Simple/Quick Questions (For more complex questions please make your own post)

[peak girder]

holy

ok

i can do

[twin lava]

My rocket with rover for duna flips when started

[pearl cove]

Is the control point set to a upwards-facing module?

[twin lava]

oooo shiiii

[stone granite]

btw if you can't get faster it's possible that you don't have a big enough air intake. If you're only using the one that I can see in the screenshots that is probably the case

[deft shoal]

so im doing a burn and my burn time is 1 min 42 seconds do i wanna burn at 0 min 21 seconds or 1 min 21 seconds?

[peak girder]

Yeah. I have been testing other craft. Got to 6.7

[gusty lance]

Half of 1:42 is 51 seconds. But there’s a better way: hit escape, go to settings, and turn on extended burn indicator

[raven arrow]

If I buy the DLCs from steam, can I still use them with the KSP launcher?

[waxen comet]

the launcher just runs the exe, it will include the DLCs as normal

[raven arrow]

wait im confused

so even if I don't have KSP on steam?

[waxen comet]

the DLCs work in the same way as mods, they are folders that the game searches for and runs the content of. If they are there, they get run.

[raven arrow]

so KSP even searches the steam folders and stuff?

[waxen comet]

There's a folder in the directory, GameData. It's where the base game keeps its files, it's where mods go and it's where DLCs go. Anything in there gets loaded.

[raven arrow]

ah ok

[deft shoal]

alr tyu

[humble haven]

is there any way to make something that folds out

like a piston

[pearl cove]

A piston

[fast night]

if u have breaking ground dlc u have robotics

that includes pistons hinges rotors

[mellow owl]

how do i re-root this

[fast night]

what exactly do u want to reroot

[mellow owl]

i want to place the fairing and payload on the rocket

[fast night]

so thats a subassembly right

for subassemblies you gotta maybe the root part of it the part that joins onto the main craft

so in this case that would be the fairing

also u would have to redo the rocket it looks like bc thats fairing base is wider than the rocket itself and take off the top so you can actually put it on

[mellow owl]

i tried and it doesn't work

clicking the fairing does nothing

[fast night]

bc its not placed, go back to where you were building the subassembly and reroot it there

[mellow owl]

i still cant place anything under it

[fast night]

bc you got a capsule on the top of the main rocket

[mellow owl]

i took the capsule off and now i cant move either of them

[fast night]

im so confused

<@&464915803070791690> someone take this im busy

[proven path]

im too lazy

its 1:13 am

[pearl cove]

You need to set the part below the capsule as root first before taking it off

[tropic shuttle]

Remove the parachute

[proven path]

why does this even need a fairing

and that fairing is too wide for that rocket

[mellow owl]

because theres a skycrane lander inside

[tropic shuttle]

And why the capsule then?

[mellow owl]

alright so apparently with fairings the aero center doesn't matter in the slightest because even with SAS and a fully gimbaled vector this thing still tips over immediately

[gritty frigate]

What is the best landing leg for seaplanes?

[tropic shuttle]

Non

[tropic shuttle]

What is your twr? How do you nav ball looksike that the launchpad

[mellow owl]

navball doesn't show the top

thats because i added a probe core to the main rocket so i can get SAS for maneuovre nodes, but then it messes up and just spins

[tropic shuttle]

Send a screenshot of your navball

[mellow owl]

alright now i removed the probe from the body and just put a HEC-5 on the skycrane why is it like this

[tropic shuttle]

Do you have action groups?

[mellow owl]

no

[tropic shuttle]

Then re root the probe core

[mellow owl]

oh god its because of the rover, of course it is

how do i set the control point to the hec-5

[tropic shuttle]

Right click, controll from here

[mellow owl]

cant when theres a fairing in the way

[tropic shuttle]

The set the core as root

[mellow owl]

oh my god, hec-5 doesn't have the SAS modes i need

for the love of god

im done

to get maneuovre SAS i need to shove a big core on there on that tiny crane or send a pilot with it, not gonna happen

[pearl cove]

Or just zoom in really hard

[mellow owl]

if i put a probe core in the rocket body, when i detach the skycrane would the other probe take over normally?

[pearl cove]

You found be focused on whatever you set as control point If that's what you mean

[mellow owl]

so if i keep a probo gold in the rocket body as the control point, then detach the skycrane and switch to the heq-5, it should work fine?

[pearl cove]

Should work fine, and if it doesn't, you can always change control orientation

[wise moon]

does anyone know why my trajectory isnt showing?

[tropic shuttle]

how fast are you going in what direction?

[wise moon]

i was taking off from the mun to get back to kerbin and noticed that i didnt have a trajectory

im going 900m/s

[pearl cove]

That's not normal

[wise moon]

ye ive never had this problem before

[pearl cove]

I would just reload the game

Although it does look like your landed

[wise moon]

nah im 35 kilometers above the surface

ill just reload

[gusty lance]

there's a stock bug where your ship can keep the "landed" state when taking off, it might be related to decoupling on the surface. KSP Community Fixes will help

[wise moon]

ohhhh i see

ty !!!

[pearl cove]

Check your state in the vessel info tab in map view

[wise moon]

ive tried that already doesnt work

whatever ill just try this later this is really annoying

idk why its doing this

[verbal narwhal]

I've done everything why can't I go next?

[frail mist]

Maybe because you have “shutdown engine” selected on a solid rocket engine

[torn sluice]

My lander is docked to my mothership but it looks like it has 0 dv, even tho I have fuel and an engine

[silk glacier]

anyone know how my left engine can generate way more lift than the right?

[tropic shuttle]

Propably ksp don't understand or got the staging wrong

[silk glacier]

I somehow managed to make my plane a slight bit asymmetrical

[stone granite]

wont the propeller clip the wings in the forward flight configuration

[silk glacier]

you’re right, my tiny brain didn’t manage to notice this

[mellow owl]

is this enough dv to land on the moon?

[tropic shuttle]

should be ok for mun

[mellow owl]

does this have enough fuel to land?

[tropic shuttle]

2k are enough

[mellow owl]

why does warp to next maneuovre not work

[tropic shuttle]

Several reason. A screenshot of your map would help

[mellow owl]

i was travelling between kerbin and the mun, i pressed "warp to next maneuovre" then nothing happens and the button greys out

and yes i did have a node

[tropic shuttle]

When you have start do burn?

[mellow owl]

well im past that now i just manually timewarped

[boreal geode]

do missing in acction kerble respawn

[gusty lance]

there is an option in the difficulty settings that controls whether they will respawn

[tardy thorn]

How do I stop my rocket from spinning it’s not yaw or pitch but rotating

[tropic shuttle]

Send a screenshot of your rocket

[tropic shuttle]

With a engineer, press „i“

Yes. But you have a size limet and a mass depending on the gravity

idk the limets

[gusty lance]

the limits are shown at the bottom left of the screen when you're in eva construction mode. having other kerbals nearby will increase the limit

not all stock parts can be moved, get a mod named PartVolume

and read the instructions for the mod, it's a little unusual

alt-right-click to open a new part window without closing the old one, or pin the old one

[tropic shuttle]

If you use only 2 of 6 you will get the Same amount of dv as when using 6 of 6

[gusty lance]

if you remove those other 4 engines, it would increase the dv

[tropic shuttle]

^ less weight

[jaunty apex]

Can I ask for help regarding something related to KAS here too? As I could not find a KAS discord server

[tropic shuttle]

yes

[jaunty apex]

I wish to land my Duna rover similar to Curiosity and Perseverance via a sky crane with winches... I can't figure out how to attach winches to joint sockets in the VAB... is that possible at all? Or do I need to do that outside on the launch pad during initial launch?

[tropic shuttle]

i never tyed that but (if you trxed it a bit) i think its not possible

in the vab

[jaunty apex]

damn.

cheers for the answer c:

[mighty ocean]

How do i make SCANsat show me the data it scanned?

[balmy sapphire]

In Toolbar there should a button that looks like a globe, click on it

[mellow owl]

how do i know where to start the burn to duna?

[north egret]

as in the transfer window and ejection angle?

[mellow owl]

yes

[north egret]

On left

[mellow owl]

i got an encounter but it need me to accelerate by 1200 m/s

[north egret]

you want Duna to be about 70-80 degrees infront of kerbin and your ejection angle (position to start prograde) should be about 30-45 degrees to the right of kerbin retrograde

[mellow owl]

so 45 degrees before prograde relative to the sun?

[north egret]

idk it says on the left

[mellow owl]

ok so this is kerbin and its direction prograde

[north egret]

relative to its prograde, about 55 degrees on the bottom

[mellow owl]

do you start at radial out then go 58 degrees prograde?

[north egret]

radial? wth
you should only need to do prograde burns here

[mellow owl]

im just doing that for directions...

so i understand it

so start prograde relative to the sun, then go 58 degrees towards radial out, then start the burn?

according to the image it should be 58 prograde towards radial out

wait why doesn't it show an encounter?

[balmy sapphire]

try make the closest approach closer with

[mellow owl]

why cant i warp to next maneuver

sometimes the button shows up but i press it then it returns to orbit view

[little pollen]

5.2k dv enough to get to low laythe orbit if i have skill issue? i forgot my last missions dv

alright ill just get 7k+ dv and call it a day

[mellow owl]

-dvmap

[fickle bloom]

https://i.imgur.com/yO0bQax.png
(Consider saving this image on your device)

[sacred acorn]

Is there a point to putting parts into cargo like this? I would love to be able to attach them to crafts to make field repairs or something

[tropic shuttle]

You can build on eva with a engineer

[sacred acorn]

ah ok thanks. Is there a minimum level needed for that? I didn't see an option when I did this with an engineer

[balmy sapphire]

I don't think level affect it, just be any engineer

[tropic shuttle]

You have to press i to open the construction function

[sacred acorn]

oooh thanks!

[tame stump]

help i deleted a part from the part menu

how do i get it back

[little pollen]

is 0.17 twr good enough for interstellar transfer stages

or should i try to go higher

[pulsar scaffold]

far future technologies is taking too long to download

wwhat i do

it is stuck 70% for a while

[balmy sapphire]

cancel and apply change again, fft and the mods before that should be downloaded already you will skip directly to right after fft

[odd patrol]

I just got ksp on pc and am trying to use a joystick on it but I can’t figure out how to get it to work. Does anyone have experience with this issue?

[mighty ocean]

Yes i can open the map, but the map is blank, even though it fully scanned.

[round willow]

what is network for and is there more uses then kerbnet and stuff

[round willow]

check keybinds i looked in keybinds before and there was some stuff about controllers

[odd patrol]

There are axis for pitch and everything but if I try to set an axis it isn’t saved and immediately resets

[hallow kestrel]

Anyone know a quick fix for when the settings reset after I restart the game

like I'll start the game and for some ungodly reason my kebinds keep reverting back to what they were a few days ago?

If I set the keybinds in the menu and keep playing then they stay set but after I close out and restart the keybinds reset back to what they were

[cedar shoal]

What did I do wrong to not complete contract? Does the perl and apo have to be in the exact spot as the contract? Not just altitude matters?

and how can I correct if that is the problem

[tropic shuttle]

multipy small corection burns, prograde highes your orbit at the opposite side. retrograde lowers it

[cedar shoal]

but my altitude for both apo and perl are dead on

Maybe the argument of periapsis is the problem

which I dont know anything about

ok i matched the argument of periapsis but still not completing contract

[tropic shuttle]

what is your relativ inclination

[cedar shoal]

Target is 0 and mine is 0.1 related to Kerbin

That’s inclination. If that’s different than relative inclination

[tropic shuttle]

i mean tp your taget orbit

[cedar shoal]

Hmm not sure. The target orbit is 0 so I assumed me being 0.1 is flat enough

[thick yoke]

@sage ferry

i know you cN FIX IT

[little pollen]

nobody can fix your lack of bitches emi

[sage ferry]

@thick yoke true

[gusty lance]

Your orbit still doesn’t quite match the drawn one. At one of the places where they cross, a radial in or out burn should help

[balmy sapphire]

Change the map type and which planet at the top

check if you really scanned it, there is progress bar at the bottom

[little pollen]

why is my tylo gravity assist not giving me a jool orbit?

the green dotted line is the predicted orbit after tylo flyby (purple)

wait nvm i made it wrong way sorry

[gritty frigate]

Why isn't my plane accelerating fast?

[balmy sapphire]

High drag lol

[shadow thistle]

is there any way to make hinges stronger?

[mellow owl]

I had full probe control and a connection to the KSC

[still sage]

Can someone help me with setting up a rendez vous? I have a lander on Mun and a command pod on low Mun orbit. Need advice with take-off timing and want to know if I should get in orbit with my lander before setting the meet up.

[bright topaz]

I positioned my sattellite going the opposite direction from the orbit its meant to. How do I cheat to switch the orbit around?

nvm I think I have enough delta v to switch the orbit around

[pearl cove]

You should launch when the command module is about 15-20 degrees behind you

Depending on the thryster your using, might go up to 30

[mighty ocean]

It says it fully scanned

[peak girder]

@gusty lance hi, i am using the kerbal vr mod. and it isnt working. is it the new launcher causing issues?

[gusty lance]

Unlikely. Post your logs if you need help

[peak girder]

nevermind. it did start but it stopped on Loading Part Assets or something

[gusty lance]

Post logs if you need help

[frail mist]

Action Groups -> Translate Up/Down -> Target Angle

you'll probably want to limit the angle range too

[peak girder]

ok

@gusty lance

this is what it is stuck on

loading images are being shown

[gusty lance]

Ah I think this happens if you incorrectly install the native dependencies into GameData. Did you find the install guide on the wiki? Follow it closely.

[balmy sapphire]

Press refresh button and Screenshot

[peak girder]

oh i just dragged and dropped the files.. i pulled the folder KerbalVR from the zip file game data into the KSP/GameData

[peak girder]

also why not just use ckan

nevermind i see iut

i reread it

thank you!

@gusty lance so enroll in a 2020 steam vr beta and launch the game?

i also have a quest rift VR

[gusty lance]

because ckan can't install things outside of gamedata

[peak girder]

i looked at the setup guide, i did i miss something

[gusty lance]

huh? no just use the latest normal steamvr

[peak girder]

oh ok

[peak girder]

so how do i install this then. all i could see was the gamedata thing and steam vr. and now i am hearing weird noises in KSP. like RCS going off and a engine burning. i am in the SPH without the mod in gamedata

scratch that

[gusty lance]

follow this guide: https://github.com/JonnyOThan/Kerbal-VR/wiki/Installation-Guide

[peak girder]

ok

[peak girder]

thank you. as it turned out i downloaded a different KerbalVR from github

i was not thinking of your name when i did it, so i didnt realize the creator was different

thank you for the troobleshooting

[gusty lance]

ah that would make sense

[peak girder]

there isnt any pause menu? so how do i revert flights

[gusty lance]

press alt-v or remove the headset and you should be able to use the mouse. Some cockpits do have quicksave/quickload/revert buttons

[peak girder]

also what in the world.... i installed the optional scatterer and it looks like this lol

[gusty lance]

did you install the official scatterer first?

the one in optional mods only contains the dll

[peak girder]

yeah, i had it installed from when i first put KSP on this PC

ohhh

[peak girder]

what about Spectra?

[gusty lance]

from the install guide:

Scatterer. After installing the latest version of scatterer, you must copy the Scatterer folder from the Optional Mods directory in the KerbalVR release zip over your Scatterer folder in GameData. This will replace the scatterer.dll to make it compatible with VR:

[peak girder]

AH

oh

ok*

[gusty lance]

so the lens flares from scatterer do not work in VR, and KerbalVR contains a patch to disable them. I've heard that spectra's sunflare patches are authored in a certain way that makes them active again even in VR - so you'll need to find a way to remove those, but otherwise spectra should be fine. If you want to replace the sunflares, I'm pretty sure FlareReplacer works

[peak girder]

but installing spectra will not break the visuals with kerbalVR installed

[gusty lance]

I'm pretty sure it's fine, other than the sunflares

avp definitely works

[peak girder]

so no out of cockpit control? and the oculus controller dont have any use other than as hands

[gusty lance]

well, you use the joysticks on EVA and in freeiva

but per the wiki:

This mod is still in very early development. The primary focus is on flying a ship in IVA and moving around in EVA. As such no other scenes are supported: map mode, VAB, any kind of UI interaction, etc. Keeping that in mind, you are welcome to try it out and report any issues or feedback.

[peak girder]

ohhh i see

i didnt know that

[still sage]

Was near impossible to do with the ant engines I ha din the lander. Rcs had more thrust than these things. Can I see how many degrees away exactly my target is? I eyeballed it which made it even harder.

[mellow owl]

how do i swap out this rover for another one

i try to reroot this so the skycrane is the main piece and it doesnt let me

i try rerooting the rover so the main piece is the rove mate and it doesn't work

someone please explain it to me

[tropic shuttle]

In what way it dont lt you?#

[mellow owl]

i press reroot on some part of the skycrane and it just goes back to place mode

[tropic shuttle]

Thats normal.

Garb the part to check if the full rocket is moveing

[tawdry cape]

why does my node keep bugging out to where my encounter disappears and reappears rapidly?

[wide falcon]

Hi guys, thank you in advance. I'm trying to learn more on efficiently using my fuel by using gravity turns, I try to lean towards east at about 100m/s but my rocket is too stable that it corrects the turn and flies straight up

[gusty lance]

you might have too many fins on the back, or need to turn earlier

[wide falcon]

Is there a sweet spot for the Mass/Aero/Thrust for a more successful gravity turn?

[gusty lance]

thrust must be pointing through the center of mass. a high CoM is more passively stable, and a lower center of lift is generally more stable, but the blue ball in the VAB can be misleading because it only looks at lifting surfaces and not drag

you want passive stability, but not so much that it's impossible to turn

if the problem is too many fins, then removing some will help performance as well, removing drag and weight

[wide falcon]

Is it alright if you could send a simple ship with the overlay enabled so I can visualize the points

[frail mist]

A screenshot? Yeah go ahead

[wide falcon]

Wow, well with this I managed to get to orbit with only 3k dv?

might look wonky but is this alright?

[gusty lance]

doubtful. make sure you're measuring dv in vacuum mode

[wide falcon]

oh alright

[gusty lance]

if the goal is just to get to orbit, you can do that with a single swivel core and aenough fuel

those fins are pretty big; try the smaller ones

[river bluff]

Why is it saying this? The command pod is RIGHT THERE!!!!

[vestal trout]

but do you have any crew in it?

[river bluff]

Oh. Never had to manually put a crew in before.

btw how do I know if my plane actually has enough lift?

[frail mist]

You can add up the wing areas of all the wing parts and control surfaces and divide the mass by that to find the wing loading, or you can just test it and see if it takes off with a reasonable speed.

[north egret]

a plane doesnt need enough lift area
it just needs enough speed

[severe tiger]

plane = rocket - space + bigger wings

and an air breathing engine while you're at it ig

[north egret]

*plane = rocket - rocket engine + air breathing engine or propellor

[severe tiger]

yes

also

holy shit the roadmap is very not optimistic

early access sounds like sh*t deal

not a lotta stuff

im still gonna play it lol

[north egret]

technically better deal in long term cuz cheaper than full release and you will get the same features as full release once full release releases

[severe tiger]

yeah

true

im just impatient okay?

[balmy sapphire]

Lol that’s why I said people may review bomb one month after it is in early access when people realize that

Then there will be endless war in the forum about that

[still sage]

Is there a way to do resettable science using a rover? I want to do experiments over many biomes on the Mun, but rovemax is unmanned, and experiments need a scientist to restore

[tropic shuttle]

You can restet all expiremnts, only for goo and science jr you need a scientists

[balmy sapphire]

mobile process lab can reset any docked ships but it is hard to dock on land plus you still need kerbal in the lab to do it so idk

[jade mango]

thats cool, making players to invent new ways to biome hop

[jade mango]

you can try to make reusable lander with isru and gather tons of science

anyway i dont think rover is very useful thing in ksp, you have to spend a lot of time just riding if you dont use mods

[tropic shuttle]

Bun voyage is a afk rover autopilot mod. So you can drive around duna in like 2 minutes

[azure crescent]

simple question

any ideas for improving the eve ascend rocket? thanks

since the rocket engine can only lift the rocket up at 2000m above sea level , i added some propellers

[tropic shuttle]

make the landing legs and parachutes decoupleable

[azure crescent]

yes they are. the stage three at the bottom right.

May be i should use less propellers?

fewer*

[tropic shuttle]

i would us bigger and no wings

[little pollen]

damn is the eve really that hard to leave?

[gusty lance]

yes

[mellow owl]

Imagine launching a rocket from the bottom of the ocean. Thats kinda what its like leaving eve

[gusty lance]

well it's 5 atmospheres. So like 40 meters underwater

venus is like 75 atmospheres btw

[tropic shuttle]

But in ksp jet engines still work under water (iirc) on eve not

[mellow owl]

why can't i see minmus? I'm pointing straight at it

[gusty lance]

your ship is pointing at it, but your camera isn't pointing the same way the ship is

it's there though.

[mellow owl]

i used the alarm clock for a transfer window but it gave me this?

isn't it supposed to be 44 degrees?

[frail mist]

44 degrees is an approximation

[gusty lance]

that's 45 degrees..it's pretty close.

[mellow owl]

oh nvm the sun is the angle point

[gusty lance]

right

the transfer window to duna is pretty wide

[hallow kestrel]

So Scatterer keeps giving me this error: [Scatterer][Error] Destroying duplicate instance, check your install for duplicate scatterer folders, or nested GameData folders. And I'm havin trouble finding the "duplicate" folders its talking about. AFAIK it might be talking about the Astronomers Visual Pack mod which also has a set of planet config files?

[balmy sapphire]

full ksp log might help, since all 3 people that posted about that on the scatterer thread didn't get further help as they don't provide full log

[golden crag]

I did all the requirements but when I landed the checkmarks went away

[vestal trout]

did you activate the engine?

[golden crag]

I did

[north egret]

was your Ap high enough?

[mellow owl]

How do you limit speed on rovers?

[azure crescent]

jet engine requires air, which is absent in eve

[tropic shuttle]

Like i said

[gusty lance]

You have to run the test on the engine while you are at 150-160km

[acoustic sparrow]

I checked the option "Do not produce log" in the launcher when i was playing stock, but now i can't debug my modding errors since it will not turn back on!
Yes, i have tried checking it, applying, unchecking it, and applying it again to then launch game from launcher.
What line do i edit in what file?

[acoustic sparrow]

I figured it out!

[brisk sundial]

hi, i've got the game since a while back now but i still don't know how to place docking ports sideways in the VAB... Can someone help ?

[tropic shuttle]

w/s, a)d, q/e

[brisk sundial]

ok thank you very much !

[dire plume]

is there a way to set CKAN to download an "incompatible" mod without having to set the supported game versions to include it? wanted to download scansat, but CKAN thinks its for an older version, and would rather not have it include a lot of actually incompatible mods

[tropic shuttle]

settings, compatible game versions. eveything from 1.8 and above

[golden crag]

do you have to only fire it up once you're at 150 km?

I had all the checkmarks on the contract but once I descended it went away

[golden crag]

I tried firing engine at 150 km and it worked

[gusty lance]

you don't need to activate the engine (though that works), you can just right-click on it and do "run test"

[cedar shoal]

so I am doing a rescue mission around kerbin orbit and as I am approaching the vessel, I expected to be able to control the kerbal and RCS him back to my ship.... but it looks like I was supposed to have to dock with it. How was I supposed to know that up front? The contract didn't specify...

I can't seem to take control of the kerbal that needs to be rescued

[pearl cove]

Have you tried the switch vessel hotkey?

[cedar shoal]

no

got it!

thank you

[pearl cove]

Ur welcome

[mellow owl]

when doing an orbital insertion burn, is it more efficient to get captured at a low periapsis and raise it higher later or get captured at a higher periapsis

[gusty lance]

usually you want to do insertion burns as low as possible to maximize the oberth effect, but I'm sure there are edge cases if your target orbit is very high and the body has very low gravity

[mellow owl]

how can i optimise this rocket

[balmy sapphire]

it is quite optimised

[mellow owl]

why cant i place this thing on the docking port

[balmy sapphire]

you should able to, maybe it is just bugged

try save and reload the spacecraft

[mellow owl]

i can place it on but it won't snap

and if i try undocking nothing happens

[balmy sapphire]

press and hold alt while placing it

[mellow owl]

oh for the love of god why can't i set the decoupler to be the root part

this is so stupid

[north egret]

because it hasnt been placed....

[balmy sapphire]

you cannot set surface attach parts to be root part

[north egret]

fun fact time

[mellow owl]

im sorry?

how the hell did this happen

[charred locust]

broke during launch or smth

[mellow owl]

why didn't the other probes break then

i have 3 identical probes, only one of them had its solar panels break, the other 2 are fine

[waxen comet]

perhaps it got knocked by a fairing fragment

[tawdry cape]

i need help installing Ckan to get the RSS mod.

[balmy sapphire]

why you actively avoid the faq post lol

[tawdry cape]

nvm i got it

[tropic shuttle]

mods i think

stock ksp dont have special camera settings except of these you can switch with v

[idle wharf]

I'm looking for some tips for designing my first manned lander+return

Anyone got advice?

[tropic shuttle]

What body?

[idle wharf]

Duna

[tropic shuttle]

Mothership powerd by nerv and a lander with 2 seats with a vacuum engine. (And parachutes)

[idle wharf]

That mothership was already what I was planning to do, great minds think alike I guess.

I think I'm gonna use the Munar Excursion Module... but make it Dunar instead!

[cedar shoal]

to do the repair rover on mun contract do you need anything special other than an engineer?

[frail mist]

If you have to repair a specific part, then you'll need some EVA repair kits (the actual number depends on what part is broken).

If the contract just wants you to make the rover operational, then you need to find it in the tracking station, analyze it to see what's preventing it from working, and bring along the relevant part. For example: if it's out of electric charge, bring a solar panel and battery.

[cedar shoal]

ok thank you. The contract doesn't specify so I will check the tracking station like you suggested

it says "move the unfinished rover." I took control over it but it won't go anywhere. I guess it needs a driver?

[midnight vale]

yeah, needs a seat and driver or a probe core, if its the same contract I have had before

[frail mist]

Check electric charge, KSC antenna connection, whether or not the wheels are damaged, whether the probe core is in hibernation, probably some other things

[tawdry cape]

how do i go to surface mode on the camera when i'm in orbit?

[tropic shuttle]

Whit v you can switch the cams

[wide tendon]

How can I match the orbit for this contract?
(My orbit details are on mechjeb on the left)

[gusty lance]

You should be able to see an animated version of the target orbit in map mode. Might need to zoom out

[wide tendon]

yeah
I'm so close to the target orbit that there isn't any difference any more
(the grey line is for a different mission)

You can't tell a difference between the two

and the correction to make them the same is 0.1 m/s
Which I cant do

[gusty lance]

what does the angle on the AN or DN say

[wide tendon]

hang on a sec

Ascending node = 180
Descending node = -180

[gusty lance]

you're going the wrong way around

the target orbit has a little animation on it that shows the direction

[wide tendon]

oh

so do I just need to completely start again

[gusty lance]

umm

you may be able to raise your orbit to near the edge of the SOI, flip it over up there, then lower it again

[wide tendon]

I'm not skilled enough
so i guess starting again is good enough

[waxen comet]

If you can get to Gilly, you should have no issues with Duna

[tropic shuttle]

maybe ike. but duna is not that hard

[sterile coral]

Do asteroids ever run out of ore to mine or are they infinite ore sources?

[waxen comet]

They are finite. Rightclick on an asteroid to see how much it has.

[last mantle]

Im trying other types of boosters and my sfbs are coming apart

I tried linking them with struts, or decouplers or anything

even tried moving them into eachother

any clues why they are falling apart?

[sterile coral]

Thanks m8

[pulsar scaffold]

mechjeb is not workiing

where is it

[peak girder]

Could you use a gas giants atmosphere to some how get a higher apoapsis. Like tilt up at an certain angle

[mellow owl]

No

[mellow owl]

when docking 2 crafts together, how do you stop them from spinning around each other as they approach

[gritty frigate]

Will I be able to play KSP2 on Intel UHD Graphics (no numbers after the UHD)

[north egret]

no one knows the exact requirements but if you can, dont expect to be able to play at high graphic levels

[gritty frigate]

If I get around 20 fps on KSP1, what will I get on KSP2. Also I heard the requirements were like: Intel i3-something and NVIDA Geforce 970 or something like that

[north egret]

you telling me you are getting 20 FPS on KSP 1?

[gritty frigate]

20-40

[north egret]

what graphics level?

[gritty frigate]

Absolute bottom

[gritty frigate]

I am fine with the bottom, its not the looks, but playability

if I am not able to play at all...

[north egret]

im not sure
but definitely do not expect anything over 30 FPS

[gritty frigate]

Kool

[north egret]

i guess just wait until requirements and FPS tests come out?

[gritty frigate]

yeah

Thanks

[gritty frigate]

I have another question, I looked at Task Manager and apparently I have 8gb of GPU memory and shared GPU memory, but when I went to BIOS it said I can only go to 512 max vram. Are these related, and can I allocate more of that memory that is never used ? (Like Video Decode, Video Processing, and Copy (whatever copy is)).

[tropic shuttle]

if you know how transfer windows work you should be able to do it without,

yes

[whole comet]

How do I lower down loading times?

[waxen comet]

remove mods or get an SSD

[eager shuttle]

can someone help me?

[tropic shuttle]

Ask, then we will see

Iirc yes

[tropic shuttle]

Ssd, more/ faster ram

[eager shuttle]

well i cant see the markers for kerbals and crafts like the purple ones

[tropic shuttle]

The sas?

modi

[eager shuttle]

no

not sas

i have played for 400 hours so i di know that

[tropic shuttle]

The distance marker?

[eager shuttle]

yes

[tropic shuttle]

Press F4

[eager shuttle]

oh ok

thanks

[tropic shuttle]

Next time ask you question direct

[eager shuttle]

yes

[eager shuttle]

it didnt work

wait nvm

[idle wharf]

Quick questiin

Question*

Recently, all my rockets and planes have been really floppy even when they haven't been before, whats going on?

I have to constantly enable autostrut for every single part

Very annoying.

[north egret]

have you recently been building bigger stuff?

[idle wharf]

Yeah, but it does the same with smaller things too.

I uninstalled alot of mods, do you think one of those made all the parts rigid before?

[peak girder]

is it better to take off from refueling with a full tank of ore or is it better to have a empty tank due to the mass.

like in terms of dv. is it better to have ore to make more fuel or not having that extra mass

[lethal summit]

This keeps happening today and I don't know why

I spawned in my plane at the airfield, then it suddenly teleported my focus to the landed capsule I was going to pick up with the plane

And every time I try to switch back, nothing happens

Or rather, it does that weird thing where it jumps back to the plane for one frame, then back to the capsule

Also pausing the game started acting up about an hour ago

It just won't work

I rebinded my key and it seems to be fine now, but I don't know why the escape key wasn't working

It worked for everything else, just not KSP

Does anyone know why this is happening?

After I finished typing this I tabbed back to KSP and it works now, I can switch between the crafts

But this is like the fourth time it's done it today

[peak girder]

thats just BDarmory

no clue why

just is

[lethal summit]

Oh

Okay, thank you

Alright, the other key I rebinded stopped working too

Why does this keep happening?

It just won't let me pause

Also a part of BDarmory?

[lethal summit]

And also, why is this happening?

This is sandbox, and it's normal difficulty, so nothing should be stopping me from saving

And the camera is clipping weird

And everything gets shaky occasionally, like all the textures start vibrating a bit

KSP has just been acting really weird today for some reason

[flint arrow]

#1071627467762171944 might this be something for here instesd? im not sure

that seems like a simple mod mess-up but i can also be something more "deep"

[balmy sapphire]

@flint arrow replied, read the thread

[gusty lance]

Did you mess with the PRE settings? The shaking textures and camera clipping sound like the near and far plane are set too high

[peak girder]

you are moving faster than .2 m/s

on the surface

stop moving or increase your altidute to 500 meters off the surface

[peak girder]

o clue, i hadnt experniced that myself

[proven sonnet]

Ho do i climb back into the pod while EVA?

[frail mist]

Get near the door and press F to grab the ladder, then B to board

[proven sonnet]

thanks

[cedar shoal]

What do I need to do to finish production of this rover besides a seat? It has fuel cells, external tanks, wheels, prob rovemate

or maybe it doesn't need a seat since it has the rovemate body?

doesn't have a connection to space center but i have a relay sat overhead...

[waxen comet]

seems ok, it has a command module, wheels, power and a (tenuous) connection.

[cedar shoal]

I can't move it when I try to

[waxen comet]

did you remember to take the brakes off

nothing that immediately jumps out as a problem. If you try and move, do the wheels show their motor running?

[cedar shoal]

brakes lol

I think I got it now

how do I navigate it to a location?

nm I got it. Thanks for the help

[waxen comet]

Rovers in vanilla don't have an autopilot, you have to drive them manually

[hallow kestrel]

Anyone help me figure out how to actually lock these hinges in place so I can stand on them

[vestal trout]

dont think you can

[hallow kestrel]

darn

[gaunt merlin]

How do you unlock a new node on the navball (career mode)

[tropic shuttle]

Better pobes or higher level pilots

[gaunt merlin]

uhm so does the max level pilots unlocked all the nodes?

[tropic shuttle]

I think at leve 3 or 4

[gaunt merlin]

do reaction wheels add more nodes?

[tropic shuttle]

No

[frail mist]

There is a part in the same tab as the reaction wheels called the Advanced Fly-By-Wire [Something] that gives all SAS modes

But it comes pretty late in the tech tree

[gaunt merlin]

Finally i know the point of why that part exist

[stuck wasp]

instead of putting landing legs on the end, put regular parts and make landing legs manually. It should work much better.

in general you will find landing gear to fuck everything up

if its not sliding your rover across the ground at 0.5 m/s preventing a save it's yawing your plane on the runway and if its not doing that it's doing exactly what it does in your gif

if you use, say, a cubic strut, it tends to be much more stable

[summer musk]

is there a way to prevent long and botom-heavy ships from spinning after reentry?

[balmy sapphire]

add more aerobrake at the top to shift the center of lift behind center of mass while reentrying

[summer musk]

so you mean above? bc im talking about a lander

[balmy sapphire]

yes

[summer musk]

okay thx

[balmy sapphire]

remember turn on aerobrake lol

[flint arrow]

Uhm, what...?

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I right-clicked an engine and then the right click on all other parts broke

the mtl. h2 engine is the GX-220 from KSP-IE

[karmic stag]

the map view and maneuver mode show 2 different numbers for periapsis and apoapsis. which is more accurate?

[frail mist]

are you in physics warp by any chance?

[dire plume]

with how close they are i wouldn't be surprised if its just a rounding error in the maneuver mode info tab

[gusty lance]

The maneuver mode window is showing one less digit, so it’s rounding

[karmic stag]

thanks

[mellow owl]

why does the dvmap say the best ejection angle for kerbin to duna is -150 degrees when all it does is send you to eve?

[gusty lance]

I think you’re measuring from the wrong place

[mellow owl]

if i am then the map is terribly designed

the way i look at it says "make your escape trajectory this way

as in towards the planet

[mellow owl]

seriously?

how was i supposed to know that, the way the map is drawn doesn't tell me that at all

[gusty lance]

the commonly used dvmap doesn't show ejection angles, so I don't know what you're referring to

[mellow owl]

this one

so instead of sending my ship this way, i plot the maneuver node there?

[frail mist]

wait i was looking at the wrong diagram, that one is correct

[frail mist]

Correct, you plot a prograde maneuver at the dot as indicated by the arrows spiraling off the orbit

[mellow owl]

[gusty lance]

right. and the arrow indicates a positive, rotation, so -150 degrees is where duna is in that diagram

[dire plume]

i found this green monolith on a modded moon (ovok) and it hasn't given me a notification or given me a science node. is this normal for modded anomalies?
(if its significant in any way it's floating several meters above the ground)

[dire plume]

development: now the flag is floating too???

[azure elk]

uhm

im 50k meters up in orbit

but im burning

is that normal?

[tropic shuttle]

50km is not a orbit

70km or hihger is a orit

[azure elk]

oh k ty

[mellow owl]

if you're orbiting kerbin then yeah get higher

[azure elk]

how do i fly jebs quadtaxi

i cant figure out how to get the rotors running

[jade mango]

yeah why wouldnt it be?

[pearl cove]

Green monolith, random every save, rare to find. Cool 👍

[dire plume]

the fact it’s randomly spawned shouldn’t change how it works, since I found the one on Gilly with no issues and got a tech tree node

[candid bramble]

what does the red mean

[tropic shuttle]

Incomplete

*incompatible

[mellow owl]

if i wanna set up relays around jool, should I set their orbit below laythe's or higher than all its moons?

[candid bramble]

oh ok thanks

[tropic shuttle]

if nyou do both you allways get a conection

[mellow owl]

do i need to do both?

[tropic shuttle]

if you want to get a conection on all moons allways

[brazen bear]

dumb question, but is there any way to have one-way transparent flags?

[tropic shuttle]

Not that i know of

[dire plume]

is there a (preferably standalone) mod that adds some way to mine/collect xenon?

[tropic shuttle]

You could do it with spacedust. But its not only made for xeneon

[balmy sapphire]

I think stock mining expansion has someway to generate xenon

[waxen comet]

It does not

There is a small mod somewhere that adds a xenon refining option to the ISRU, but I haven't been able to track it down. Else, I know KSPIE and Karbonite can refine Xe from atmospheres.

[tiny topaz]

Why cant i control the rover on this?:

I can control the base, but not the rover. And yes, there is a relay antenna on it

[dire plume]

i found Lossless ISRU but it removes the tradeoff for using the smaller convert-o-tron (and also i think 5000 xenon per ore is slightly overpowered)

[dire plume]

the rover's controls might be set to normal instead of forward

or can you just not switch to it

[tiny topaz]

I can switch, but there's no connection

[dire plume]

the antenna on the rover isn't good enough to reach the KSC and the base doesn't have a relay antenna on it

[dire plume]

that one might not be good enough, ive had to use the really big one to do interplanetary comms

[tiny topaz]

ok, I shall try that. Thank you (:

[dire plume]

its just called "Xenon ISRU" but its for 1.8 so im not sure how well it would work
would probably be fine, i'll try it i guess

[waxen comet]

It's just a small Module Manager patch to modify the resource converters a bit. It contains no code, so as long as MM doesn't die and resource converter configs are not changed (neither of which will ever happen), it is immortal.

[dire plume]

i mean the game didnt die so seems to work fine

[gusty lance]

When relaying a signal, ONLY relay antennas are considered - so that big 88-88 dish can't be used for relaying

[mellow owl]

he literally has the 88-88 right next to it

[mellow owl]

is kerbin blocked by something?

[tropic shuttle]

but the 88-88 is not a relay

[mellow owl]

its not?

i made relay networks with them and they seem to work

[gusty lance]

it's not

[inland torrent]

anybody know why my ksp looks like this when i load in?

these are the mods im running on 1.81

[tropic shuttle]

update to 1.12

[inland torrent]

it works, ty

[tropic shuttle]

dont use older versions for moddingt. nearly all mods which was created form 1.8 or later works withozt problems,

[main vine]

So, CKAN seems to not register new mods. Notably, the DREAMER mod and the Magica and Hornet Planet Pack, which both caught my interest, aren't showing up in CKAN despite being listed as being in it. How can I get it to register those mods, and other mods, as being available?

[gusty lance]

“Aren’t showing up despite being listed” - I don’t understand what you mean by this

[balmy sapphire]

I think near future electrical reactor can gen xenon (or argon?) too as "nuclear reaction byproduct"

and mining expansion has a near future propulsion patch that allows its isru to produce near future propulsion fuel (Lithium,xenon, argon)

[brazen bear]

can someone explain whats causing the random light inside my craft?

the light seen on the wings is originating from the root part

it happens on all of my craft, even ones without any lights installed onto them

[ember needle]

is this enough to reach 20km circular orbit, or should i send an another vessel? (part)mods are restock and restock+

i think it might be possible after decoupling the can with lower part of the lander and using monopropellant, but i am not sure

[gritty frigate]

Why does KSP have no sound? It does have sound, but the engines don't emit sound when throttling up or down, they only make the startup sound. Does anyone know why?

[tropic shuttle]

What planet

[ember needle]

mun

[tropic shuttle]

Its a common bug. Install community fixes

[gritty frigate]

?

What

[tropic shuttle]

Its around 150 delta V too less

[tropic shuttle]

A mod which fixes a lot of bugs and improves the performance a bit

[ember needle]

ouch, better send jeb there

[main vine]

I'm terribly sorry for the late response. The forum posts and Spacedock say that they're listed, but when I load up CKAN, they aren't available in the search bar.

[north egret]

Have you adjusted your compatible versions?

they may have not updated it on CKAN

[tropic shuttle]

Settings, compatible game versions

[jade mango]

marvin is intercepting all questions

i wonder, is there simple way to estimate how much dv lost due to low twr?

[tropic shuttle]

i would say there is a way, but not a easy way

[jade mango]

then tell me about the way

[tropic shuttle]

I guess there it would be possible with a complex formula whic i dont know

[jade mango]

are there some calculators for that?

[tropic shuttle]

I mean its only apply to atmospheres bodys

[jade mango]

im about ion engines burns

ideal burn is instant change in velocity

less ideal burn is burn for long period

with ions some part of the massive dv budget will be used with low efficency because of it

like, to orbit eve you need k*[regular eve insertion dv cost] dv

[tropic shuttle]

Split the burns to like 5-10min burns in lko and 20-30 in hko. Then you will be fine

[jade mango]

i see

it is easier to avoid this than get the numbers

[silver cloud]

I have a very heavy base going to eve. It's in a very epileptical orbit with a periapsis of I think 100km. At the periapsis my speed is around 4000 meters per second. Can I attempt a aerobrake? I tried it a few times but each time I died

[waxen comet]

Aerobraking at Eve without a heat shield or heat-resistant parts is suicidal

even in a low orbi

[silver cloud]

It has the 10 meter heat shield and is strutted in eva

@waxen comet

[tropic shuttle]

still dont do a interplanetery aerobreake

[waxen comet]

then what's the problem, does it spin out of control

[silver cloud]

No I go so fast the heat shield burns up

Is it a alttitude issue?

[waxen comet]

what's your approach profile like? Just plough straight into ot towards the ground?

[tropic shuttle]

whats your Pe when aerobreaking?

[silver cloud]

No like big curve to the ground

[waxen comet]

so aimed at the ground?

[silver cloud]

Yes

Jebediah was laughing so I don't see the problem

[waxen comet]

Never do that, ever. When aerobraking, have your Pe within the atmosphere to allow you to bleed off speed and heat as you descent instead of slamming into a brick wall.

[tropic shuttle]

that dont means good or bad

for eve aim for a pe between 80 and 85km

[silver cloud]

Ok at what altitude should my periapses be

[silver cloud]

Ty

[waxen comet]

it's been a long time since I did aerbraking at Eve but that's still very high. You can go lower than that.

[silver cloud]

K

75 then

[azure elk]

how do you filter after only mod elements in the vab?

[still sage]

Ey, how the fck am I supposed to launch a station to mun with 6k fuel, 5k ore & 12 kerbals?? It's heavy and tall as fuck, all I have are rockomax stuff.

[gusty lance]

you could launch it with empty tanks and then mine the ore and fuel at mun

[still sage]

It still gets way too tall...

4 mainsails won't lift it, only the twin engines that are also tanks lift it barely, but the whole setup is like a wet noodle

[gusty lance]

defnitely needs autostrut

[tropic shuttle]

with janitors closet

[silent wedge]

Hey guys uhhhh

im stuck on this screeen here

none of the buttons r working

and i cant place anything'

(no its not the engineer thingy)

[silver cloud]

How would i build rocket capable of going to eve, and back. (I have a refuel station on eve)

[tropic shuttle]

with a mmothership which stays in orbit

[silver cloud]

Appolo style?

[gusty lance]

yes, almost certainly

[silver cloud]

Tbh i really wanna do a spaceplane instead of a rocket

[gusty lance]

a refuel station on eve probably isn't that useful, because it's not terribly hard to land on eve (but sending the rocket empty and then fueling it on the surface might cut down on the size of the transfer vessel and lifter)

[tropic shuttle]

jet engines dont work

no oxigen

[silver cloud]

But its eve

Bruh

Hbout rapier engines

[tropic shuttle]

only rocket mode

[silver cloud]

Hbout vector engines

It's efficient and can get me into orbit

[gusty lance]

yeah vectors are some of the best engines for coping with the insane pressures on the surface

[tropic shuttle]

a vector dart combi with aspargus staging

[gusty lance]

My best eve ascent vehicle is just 2 stages: a vector and a terrier

[silver cloud]

Nah i got nuclear engines

Hbout i keep a nuclear engine module in orbit

Land

Refuel

Go back with vector

[tropic shuttle]

you dont refuel on eve

[silver cloud]

I have a base

Like i said

It's a rescue mission

The base has drills so might aswell refuel the plane

[gusty lance]

doing a targeted landing is sorta difficult as well, but if you bring wings you can glide pretty far

[silver cloud]

Yeah no shit. It's a plane

[gusty lance]

but those wings are useless for getting off of eve

single stage to orbit from eve is nearly impossible. propellers might be your best bet

[silver cloud]

But I'm broke so i got no dlc

[north egret]

Mods?

[jade mango]

wher ore?

average 1.54, max ~1.8

(%)

it has exotic minerals, clay and other fancy things

except something that can be turned into lox/lh

[stuck wasp]

I have no idea whats up with your low ore content. 1.8 is excessively low, that has to be purposeful.

if this is a custom planet it would explain it maybe? Id check the mod maker's wiki. If it's a stock planet then id try the stock scanner as well and see if that gives different results

1.8 is very low

thats like, the percentage the game uses to designate low resource areas. The small drill wont work in places with 1.8 I believe as a result.

[silver cloud]

How do I get full probe control without direct connection with kerbin or a full relay network

[frail mist]

You don't

You need either a pilot kerbal onboard, or comms connection

Or you can go into the difficulty settings and turn off commnet entirely

[silver cloud]

okay thanks

I guess I need to make a lunar relay network

[modern mortar]

So, Im trying to connect my orbiter to my lander, but I dont want this fairing to connect them together and instead want these lines to. What do I do?

[tame stump]

Right click the engine and uncheck fairing

[modern mortar]

Tysm

idk why it's called shroud but thx

[modern mortar]

how do I get out of the kerbal's view

[karmic stag]

C

[modern mortar]

ty

[karmic stag]

shroud: a thing that envelops or obscures something

[modern mortar]

So, is there any reason my rocket just stopped reacting to movement even after i tried RCS

Like I cant turn it or do anything

I cant even throttle

and I also tried turning off SAS

[tame stump]

Do you have full conection

[modern mortar]

like to the internet?

[tame stump]

No to the KSC

Is it a probe

[modern mortar]

well I have 2 kerbals

that are flying this thing

[tame stump]

Are they in a command pod

[modern mortar]

Yes

[tame stump]

Ok and are you in docking mode

[modern mortar]

I dont think so?

what's docking mode?

well...

ohhh

no im not

[waxen comet]

you've cut all the things that might tell us why out of the picture, show the full UI

[modern mortar]

k

NOPE NEVERMIND

ITS WORKING!

[modern mortar]

ty i was in docking mode

[modern mortar]

please someone tell me

a fairing thingy acts like a decoupler

[tame stump]

Have you tried going into the tracking station then switching back to the craft

[modern mortar]

This fairing thing cant split apart from my engine?

[modern mortar]

I just try

[tame stump]

nope you need a decoupler of some kind

[plain berry]

Any ideas why my rocket continues to flip over? Already looked for centers of drag, mass, etc. Biggest pieces at the back, getting smaller at the top. Fins at the bottom, control surfaces to help guide. 1.52 TWR. 4 SRBs and 1 Gimbal Liquid. Problem steering occurs immediately after liftoff.

Seems like the control point of the main stage was set to reverse, making the navball seems upside down. I've flipped it now so I'll see if it works

[modern mortar]

NOOoo

[tame stump]

you need fins at the bottom

[azure crescent]

too tall
make multiple launch

[tame stump]

as it will help force the craft in one direction

[plain berry]

There are fins. Made it to space anyways after changing control point.

[sick bridge]

why can i not see my apoapsis height? i want to stop spending fuel once it gets to 75k, but got no way of knowing when that is

[tropic shuttle]

Are you in carrer?

[sick bridge]

yes

is it locked behind something?

[tropic shuttle]

You have to upgrade your tracking station. But if you are a new player i recommend to play science mode

[sick bridge]

alright, until i upgrade it, got any suggestion on when i should stop?

[tropic shuttle]

You should see the high by clicking on the purple symbol in flight

Under left edge

[sick bridge]

purple symbol?

oh, maneuver mode?

[tropic shuttle]

yes

[sick bridge]

i got it! ty first orbit 😄

[stuck wasp]

any probe core on this page: https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Probe_Control_Point when put on a ship that also has a kerbal pilot and a connection to the vehicle you want to pilot; can control that vehicle without a connection to the KSC

in other words: make a station, put one of those parts on it, put it in orbit wherever your remote control vehicle is and now you dont need to be connected to the KSC

[silver cloud]

Does the station have to be manned

I guess so

Well I'm gonna send valentina bc she is the worst kerbal I have

[waxen comet]

the command module you are using to control the thing tells you the minimum crew you need to operate it as such

also only the RC-LO1 is capable of operating over a relay

[dire plume]

is there any version of ksrss/ssrss/whatever on ckan for modern versions? cant seem to find one barring ssrss, which isn't downloadable

[tropic shuttle]

not on ckan, but on gitlab

[mellow owl]

You dont need relays for the mun, just stick on an HG5 and youre good

[spiral plover]

which science thing should i buy? im in science mode if that affects this in any way

[karmic stag]

you can click "maneuver mode" in the bottom left, below the staging, to see your apoapsis. just note that its not as precise at higher altitudes since it gets rounded

oh, someone already told you

'grats on the orbit

[silver cloud]

Electronics

[silver cloud]

No but i want my rover to be able to land everywhere and not limited to the one side that does have access and the other that doesn't

[mellow owl]

a relay also won't let you connect 100% of the time unless you have a big network of them

[silver cloud]

Also how do u want me to fit a hg5 on a small a** rover

[mellow owl]

are you using the rovemate?

[silver cloud]

Wait let me send a pic

[mellow owl]

my man thats not a small rover

[silver cloud]

Yeah but the hg5 is bigger

[mellow owl]

you have a satellite dish on the top

[silver cloud]

Yeah

[mellow owl]

thats not smaller than a HG5

[silver cloud]

No it is

That's a mere relay dish

[mellow owl]

it most definitely isnt

[silver cloud]

Okay let me put the hg5 on top

Ugly as hell

[mellow owl]

wait

where i cant see it

[silver cloud]

Can you stop playing around

[mellow owl]

oh its that small knob

wdym its big, its nowhere near the size of the relay you have

[silver cloud]

The back brother

[mellow owl]

thats not a hg5

[silver cloud]

That thing is large enough to fill up the space on your wide ah forehead

It is

[mellow owl]

no thats a hg55

[silver cloud]

It is

[mellow owl]

...

it clearly says "HG-55" not "HG-5"

[silver cloud]

What the hell did you think i ment then

[silver cloud]

Oh

Oops

[mellow owl]

...

[silver cloud]

[balmy sapphire]

average /r/ksp discord problem, ppl cannot read lmao

[silver cloud]

Average reddit user reaction

[mellow owl]

me: "hg5 is not big"
him: "yes it is" *proceeds to show hg55
me: "thats a hg55 not hg5"
him: "That thing is large enough to fill up the space on your wide ah forehead"

[silver cloud]

I didn't remember the hg5 beeing called that way

I tought it was just short range relay

[mellow owl]

thats your own fault

[silver cloud]

K sorry

[brave ingot]

does the weather analyser give science points on planets without an atmosphere?

[tropic shuttle]

No

[brave ingot]

Will the 1084 DeltaV be enough for me to land on Minmus, take off and make a small orbit and return to Kerbin?

[tropic shuttle]

From low kerbin orbit?

[brave ingot]

No, I've already made a manoeuvre to enter the Minmus' gravitational force

[tropic shuttle]

So next is the capture

[spice field]

how do i find the "time for periapsis passage" of an orbit

[tropic shuttle]

So if you have to do the capture you could do it in 800dv

[tropic shuttle]

The purple Symbol in the left under edge

[brave ingot]

I've changed my mind, I want to land straight away and possibly go straight back to kerbin, if not will I have enough DeltaV to make a small orbit (on takeoff) and a return to kerbin?

[spice field]

?

[tropic shuttle]

T -13

[spice field]

sorry if i am being blind and i dont see lmao

[spice field]

ah ok, but doesnt that change every second and i swear time to periapsis passage is a constant for an orbit?

[tropic shuttle]

Go in a orbit. You don't really save delta v

[brave ingot]

ok

[tropic shuttle]

Are you in timewarp

[spice field]

no, the T-13m, 49s is the time left till u cross periapsis again, and as time goes on, the rocket gets closer to periaps?

or am i worng

[tropic shuttle]

Yes you will be in 13 min at your periapsis

[spice field]

hm ok thx

[tropic shuttle]

And the time counts down

[spice field]

i thought time of periapsis would bbe a constant just like anything else(i.e. LAN, eccentricity, ARG pe, etc.)

[tropic shuttle]

No. You periapsis is constant but you rockets moves around you orbit and pass allways once in a period the ap and pe

[spice field]

yh but the time of periapsis passage seems to not be a constant?

[tropic shuttle]

Yes because you rocket moves

[spice field]

for context i am tryna fill in this criteria, and it said kerbal date, so i was a bit confused

[spice field]

so am i supposed to enter the time at which i will pass periapsis

[tropic shuttle]

Lets say you are in 01,01,01,00,00 and periapsis is ib T -13:49 then enter 01,01,01,13,49

[spice field]

ah ok thanks!

[brave ingot]

are there any contracts for making moonwalkers in the quarry? (I have dlc breaking ground, don't know if that affects contracts or not)

[frail mist]

-dvmap

[fickle bloom]

https://i.imgur.com/yO0bQax.png
(Consider saving this image on your device)

[frail mist]

Add up the numbers, if you have less delta-v than required then no

[gusty lance]

make sure you're measuring dv in vacuum mode though

[frail mist]

Note that you can use aerobraking to enter Duna orbit and decelerate almost to landing velocity, and also on returning to Kerbin.

[brave ingot]

What I need to do to get contracts to explore planets beyond Kerbin (e.g. Dune), I've already bought the 'super heavy rocket science' technology.

I'm playing career mode

[tropic shuttle]

land on mun and minmus and return

[brave ingot]

I have done this at least 3 times now, but still no contract for dune

[tropic shuttle]

can you show your contract list

[brave ingot]

You won't understand anything, I have a different language there

or do you want the number of contracts available now?

[tropic shuttle]

the important contracts have a ow symboyl

[brave ingot]

which

[tropic shuttle]

like that

[brave ingot]

you mean this picture?

more precisely the company

[tropic shuttle]

yes

[brave ingot]

I have a contract there to dock two ships in Minmus orbit, do I need to launch two ships or will there already be one ship in Minmus orbit?

[tropic shuttle]

you have to launch 2

[brave ingot]

I only get 120,000 in total rewards for this assignment 💀

[waxen comet]

they also have to be separate launches, no launching one and splitting it in two in orbit

[brave ingot]

what makes the SENTINEL Infrared Telescope

[sick bridge]

meet terrier engine:
so, it's calculating my dV based on the 85 ISP (atmosphere) how do I tell him that this is going to be used in space and that is therefore not the correct dV?

[frail mist]

At the bottom of the screen, in the DV tab (delta-V), select Vacuum

[lethal summit]

Does anyone know why I keep getting this error?

I'm trying to get parallax, but no matter what I do, this happens

[gusty lance]

not sure, but try right-clicking on that mod and doing "purge from cache"

[lethal summit]

I'm making a plane rn, as soon as I'm done I'll give that a shot

I've been wanting to have Parallax since Parallax 2 was announced

But I could never figure it out

[silver cloud]

Why can't I use the survey scanner. I met all the requirments

I have a inclination of 90

[mellow owl]

are you in an orbit between 25km and 1000km?

[silver cloud]

yes

[silver cloud]

look in the bottom left

[stuck wasp]

I dont know how to tell you this but you should get your eyes checked. you are not within 25 to 1000 km

your screenshot even says so

that reads 22.2(AKA 22,2) km and 14.8 (14,8)

[silver cloud]

25-1km

that's the range

[stuck wasp]

no......

[silver cloud]

oh

oh so like a max orbit difference of 1km

so like 25 - 24

[stuck wasp]

"between 25 and 1000"*

[silver cloud]

oh

[stuck wasp]

sorry, 1000. not 100

[silver cloud]

i tought it was in meters

L

[stuck wasp]

no, it says km. km is 1000m

[silver cloud]

ik

well guess i'm back to the quicksave

[tawdry cape]

Is the DV to get to tylo on the DV map from the sea level or from the vaccum?

Image is to clarify because idk how else to say it.

[mellow owl]

why can't i see my trajectory after tylo?

[tropic shuttle]

Vaccum

[tawdry cape]

aight then i have enough

almost 10K DV

[tropic shuttle]

Keep a eye on your twr

[spiral plover]

put the ''conic patch limit'' setting to the max to see further

what does ''deploy shielded'' do?

[mellow owl]

why is the encounter stuff constantly flickering around

[lavish osprey]

In kOS, how do you solve for heading when flying over a planet?

[gusty lance]

a really simple way is to get the geoposition (lat/long coords) of a point in the direction you're interested in, then that has a :heading suffix

[gritty frigate]

Now it is 2x as hard to autostrut

[brave ingot]

Why don't they connect?

[balmy sapphire]

the docking port looks like attached the wrong way 🤔

[waxen comet]

the one on the left craft is, at any rate

[brave ingot]

i

hate

this

fucking

shit

[brave ingot]

is that the problem?

[vestal trout]

ye

and you dont really need that much power

[waxen comet]

that is very much on backwards

[azure crescent]

are there any mods for seeing the trajectory after multiple gravity assist?

[mellow owl]

Idk

[tropic shuttle]

You can set the conic nodes in the settings higher

[azure crescent]

where can I set it?

[tropic shuttle]

Normal ingame settings, should be a slider, in default 2

[azure crescent]

thx

[tropic shuttle]

But not more can make you game more laggy and later trajectories are not allways accurate

[azure crescent]

60fps is fine for me