Kerbal Space Program, or: "How many rockets can I slap onto this thing?"

[Capn'Underpants]

I want to try explosive liftoff.
Basicaly it revolves around having a large enough explosion to propell the ship upwards in one explosive burst of thrust.

[DrasarSalman]

That would blow up your lower thrusters.

[Capn'Underpants]

[QUOTE=DrasarSalman;31608871]That would blow up your lower thrusters.[/QUOTE]
Derp, thus why you have something inbetween them genius, it's a concept that really only works with REALLY heavy things and really light things.

[Dwarden]

nuclear explosion power :) yay now that would be some heavy lift ability :)

[MangoJuice]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;31606539][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot204.jpg[/img]

Uploading the modified part file now.

[editline]8th August 2011[/editline]

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/largefuelTank.7z[/url]

here yeh go.

[editline]8th August 2011[/editline]

Oops, realized that .zip is probably more of a standard than .7z

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/largefuelTank.zip[/url][/QUOTE]
Why can't I place an engine on the center of a 5 1 adapter?

[lordcrypto]

9.0x3 has been released, featuring a log scale for vt. spd.

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=MangoJuice;31612361]Why can't I place an engine on the center of a 5 1 adapter?[/QUOTE]

How the fuck should I know?

[MangoJuice]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;31612614]How the fuck should I know?[/QUOTE]
I don't fucking know, I thought you might be doing something special.

[LooperNor]

Anyways, I don't know why your 5 to 1 adapter doesn't work.

But I made this:

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot213.jpg[/img]

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot211.jpg[/img]

[RedSponge]

Best mods? Need something that will take me far and is stabilized.

[Garrus.]

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;31612425]9.0x3 has been released, featuring a log scale for vt. spd.[/QUOTE]

Link?

[lordcrypto]

[url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/download.php[/url]

[DrasarSalman]

Still experimental through.

[MaverickIB]

Seems a lot more stable though. I almost crashed when one of my rockets was blowing up but it managed to recover after a few moments.

[DrasarSalman]

I'll still stick with 8.5 until it at least is confirmed to be stable on the download page.

[Zombii]

[QUOTE=LarparNar;31613418]Anyways, I don't know why your 5 to 1 adapter doesn't work.

But I made this:

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot213.jpg[/img]

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot211.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Would you be willing to link your parts and .craft?

[lordcrypto]

[QUOTE=Zombii;31615825]Would you be willing to link your parts and .craft?[/QUOTE]
Parts is Sunday Punch and NovaSilsko, craft looks like a standard Saturn V. Shouldn't be too hard to build.

[ignhelper]

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;31617062]Parts is Sunday Punch and NovaSilsko, craft looks like a standard Saturn V. Shouldn't be too hard to build.[/QUOTE]

But those black and white rings?

[lordcrypto]

Custom textures. I'm sure LarparNar will release them.

[Skwee]

[url]http://truepcgaming.com/2011/08/08/kerbal-space-program-developer-interview/[/url]

[Edthefirst]

Brilliant interview. Massive respect for the devs based on what they said.

[LooperNor]

[QUOTE=Zombii;31615825]Would you be willing to link your parts and .craft?[/QUOTE]Once I'm done messing with the parts.[QUOTE=LordCrypto;31619521]Custom textures. I'm sure LarparNar will release them.[/QUOTE]I had to make several versions of some parts to have multiple textures as well, and I've been editing the config files to make it actually able to get into orbit.Once I'm done fiddling I will release it.

[LooperNor]

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/SaturnVMod/releaseimg.jpg[/img]

[I]Old images, the release has only one 2m SAS[/I]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot213.jpg[/img]

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot211.jpg[/img]

[B][I]READ THE README[/I][/B]
Parts: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/SaturnVMod/Release.zip[/url]

Craft file: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/SaturnVMod/Saturn%20V.craft[/url]

[rakkar]

[QUOTE=Dwarden;31612230]nuclear explosion power :) yay now that would be some heavy lift ability :)[/QUOTE]

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29[/url]

[TGiFallen]

I gotta install some mods, this is too easy. I am 900km out in space and am still going 2000m/s.

[editline]9th August 2011[/editline]

I started 2 hours ago :v:

[VictorBjelkholm]

Experimental build 4 got released today:
[url]http://www.kerbalspacerepository.com/2011/08/09/ksp-version-0-9-x4/[/url]

[B]New:[/B]
Added Settings screen to configure Audio, Video and Input settings
Removed the old Launcher menu
Added an input mapping for the Precision Controls Toggle
Tweaked the settings UI graphics a bit
Changed attachment mode to the previous one, since the new one was causing stability problems in flight

[B]Bug Fixes:[/B]
Staging would still sometimes fire out of order
Fixed a problem with the symmetry that could cause the game to crash sometimes

[Beetle179]

[quote=Interview] [B] What are your thoughts on how the PC gaming industry as a whole are dealing with the problem of intrusive DRM and piracy?[/B]

Felipe:

My opinion is that DRM is an illusion. You can’t beat piracy more than you can beat an earthquake. And in the end, all DRM does is make your paying customers resent you. I often compare it with running a store, and doing cavity searches on your customers while the thieves are coming in through the back door. I think piracy is probably unavoidable, and I feel the gaming industry is taking a wrong path in trying to beat it down with ever more aggressive methods, which are bound to fail anyway. I don’t see pirates as people who would have bought the game if they had no other way of getting it, so it’s not as if they were lost potential sales. And it’s always possible that a few players will choose to buy the game after having played a pirated version as some kind of ‘extended demo’. DRM for me is a waste of time and effort.

Alejandro:

Piracy is impossible to eradicate. No matter how much you try to avoid it, it will always happen. It is sometimes a good source to get the game known. Of course nobody wants their product to be “stolen” and sold without their consent, but it’s not possible to avoid it. So, I think DRM is useless.

Ezequiel and Adrian

We prefer to concentrate efforts on making the game a good one, rather than worrying and wasting resources in something that can´t be avoided. We believe that if you offer a good product at an accessible price for everyone, most people will buy it. We never considered DRM at any moment, we think that would be like cheating people.[/quote]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NssWH.gif[/IMG]

[RedStar]

[QUOTE=Beetle179;31640954][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NssWH.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]

gah i was reading the quote and didn't notice the gif was edited and then i noticed and shit myself

[Hruhf]

[quote=My Friend]
Best space rocket ever!
[t]http://puu.sh/4cbV[/t]
[/quote]

I don't even know

[LooperNor]

So I was in the most elliptical orbit I've ever been in with this apokee:

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot229.png[/img]

Then I slowed down by 1.1 m/s and now I am just waiting to see what will happen:

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/Kerbal/screenshot230.png[/img]

Orbital period of almost 32 hours, so this might take a while.

[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]

Jeb is optimistic about this.

[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]

I'm using Cheat Engine to speed this up, so we will have our result today.

Also the MET timer reset at 24 hours.