Hiatsu2k8 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hey ALL! I want to put something BIG into orbit. I want it to be so BIG that I can see it with another ship in orbit. I really want it to be so big that I can see it from the surface of kerbin! Is this possible, and how do I do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherDalfite Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Well, even if something is massive in orbit, if you get any farther than 2 kilometers away from it, it disappears from view. Sorry about that. Before 0.13 (I think) you could see stuff pass over you like Tosh\'s Jupiter or GoDammit\'s death star. But, a benefit from that is that it let\'s KSP process information much faster, so that way the game doesn\'t slow to a crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephram Kerman Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Yet we can see Kerbol and Mun. So I wonder if the 2 km sight limit is configurable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherDalfite Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Yet we can see Kerbol and Mun. So I wonder if the 2 km sight limit is configurable?Kerbin and the Mun aren\'t spacecrafts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiatsu2k8 Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yet we can see Kerbol and Mun. So I wonder if the 2 km sight limit is configurable?I was wondering something similar. If the game will render a spacecraft, or it\'s debris, when you are within 2 km, then maybe there is a setting in the config file to increase the range.If there is no way to do this then maybe in future releases they can add a setting to increase the range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radion Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I was wondering something similar. If the game will render a spacecraft, or it\'s debris, when you are within 2 km, then maybe there is a setting in the config file to increase the range.If there is no way to do this then maybe in future releases they can add a setting to increase the range.There is absolutely no way, as far as I know, to increase the range. Kerbin and the Mun are celestial bodies, not spacecraft, and so are rendered until the point comes that you are very far away from them. Look on the bright side, at least you won\'t melt your computer and have to stop playing KSP all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephram Kerman Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Oh guys, I was wondering about making it a feature request. The configuration I referred to would be deep in the software code, not something we could tweak. At least, not at this stage of the game\'s development. Kerbol is just a powerful light point, so I\'m not sure he counts at all. But Mun is an exception to the 2 km rule, which makes me wonder if the devs can make certain objects visible farther away than other objects.By the way, Kerbin is a spaceship, and we are all Kerbanauts on some kind of trip, man.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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