LV as a separate craft that docks to it. For more references for DTV look at thishttp://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/media/49057/hse_development.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 What about a DAV/LV as a separate craft that docks to it. For more references for DTV look at thishttp://spaceodyssey.dmns.org/media/49057/hse_development.pdfNeat document! I have read some of it, I like how the Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Concept specifies an in-space MMSEV... I have been planning for the Buffalo to have a similar role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) A (Stockalike) MMSEV would be awesome!!! So... no DAV then? Though, all in all, I'd prefer a MMSEV for use around Asteroids would be epic!PS: This mod is technically stock alike? Right?- - - Updated - - -Also, the launchpad for the MAV could be the cargo bay for the Buffalo. Edited September 21, 2015 by davidy12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 A (Stockalike) MMSEV would be awesome!!! So... no DAV then? Though, all in all, I'd prefer a MMSEV for use around Asteroids would be epic!PS: This mod is technically stock alike? Right?Yup! The Buffalo MSEV is based upon NASA's MMSEV, and while the initial configuration is a rover, you can easily add RCS thrusters to it and with some Infernal Robotics (with zoidinfuser's rework), you will have an asteroid explorer. I threw this together real quick but I don't have IR installed on this PC. It gives you an idea of what you can do with Pathfinder's Buffalo as an in-space MSEV:I do not see a vertically mounted DAV being feasible in a 3.75m support frame, but maybe one that is horizontally mounted with some...rather kerbal methodologies to launch it into the air... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) So no MAV as a separate craft? At least try to make a 3.75/2.5m MAV frame so we can slap on a capsule. Edited September 21, 2015 by davidy12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 So no MAV as a separate craft? At least try to make a 3.75/2.5m MAV frame so we can slap on a capsule.Oh yeah, there will be something that'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidy12 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 OHHHH YEAHHHH!!!! That'll be awesome. My dream of making a "The Dunan" like story will finally come true. - - - Updated - - -Still an MMSEV will be awesome. It'll also make maneuvering around asteroids much better so we can observe them at all angles, because observing with a capsule or even a cupola module type craft just seems unnatural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 OHHHH YEAHHHH!!!! That'll be awesome. My dream of making a "The Dunan" like story will finally come true. Cool. Next Pathfinder release will help you get closer to your goal: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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