Help! In 0.24 what's the difference between First Contract and Career Mode?

[TimKerbin]

I was playing 0.23.5. in Career Mode. Then I upgraded to 0.24.2. I transferred all my

ships, Career Mode, sub-assemblies, saves over and launched the game. Everything was as I

expected; I could launch my ships in the VAB regardless of the cost, because I was

playing in Career Mode, and had unlocked everything. Only now, it won't let me launch

ANY of my ships; it keeps telling me "Not enough funds to launch".

What's changed? One minute I could launch any vessel I had created prior to upgrade, now

it won't let me. I need to be clear on this: Does First Contract change Career Mode in

such a way that it still requires funds? If so, then I still don't understand why it let me

launch these vessels before. I was playing 0.24.2 in Career Mode. I selected "Tim-

Career" in the menu screen. I loaded a ship, and launched it. Now it won't let me.

And the only way to get funds is through Mission Control, First Contract,

but that's not what I selected. I was playing Career Mode! Unless of course Mission Control is now part of Career Mode? Grr.

I have dozens of vessels in the VAB; I earned everything in Career Mode; I have over 20000 science points, I unlocked everything in R&D.

I guess I'll have to stick to 0.23.5 unless I want to do it all over again. :/

[astropapi1]

There's three modes:

-Sandbox (No science, unlimited money, no R&D)

-Science (Science, unlimited money, R&D)

-Career (Science, limited money, R&D)

As you can see, the 0.23.5 career mode got divided into two, One with money and one without it. When you transfered your old save to the new game, 0.24 read "Career" in your save file and started charging you money for your stuff. If you want to play without money involved, change the game type to "Science".

[TechnicalK3rbal]

There's three modes:

-Sandbox (No science, unlimited money, no R&D)

-Science (Science, unlimited money, R&D)

-Career (Science, limited money, R&D)

As you can see, the 0.23.5 career mode got divided into two, One with money and one without it. When you transfered your old save to the new game, 0.24 read "Career" in your save file and started charging you money for your stuff. If you want to play without money involved, change the game type to "Science".

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[Pecan]

I'm confused:

I was playing 0.24.2 in Career Mode. I selected "Tim-Career" in the menu screen. I loaded a ship, and launched it. Now it won't let me.

It let you launch it, now it won't let you launch it? What did you do between launches, apart from spending the money to launch it the first time?

Does First Contract change Career Mode in such a way that it still requires funds?

Umm, funds were never a thing before; what do you mean by 'still'?

[gazzareth]

If you have everything unlocked then you could accept a load of missions and use the advances to fund your flights, with luck and planning you can also make a bespoke ship to complete 3 or 4 in one go. Funds can roll in pretty swiftly then.

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