Kerbal Space Program

[HisMajestyBOB]

Yeah, mods seem to take out all the fun.

I discovered that you can attach a rocket to the top of the command module and it won't cook the astronauts. I'm sure some devious fun can be had with this.

[HisMajestyBOB]

How can a design that works almost perfectly the first launch spin wildly out of country on all subsequent launches, without any changes to the design?

[frunk]

One trick is after moving any pieces into different stages from where they are auto-assigned make sure the design is saved.  Otherwise it'll "lose" those changes at inconvenient moments.

[Razgovory]

How can a design that works almost perfectly the first launch spin wildly out of country on all subsequent launches, without any changes to the design?

I do not know.  The game doesn't give you a lot of feedback on things.  Perhaps the weather is different or something.

Actually one of the things I hope they put in is something to tell you the weight of your craft and how much thrust your engines are putting out.  How much Gravity is pulling on you would be nice as well.  Sometimes my crew is experiencing quite a bit G.  Like 60Gs at lift off.  I think that would be enough to kill a human being.

[HisMajestyBOB]

How can a design that works almost perfectly the first launch spin wildly out of country on all subsequent launches, without any changes to the design?

I do not know.  The game doesn't give you a lot of feedback on things.  Perhaps the weather is different or something.

Actually one of the things I hope they put in is something to tell you the weight of your craft and how much thrust your engines are putting out.  How much Gravity is pulling on you would be nice as well.  Sometimes my crew is experiencing quite a bit G.  Like 60Gs at lift off.  I think that would be enough to kill a human being.

I found this program where you can put in the various modules of your rocket and it will tell you the weight and delta V, among other things.
http://www.kerbalspacerepository.com/2011/07/20/187/

It won't tell you if it's unbalanced, though. That would be a really handy feature in-game, as well as a way to automatically make all my decoupling struts and solid rockets even with each other. I suspect that's one reason why some of my rockets start leaning too much in one direction.

[Neil]

How can a design that works almost perfectly the first launch spin wildly out of country on all subsequent launches, without any changes to the design?

I do not know.  The game doesn't give you a lot of feedback on things.  Perhaps the weather is different or something.

Actually one of the things I hope they put in is something to tell you the weight of your craft and how much thrust your engines are putting out.  How much Gravity is pulling on you would be nice as well.  Sometimes my crew is experiencing quite a bit G.  Like 60Gs at lift off.  I think that would be enough to kill a human being.

I found this program where you can put in the various modules of your rocket and it will tell you the weight and delta V, among other things.
http://www.kerbalspacerepository.com/2011/07/20/187/

It won't tell you if it's unbalanced, though. That would be a really handy feature in-game, as well as a way to automatically make all my decoupling struts and solid rockets even with each other. I suspect that's one reason why some of my rockets start leaning too much in one direction.

There's a small circle at the top of the screen.  If you right-click on it, it'll allow you to make multiple, concentric add-ons.

[Fireblade]

EDIT: Another design, based on the first but with 3 rockets per separator instead of 1, went up before becoming unstable and flying apart. One test had the command capsule intact, but the parachute had been blown off by the explosion. The astronauts had to ponder their fate in free-fall.

RIP Christa McAuliffe

Downloading.

[frunk]

Version 0.9 is out.  It's not significantly different, except the stage management is much easier and less buggy.

I've also gotten to 200 km straight up in just a shade under 3 minutes. 

[Grinning_Colossus]

[Edit: silly statement removed. It's a good game even after you get the hang of it.]

[frunk]

0.12 has added the Mun!  I haven't landed (or crashed) on it yet.

[Josquius]

But it is possible to get to the moon?
Wonder where they're going with this, keeping it crazy and sandboxy or adding in some sort of management behind running the space programme or what?
I've not played it for ages, might give it another download when I get home.

[Razgovory]

I saw some of the new stuff.  Useful stuff like a thing to speed up the time and something that shows your orbit trajectory.  Nifty.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

But it is possible to get to the moon?
Wonder where they're going with this, keeping it crazy and sandboxy or adding in some sort of management behind running the space programme or what?
I've not played it for ages, might give it another download when I get home.

you can land on it

[Razgovory]

I downloaded the new version and played around with it.  I went around Kerbin, though I wouldn't really call it an orbit.  I swung around it and spiraled off into space with no fuel left.  After a while I did seem to achieve an orbit around the sun though.  I hope Jeb doesn't eat or breath to much.

[Razgovory]

Also I found this:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrThKiUZoiw  Anyone know the music that was used for this?