[1.0.4]Better Buoyancy v1.4 - obsolete as of 1.0.5; 7/29/15

[smjjames]

Try the latest dev build maybe?

[Janos1986]

And now, SUBMARINE SCIENCE!

[Errol]

Ferram, have you heard about this mod conflicting with custom asteroids?

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/80483-0-25-Custom-Asteroids-1-1-0/page12

Apparently the presence of both these mods together causes infestations of "astrolice".

[NathanKell]

Pretty sure you can get that with *no* mods.

[Drew Kerman]

Ferram, have you heard about this mod conflicting with custom asteroids?

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/80483-0-25-Custom-Asteroids-1-1-0/page12

Apparently the presence of both these mods together causes infestations of "astrolice".

It's probably actually this issue

[Errol]

I have held off on installing either mod due to the astrolice issue. Sounds like better buoyancy is safe for my install from what you guys are saying? I would eventually like to be able to give jool's rings a few asteroids to visit, but I can wait. I'd rather be able to ditch at higher speed now.

[Space Scumbag]

This mod is really good and helpful. I could realize a video I was planning for a longer time. The crafts/boats are really safe in the water.

Watch it here:

[yannickm]

FYI looks like this module conflicts with Hangar (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/88933-0-90-0-Hangar-v2-0-2-2/page41) - (vehicles are launched far away from hangar and it doesn't automatically switch to the vehicle)

Taking into account the other issue reported earlier with custom asteroid, it looks like BB might be causing issues with any mod that does "spawning" of items (so I haven't tried but i wouldn't be surprised if extra-planetary launchpads would break too

Edited January 19, 2015 by yannickm

[smjjames]

There was also a crash that BB was causing with Hangar mod, but allista got that one patched.

[ferram4]

Alright, update to BB v1.1 with null checking in vessel spawn detection (which should fix the Hangar issues, whatever the hell weirdness was causing that) and a fix for ragdolling EVA'd Kerbals.

[taniwha]

FYI looks like this module conflicts with Hangar (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/88933-0-90-0-Hangar-v2-0-2-2/page41) - (vehicles are launched far away from hangar and it doesn't automatically switch to the vehicle)

Taking into account the other issue reported earlier with custom asteroid, it looks like BB might be causing issues with any mod that does "spawning" of items (so I haven't tried but i wouldn't be surprised if extra-planetary launchpads would break too

Other than one incident that may or may not be related, I haven't noticed anything untoward that I could blame BB while using EL (looking at the logs, everything was definitely a problem in EL itself). That one incident, my new ship spawned some distance from my orbital dock, and I think it began to fall from the sky (wasn't actually orbiting), but reload and respawn "fixed" it.

That said, I would appreciate it if anyone can get me logs showing problems with EL spawning vessels with BB installed (even if only BB or only EL are shown in the stack traces).

[goldenpeach]

wow.

this is simply amazing,now ditching will be a viable option when I overshoot the runway with my space shuttle(before, it was basically a death sentence, no matter how hard I tried).

Great plugin!

[Tyren]

Thats really nice. +Rep for you, Sir.

But I guess you meant 2015/01/19 for updating the mod (?).

[rynak]

A question about performance: I suppose this plugin skips most of its checks while not in water? I mean, the water calculations don't happen while i'm on land, or in space/atmosphere?

[Crzyrndm]

First line of code per physics update includes a check to make sure the craft is in the water. Nothing else is done if that isn't true.

[rynak]

Thank you for the quick answer - wonderful!

[Panzerbeard]

Even with the latest version, kerbals still sink. I can still swim around, but I'm about a metre below the surface and can't reach the capsule:

Is anyone else experiencing this?

[ferram4]

He's not sinking; he's floating right below the surface, there's a big difference.

Anyway, not much I can do; Kerbals are just too dense. Ocean is already twice as dense as water, and the size of the Kerbals is set as the volume of human beings (which is a fair bit larger than Kerbals are). Not much I can do when I've already weighted it so much in their favor.

[Shootertrex]

I got this mod for the reason stated in the description (fixes RSS's bouncy water), but whenever my ships touch the water, they just evaporate. The capsule touched the water at ~12 m/s and it was just gone. No splash, no explosion. At first I thought I was somehow just coming in too quickly and misread the speed, so I tried a new launch and ensured that I was coming in slowly. The same thing happened. If I take the mod out, I can splashdown safely, but with the addition of the new button for returning to the space center being below the recover button, I am not able to recover ships in the bouncy water.

Any ideas?

[Panzerbeard]

He's not sinking; he's floating right below the surface, there's a big difference.

Anyway, not much I can do; Kerbals are just too dense. Ocean is already twice as dense as water, and the size of the Kerbals is set as the volume of human beings (which is a fair bit larger than Kerbals are). Not much I can do when I've already weighted it so much in their favor.

That's a shame, but nothing to be done, I suppose. Thanks anyway, it's still a great mod

[m1sz]

Lovely mod as always ferram

http://gfycat.com/BrokenImprobableAnaconda

[dlrk]

Work with .25?

[tajampi]

Is this compatible with Firespitters' flotability modules? Can't try it now, not at the computer, but wondering how will they work.

I hope they don't call the kraken

Amazing mod, i can finally *try to* use boats to move around my future laythe base

Cheers!

Edited January 31, 2015 by tajampi

[Freds]

HI! I'm trying to land an VTOL aircraft in water, and, even with 0 horizontal velocity and 1m/s vertical velocity, my craft simply explodes seconds after it touches the water due to "atmosferic stress" failure.

I tried to land several times: . I tryied with firespitter floaters, USI Survivability floaties, and even without any floatation device - every test with almost 0 horizontal speed and 1m/s vertical speed.

I'm using Better Bouyancy, FAR and Deadly reentry (and a lot other mods, like mechjeb, vertical velocity controller, Davon Throttle Control systems and a lot of parts....), with kerbal 0.90 x64 running in ubuntu 14.04

Sorry for my poor english, i'm from Brazil and i still learning how to write in english.

[ChibiCD]

He's not sinking; he's floating right below the surface, there's a big difference.

Anyway, not much I can do; Kerbals are just too dense. Ocean is already twice as dense as water, and the size of the Kerbals is set as the volume of human beings (which is a fair bit larger than Kerbals are). Not much I can do when I've already weighted it so much in their favor.

Hypothetically, what would happen if you changed the kerbals density? If it can even be done.

Is a water wings mod a possibility? LOL

I can just imagine, Jeb floating around in the ocean, with one of those Inflatable Duck Tubes around his waist.