Deadly Reentry and 6.4x Kerbol

[Norpo]

This is a little bit of an obscure question, but i'll take a shot at it anyways.

I'm using FAR, and DRE, and 6.4x upscaled kerbol. However, when I start coming back into the atmosphere, I run into problems. BIG, explodey problems.

How many heat shields do I even NEED for it? From low kerbin orbit going down, I burn up, and the heatshield overheats, if I have a 1.25m heatshield on the 1 man pod.

Is this normal? Do I need more heatshields? If this isn't normal, how do I fix it?

I have a feeling this isn't normal at all, or i'm doing something terribly wrong. Here's a picture of me reentering the atmosphere.

As you can see, i'm barely in the atmosphere and it's already heating like crazy. It explodes about 6 seconds later, and after that, the capsule, too, overheats and explodes. Bob is gone, and so is Bill. (Jebediah died of G-forces reentering, but that's an entirely different thing.)

If this is normal, i'll just add more heatshields, and deal with it.

(I did see alternate configs for RSS in the DRE page, but those are for RSS, and I think 6.4x kerbol is in between stock and RSS scale, heating wise, so I don't want to use those, in case it makes it too easy.)

I don't have any bigger heatshields, as this is in Science Mode, so simply using a bigger heatshield isn't a possibility, though it would work fine for Sandbox.

EDIT: I resolved this problem, I just entered the debug screen for DRE (Alt + D + R) and set the multiplier to 16. Now it's at a reasonable level (for me at least)

Edited November 18, 2014 by Norpo
clarified what I did for future generations to gaze upon

[Taki117]

You need the Realism overhaul configs for DRE, You also shouldn't need a heatshield on the MK I pod. 6.4 Kerbal scales the regular Kerbol system to Real sizes.

[Norpo]

You need the Realism overhaul configs for DRE, You also shouldn't need a heatshield on the MK I pod. 6.4 Kerbal scales the regular Kerbol system to Real sizes.

Okay, i'll do that. Thanks!

Edited November 18, 2014 by Norpo

[Jouni]

The Realism Overhaul config has some problems with the 6.4x Kerbol System. The heat shield for the Mk1-2 pod has been scaled up to 4 m, the DRE decouplers are too big for stock parts, and something similar.

I've been using this config by NonWonderDog.

[Norpo]

Alright, I think I found something that works for me.

I downloaded the realism overhaul config, but it didn't seem to do anything.

Then, I set the multiplier in DRE to 16.

Now, if I use my heatshield on the pod, everyone survives, barely, but if I just enter in all willy nilly, my parachute explodes, and soon the crew.

I am happy.

[LethalDose]

If you read the notes in the DRE cfg files, the author has guidance on how to adapt DRE for RSS.

[NathanKell]

I posted a wildcard based patch in the 64k thread.

[Vanamonde]

Looks like a question for modded-installs support. Moved.