0.15 Easter eggs? (Obviously possible spoilers inside)

[what-the]

I\'m wondering how the math works without a time reference. I could do the math, but it wouldn\'t tell me anything beyond the obvious. With the sun in position a, the monolith is b when the Mun is in that exact position. You\'d need a picture with Kerbin in it as well, otherwise the most you could hope for is latitude (unless that\'s all you used).

Also, the game crashes with annoying frequency using a C7 plane for some reason. Every 6-12 minutes on average.

It\'s actually quite easy to determine. There was a screen shot which has the sun low down. I was able to determine the angle it was from the equator (I used a protractor) and whether it was north or south of the equator (General observation of the sun in the sky). Using this I picked out the best landing spot. It eliminated about 80% of all possible landing spots.

[Randox]

It\'s actually quite easy to determine. There was a screen shot which has the sun low down. I was able to determine the angle it was from the equator (I used a protractor) and whether it was north or south of the equator (General observation of the sun in the sky). Using this I picked out the best landing spot. It eliminated about 80% of all possible landing spots.

So you only got the north/south direction? I looked at the same thing today. I didn\'t think about using the rest of the sky to establish a frame of referance to determine sunrise/sunset, and by extension which side of the equator it was on. Then again, if you say it eliminated most of the possibilities, I think I know the answer off the top of my head because by general observation, most of the candidate craters are biased to one hemisphere.

I still wish I could get the sun on both sides at once, its hard to pick craters in the dark. I might try to recreate the math to determine a more exact latitude, and I expect that will help imensely.

Oh, and I did the math on Mu\'s little irc hint. At just under 10,000 km out, the possible area is equal to the circumference of the planet. By 20,000, its nearly triple that, so that range does include the entire planet (actually it includes the entire planet more than once). An actual compas heading from someone who knows the answer (a compass heading from the launch pad, and maybe which continent its on) would be much appreciated. In PM of course.

Oh, and todays update seems to have fixed the crashing. The game is still prone to locking up during c7 flights, but it now recovers from them.

[Sordid]

That\'s odd, I\'ve used C7 parts on multiple occasions and I never had any trouble with them.

[what-the]

So you only got the north/south direction? I looked at the same thing today. I didn\'t think about using the rest of the sky to establish a frame of referance to determine sunrise/sunset, and by extension which side of the equator it was on. Then again, if you say it eliminated most of the possibilities, I think I know the answer off the top of my head because by general observation, most of the candidate craters are biased to one hemisphere.

I still wish I could get the sun on both sides at once, its hard to pick craters in the dark. I might try to recreate the math to determine a more exact latitude, and I expect that will help imensely.

Oh, and I did the math on Mu\'s little irc hint. At just under 10,000 km out, the possible area is equal to the circumference of the planet. By 20,000, its nearly triple that, so that range does include the entire planet (actually it includes the entire planet more than once). An actual compas heading from someone who knows the answer (a compass heading from the launch pad, and maybe which continent its on) would be much appreciated. In PM of course.

Oh, and todays update seems to have fixed the crashing. The game is still prone to locking up during c7 flights, but it now recovers from them.

Using the shadow I was able to determin the angle North or south of the equator. The sun eliminated one of those. That left me with a ring (of latitude at x angle from equator) to look.

[Randox]

I\'d love to see exactly how you did that. I can get a rough guess at a latitude, though I\'m not really sure its accurate. Wouldn\'t a north/south require the assumption that it is either sunrise or sunset though? If you don\'t know which it is, you would actually get two rings of latitude to search, and by my estimates, that\'s every crater that crosses the equator, and most of the ones close to it.

I landed a rover in a pretty much random crater. They are too big for me to get to excited about searching the whole thing. Drive to another but realized it was too far off. Halfway through searching a double crater, but it doesn\'t look promising. The sides look to be too high, though it would certainly fit the description of an unusual crater.

I think I\'m in the wrong hemisphere though.

Oh, and now that I know you can drive through the rocks (I was dodging them before), I can cruise at up to about 100 m/s. It will generally be able to land at speeds up to 250 m/s without flipping, but not always, and at 250, it can hit the ground hard enough to blow up from the sheer force of impact.

I think I will go back to practicing my orbital docking though. I\'ve had some fun searching, but now its a chore.

[silent_prtoagonist]

It\'s actually quite easy to determine. There was a screen shot which has the sun low down. I was able to determine the angle it was from the equator (I used a protractor) and whether it was north or south of the equator (General observation of the sun in the sky). Using this I picked out the best landing spot. It eliminated about 80% of all possible landing spots.

I wondered if posting that shot would give someone enough info to narrow down the location; glad I was right. Math is awesome

[Randox]

I wondered if posting that shot would give someone enough info to narrow down the location; glad I was right. Math is awesome

To make my life a bit easier was that sun up or sun down?

[boolybooly]

hoopla!

The terrain in this shot is a bit of a clue, consider the floor. I first found it by guesstimating from the shadow assuming a standard start (having already eliminated all other possibilities on the equator in fact) and then the shape of the crater wall helped confirm when I arrived that it was worth looking harder and helped locate the likely position. Not a dead cert to find even if you are in the right crater but fairly obvious if you think about it from a prehistoric perspective, since we dont have magnetic signatures in KSP...

[Randox]

Not sure what your getting at with the terrain. All I see is what might be an abnormally small crater that is stupid flat. That doesn\'t help much in the mapview though. The shadow however is excellent.

[Causeless]

For everyone wondering where the second KSC is:

You aren\'t getting there by rover in any decent amount of time.

Also, it\'s to the side of a lake, and it\'s easily visible from map view.

[silent_prtoagonist]

Not sure what your getting at with the terrain. All I see is what might be an abnormally small crater that is stupid flat. That doesn\'t help much in the mapview though. The shadow however is excellent.

Note that, as on the actual Moon, distances can be quite deceptive. Don\'t be sure about the size of the crater from the pictures.

[RedDwarfIV]

Note that, as on the actual Moon, distances can be quite deceptive. Don\'t be sure about the size of the crater from the pictures.

The rocks furthest away from the rocket look about the same size as the ones closest.

That presumably means that the crater is small.

[Candre]

Apparently the monoliths aren\'t restricted to the Mun.

This one isn\'t exactly 'hidden.'

[AlternNocturn]

Apparently the monoliths aren\'t restricted to the Mun.

This one isn\'t exactly 'hidden.'

Dafuq!? Geez! What do you mean it\'s not hidden? I\'ve been goofing around on at least two continents and haven\'t seen anything like that.

[Caesar15]

Macs don\'t have F1...

yes they do

[Candre]

Dafuq!? Geez! What do you mean it\'s not hidden? I\'ve been goofing around on at least two continents and haven\'t seen anything like that.

Hint: (I hope this narrows it down enough!)

It is nearby the sea. It is certainly on the same landmass that the KSC is on.

EDIT: Do\'h grammar mistake

[engelnicht]

Whoop Whoop! Finally! You\'ll notice in 14.4 the Monolith doesn\'t float anymore.

[what-the]

Two of them? It would be awesome if they were on every SOI. If it happens I say good luck finding the one on the sun!

[NovaSilisko]

They should change its location every few updates, just to keep things interesting =P

[Causeless]

Apparently the monoliths aren\'t restricted to the Mun.

This one isn\'t exactly 'hidden.'

Why does it overlap the left wing?

You could just be inside it slightly, but then, why is there no shadow from it?

EDIT:

Nope, I\'m wrong, you are legit.

Just, there\'s 2 more on Kerbin to be found.

EDIT:

And 2 more on the mun.

[Candre]

Why does it overlap the left wing?

You could just be inside it slightly, but then, why is there no shadow from it?

EDIT:

Nope, I\'m wrong, you are legit.

Just, there\'s 2 more on Kerbin to be found.

EDIT:

And 2 more on the mun.

Admittedly that screeny does look suspicious, so here is another one with a different view. This one also levitates.

[Guekko]

Have you found the 6?

[RedDwarfIV]

They should change its location every few updates, just to keep things interesting =P

But then it won\'t be in Silisko Crater.

[Awaras]

Sigh, I still can\'t find the monolith on the mun...

A question for those who found it: If I landed in the center of the crater, would I be able to see the monolith from there?

[r4m0n]

Why does it overlap the left wing?

You could just be inside it slightly, but then, why is there no shadow from it?

EDIT:

Nope, I\'m wrong, you are legit.

Just, there\'s 2 more on Kerbin to be found.

EDIT:

And 2 more on the mun.

Next time I\'ll tell Causeless there are ponies around Kerbin to see if he will also post that info, at least give some credits to your sources

Have you found the 6?

No, he hasn\'t found any yet XD

I\'ll post some shots of the other Munoliths (can we even call them that now there are some on Kerbin?) soon.

Update 1:

Here are the 3 Kerbin Munoliths:

The last one was particularly tricky to get to...

I\'ll go visit the Mun ones later. Multiversal Mechatronics MAY or MAY NOT be studying the Munoliths, time will tell... :-X

Update 2:

And looks like I\'ve missed 2 extra Munoliths on Kerbin, are those things multiplying?