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

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31719793]I just put 4 satellites into orbit and landed without a parachute, all thanks to my new sexy rocket. I feel like sharing the tale. JR-2200 Deployanator Deluxe a some seconds after lift off: [IMG]http://gyazo.com/c0ab9ca6582d951f577f1466e1cf8d05.png[/IMG] [More pictures and words] [/QUOTE] What pack are those parts from?

I hope they don't pull a notch, and do fuck-all when they get some money.

[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3965132/shit%20past%201013/screens/KSP%202011-08-02%2016-05-58-79.png[/img] Well fuck

[QUOTE=MightyMax;31719880]I hope they don't pull a notch, and do fuck-all when they get some money.[/QUOTE] I hope they pull a Notch and hire someone even more talented if they get too lazy to work on it.

[QUOTE=jeimizu;31719875]What pack are those parts from?[/QUOTE] Sunday Punch and Silisko Industries Doughnut Research (SIDR). Sunday Punch released a new version today: [url]http://www.multiupload.com/MZ96BWC5ZX[/url] and the latest SIDR is here: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/575558/SIDR/SIDR_Parts_1.0.zip[/url] I made some different textures for some of the orange ones, so if mine look abit different, it's just that.

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31719793]I just put 4 satellites into orbit and landed without a parachute, all thanks to my new sexy rocket. I feel like sharing the tale. -snip- Sacraficed the engine to land safe, but it was worth it. Didn't even need to use the parachute, which subsequently got destroyed when I "landed".[/QUOTE] That's truly amazing. The rocket alone is really impressive, but then you landed that huge thing somehow? Crazy.

[QUOTE=Why485;31719915]That's truly amazing. The rocket alone is really impressive, but then you landed that huge thing somehow? Crazy.[/QUOTE] It was more just experimentation and timing. I corrected it now, but that version was spinning all the time because the struts were transferring some force sideways somewhat, so I had to constantly correct it. I have rockets now that just make the game spack out and cry, but they work at least. like this one: [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrocket.png[/img] I have pictures of that one going through all the stages and into space. Just directly up though, it was too laggy to do much else.

jesus fuck, massive snip, my bad.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;31720006]You're showing up with dead links again, mate.[/QUOTE] Don't usual post in massively traffic'd threads, should probably grab a better host site than just using Gyazo for conveniance. Any ideas?

Also, this has been bugging me ever since I started playing. The Kermen must be tiny because the capsule is apparently built out of the wheel from a DeLorean. [img]http://i.imgur.com/5C7Km.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/4433922402_4dcf2298b2_z.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31720053]Don't usual post in massively traffic'd threads, should probably grab a better host site than just using Gyazo for conveniance. Any ideas?[/QUOTE] I use Imgur, works for me.

[QUOTE=red pan;31720093]I use Imgur, works for me.[/QUOTE] Went for dropbox, they should be working now. [editline]14th August 2011[/editline] Might as well post another one of my slightly less practical death traps. Codename: "Big Daddy" [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrocket.png[/img] She flies! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv2.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv4.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv6.png[/img] Stage1 Spin seperation! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv9.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv14.png[/img] Woosh! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv17.png[/img] Next Stage! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv20.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv22.png[/img] Nexty Stagey! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv24.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv25.png[/img] Nexty [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv29.png[/img] Destination - Space [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv31.png[/img] Tower jet gooooooooo! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv32.png[/img] I'm scared mommy [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/Bigrockv33.png[/img] There you go chaps. Definitely not the easiest way to get to a not so blistering 17000m/s, but pretty damn fun. Gotta go grab some sleep lads, have a good one.

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31720243] There you go chaps. Definitely not the easiest way to get to a not so blistering 17000m/s, but pretty damn fun. Gotta go grab some sleep lads, have a good one.[/QUOTE] Reveal your secrets! Every time I exceed the height of the tower the bottom couplings fail under the weight of the rocket. I've tried making trusses up the side of the craft to spread the load, but things still break. I've been playing bridgeit non stop since I was 12, so building giant truss structures should be second nature to me.

How do you make the rocket so big anyway? It seems to me like it would just hit the roof of the construction building.

[url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=1823.0[/url] What do you guys think?

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;31725421][url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=1823.0[/url] What do you guys think?[/QUOTE] Idea I like.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;31725421][url]http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=1823.0[/url] What do you guys think?[/QUOTE] Good idea. It would lend some purpose to having satellites later in the game. They could also add altimeters and radar to find an ideal landing spot on other planets.

[QUOTE=Pokey McFork;31714315]Is it me or does the command module have a face? [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29626006/PODLOR.png[/img] also, I can't seem to get orbiting right.[/QUOTE] Looks like a Stormtrooper!!

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31719793]Jeb sounds "Pew pew pew pew" down the radio as he deploys the 4 satallites into orbit [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/KerbalSatav17.png[/img][/QUOTE] Erhm, according to your instruments you're dropping like a rock. I think you just ejected 4 very expensive artificial meteors.

[QUOTE=Squeegy Mackoy;31722127]Reveal your secrets! Every time I exceed the height of the tower the bottom couplings fail under the weight of the rocket. I've tried making trusses up the side of the craft to spread the load, but things still break. I've been playing bridgeit non stop since I was 12, so building giant truss structures should be second nature to me.[/QUOTE] Struts help alot. You can, if you get it just right, make struts between then fuel tank and engine connection which makes it alot stronger. Before struts I had to make my own detaching Gantrys so the weight didn't snap the engine. It does help using the 3x bits on the bottom. The latest release of sunday punch's parts has increased strength. [QUOTE=Rombishead;31722505]How do you make the rocket so big anyway? It seems to me like it would just hit the roof of the construction building.[/QUOTE] if you grab the Pod you can drag it into the roof, and quite far up with the right zoom level and angle. This allows you to build further and higher! [QUOTE=kirderf;31725821]Erhm, according to your instruments you're dropping like a rock. I think you just ejected 4 very expensive artificial meteors.[/QUOTE] It was just that time in the orbit, about 1/2 a minute after I took that picture it leveled off and started heading up. It wasn't a perfect orbit, but good enough.

Awesome, now I can build bigger.... and bett...worse.

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31719793] Jeb sounds "Pew pew pew pew" down the radio as he deploys the 4 satallites into orbit [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38139871/KerbalSatav17.png[/img] [/QUOTE] This made me thought of something. You know those racing/flight sims with the movement path to aid people? Maybe we could have something like this. Or better! Use it to aid in future docking/lunar landing! What do you guys think? [editline]15th August 2011[/editline] Also, is it just me or the retro rockets from sunday's punch pack aren't working? Or has it not been implemented yet?

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;31727310][img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33893957/Screenshots/KSP/7.png[/img] Is this an orbit?[/QUOTE] Nope

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;31727341]What am I supposed to look for, then? I thought it was having the heading (yellow thing, right?) on the horizon at a high altitude :([/QUOTE] You have to be heading towards the horizon and also be less than escape velocity, otherwise you'll just fly off into space. [editline]14th August 2011[/editline] You can't be going upwards that much either, unless it's just an elliptical orbit.

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;31727341]What am I supposed to look for, then? I thought it was having the heading (yellow thing, right?) on the horizon at a high altitude :([/QUOTE] Yellow thing smack on the horizon and also your vertical speed as near towards 0 as possible, your heading is above the horizon and you have a shit load of vertical speed.

Told you, not an orbit.

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;31727877]so about that orbit [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33893957/Screenshots/KSP/8.png[/img] that happened in 10 minutes :|[/QUOTE] Your best bet for an orbit is between 40000m - 80000m at around 2200m/s - 2600m/s , varied with height of the orbit. Once you attain simular speeds and get vertical acceleration to roughly zero it should sort itself out.

There's a link in the OP, check it out. Also, everybody, you can force AA on the game through catalyst control center or the Nvidia counter part, looks much nicer.

Also guys, I just wanted to say for those who doesn't seem to understand it, you don't have to go completely vertically to have an orbit. If you have enough speed (above orbit speed, but below escape velocity), you will go off into an elliptic orbit which will be mostly going upwards and downwards, not forwards.

[QUOTE=Kickasskyle;31720243]-Hugeass Rocket-[/QUOTE] Mods? Being rated dumb by people with 56k for having to load thumb'd images.