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Welcome to the Kerbal Space Program discussion thread. Please share some pics, videos, tutorials, ship, plane & station designs, stories, technical issues & your general experiences with the game!

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Originally Posted by KSP Team
KSP is a game where the players create and manage their own space program.
Build spacecraft, fly them, and try to help the Kerbals to fulfill their ultimate mission of conquering space.

The game is currently under heavy development. This means the game will be improved on a regular basis, so be sure to check back for new updates.
Right now, KSP is in Alpha state, but we want you to try it out and have fun with it. The first versions are free to download and play, and will remain so forever.
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Members (Fellow Kerbin overlords!):

*List coming soon!*

Tutorials:

If you've made tutorials, please post them and I'll add them here!
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Custom screens coming, if you have really cool ones, please post 'em!
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#4 ·
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Originally Posted by rjm0827 View Post

Omg this is perfect! I have some shuttles I'll upload soon. Anyone able to make a moon landing? I've watched videos and tutorials but I still can't do it haha.
I've only made it to the Mun orbit so far. It's a bit tricky to be honest
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Not even thinking about Minmus yet
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Originally Posted by rjm0827 View Post

Omg this is perfect! I have some shuttles I'll upload soon. Anyone able to make a moon landing? I've watched videos and tutorials but I still can't do it haha.
Does this count?

So after countless attempts (with and without MechJeb) I finally landed (Crashed) and survived. okay so I crashed but the big part is I survived.
And we're off:

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Arriving:

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Close...

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MechJeb Troll engaged: "Oh hey, I see you want to land vertically?"

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"Here try landing horizontally, it's much better."

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Thank god for quicksaving, and getting closer to landing again:

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This one is Bills fault:

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And we hit the ground at 10m/sish but hit with a lot of horizontal velocity, and on a hill. Lander flips, Bill ejects:

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Bill: "That was not me. Crap."

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Bill goes exploring and finds Mimus in the sky:

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Bill is bad at landing with jetpacks too:

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My command pod survived, and all my crew, plus cool Kerbin shot:

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Found a lander leg section....

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So that's all my pics, sorry for the massive amounts. But yeah, maybe some would call it a failure, but it is the first time my crew survived and went on an EVA on the Mun. Gonna launch a rescue mission later.
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And when I found out my crew survived, I started jamming out and almost dancing like this.

Also I wanna be a memeber
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#7 ·
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Originally Posted by Evenger14 View Post

Does this count?
So after countless attempts (with and without MechJeb) I finally landed (Crashed) and survived. okay so I crashed but the big part is I survived.
And we're off:
screenshot65.png

Arriving:
screenshot66.png

Close...
screenshot67.png

MechJeb Troll engaged: "Oh hey, I see you want to land vertically?"
screenshot70.png

"Here try landing horizontally, it's much better."
screenshot71.png

Thank god for quicksaving, and getting closer to landing again:
screenshot73.png

This one is Bills fault:
screenshot75.png

And we hit the ground at 10m/sish but hit with a lot of horizontal velocity, and on a hill. Lander flips, Bill ejects:
screenshot76.png

Bill: "That was not me. Crap."
screenshot77.png

Bill goes exploring and finds Mimus in the sky:
screenshot79.png

Bill is bad at landing with jetpacks too:
screenshot82.png

My command pod survived, and all my crew, plus cool Kerbin shot:
screenshot83.png

screenshot84.png

Found a lander leg section....
screenshot87.png
So that's all my pics, sorry for the massive amounts. But yeah, maybe some would call it a failure, but it is the first time my crew survived and went on an EVA on the Mun. Gonna launch a rescue mission later.
smile.gif
And when I found out my crew survived, I started jamming out and almost dancing like this.
Also I wanna be a memeber
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Is that stock parts only btw? I don't have any addons yet, haven't had the time to install them.

Also, I'll be adding members when I have the gdocs spreadsheet done
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Also a cool screenshot:

 
#12 ·
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Originally Posted by rjm0827 View Post

Loved the screenshots. I haven't played in 2 weeks or so and this MechJeb is completely foreign to me. Game recently updated or mods? I gotta jump back in today.
Plugins afaik.

Also I'm trying to land on the Mun atm
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#15 ·
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Originally Posted by bruflot View Post

D:
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Originally Posted by rjm0827 View Post

Loved the screenshots. I haven't played in 2 weeks or so and this MechJeb is completely foreign to me. Game recently updated or mods? I gotta jump back in today.
Well, MechJeb is a must and makes it more realistic IMO since real ships do have autopilot. However having the Surface info or any other panel up really drops the FPS, so only have one or two up at a time. I have no clue how long .16 has been out but version .17 is gonna come soon.
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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

I can't build that well. Mac's aren't really meant for gaming. I lag to much while building
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Lrn2PC
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Originally Posted by Alatar View Post

Plugins afaik.
Also I'm trying to land on the Mun atm
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Might launch a rescue mission, but for the while I want to explore the Munar surface
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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

I can't get to the moon
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I overheat and then when I try to land im way to fast.
Overheat as in your laptop or your engines?
 
#16 ·
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Originally Posted by Evenger14 View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by bruflot View Post

D:
Quote:
Originally Posted by rjm0827 View Post

Loved the screenshots. I haven't played in 2 weeks or so and this MechJeb is completely foreign to me. Game recently updated or mods? I gotta jump back in today.
Well, MechJeb is a must and makes it more realistic IMO since real ships do have autopilot. However having the Surface info or any other panel up really drops the FPS, so only have one or two up at a time. I have no clue how long .16 has been out but version .17 is gonna come soon.
Quote:
Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

I can't build that well. Mac's aren't really meant for gaming. I lag to much while building
tongue.gif
Lrn2PC
tongue.gif

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alatar View Post

Plugins afaik.
Also I'm trying to land on the Mun atm
tongue.gif
Might launch a rescue mission, but for the while I want to explore the Munar surface
biggrin.gif

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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

I can't get to the moon
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I overheat and then when I try to land im way to fast.
Overheat as in your laptop or your engines?
My engines overheat.
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#17 ·
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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

My engines overheat.
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EDIT: Seriously though, if you have liquids you can throttle. Keep them to the point where the overheat bar ether stays still or goes down. If that means you don't have enough thrust, use better engines.
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#20 ·
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Originally Posted by Alatar View Post

Just crashed trying to land on the MUN
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Last time I tried to keep my speed down below 200m/s until I got to about 80KM, then I slowed down to under 100m/s , not letting my speed go above 40m/s below 10km. You are going almost 1,000m/s. Of course I did have a giant fuel tank and a 135 thrust landing engine.
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And yes it does take a long time to get to the surface, but if it wasn't for mechjeb flipping me the first time, and me flipping me the second time, I would have come down possibly with my ship intact.
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*Last time I did crash but at least I survived, so my advice might or might not be valid.
 
#22 ·
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Originally Posted by Crazy_Clocker View Post

Iam the biggest n00b here, trufax
Can you at least get into a stable orbit around Kerbin?
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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

lrn2land
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#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Evenger14 View Post

Last time I tried to keep my speed down below 200m/s until I got to about 80KM, then I slowed down to under 100m/s , not letting my speed go above 40m/s below 10km. You are going almost 1,000m/s. Of course I did have a giant fuel tank and a 135 thrust landing engine.
tongue.gif

*Last time I did crash but at least I survived, so my advice might or might not be valid.
Well it was my first time and I was trying to browse OCN at the same time
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So I found myself at around 20km and at 1000m/s. Tried to go full throttle but it didn't really help at that point anymore .
 
#25 ·
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Originally Posted by Alatar View Post

Well it was my first time and I was trying to browse OCN at the same time
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So I found myself at around 20km and at 1000m/s. Tried to go full throttle but it didn't really help at that point anymore .
Yeah, a big part in me flipping the second time is because I kept taking off. i'd get down to 25m/s and try and lower it more right at the surface and I'd start taking off, over and over until I had so much horizontal velocity I just killed my engines and bailed.
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Originally Posted by OverClocker55 View Post

Boom Boom Pow. I just crashed again. Couldn't even get out of the atmosphere
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OH OH OH I would so upload my Orbiter 1.craft file if I knew how
 
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EDIT: Sorry I keep DPing by accident
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