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

[waxen comet]

you will slow down but pass out he other side again. Either go lower or allow yourself a few passes.

[inland void]

ty

[keen sorrel]

Is there a list somewhere with all the achievements that give rewards in campaign?

[tame stump]

how should i adjust the suspension for my rovers to prevent rolling over

do i need to make it harder or softer

[vestal inlet]

is it possible to change altimeter's digit graphics?

[inland void]

[ and ]

shift and ctrl to up and down

r for rcs

[ and ]

@severe tiger

some other guy had the same problem

[analog valve]

the undo keys are not working when I press ctrl + x it's just changing the symmetry

it ignores the ctrl

[vestal inlet]

isn't undo ctrl+z?

[analog valve]

oh

[analog valve]

that's why ops😅

[slender canyon]

What is the general method to rotating mk 2 spaceplane parts sideways? I want to attach them on the sides of my ships but dont know how

[waxen comet]

there's nothing stopping you from radially attaching them

[slender canyon]

they rotate 90 from point of attachment and get out of alignment with the center of mass/thrust

[waxen comet]

show?

[slender canyon]

im not in game anymore

[waxen comet]

you can use WASDQE to rotate parts

[glacial furnace]

anyone know what could be causing this? I did delete a few mods recently

[tropic shuttle]

Verify your files integrity

[analog valve]

is there a way to brake better with rovers on low gravity moons?

cs my rovers can brake badly, even at 200% brakes

[tropic shuttle]

Not really. For moons like minmus i recommend rcs hovercrafts

[analog valve]

oh okay thx

[bronze grotto]

how can I upgrade the lauch pad?

[vestal inlet]

right click it?

[raven arrow]

does deployable science work with time warp?

[tropic shuttle]

so the exoiremnts gain science under timewarp

[raven arrow]

yeah

[brazen mountain]

I believe so yeah

[raven arrow]

ok

ty

[tawdry cape]

How do i change my FOV during flight?

[vestal trout]

alt scroll

[tawdry cape]

thx

[primal wigeon]

the kraken killed my lander while Eva on the mun

is my kerbal still alive?

can I rescue him?

[jade mango]

f3, look for death message

[jade mango]

if he is dead - no
id load save, saves are reliable and good when some weird things happen

if your difficulty is low/custom, he can respawn in astronaut center

never had kraken with kerbals btw

[midnight bane]

Why aren’t my radiators cooling down my ISRU? They’re the kind that can extend and retract, so it’s not an attachment issue

The radiators are only getting to like 7% while the drills and ISRU module are getting up to 100 degrees hotter then what they should be

[primal wigeon]

what happened was EVA and time warping

and then I hear a boom

then my ship is gone

[inland void]

in my 38 hours i never felt a flinch of the kraken

[primal wigeon]

my first time in 16 hours

literally the first time I land on the mun

[jade mango]

uh, send screenshot with context part menus open (menu where you enable them/see resource)

[gusty lance]

this question doesn't make sense

[gusty lance]

which ISRU? How many recipes is it running?

[midnight bane]

Just one

And it’s four of the small retracting radiators

[gusty lance]

which ISRU

[midnight bane]

The big one

[gusty lance]

er 4 small TCS is not enough to run the big ISRU and drills

[midnight bane]

Oh

Well why weren’t they even trying?

I though they would get up to like 99%

[gusty lance]

the ISRU requires 200kW cooling per recipe, each small TCS is 50 kW

[midnight bane]

But they’re only cooling at like 7%

[gusty lance]

I dunno

[midnight bane]

I eventually fixed it by just stealing a medium retracting radiator from a nearby ship

Thanks EVA construction

[ashen summit]

can anyone tell me the rcs controlls pls

[vestal inlet]

it's in the keybinding: #ksp-faq message

[midnight bane]

First enable docking mode. Then it’s ctrl, shift, IJKL

[ashen summit]

ty

[gusty lance]

Er no, docking mode puts the translation controls on wasd. IJKLHN are the translation controls when you’re not in docking mode

[broken junco]

Are reputation and prestige the same thing? I see the 1, 2 or 3 white stars on the contract page and the gold stars on the rewards but unsure what they actually do.

[glacial furnace]

as far as I know reputation is your actual stat value while prestige is just a way to show how rewarding and hard a contract is

could be wrong tho im not sure

[waxen comet]

Sounds about right

[broken junco]

How do the gold stars you get as rewards translate to your stat? Is it like 0.1 per?

[glacial furnace]

i think theyre two completely seperate things unrelated to each other

the ammount of reputation you will get is shown is the contract details

the 1-3 stars are just there to show you if u get small rewards (1 star) for an easy mission or bigger rewards for a harder mission (3 stars)

the 1-3 stars are called "contract significance" if i remember correctly

[broken junco]

Yeah, the symbol on the contract details is a gold/bronze-ish star

[midnight bane]

Sometimes it doesn’t. You need to press space to toggle between LIN and ROT, but IJKL works even in ROT mode

[gusty lance]

right, because those are the dedicated translation keys. docking mode is useless

[snow echo]

My game lags as soon as I release the launch clamps, zero lag before. What could be causing this issue?

I do have a few mods, but it seems to happen regardless of part count, mods, graphics, etc.

I also have FAR

[snow echo]

I deleted FAR and no problems since, I think that was it

[analog valve]

is there a way to merge vessels when if they can't find snap points?

my vessel that I drag after clicking merge has no snap points where they should be

[waxen comet]

Reroot it to a part that does first

[peak girder]

are these mods in development or are they just incomplete? i have noticed a few bugs and a few missing features and textures

[tropic shuttle]

Do you have restock?

[severe tiger]

how do i see my altitude on the mun? (surface level)

[vestal inlet]

altimeter on top of the screen, click on it to switch between sea-level and terrain altitude

[severe tiger]

oh ok

what about the speed when landing? there was like a negative speed in the tutorial

[peak girder]

Yep

[next hinge]

Hi all - I'm sure when I was playing a few years back, connection speed dropped off with range in RemoteTech, but I can't find any information about it now. Does this happen? Is there a formula?

[tropic shuttle]

You have to whitelist the docking ports and srb. So the textures and models get loaded

[analog valve]

how to unlock new launch sites in career mode?

I thought I just can fly to them but it's not working

[peak girder]

I don't know what whitelist means or how to do it

[peak girder]

The difficulty settings, there is an option to enable other launch sites

[analog valve]

oh ok

[analog valve]

Is it possible ingame?

or only before

[peak girder]

In-game, press esc and go into the settings menu. Then click the top button

[tropic shuttle]

Mk2/3 expansion uses the stock moddles which dont gets loaded because restock blockes them. Read the restock faq on the modpage to see how to do that

[analog valve]

ah ok thx

[severe tiger]

Can someone tell me how to use a scanning arm and what rock that can be examined by a scanning arm?

[broken junco]

Change the navball to show surface instead of orbit

[severe tiger]

oh ok

[tropic shuttle]

You can scan different surface features, like rocks. If you don't konw how they looks like you can show them with alt + F12 -> breaking ground

[peak girder]

the ksc screen is blacked out, and when in flight everything is black. what could cause this. i just reinstalled Scatter and spectra

[peak girder]

i timewarped and its now like this

[rugged root]

Does the Kcalbeloh System just add to other star systems to the game? So you can just leave the Kerbol system and fly to the second or third?

[tropic shuttle]

Kcalbelhoh don't change the stock system. Except of the wormhole orbiting jool

[rugged root]

So no launching out of the Kerbol SOI and spending thousands of years traveling?

[tropic shuttle]

You can do both. But still with the wormhole i recommend high isp engines like fro far future technologies

[rugged root]

Alright thanks, I have a bunch of engine mods and nuclear stuff now, so I was just curious as I wanted new ways to use them, thanks

[tropic shuttle]

Nuclear thermal engines (like nerv) are not really efficient enough

[rugged root]

I meant mods like near future technologies and things

unless those are all like the nerv

[tropic shuttle]

Not really

Thought you where talking about kerbal atomic engines

[rugged root]

Lol, that would have to be some huge station

[jolly mantle]

Decrease the traction control, especially on the front tires.

[vestal inlet]

does the relay satellite also need direct antenna to communicate, or is the relay antenna enough?

[tropic shuttle]

Only relays

[vestal inlet]

ah, okay. thanks

[waxen comet]

Relay antennas can do everything direct antennas can

[dire plume]

i'm attempting to make a craft with the MEM's RCS used as a thruster and KAL overclocking (essentially a 2-part to anywhere craft), but i can't seem to get the KAL controller to change the RCS thrust limiter on the MEM (or any RCS block, for that matter)
is there a way to get it to do this?

[azure crescent]

any tips for ore mining in jool system? is solar panel good as power source?
should I bring 4 250-converter? is that too many?

[tropic shuttle]

Around jool rtg have a better mass7ec ratio

Maybe fuel cells are a option

[azure crescent]

sorry whats mass7ec ratio?

mass to electric?

[tropic shuttle]

Yes mass / electric charge per second

[azure crescent]

wow then the environment of Jool system and the inner planets are so different

beyond duna solar panels are less useful

[tropic shuttle]

Because you are mining i would go with the big fuel cells

[azure crescent]

may be I need a oxidizer tank too

since I am planning to use a pure nuclear engine powered craft to do a grand tour

collecting every piece of science haha

[tropic shuttle]

A small tank would be enough. Iir you need 18 ox/h and get 300ec/s

[azure crescent]

https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/images/c/c1/Oscar-B_FT.png

smallest tank

well its not the smallest

the ball-like tank is the smallest

wait there are balls
the d__k rocket is feasible

[spice rover]

I've just rescued my science and scientist from a high orbit around kerbin following failure to return from my first minmus mission but left the empty ship up there. It's tiny but I don't like it being there ha do i have to go take it down manually or does terminating at the tracking station delete it as opposed to simply not tracking it anymore

[inland void]

it destroys the ship

[vestal inlet]

is it better to have high or low peri for capturing?

e.g. i'm trying to capture mun with ion engines

[tropic shuttle]

Yes. A as possible low periapsis

[polar kite]

why cant I use autostrut in my fresh career game? Is it considered a cheat? Or do I have to unlock it?

[dire plume]

do you have the advanced tweakables setting on

[vestal inlet]

what "niche" do nuclear engines fill? are they like somewhere between normal engines and ion ones?

[queen fractal]

Yes. Generally used for interplanetary travel for heavier vessels.(you could do ion but the amount of engines needed for heavy payloads is hilarious)

[dire plume]

they are also great landing engines for smaller bodies

if you can find a way to get landing struts past them

[tropic shuttle]

You unlock it with the normal struts

[azure crescent]

even the big one
nerv is invincible in vacuum

[vestal inlet]

can you prevent magnetometer from constantly retracting?

[dire plume]

tylo

[hushed wave]

what mod adds this

the "loading model asset"

[quasi heart]

is there a way to change exactly how much fuel is in the tank? i can only change it by a set amount with the slider 😦

[vestal trout]

the hashtag symbol in the corner lets you input the exact amount

[balmy sapphire]

Kspburst

[jade mango]

how to change inflight camera offset from origin? scrollwheel button broken so i need some workaround

tried to rebind keys, but didnt find where to change mouse binds

[dire plume]

is there a fast way to delete a lot of debris craft? i might have just put like fifty into orbit in one mission and i'd like to get rid of them to help with loading times and to prevent kessler syndrome

[snow echo]

I want to bring a rover with my tall lander to the mun what is the best way to do this?

[azure crescent]

let me check
mine has 6 nerv
seems ok

[dire plume]

I don’t think that has enough twr
I used a rhino for my tylo lander

[queen fractal]

Impossible. You can't get more than twr of 2.56 on nerv for tylo landing.
If you have nerv +3ton fuel tank and nothing else, that drops to 1.2 twr

[azure crescent]

2500 dv with 1.2 twr

not bad i think

yet i am only filling 2080/4800 fuel
if i fill it full it has 5000dv but only 0.9TWR

[queen fractal]

6 nervs, 2 twitch and 37 tons if I see right.

Sounds about right

[azure crescent]

what is twitch?

[serene cairn]

can you use mechjeb to launch and rendezvous with an orbiting ship around the mun?

[azure crescent]

idk
I do it manually

[queen fractal]

https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/24-77_"Twitch"_Liquid_Fuel_Engine

[serene cairn]

how do you turn lights on EVA kerbal?

[azure crescent]

oh thx, but i dont use engine with oxidizer
the small one is the ore drill

use fuel cell

and i forget the heat panel

this is the revise edition

[eager mulch]

Hello, I was wondering, how do I use physical time warp when in space ? I have a 6min burn and i want to speed it up

[snow echo]

U

[tropic shuttle]

alt + >

[eager mulch]

doesn't work ..

I have AZERTY keyboard

[tropic shuttle]

alt + ;

or alt :

[eager mulch]

Thks it worked

[quasi heart]

is there a way to order the missions in ksb1 career?
i want all the moon missions to be under each other and not on spot 1 and 5 and 10

[serene cairn]

How do I make it so it stops automatically changing from symmetry mode to radial mode (in space hangar, not plane)

[azure crescent]

don't “touch” anything in radial mode
or you can manually install it on two sides

[serene cairn]

thanks

what is a deployed power unit?

[hardy arrow]

How do i control craft with a probe core?

(assuming i have a power supply. and fuel to move around with)

as im trying and its just sits on the launch pad

[balmy sapphire]

need more context

[balmy sapphire]

yes if the target ship isn’t too inclined

[serene cairn]

for the inventory science stuff added in 1.11

[balmy sapphire]

Then it is dedicated inventory science power stuff like solar panel and rtg

Normal solar panel and rtg won’t work btw

[serene cairn]

hmm okay thanks

why is my nature lab not generating science?

also what is the best way to land on a specific target on the mun, minmus, etc?

[distant hemlock]

do more reaction wheel parts make you turn faster

[balmy sapphire]

You need to put normal science point to it, what it does is double them

[balmy sapphire]

Land vertically at low alt

[snow echo]

everytime I use EVA construction to build a rover when I attach the wheels it explodes

why?

[tropic shuttle]

Yes

[serene cairn]

How many rockets are really needed? Like is 4 rockets enough at the first/ascent stage? Or do people do 6? Like for asparagus staging.

[tropic shuttle]

Depends on the delta V you need and the booster size

[serene cairn]

It seems like at a certain point more rockets doesn’t equal more delta v. I’m guessing because the added mass cancels out the added thrust

[tropic shuttle]

check you staging.

[serene cairn]

is mechjeb ascent guidance more efficient than manually getting to LKO?

[spark prism]

yes but not by much

[serene cairn]

Is it better for me to ferry up my poodle engine, or should it be turned on too to help with the ascent? Then that would make my twin boar engines run out of fuel sooner right?

[unborn dust]

Ferry it up, poodle engine is specifically a vacuum engine anyways

[tall acorn]

what's a patched conic

[keen vortex]

Anyone have a good video on how to pilot ships and orbits and stuff? Not to good with Periapsis and Apoapsis stuff like that.

[queen fractal]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patched_conic_approximation

Essentially simplifies orbital physics so that a smaller body is only affected by one larger body at a time. Each celestial object gets their sphere of influence where they are the dominant force.
For the ksp tracking station upgrade, you now get accurate predictiins beyond current soi

[tall acorn]

thx

[dire plume]

anyone know why my station randomly renamed itself to this? ive literally never had any kerbal nor craft with this name

and the station wasn't originally called this either

[tall acorn]

tanlorf 1 ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[severe tiger]

Why's there no MechJeb tab? I've downloaded the MechJeb2 mod

[vestal trout]

are you in career?

[severe tiger]

Sandbox

[severe tiger]

Can someone help me pls?

[azure crescent]

reinstall

[vestal inlet]

did you install it manually or with ckan?

[brazen mountain]

totally depends on which engine and how much fuel you're using, generally as long as your atmo TWR is above ~1.4 you have enough engines, you can absolutely go lower into ~1.2 but then it can take longer to get out of the atmosphere and you get more gravity losses

[brazen mountain]

Thrust and dV have nothing to do with each other
if 1 engine + 1 fuel tank = 2000 m/s dv
10 engines + 1 fuel tank will equal less dv, solely because of the mass of the engines. a lot of newer players mix up dV and TWR

best way to think of dV: if your ship is in orbit, and it is going at 3000 m/s, if you fully burn a stage with 2000 m/s delta v you will be going 5000 m/s at the end of the burn - you will have a change in velocity of 2000 m/s. "Delta V" just stands for "Change in Velocity"

this theoretical situation implies you are in orbit, IE, you aren't constantly having to expend thrust just to hover off the ground. that's why you need more Delta V to get into LKO than your orbital speed, even ignoring the atmosphere (you need vertical speed to get off the ground!)

Thrust-to-Weight is exactly what it sounds like, ratio of thrust to weight, it should be over 1 in any stages launching you off the ground or else you won't be able to fight gravity and get off the pad

[hardy arrow]

Im having an issue where sass is doing the opposite of what i want it to do. Currently the command pod is upside down. Is this the cause?

[dire plume]

did you add the mechjeb part onto your craft (theres a mod that'll remove the need for that part)

[near jewel]

Why does my dV decrease if I stage my fairing early?

I expected the decreased weight will increase my dV

[serene cairn]

I’m guessing increased drag? Does it calculate drag though for delta v? Since drag can depend on angle of attack

[tropic shuttle]

drag gets not calculated

[eager mulch]

pls is it possible to get back a save after oweriting it ?

I haven't closed the game

and haven'tsave the new oine

pls my brother created a new save and by doing so overwrited my old savce

[tropic shuttle]

Have a look in your saves folder if you found something with the right name and which is old enough

[gusty lance]

inside the saves folder is a backups folder; there should be 5 recent saves

[eager mulch]

nope sadly..

[eager mulch]

I don't find it

in th saves file you say

[eager mulch]

it isn't there for me

[gusty lance]

yeah sorry, I mean in the actual save folder

[eager mulch]

only that

and it's all empty

I think I'm back at the begining then...

[queen fractal]

Steam?

You might be able to dig it from steam cloud by force closing steam from task manager before closing the game.
Then starting steam and ksp should get a message from cloud about desync

[shadow thistle]

how do i get a response from this mystery host

im using luna multiplayer

cant make my own server

[balmy sapphire]

Have you actually open the server file(screenshot cmd window if you could, just remember censoring any private info!)

[quasi heart]

my parts wont snap even with presing alt:

whenever I load in a lander to my allready existing ship the snapping is totaly broken,
I can only put it in wiredly on the sides.

this only happens when the parts I want to snap are loaded in crafts, i9s this a know thing? are there workarounds?

[dire plume]

what would be a good visual pack for lower-level PCs (that is compatible with OPM/MPE)? been looking for one to make Eve and Tekto look a bit nicer, but running a radeon x7 350, I'm not entirely sure i could get most of them to run without extreme frame losses. doesn't need to be crazy, just clouds at all is what im looking for.

[azure crescent]

I rmb there is a parallax for opm

[neat dagger]

Parallax + Low-End PC = 💣

[azure crescent]

i am using parallax+scatterer+waterfall

but the game play is quite different with the parallax pv

[serene flint]

does anyone know what part has the biggest speed tolerance ?

[waxen comet]

the deployable landing gears

however, past a point crash tolerance becomes irrelevamt since parts will clip into the ground and explode instead of on impact

[serene flint]

im making an aircraft carrier and wanted to know for a catching mechanism

[hushed wave]

i'm getting an error when loading:

Loading has failed due to an unhandled error

Failure in subsystem : Internal props compilation
Prop: ASET/ASET_Props/Instruments/DigitalIndicator_EmissiveScreen/DigitalIndicator_ALT_WARN_SetupDisplay/DigitalIndicator_ALT_WARN_SetupDisplay

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at PartLoader.ReplaceTextures (UnityEngine.GameObject model, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] textureNames, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] newTextures) [0x000d9] in <106570632fc343a784fad39e75e877bf>:0 
  at PartLoader.CompileModel (UrlDir+UrlConfig cfg, ConfigNode partCfg, System.Single scaleFactor, AvailablePart partInfo) [0x004d4] in <106570632fc343a784fad39e75e877bf>:0 
  at PartLoader.LoadInternalProp (UrlDir+UrlConfig urlConf) [0x00053] in <106570632fc343a784fad39e75e877bf>:0 
  at PartLoader+<CompileInternalProps>d__75.MoveNext () [0x000c3] in <106570632fc343a784fad39e75e877bf>:0 
  at KSPCommunityFixes.Performance.KSPCFFastLoader+<FrameUnlockedCoroutine>d__61.MoveNext () [0x00146] in <03ccbbeac7bb4c62b39732030b27db2c>:0 

[gusty lance]

post your ksp.log?

[hushed wave]

ok

[gusty lance]

k gimme a sec

[hushed wave]

alr thx

[gusty lance]

you're missing some textures in ASET props...are you using the new consolidated version?

huh but you do have the flashlight, so you must be..

[gusty lance]

can you navigate to GameData/ASET/ASET_Props/Instruments/DigitalIndicator_EmissiveScreen and see if SmallLablePlateDiffuse.png is there?

[hushed wave]

ok

it is not there

this is the folder

[gusty lance]

what version does it say in ASET_Props\ASET_Props.version ?

[hushed wave]

2.0.3

[gusty lance]

bizaarre

[hushed wave]

ill try reinstalling it

[gusty lance]

yeah that should work, but those same two files are in multiple places in ASET props and ASET avionics and your'e missing all of them

[hushed wave]

i also deleted the ckan cache just in case

huh it still happens

[gusty lance]

you're installing with ckan?

in ckan, click the "contents" tab for aset props and then "open zip" and see if those textures are there:

but hold on: please paste the error and logs again; are you sure it's complaining about the exact same asset? it's possible there's some other issue too

[hushed wave]

ok so they do exist in the zip

[gusty lance]

dude I have no idea what's going on but it seems like something is deleting everything with "Small" in the name

you're missing the entire ASET_Props\Misc\SmallExtinguisher and SmallLabelPlate directories

and possibly only from the ASET directories..

because there are other files named "Small" that got loaded correclty

[hushed wave]

thats really weird

im just gonna reinstall it all

[gusty lance]

ok it affected freeiva as well:

 5917 [ERR 11:37:47.241] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default' not found!
 5919 [ERR 11:37:47.241] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default_n' not found!
 5928 [ERR 11:37:47.244] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default' not found!
 5932 [ERR 11:37:47.654] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default' not found!
 5934 [ERR 11:37:47.655] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default_n' not found!
 5937 [ERR 11:37:47.655] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default' not found!
 5939 [ERR 11:37:47.656] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default_n' not found!
 5942 [ERR 11:37:47.656] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default' not found!
 5944 [ERR 11:37:47.657] Texture 'FreeIva/Squad/Spaces/smallAdapters_default_n' not found!

[hushed wave]

huh

my file system doesnt like small things

[gusty lance]

and possibly KK:
6042 [ERR 11:37:50.143] Texture 'KerbalKonstructs/FreeStatics/InterplanetaryColonyStatics/ground_boxsmall_tex' not found!

[hushed wave]

very odd

[gusty lance]

wait it's not "small"

it's "all"

 5531 [ERR 11:37:46.839] Texture 'ASET/ASET_Props/Instruments/FlagIndicator/CallBackIndicatorDiffuse' not found!
 6088 [ERR 11:37:50.255] Texture 'MOARdV/Props/InternalHatch_Handle/Internal_Hatch_Metallic' not found!
 6102 [ERR 11:37:50.270] Texture 'MOARdV/Props/Rudder_Pedals/Pedal_Metallic' not found!

yeah reinstall those with ckan and then go and check if the files are there before starting the game

[serene flint]

is there a way to make something that would function as a spring ?

[dire plume]

is there a mod that adds larger docking ports? the parts of my base are too wide for the stock senior ports to look good

actually apparently i was using a modded 1.875 port instead of the 2.5 one so im fine but i'd still like a port that big if it exists

[austere cloak]

Are solar panels worth it at Eeloo

Seems really annoying with how little juice reaches out there

Like, if you're looking for raw juice, the nuke tube gives more electricity than the gigantor out there iirc

[gusty lance]

RestockPlus has a 3.75m docking port

[dire plume]

the larger panels still provide a reasonable amount of EC that far out, but yeah RTGs are more efficient, if really expensive and potentially requiring dozens of extra parts to power, say, multiple Dawn engines

[austere cloak]

But if I'm playing on science mode it should be fine

[serene cairn]

With this build, my SRBs take me to my 70km apoapsis, and my orca (318isp) engine stays off and is used to circularize. Is this bad/inefficient in career mode to save money?

Also is there an easy way to select the maneuver node? I try clicking when I set it up for a Mun encounter, then I focus on the Mun, then the manuever mode de-selects. I try to select it again so I can adjust my periapsis, but it keeps giving me the option to make another maneuver mode instead of clicking the one I just made

[sonic plume]

Does anyone know what is causing this and how to fix it? Fuel bar and burn time shows as red despite having more than twice as much DV as the maneuver requires. Engine is active, control point is set and in the right direction... Not knowing how much time my burn is going to take is making actually hitting this encounter kinda difficult.

[gusty lance]

if you're launching straight up it's bad and inefficient

[serene cairn]

yeah I usually do gravity turns but was just taking a quick screenshot of the craft, hard to screenshot while gravity turning lol

[sonic plume]

gravityturn mod makes that possible.

or mechjeb ascent guidance

[serene cairn]

mechjeb ascent guidance makes my rockets barely do a gravity turn, going full throttled at a very steep angle

[sonic plume]

yeah its kinda complex and takes some tinkering to figure out. though if you rely on SRBs either one will do that, since the ascent profile they compute relies on either the srbs burning out before the throttle down point, or there being no SRBs

[hushed wave]

for some reason when i launch the game, it freezes when loading KK sites. Seemingly they are missing textures. (no the file names don't have "small" in them)
last three log messages:

[LOG 21:35:34.058] KK: [LaunchSiteManager] RegisterLaunchSite: Registering LaunchSite: Minmus Launch Site isHidden: False
[ERR 21:35:34.195] KK: GetBuiltinTexture: AdvTexture: Could not find built-in texture ksp_exterior_terrain_asphalt index: 0

[LOG 21:35:34.196] KK: [LaunchSiteManager] RegisterLaunchSite: Registering LaunchSite: Mun Launch Pad isHidden: False

nothing has happened for around five minutes after the last log message.

[sonic plume]

those missing texture messages are generally harmless

[hushed wave]

so what might be causing the game to die after trying to load a site

[sonic plume]

that i don't know, but I recall from the forum thread reading that those texture messages are expected and harmless because I thought they might be the cause of a problem one time and looked it up

i said generally because it's possible that's the cause and your missing textures are not of the harmless variety

best place to ask is the forum thread i guess, whoever is maintaining it would know

make sure you have any other dependencies for whatever KK sites you're trying to load

[hushed wave]

yeah its weird i didnt add any other mods between when i last closed the game and now

i did place down quite a few statics last time i played, so maybe my laptop just can't handle loading it all

[gusty lance]

post your whole log please

[valid sorrel]

is this normal?

[vestal inlet]

with mods? i think so, yes

[valid sorrel]

yes

thats about right

i have about 7GB of mods so, ye

[vestal inlet]

my ksp with mods is ~16GB, and i get up to 7GB of ram usage

i literally just upgraded the ram so it should run better

up to 10GB now

[valid sorrel]

dayum

[hushed wave]

just tried rerunning, same issue

[gusty lance]

I think the log hasn't caught up to whatever error you saw

but yeah, you're still missing all the textures with "all" in the name

[hushed wave]

bruh

[gusty lance]

and actually entire folders that have "all" in the name

did you do this? #1063973643979341937 message

[hushed wave]

i reinstalled all of them and then deleted and manually reinstalled aset props since that was what was causing the issue earlier

which other mods are missing things

[gusty lance]

did you check to see if those files were there before launching the game

[hushed wave]

i mean it launched fine before i started placing statics everywhere

and yes the aset assets were there

[gusty lance]

ah yes actually I didn't notice, ASET_Props looks fine

but...

what was the actual error you got? because last time it was in aset props

[hushed wave]

i mean theres no error, it just gets stuck on the loading screen

[gusty lance]

aset_avionics, freeiva, moardv, and kerbalkonstructs also look like they were affected

[hushed wave]

and then the macos spinny wheel of death appears

[gusty lance]

can you post the logs again? see if it included more of the end

but yeah, that's the expected behavior when you hit this issue and don't have ksp community fixes installed - except that would tell you exactly which asset has the problem

[hushed wave]

wait so should i relaunch and then put the log here?

[gusty lance]

no, just post the log again

[hushed wave]

ok

the same one?

[gusty lance]

yes.
then:
-reinstall aset avionics, freeiva, moardv, kerbal konstructs, and ksp community fixes and try again

[hushed wave]

ok

ok so

i accidentally deleted all my statics

but now it launches

so ill place a few down, close, and try to open it again

ok it now works

[hushed wave]

quick question—where did you find the errors that point to these mods in the log?

[gusty lance]

filter for lines that start with [err or [exc

not all missing texture lines are fatal, but combined with the previous info it could cause what you're seeing

specifically it's completely normal for OSSNTR to have lots of missing texture errors because they get replaced in a different way. And there are a couple harmless ones in freeiva

[hushed wave]

ok

[balmy sapphire]

is the files with "all" in the name still missing if you install manually? Wonder if it is mac ckan bug....

[hushed wave]

no it works when i install manually

i can make an issue on the ckan repo but the thing is, i dont really know when it happens, yesterday it was files with "small", today it was "all"

unless it was just "all" the entire time

[gusty lance]

yeah I think it was "all" the whole time

[primal wigeon]

can anyone tell me how to import a craft from kerbalX to KSP? (reply ping me)

[tropic shuttle]

download the file and put it in of of the shpis -> vab/sph folder

[primal wigeon]

in game data?

[tropic shuttle]

no. eighter in youir save folder or in ships directly

[primal wigeon]

ok

[spice rover]

do i need to recover my mobile processing unit to get its multiplied science or can i just bring the data to a pod/science storage unit for landing without it?

[vestal trout]

Just transmit it with an antenna

[spice rover]

does that not lose u some

[vestal trout]

Depends on ur connection strength

[spice rover]

gotcha, one HG-55 from LKO should be close enough to 100%?

ive got deltaV for days so i can bring back unit to orbit

[vestal trout]

More than enough

[spice rover]

perfect thanks

[hollow grove]

Does stupidity affect the kerbal im hiring a lot?

same goes for courage

[tropic shuttle]

not in stock

[hollow grove]

dope, also what do you think i should research? i think i might tackle the mun soon

[tropic shuttle]

that is enough for mun/minmus. i personaly would get the fuel duct now

[hollow grove]

what does it do?

nvm i found out

Yall reckon this will get me to the Mun?

[tropic shuttle]

so i use the duct for drop tanks fot my mun lander, so i get a high efficent staging

[hollow grove]

im just trying to complete the flyby mun mission so i dont need to land yet

[tropic shuttle]

for a fly by its more as enough

[hollow grove]

awesome

lmao the skipper engine cant lift it

[tropic shuttle]

how big is your ship!?

[hollow grove]

when going to the mun, should i get in a stable orbit around kerbin first?

[hollow grove]

Big

[tropic shuttle]

yes

[hollow grove]

perfect

bro my lineup is fucking insane

fuck nvm

when going for an orbit around kerbin, can i just set it to fly prograde at orbit?

do you think this orbit (the blue one) is good enough for a mun apporach?

[tropic shuttle]

yes

[hollow grove]

in this image, do i then just burn when i reach my maneuver?

also when do i burn?

[tropic shuttle]

actived the extended burn time indiactor in the settings

[hollow grove]

ok now what?

oh wait

nvm

i burn towards the blue target right?

[gusty lance]

the dark blue one, yes

[hollow grove]

do i burn towards the blue or pink one?

[tropic shuttle]

the dark blue maneuver marker

[hollow grove]

how do i make my orbit the same shape as the red one along the Mun?

[deft haven]

no usable in-range comms devices on this vessel

[vestal inlet]

do science experiments get used up in science mode?

[hollow grove]

if im gonna start expanding satellites and landing on other planets, should i then research rcs stuff or smth else?

[serene cairn]

what number do I put into mechjeb for inclination to get to minmus? 4 or 6?

[hushed wave]

What I do it’s just launch at a 0 degree inclination, then use the maneuver planner to make a hohmann transfer to minmus and set the offset to a very small number

Play around with different numbers until you find one that take you close to but not into minmus

Then burn retrograde at your minmus periapsis to get into a stable orbit

[vestal trout]

6

[midnight bane]

I have a contract for a stranded kerbal rescue, but it doesn’t look the same as the other ones

This one says that they are “having a lot of trouble with their EVA jetpack”

But it’s not in the white text, that’s in the grey text at the top of the briefing

So do they have a working EVA pack anyway, or do I need to actually replace it or precisely meet the rocket to them so they can grab on?

[midnight bane]

You there?

Research that line of tech that starts with a picture of a kerbal in their suit

And then the next one is a picture of a kerbal and a ladder, and the next one is a tripod telescope

That will unlock a lot more ways to get science points, particularly the mobile lab, which can multiply your science points by 5 or more

[hollow grove]

Gm im here now

[midnight bane]

Did you read what I said?

[hollow grove]

yah

[midnight bane]

K good

[hollow grove]

i aint got no science 😭

and im struggling to dock my shit together

[midnight bane]

OH YEAH I remembered a fun tip

For science

So

You know how different biomes act as new areas, so you can do all your experiments again and get the same amount of data each time

[hollow grove]

yah

ive been around ksc if thats ur suggestion

[midnight bane]

Oh ok

Have you done it with your newest experiments?

[hollow grove]

eva science kit?

no

[midnight bane]

Including Eva reports, crew reports, eva experiment kits, and the flagpole?

Yeah do all that

Tho the flagpole is really tiny

So you might not be able to get your science car on it

… you did build a science car right?

Anyway, my question

Is a heat shield necessary for eve? I know it’s highly recommended, but what if I take a SUPER shallow approach where I circularize my orbit to be just above the atmosphere before I decend?

[waxen comet]

On Kerbin, you can get away with it. On Eve, no heat shield means you will die.

[hollow grove]

just did and ive done all experiments at ksc

[midnight bane]

Crap. Can it be a tiny one at least?

I have a convenient spot at the top of my craft where I can remove a large drouge chute and replace it with a 1.25m heat shield, but my craft is about as big as a 14400 fuel tank

… wait what diameter is the inflatable heat shield when retracted?

[waxen comet]

I'm not sure how the aero cone of protction with heatshields works

[midnight bane]

?

[waxen comet]

2.5

[midnight bane]

Crap

Hey wait no it’s fine, it gives me a good opportunity to add a totally new probe

I can replace the drouge chute with a docking port, add a probe in the middle, and add a tiny probe with the heat shield attached on the other end

[waxen comet]

the inflatable heatshield will make craft extremely unstable so you will need a lot of control to keep it straight. My favourite is a long detachable boom with fins on it.

[midnight bane]

Because this is my first eve mission, I don’t have a relay satellite yet

… and it’s my first eve mission ever

[midnight bane]

So like make the craft look like a throwing dart?

[waxen comet]

pretty much

heat shield at the front, fins at the back.

[midnight bane]

Ok you’ve given me a lot to think about

[waxen comet]

note that if you have the heatshield at the bottom and enter retrograde, any fins will need to be set to -100 authority limiter to avoid inverted controls

[midnight bane]

Oh yeah no I’m not using fins

The heat shield is already a stretch, I was 100% planning on just using the engine bells

And yes this is going to be an eve prison. Even with ISRU, 8K DV on eve is insane

But hey they’re paying me $900,000

[hollow grove]

rescue missions require docking right?

[waxen comet]

No, when you get within load range of the other vessel it becomes a normal vessel, and you can EVA them over

unless the contract stipulates that you salvage their vessel as well

[gusty lance]

It just occurred to me that you could use eva construction to add a parachute and sepratron to something in low orbit to recover it…might be easier than designing a ship that can grab it and recover both

[hollow grove]

i cant remember what i have to do to match the speed of the person i have to rescue please help me i really want this done

[balmy sapphire]

just burn when you're very close to the intersect and reduce the speed to zero

[hollow grove]

done, what now?

fuck

[balmy sapphire]

did you do with when ** you're very close to the intersect**?

anyone just burn a little bit to

then the will be above

finally, will drift away after time pass, try keep it above

[hollow grove]

is this better?

[balmy sapphire]

a bit too fast but yes

try keep above

[hollow grove]

yeah but i just burn retrograde when at intersection right?

[balmy sapphire]

yes

[gusty lance]

Yeah, try to aim a little away from retrograde in the direction opposite anti-target. That will “pushy retrograde towards anti-target. When those are aligned, it means you’re moving straight towards the target

[balmy sapphire]

you can fix it like this (burn at yellow point)

[gusty lance]

That also works, but increases the relative speed

[hollow grove]

is this anti target?

[balmy sapphire]

yes

your objective is on top of

[hollow grove]

so the yellow one has to be on top of the pink one?

woops

[balmy sapphire]

yes

[hollow grove]

and do i get that from burning at

[balmy sapphire]

Similar to and , draw a line that touch both and . However this time you select a point at the side of (e.g this yellow point)

[hollow grove]

bro

the one thing that cant happen happened

[balmy sapphire]

rip

[hollow grove]

i can solve it i have rcs

does this look good?

[balmy sapphire]

what's the distance between intersect now

also save first lol

[balmy sapphire]

very noice

now reduce the speed when you're very very close to it (like 30s)

[hollow grove]

so this has to be 30 sec?

[balmy sapphire]

10s if you want to try hard

[hollow grove]

i just want it done 🙂

[balmy sapphire]

the more closer you start at 0s, the better you result, but reaction time exists that you might overshot

[hollow grove]

ill try my best

[balmy sapphire]

that's why I told you to save first lol

[hollow grove]

i did and i cant get it to work

no matter where i burn (target, anti target etc) it doesnt work

[balmy sapphire]

once your speed is zero do the target burn again lol

you reduce speed by burning, not

[hollow grove]

ahhhhhhhhhh

[balmy sapphire]

indicates where your ship going to, indicates where the target at, so on top of means the ship is going directly to the target. That's why we want on top of
is opposite of , aka opposite where your ship is going to, so burning reduce speed lol

[hollow grove]

got it

im really close to my target now

[balmy sapphire]

hope your docking port isn't facing at the wrong side

you're close enough that you can right click target docking port and set as target if you want more precise location

[hollow grove]

my target doesnt have a docking port

is that bad?

[balmy sapphire]

doesn't matter

are you sure ur pod can carry the stranded person

[hollow grove]

im gonna go hang myself

[balmy sapphire]

just let the kerbal hold the pod ladder and wish him luck

[hollow grove]

i dont have chutes either i realized

[balmy sapphire]

kerbal has chute

[hollow grove]

welp there goes almost 2 hours work

[balmy sapphire]

just orbit the pod as close to 70000m as possible, then deorbit kerbal one by one with their eva pack and land with their chute
yes kerbal can survive reentry

[hollow grove]

ok but i gtg

this bullshit can fucking wait

[balmy sapphire]

alright bye

[hollow grove]

god dammit

[eager mulch]

hello, I'm in orbit arround eve with 2660 m/s of dv

I want to go back to kerbin but the manouver tool doesnt want to work...

my orbit is close to equatorial arround eve

I just need my orbital line to enter kerbin atmosphere as I have the “pea” re entry module

[hollow grove]

welp my game is fucked

never getting fucking mods to this shit again

i fixed it

[primal wigeon]

just use ckan lmao

[hollow grove]

what should i research in order to get more science and really start exploring the solar system??

[vestal inlet]

you could try going for lab (in "Advanced Exploration"), and use it to get science from kerbin orbit

[hollow grove]

would that be smart even tho ive done most if not all experiments in kerbin orbit?

[vestal inlet]

lab doesn't depend on science you already got

it just need data from experiments

with lab, on experiment result screen, between store and send buttons, there will be another option "store in lab"

[hollow grove]

im gonna get the lab then, thank you!

[vestal inlet]

you could also try landing on one of the moons and "biome hop", getting from one biome to another to get science from each

[hollow grove]

well, i actually have people on the mun that i gotta go rescue at some point so ill have to build a whole new lander for that, so i might also get those tiny ant engines in a bit

[hollow grove]

what can you use the ant engine for?

[serene cairn]

what's a good TWR for doing vacuum, orbital stuff?

[gusty lance]

I’d suggest 0.5 (Kerbin relative) but you can go even lower

[gusty lance]

Small satellites

[dire plume]

as previously said, very small probes
it has the exact same thrust as the Dawn so once you unlock that the ant becomes essentially useless
although i'd suggest the Spark or Terrier since the Ant is honestly too small for all but the absolute smallest probes

and the terrier has higher efficiency anyway

[hollow grove]

ok, ty

[gusty lance]

I dunno about that, the dawn costs a lot and requires a lot of power to run

[dire plume]

the ISP of the dawn is absolutely insane though
even the smallest tank provides plenty of dv for a lot of missions

[gusty lance]

Yeah but it’s insanely expensive. Which doesn’t matter if you’re not playing career mode

[dire plume]

i always forget cost even exists
you can tell i only play science

[azure crescent]

thats whats national space agency does irl
spend money without looking at the price tag

[dire plume]

what the Making History Size 1.5 Decoupler meant to reference? the wiki doesnt mention it and i dont recognize it from anything the 1.875m tanks are meant to reference

[waxen comet]

that open truss design is a staple of Soviet rockets includin Soyuz, Proton and N1

[vestal trout]

this

and this

[dire plume]

Thanks, didn’t notice that due to the difference in color
I still wonder why the decoupled can be painted bright copper orange though

[vestal trout]

prolly to resemble the vented decoupler on the titan

[dire plume]

apparently the images of the titan I saw didn’t have that or I missed it
thanks, now I know what that completely useless decoupler does

[serene cairn]

Does isp really matter with landers?

[dire plume]

it usually does
as long as you are above about 1.2 you are fine

although most bodies are smaller than kerbin so getting 1 TWR on, say, the mun is pretty easy

[serene cairn]

Like hummingbird/chickadee engines have bad isp, but they are small engines with little mass. ISP is more about efficiency, and a lander doesn’t need to be as efficient because it only burns to land and burns to get back into orbit right? Not like a ship that burns all the time

[dire plume]

wait nvm i thought you said TWR for some reason
but if you are doing a apollo-style mission than no, it doesnt matter
otherwise yes

[gusty lance]

efficiency always "matters" but a light engine with lower ISP can yield better dv than a heavier more efficient engine if the ship is small enough

and engines with really high isp tend to have bad twr, which makes them worse for landers

[serene cairn]

thanks, that makes sense.

I'm gonna send some probes to Eve, one orbital and one lander probe for now. I don't need a full relay system right? Just one relay in orbit, and my lander will just have to wait for it to be overhead to send science back to Kerbin?

It seems hard to get a full 3 satellite relay system

Also, if I put up a space station into orbit, and later research a better solar panel, can I bring it up on a shuttle and have an engineer remove the old one and add the new one?

[azure crescent]

yes, but u may not have full control of the prob when not connected

[azure crescent]

why are there 30 unknown objects but only 1 can be shown?

[gusty lance]

only tracked stuff shows up on the left side

[brazen mountain]

With a lander that's carried around in a mothership, you should prioritize low mass usually

As long as you have enough Delta V to land and ascend you're good

If you're landing on a more demanding location like Tylo or Duna you might care about efficiency more

But if you're landing on a small body like Minmus or Gilly with low dV requirements, you could even get away with using RCS, because the delta V and TWR you need is so low

(though there's also really no point in even bothering to do an Apollo style mission with Minmus)

[hardy arrow]

is it possible to attach girders to each other with eva reepair kits or no?

[dire plume]

you'd use EVA Construction Mode for that

[severe tiger]

visual glitch anyone know how to solve? there is no lights causing this

nv,m

[hardy arrow]

Also, regarding asteroids: can you mind them for fuel infinitely?

[mighty jacinth]

What's the best or most popular time warp mod? I want something that goes faster than base game max warp speed to cut down waiting time for interplanetary transfer windows.
Also something that will ease those "can't warp faster than X under Y altitude" limitations.

[waxen comet]

asteroids have finite mass and finite ore content

[severe tiger]

bettertimewarp

[hardy arrow]

for a pilot craft assembling a spacee station: is it better to use just monopropellant, rcs and puff engines? or to have a mix of monopropellant and fuel and use thud engine? or is it better to just use vernor rcs, thud engines and fuel only

[waxen comet]

why not attach it to the front of the tug and use an actually good engine for the main thruster

if it's really small then you can eschew dedicated engines completely and use RCS thrusters for everything. 1 unit of RCS force = 1kN of thrust, and the four-way blocks have an ISP of 240s.

[hardy arrow]

these would be fairly small parts id be building

Just a min while i get a screenshot

sample part.

this is probably the largest and heaviest part of the craft it would ever need to move.

[waxen comet]

in a big way, the answer depends on how patient you are

[hardy arrow]

Im fairly paitent

especially since slower is better up to a point because my reaction can be a bit slow

the question isnt speed, its how much I actually want to bring up.

Might consider using a dawn engine and rcs. good idea or no?

[waxen comet]

the more patient you are and the slower you are willing to accept manoeuvring, the less tug hardware you need to bring with you to move stuff around.

This is not the optimal role for the ion engine at all

very weak, needs a lot of electrical peripherals and other engines fulfil the main thruster role much better

are you planning on attaching anything to the bottom port or just using the top one

[hardy arrow]

nope

the bottom part would not be used

[waxen comet]

then you may as well use it to mount a proper engine instead of terribad radial thrusters

[hardy arrow]

will do then.

[waxen comet]

In any case, I think you can make the tug a lot smaller. 1.25m core, flywheel or two, few hundred units of monoprop and some LFO and a Terrier engine or even NERV if the maths supports it

[hardy arrow]

ah

Will redesign then

[waxen comet]

I don't have much experience with tugs so this is theoretical, you may want to do some experimentation and testing

and don't forget to set up the actuation toggles on the thrusters to not waste monopropellant turning it if you haven't already

given the hideously imbalanced centre of mass especially with heavier objects, I'm unsure as to how practical lateral translation will be on a tug beyond simply the ability to reverse

[dire plume]

might as well ask: do you have the Vernor RCS engine? its 12x more powerful that the block you are using, and you can use a more efficient LF engine, which makes the tug smaller since you dont need a mono engine because no monopropellant

[hardy arrow]

In my current science game? yes, i think so. not 100% sure

[dire plume]

i always had issues with getting large station parts to rotate for docking and then i remember the vernor exists
now they're almost too controllable

[hardy arrow]

Will use vernor then

[quasi heart]

is there a way to sort the contracts in another order?

[hushed wave]

probably one of the mods i have downloaded makes it so pressing X and shift+X don't change symmetry. Anybody know what it is?

[deft oak]

weird bug, when I save my craft, then take it out. When I go back to the hanger it reverts to the old save, everything else that was changed when I saved it prior stays the same.
Before and After the test flight (Saving prior)
it's small, but you can see, a gap between the fuselage and the Intakes

seems to be that it won't save the intake's position, but saves everything else

[worn elm]

I have a question about the Transfer Windows Planner. If I want to reach Duna or another outer planet, everything is clear. But when I want to reach an inner planet like Eve, I have a problem.

I start into a 100km orbit around Kerbin. With the Transfer Window Planner I calculate the start time. Now I visualize the phase angle. There you can see when I have to start retrograde.

Only if I burn retrograde, I crash in Kerbin . If I burn simply prograde, I come into an orbit around the sun, which lies outside of the orbit of Kerbin. Now I have to burn again 1600 m per second retrograde to get an intersection with eve's orbit. In the end I have used much more delta v than the Transfer Window Planner indicated.

The problem is that at the beginning I first have to escape the soi of Kerbin and I can't brake my trajectory immediately to get an intersection with Eve.

What am I doing wrong? What have I misunderstood?

[azure crescent]

nonono
we don't do that
when u go to inner planets
burn prograde but at the inner planets side
(which the sun is at the right of your craft
when go to outer planet
burn prograde at outer planet side ( the sun is at left

[strong sigil]

how do i make my indicator lights blink? i want them to blink when i yaw/steer my rover and only on the side which i'm steering to (like an indicator light in a regular car). i've been messing around the action groups but i can't seem to get them to blink at all.

[hushed wave]

KAL controller?

[strong sigil]

what's that? EDIT: oh it's from the dlc, i don't have that

[gusty lance]

seems like this does what you want: https://spacedock.info/mod/566/IndicatorLights

[strong sigil]

mmm... i assume this means there's no way to do it in stock ksp?

[gusty lance]

I bet you could with a KAL, but you said you don't have DLC

hmm...maybe there's a way to hook it up to custom axis groups?

[lost sail]

What version is KSRSS compatible with? im using 1.12.1 and t breaks

[tropic shuttle]

Ksrss-reborn works with any 1.12 version

[lost sail]

so must be one of my many part mods then, since i dont have any planet mods except for ksrss

[lost sail]

well, it worked, except scatterer

[lost sail]

scatterer broken on ksrss

[tropic shuttle]

do you have external eve/sacttere configs?

[lost sail]

the ksrss ones

[tropic shuttle]

and do you have the latset scatterer?

[lost sail]

yes

i tried older versions too

[tropic shuttle]

Did you used ckan for scatterer?

[lost sail]

yes

and i tried manual

[gusty lance]

-logs

doh

-logs

[fickle bloom]

Auttaja

How do I get help with an issue in KSP?

https://gist.github.com/JonnyOThan/04c2074b56f78e56d115621effee30f9

Apr 7, 2023, 12:00 PM

[lost sail]

i fixed it, just messed around in scatterer configs and it worked

[severe tiger]

how do i stop rovers drifting while im not using them

[tropic shuttle]

breaks

[severe tiger]

that doestn work

its drifting with the brakes on @tropic shuttle

[tropic shuttle]

what body?

[severe tiger]

mun

[severe tiger]

^

[tropic shuttle]

are you on a slope

[severe tiger]

not really

[tropic shuttle]

try to set your rover in the direction of drifting

[severe tiger]

its still drifting

just slower

but its still not good

[tropic shuttle]

if its under 2m/s your are fine normaly

[severe tiger]

yes but it will drift while im not there

even at 1m/s

for a 1 year mission to like duna

[tropic shuttle]

no. if the craft is not loaded it will not move

[severe tiger]

ok

or ait

i could just winch it to my base

[azure crescent]

can I recover a booster without prob？
I recovered but it does not give me back fund ：(

[hushed wave]

I just installed parallax, and it works fine but the error "your system doesn't support compute shaders" doesn't go away

like clicking the ignore button does nothing

how can i make it disappear

[dire plume]

im having an issue with this particular craft where after landing on the Mun once, it'll start rotating after taking back off
its not an issue with COM or whatever, the reaction wheels and engines are off and i dont have any SAS other than stability assist

modded parts are:
antennas (RemoteTech Relay Antennas or CommNet Antennas Expansion, IDK which)
structural tubing (Structural Tubing Restructured)

shouldnt be them though since im not sure how some tubes and antennas would cause rotation in a particular direction

[primal wigeon]

hey @tropic shuttle

So

I did it

launched a couple containers

and a convert o tron

and hooked it up

and it didn’t work

idfk what to do anymore

I’m about to deorbit the entire fuckin station with 20 kerbals on board

[serene cairn]

does Eve the planet have wind? My small probe just flips over so fast when I land

[dire plume]

KSP doesn't have wind as a whole

[serene cairn]

hmm weird, it looks like it's being buffeted by the wind, with SAS or no SAS on

[dire plume]

mine's having a weird rotation issue as well

lithobroke it on the mun and it was able to just keep spinning forever

[dire plume]

figured out what it was in my case, i accidentally sent a trim on the yaw axis
Alt + X gets rid of it

[pearl cove]

Can I have that gravity assist diagram

[dire plume]

-gravityassist

uh

-gravassist

[fickle bloom]

https://i.imgur.com/uQUQUDK.png

[dire plume]

here you go

[pearl cove]

Thx

[tropic shuttle]

Did what?

[balmy sapphire]

^
you're being too vague.
what's the container? (e.g part name?)
what things are inside the container?
hook what to the converter?
how did you hook it?
do you have electricity?
What's the status/error in the converter?

[primal wigeon]

the thing with the sift o tron yesterday that you told me to launch containers and it would work

[balmy sapphire]

better answer these question to him lol ^

[primal wigeon]

ok so I have an orbital station with a Sift-O-Tron 250 3 Logistics modules(empty) and a convert o tron 250 all connected with clamp o tron docking port sr

[balmy sapphire]

what's the container part name?

[primal wigeon]

have radiators nuclear reactor and titan solar panels with sufficient cooling

[primal wigeon]

ummm

I can’t get on ksp rn but uh

[balmy sapphire]

what did converter say on its status?

[primal wigeon]

it’s called logistics module

[primal wigeon]

harvesting

[tropic shuttle]

do the container support the intaked resoucrses

[primal wigeon]

but it wasn’t harvesting anything

[primal wigeon]

it doesn’t show any resources being taken in

[tropic shuttle]

do your container could take the resources

[balmy sapphire]

or in other word, does the container can store the resource

[primal wigeon]

I set them as ore… but I didn’t see an option to store hydrogen

Which is what my scanner is detecting

[balmy sapphire]

then you should add one that can store hydrogen

[primal wigeon]

so a empty hydrogen fuel tank?

[balmy sapphire]

yes

[primal wigeon]

ok

[balmy sapphire]

be sure it really can store hydrogen even the part name say it is a hydrogen fuel tank

[primal wigeon]

let me try later

ok

[balmy sapphire]

and I don't know if there are different type of hydrogen lol

[primal wigeon]

I have the fuel tank switcher that you can change the contents so I should be fine

[balmy sapphire]

like gas hydrogen and liquid hydrogen

[primal wigeon]

yeah that’s why I put up a convert O tron just to be safe

[balmy sapphire]

check whether the sift harvester output gas or liquid when u able to get on ksp, then add a container that can store that resource (tank that can store liquid hydrogen cannot store gas hydrogen, vice versa)

[primal wigeon]

so I do remember when I click start harvesting the Sift o tron shows **Harvesting: **

but nothing after

[serene cairn]

what's the appeal of ion thrusters? It seems like they'd only be good for relay satellites or very small science satellites

[unborn gust]

Help! Every icon on my flight menu has turned small! I use ui scale 120%

[unborn gust]

Super effiecent, allows you to make small probes interplanetary and uses very little xenon gas, and is great for (very small) burns

[serene cairn]

right, but it seems like their TWR is so bad that I can't really do anything useful with them. SCANSat parts are pretty big/heavy, so all I can really use them for is for temp/baro/grav. Can't ferry a probe lander to another location (aside from the Nyx ion thruster which I do love, idk what mod it's from)

[unborn gust]

You can stack alot of engines on engine plates or just on fuel tanks

to allow your TWR to be higher

[primal wigeon]

run into this

only solution I’ve found is to restart the game

[azure crescent]

why are my landing legs be broken even with no crash damage on?

[tame stump]

Go to main menu then go to settings press apply and it will reset

I get that bug all the time

[primal wigeon]

ok so I did

put up some fuel tanks

set to liquid hydrogen

still harvesting nothing

[serene cairn]

What’s so good about orbital construction, when I can just make a giant ass asparagus staged rocket to get it up to orbit all at once?

[balmy sapphire]

Career mode 😎

[dire plume]

lag usually
fuel crossfeed is insanely unoptimized so asparagus staging with stupid large rockets will likely make your game unplayable

also designing a launch vehicle that large might be very difficult because it may not fit in the VAB

or fit in a fairing

[gusty lance]

In ksp1 it’s fine. It’s only stupid broken in ksp2

[jaunty apex]

Hi, just popped into the game again after a long break so I forgot quite a few things, is there a component such as an adapter or connector which allows something like a structural fuselage to spin clockwise or counterclockwise?

[tropic shuttle]

There are radial adapters. If that is what you mean

[jaunty apex]

Is there a radial adapter that can rotate? I want to build 2 structural fuselage arms on my ship that can rotate radially, is there something like that in the base game?

i hope that illustration gets my point across better; something that lets this arm rotate in radial directions

[unborn gust]

I DID THAT.
Doesnt work.

[tame stump]

sorry then cos thats how my version of the bug gets fixed

[tropic shuttle]

you can use the rotation tool. press 3

[jaunty apex]

No, that's not what I mean... I mean a component that allows for the structural fuselage arm to actively rotate radially when in flight

[tropic shuttle]

with the breaking ground dlc (or mods) you get rpbotics

[gusty lance]

Docking ports can also be rotated when docked, but I think the angles are kind of limited. If you’re trying to build a centrifuge then you’d want robotics from breaking ground (or there are several mods that have them)

[dire plume]

unless you are fine with like eight docking ports

[serene cairn]

why does my smaller probe have limited control?

it has electricity, and the bigger probe is connected to Kerbin, with relay and antenna

[tropic shuttle]

isent that at the pig probe a direct antenna

[serene cairn]

sorryb dont understand

[tropic shuttle]

iirc the antenna from your main probe is a direct one, not a relay

[serene cairn]

I have two relays and one antenna, two relays are below the top big antenna

no relays on the smaller probe, just the commutron

[tropic shuttle]

if the realys (alone) cant reach kerbin the probe dont works as a relay

[serene cairn]

how can you tell if the relays can reach kerbin or not? I'm at Duna, seems like they should be strong engouh

[tropic shuttle]

I think when you right click the antenna somewhere

[obtuse inlet]

How to unlock the maneuveurs nodes in career mode ?
and how to unlock the different directions in career (except prograde and retrograde) ?

[tropic shuttle]

Training station and mission control 2

[obtuse inlet]

ok thank you

[gusty lance]

Tracking station specifically.

[spiral hazel]

How do I keep shuttles from burning up on reentry?

[tall acorn]

heatshields

[tropic shuttle]

A flatter reemtry angle

What is your reentry periapsis/apoapsis

[queen fractal]

Ap at or below 100km or so, pe at 25-35km. Bleed off speed at 30km+ until you're under 1.2-1.5km/s.
For bleeding speed:
Hold 20-30 degree aoa. Rolling to the side or in extreme cases upside down let's you control rate of descent. Ideally you'll alternate which sides you're rolling on to not deviate too much from your target landing site

[tropic shuttle]

blow 30km is very low for shuttle

[queen fractal]

You can have pe below 30km. As long as you bleed the speed off before you get that low

[tropic shuttle]

its still a very hot reentry

[queen fractal]

25 is what I've been doing for a while. But I do hold agressive pitch up for the entire descent and end up lifting pe up to 34km or so...

[primal wigeon]

can someone tell me if I could even move in a vacuum with an fft engine 3.6Kn of thrust with 800 ton craft

[tropic shuttle]

yes. any thrust gives you a movement

[primal wigeon]

ok

in the VAB it gives me a TWR of 0.00

is that a bug

I have delta v stats set to vacuum

[tropic shuttle]

but what engine are you using? the samllest has 12kn

[primal wigeon]

go to filter by resource

[tropic shuttle]

its below 0.005 then

[primal wigeon]

ok is that bad

maybe I should add 4 more

[gusty lance]

800 tons on 3.6kN thrust is 0.00046 twr (kerbin-relative anyway)

[primal wigeon]

well fuck

anyone got any better engine suggestions

[tropic shuttle]

but what engine are yopu using

[gusty lance]

something with more thrust?

[primal wigeon]

cant get on KSP

[tropic shuttle]

fission or fusion?

[primal wigeon]

pretty sure from Far future

if you can send a screenshot of engines from fft I can tell you

[tropic shuttle]

do that

https://imgur.com/a/e4pQloE

[primal wigeon]

Verne

X-20

@tropic shuttle

[tropic shuttle]

it has 640kn

[primal wigeon]

huh

that’s weird

[tropic shuttle]

nearly 200times more

[primal wigeon]

that’s weird

in ksp was showing 0.00 TWR

still

[tropic shuttle]

dont trust the stock readout. use ker or mechjeb

[primal wigeon]

how to get delta v stats on mechjeb?

I have mechjeb

[tropic shuttle]

click on the mech jeb sysmbol in your toolbar (vab) then in the top at delta V stats

[primal wigeon]

ok

I could cut down on mass tho

maybe not 2 massive centrifuges

[tropic shuttle]

for how much dv do you aim?

[primal wigeon]

idk

30k around

in orbit fully constructed

[tropic shuttle]

is it allready in orbit?

[primal wigeon]

I’m planning it out in VAB so I can copy paste modules onto my heavy lift rocket

[tropic shuttle]

if you launch the rocket dry i bet you can launch it in one part

[primal wigeon]

I don’t think so

it’s kind of

uh

massive

it’s as big as the VAB

[tropic shuttle]

but i recoomend the emporium patch for FFT. qol and isp boost (actually more realistic)

[primal wigeon]

CKAN?

[tropic shuttle]

i mean i launched that in one part

[primal wigeon]

huh!?

[tropic shuttle]

no. GU-discord. should i dm it

[primal wigeon]

mines bigger

[primal wigeon]

sure

well not bigger

wider

it has things branching out all over

looks more like a station

is that a frisbee

[tropic shuttle]

no, cascade, very based fusoin engine

[primal wigeon]

I like Verne

everything else too fat

yeah can you dm it

[tropic shuttle]

asimov

[primal wigeon]

and some instructions to install

[tropic shuttle]

allready done

[primal wigeon]

no thrust

oh ok lemme check requests

[tropic shuttle]

300kn is more as enough

[primal wigeon]

Asimov which one again? Lemme look

says thrust is piddly

[tropic shuttle]

you got 300kn, but is more efficent as vern (2 times) and mainly use Lh2 as fuel

[primal wigeon]

oh

[unborn gust]

what caused this?

[tropic shuttle]

That is the aerodynamics averly. Press F12

[tawdry cape]

what class of asteroid is this?

[tame stump]

Check in the tracking station

It should tell you

[tawdry cape]

i'm mining it

[hushed wave]

how do i make my shadows look better?

also scatter objects have really weird flickering shadows when zoomed out

[gusty lance]

Do you have physics range extender? That might be causing it

[hushed wave]

nope

im pretty sure i fixed it, just had my graphics settings really low

[primal wigeon]

regarding heat loops

I kinda have 64MW of heat

on my craft in the SPH

I have enough cooling installed

but how would I arrange the loops

because you can’t have all that on one loop? am I correct?

[tropic shuttle]

you can have all at one loop.

[primal wigeon]

I can?

[tropic shuttle]

loops are if you want to have mulitple heat loops. like a engine + rads and a reactor + rads

[primal wigeon]

it’s 4 X-20 engines a Hermes fission reactor

and some other stuff

like a whirligig reprocessing machine and convert o tron 250

[balmy sapphire]

but isn't the radiator only cool down to highest max temp's part
so if you have a loop. It includes a converter that has max temp of 600, a reactor with max temp of 1200, the converter will stay at 1200?
dunno if something gonna happen if that happened

[primal wigeon]

so I have to do sep loops for each engine reactor and converter and shit?

[balmy sapphire]

I think it is unnecessary unless reactor goes over their max temp (higher temp = lower life)

[primal wigeon]

ok

[valid isle]

can please someone point out the negatives in my rocket i made? it is for delivering another rover on mun

[tropic shuttle]

what upper stage engines are you using?

[valid isle]

terrier

3 terriers

[tropic shuttle]

2 are most likly enough. even one should work

[valid isle]

m

i am using two for twr be bigger than 1

[tropic shuttle]

in orbit you dont need a twr of 1

[valid isle]

...

well

usually rockets with twr less than 1 ended up falling down'

or is it only mine???

[tropic shuttle]

you need a twr of >1 to higher your apapsis while not being pulled of the gravity down

[valid isle]

yeah

that's the part where everything falls down

[tropic shuttle]

but onece in orbit you have 0G

[valid isle]

lol i am going to land where i previously landed

aah yes

i forgot landing legs again

i did it

[tawdry cape]

what is the altitude for a geostationary orbit around minmus?

[gusty lance]

the ksp wiki has this info

[tropic shuttle]

Isn't minmus onr of the only moons with a stationary orbit?

[mighty jacinth]

Want to make sure I get this completely - the above means that if I land this on ground or water at less than 14m/s speed it will be fine, right?

[queen fractal]

Yes

[midnight bane]

Make sure it’s CLOSED. The stuff inside might not be that strong and could break when you land.

[mighty jacinth]

Thanks guys, I'm so tired of long 20 minute missions ending with important stuff exploding on a 5.2 m/s water touchdown for no reason

Hopefully having stuff in this service bay with a parachute that can slow it down to 6 m/s descent will get rid of that issue forever

[midnight bane]

Namely your probe core, assuming that that’s what you’re using this for

[midnight bane]

Wait wait wait. I’m pretty sure the chute has to be on the OUTSIDE of the service bay to work

Unless you open the doors, but that will make the insides vulnerable to water

[mighty jacinth]

It is, no worries

[midnight bane]

Good good

Ok

Super random question