kerbal achievements

[waylander1]

Would anyone else like to see some sort of medal system or achievement for each kerbal in the game maybe one for each moon or planet they visit that gets reset every time that kerbal dies? And also possibly a way for an applicant kerbal to earn an orange jump suit once he's completed x amount of missions? What's your thoughts on this guy's, good idea? Or am I just getting way to attached to my kerbals?

[JonoRig]

There's a mod, several actually, for the medals so I assume I am not the only one who agrees. I like the idea of individual kerbals receiving rewards/medals/comendations, and then maybe a few for the space centre (player).

A progression system, even only cosmetic would also be nice for the kerbals too. Maybe something as simple as just allowing you to Nick name survivors haha

[Thomas988]

Isn't this going to be stock in 0.25?

[Guest]

There's gonna be a log, that we know. But some sort of badge system for Kerbals certainly seems like a good idea, too.

[tntristan12]

Isn't this going to be stock in 0.25?

It's more likely that they will be putting the framework in place this update, then fleshing it out later.

[Vanamonde]

This suggestion for the game's development has been moved to Development and Suggestions.

[waylander1]

I thought there would be some kind of mod for it as there generally is for most things in this game however I kinda wanted to see something integrated into it as I'm useless at installing mods and already get a number of warnings come up at the start of the game due to old mec jeb mods that need updating. I like the nick naming idea, tho I get the feeling I'll end up with 30 kerbals called "lucky"

[peadar1987]

The mod is called "Final Frontier", and it's very good. Gives you a log of hours spent on missions, and a huge number of badges for specific achievements (g force, orbit of various bodies, number of launches, surviving crashes, flying SRB rockets etc.)

[Sky_walker]

There's a mod for that. And I hope we'll never see it in a stock game.

[Capt Snuggler]

There's a mod for that. And I hope we'll never see it in a stock game.

Why not? whats so offensive about it? seems like a totally reasonable thing to have, in some form or another, in the stock game.

[SiliconPyro]

A wall with each Kerbal's mission patches and such would be pretty cool. It would be pretty rough when the wall was a memorial after the Kerbal was lost too. I like the idea.

[Kasuha]

There are some achievements already in stock game, too. It records names of Kerbals who first reached orbit or surface of each body if I'm not mistaken - all that's needed there is some kind of interface that will allow players to see them. So far they're only stored in the persistence file.

Personally I have no problem with achievement system in game if it is not too obtrusive. It's not like you need to get all achievements but if they're there and you are bored you can always go achievement hunting; for the game it is better than switching to another game.

[waylander1]

I wasn't so much thinking about an achievement system for things you have done more for the things your kerbal has done if that makes sense but you may have a point if you got a little something for finding easter eggs and what not that might be kinda cool

Loved the wall idea with the mission patches tho not sure the memorial wall is such a good idea, that's the sort of thing that might keep me awake at night knowing just how many kerbals I've killed in the name of science.

[codepoet]

I would like to see this sort of thing, as it would be useful for my ideas with regard to KerbalSocial. It is for this reason that I encouraged Ippo in her development of CrewFiles

[Sky_walker]

Why not? whats so offensive about it? seems like a totally reasonable thing to have, in some form or another, in the stock game.

To quote Deadweasel:

You need Steam (or XBox or whatever) to TELL you when you've done something noteworthy? Look, when it's part of the gameplay mechanics (like GTA's little stunt jumps etc), that's one thing, but I've always believed that the real attraction in KSP was the fact that it doesn't restrict or suggest what I can or should do in any way.

Are the snowflakes really that hard up for compliments in their lives that it's necessary to have a GAME tell them "good job"? Nobody gets a sense of satisfaction out of setting their own goals and accomplishing them, no matter what they might be?

The nice thing about NOT having those stupid achievements is that there's nothing built into the game to usher me in a particular direction or flat out tell me what I've done that is particularly noteworthy.

I wouldn't mind it though if it's in some very non-intrusive way (I liked the idea of ribbons for Kerbals, as long as these ain't huge flashy icons like made in one of the mods).

[Capt Snuggler]

I wouldn't mind it though if it's in some very non-intrusive way (I liked the idea of ribbons for Kerbals, as long as these ain't huge flashy icons like made in one of the mods).

Ok, that seems more reasonable. I wouldn't want icons flashing up on the screen or anything ether. but a separate screen displaying the career achievements of your kerbals with a timeline of events and other things, would be cool.

[arkie87]

Would anyone else like to see some sort of medal system or achievement for each kerbal in the game maybe one for each moon or planet they visit that gets reset every time that kerbal dies? And also possibly a way for an applicant kerbal to earn an orange jump suit once he's completed x amount of missions? What's your thoughts on this guy's, good idea? Or am I just getting way to attached to my kerbals?

Yes, it would be cool to know. Also, it could be integrated into contract system via contracts like "land a kerbal on two moons" or "land a level 2 kerbal on X" which means you first have to level up your kerbals by performing other missions with them, and provides further penalties for killing kerbals. Or maybe, your cash rewards from contracts are multiplied by larger factors if more experienced kerbals complete them (if you do every contract with one kerbal, you would earn a lot more, making you really sad when you finally kill him). This could probably also integrate into the courage-stupidity rating system that currently does nothing...

Thoughts?