[WIP] Mobile Processing Lab IVA

[tg626]

I post this with a bit of reservation. Hopefully, I've gotten past the part where Unity/KSP exacts a pound of flesh for daring to tinker with it's innerds.....

Yesterday I managed to get a simple box, with 2 "stock" seats, in the correct orientation with kerbals spawning inside and not causing Kraken attacks or spawning the box in random outside locations

I won't post a screenshot of such a dull scene, but instead I'll post this sketch of my concept of what it will eventually look like.

I haven't worked out the details of the wall the Kerbal faces, but it will be based on actual Mercury Performance Test Apparatus used for early non-human Primate test flights

Meanwhile, behind the Kerbal is the latest in Kerbin technology, the KBM System 630 Model 60 computer - based loosely on the IBM 360 model 30 which was the first system my grandfather wrote programs for back in 1964. And homage if you will.

Assuming I make progress, I'll post more drawings and shots of the models in Unity/KSP.

Pray for me.

And burn a sacrifice to the Kraken.

[RainDreamer]

Looking at the KBM, I am wondering if you are going to add a HAL reference somewhere....

And maybe you can look at the labs IVA that has been done for the Kerbal Shuttle Orbiter space stations pack. Some of them are pretty cool, and maybe you can even pull some assets if you like!

Looking forward to your work!

[skykooler]

It looks like the seat has control sticks of some sort. What is the rationale for these, given that a Mobile Processing Lab can't be used to control a ship?

[Lindy]

I haven't worked out the details of the wall the Kerbal faces, but it will be based on actual Mercury Performance Test Apparatus used for early non-human Primate test flights

I love a good Skinner Box... Let's teach Jeb to play the piano!

[tg626]

Looking at the KBM, I am wondering if you are going to add a HAL reference somewhere....

And maybe you can look at the labs IVA that has been done for the Kerbal Shuttle Orbiter space stations pack. Some of them are pretty cool, and maybe you can even pull some assets if you like!

Looking forward to your work!

HAL? Maaaaybe.,....

It looks like the seat has control sticks of some sort. What is the rationale for these, given that a Mobile Processing Lab can't be used to control a ship?

Well, off the top of my head, remote controls for the mechanics that clean out the experiments?

In reality, its because kerbals are posed and animated to interact with such handles, and look silly when the aren't there. The seat is the same seat found in all squad IVAs, including the hitchhiker module.

I love a good Skinner Box... Let's teach Jeb to play the piano!

That's the basic idea they used. Get it right get food, wrong get zapped. I have no plans for it to be interactive though.