Tier 1 VAB is waaay to big.

[Whirligig Girl]

One thing that just really grinds my gears: I always pictured the tier 1 VAB being a little garage-like area where the rockets are put together almost by hand. And the way the VAB actually works, this would seem to suggest that. So why the heck is the VAB so large in Tier 1 and Tier 2? It's almost as big as the final tier VAB, but on tier 1 you can only ever build rockets that are REALLY SMALL. So why isn't the VAB small as that to match? It really is too big.

When I build in the Tier 1 VAB, and I find that my ship is too tall for the VAB or it has too many parts, it really feels just like a bullcrap arbitrary limit, not one that's related to my engineers or the building itself. If the VAB was actually small, then it would really feel like it's a true limit of the VAB itself, not just a gameplay limit. I even did a little "prototype" using the structural parts to build a box about the size of a proper tiny VAB, and feeling cramped really did feel like it would make the limit real. Also there's too much blue.

TL;DR: I wanna feel cramped in the Tier 1 and 2 VAB/SPH because it makes the building limits seem real and not arbitrary.

[DundraL]

Copypasta from another nearby thread:

"From what I heard the barn is still there. Prb best to just explain it as "You are starting with Tier 2... for now". Tier 1 was the barn and trailer park etc i believe, and they are reworking part of it due to community feedback. I also note the lack of them posting any unfinished work after that as well. I hope the community can refrain from such negativity in the future..."

[klgraham1013]

I agree. I was expecting to feel limited and confined within the first few VABs. Instead, the part limit feels very arbitrary.

[Whirligig Girl]

Also, make height (But not lenth and width) part of the VAB's limitations.

[CumpyLustard]

I definitely agree. I was surprised how quickly I hit the weight limit (which relates to the launchpad, I know) in comparison to how huge it is. There's certainly plenty of space in there. Hopefully it will be adjusted soon.

[basic.syntax]

I doubt they will redesign VAB's at this stage, except if it was something easy like grabbing whole building and scaling it down...

which might make some of the proportions look wrong, depending how much it was shrunk by.

I want to see my "space program flag" somewhere tacked up on the wall in all the VAB tiers, not just the last.