Returning player (again!) and found these contract things, recommended mods to play career?

[InF3RNo]

Hello, I'm a returning player and had this game since early alpha, but now I'm lost with this thing of contracts, for example, I let some time pass and there's no new contracts for example.

For example, I can't find now the kethane mod, there's some mining modules now in game that's from the very game?

Regards,

InF3RNo.

[Vaporo]

There's no mining in the stock game, yet, if that's what you're asking.

And here's Kethane:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/23979-Kethane-Pack-0-8-Art-pass-terrain-conforming-grid-and-miscellaneous-improvements

But It's not updated for 0.90 yet.

Not sure what to say about the contracts. Maybe you let all your contracts expire and put your reputation into the negative or something? I don't know.

Edited December 28, 2014 by Vaporo

[Anquietas314]

Could you be more specific about what's confusing you about contracts?

As for mining, there is the Karbonite mod which is sort of competing with kethane . I haven't used it personally but it does look pretty decent

[InF3RNo]

Hi and thanks for the answers, it's just the contracts seems to don't get renewed, or there's just too few of them. Also the problem is some contracts don't give enough money in advance and when completing to cover the money intake that they need to be ran.

For example testing some devices in flight in some condition don't give enough money for the effort, this is supposed to be so?

[Anquietas314]

For example testing some devices in flight in some condition don't give enough money for the effort, this is supposed to be so?

Pretty much. Those contracts suck, so you should usually just decline them unless you're hurting for science. If you get a part test contract that's suborbital or in orbit (at Kerbin! Don't bother with Mun/Minmus) though, that might be worth doing. Some of those for endgame parts pay an absolute fortune and cost next to nothing to do (e.g. the Kerbodyne engines, toroidal aerospikes, RAPIERs to name a few)