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Kerbal Space Program
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Data4
Arcane
KAS is apparently mostly compatible. I needed it for the pipes for my planned refueling stations. No one in the thread has reported any issues yet. KospY is updating it, but it sounds like it's going to be mainly cosmetic, plus trimming stuff that KIS makes redundant. Likely a recompile of the plugin files, too. Speaking of which, there is a recompile in the thread, but it's not "official".
Drax
Arcane
Btw, since we are talking KAS. Is there any way (other than kas ofc) of linking 2 ships/stations landed in say, the mun that doesn't involve docking?
I remember KAS had a lot of ways of building a multi-vessel station, is there something like that in KIS?
I remember KAS had a lot of ways of building a multi-vessel station, is there something like that in KIS?
Data4
Arcane
Well, it's a hefty download for just one part, but the MKS/OKS colony plugin by Roverdude has a set of module connecting tubes that behave like docking ports. They're a colossal PITA to connect, and I just use his other tubes that act like KAS pipes, but are bigger. Needs KAS to work, tho.
Drax
Arcane
Right, RD's mods. I may try them out finally.
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Active Texture Manager won't help if you have many mods
I've actually switched to playing KSP on linux to get around the 32bit limitation. The mandatory section misses something really important - "Temperature Gauge Killer". That little thing is terribly buggy at the moment, apparently leaking memory, so this plugin disables it.
Another useful thing would be CKAN - it's basically a mod manager. Not everything is in it yet, but most modders are quick to put it in there if people poke them on the forums.
Of other listed mods, RemoteTech is super awesome. TAC LifeSupport is actually way too complicated imo. I switched to using USI-LS, a rather simple system by RoverDude (who wrote current resource system and tons of cool mods). In USI-LS Kerbals don't die from hunger, they just refuse to work. That's fun enough balance of difficulty and good times to me.
Data4
Arcane
I prefer TAC as well, but I wish there were more options for in situ food production. The only greenhouses available are way too bulky for relatively little return. You would think that far off bases or colonies would have their own food production, but as it stands, I still need to send food out to laythe to maintain my outpost.
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USI-LS has small greenhouses which work mostly as recyclers for waste. There is already a US wedge for it, and I'm pretty sure RoverDude will support it fully for his colonization mods.
Data4
Arcane
Not really interested in USI-LS. Other than the lack of closed loop food production, I prefer the real danger of killing kerbals that TAC presents.
EDIT: Aha! http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/121185-TACLS-Mining-(addon-to-TAC-LS)
EDIT: Aha! http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/121185-TACLS-Mining-(addon-to-TAC-LS)
Kerbin->Duna is just like kerbin->minmus. Just need a little more DeltaV (not as much as you might think) and a lot more time.
Burn until you reach kerbin escape velocity, warp until you orbit the sun, align planes with duna, hohmann transfer. If you have kerbal alarm clock installed, you can use it to warp until the transfer window (that is, until Duna is in an appropriate position that you can begin the transfer burn immediately)
Burn until you reach kerbin escape velocity, warp until you orbit the sun, align planes with duna, hohmann transfer. If you have kerbal alarm clock installed, you can use it to warp until the transfer window (that is, until Duna is in an appropriate position that you can begin the transfer burn immediately)
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I sent up a probe for Duna, but the ETA to get there from sun orbit was 252 days, which just doesn't feel right. But perhaps there's not much to be done about it.
Hellraiser
Arcane
Well, a hohmann transfer is the most energy-efficient way to reach a planet a.k.a. the slowest. Now you know why we're not landing men on Mars yet and it always takes so bloody long to get or return from there.
Ashery
Prophet
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If you're dealing with two bodies in circular orbits around the same central body, take the average orbital periods of the two bodies and divide that in half and you've got the time it takes to do a hohmann transfer.
If anything, 252 days seems short to me, but then the planets aren't exactly in circular orbits and you weren't giving the time from LKO.
Data4
Arcane
252 days is just over half a kerbal year, which if you translate to the real world, would be a pretty quick trip to Mars.
Drax
Arcane
No way...
Data4
Arcane
Like a god damned boss. 
The flagpole one would have been hilarious if he slid down to the Super Mario Brothers level ending jingle.
The flagpole one would have been hilarious if he slid down to the Super Mario Brothers level ending jingle.
I really should get back to working on my tutorial LP. BUt work is leaving me too drained to write comprehensible walls of text in my spare time.
Anyway, I made a Sci-car. (Cockpit, goo, material bay, thermometer, barometer, jet engine, wheels) and did a tour of KSC. Got EVA+Crew report+each experiment in each biome. It yielded over 200 science (!!!) with a 100% recovery rate for the vessel. It's a bit tedious, but highly reccomended. Remember to crew with a science kerbal so you can reset matbay and goo. Biomes you can reach in a reasonable time on land:
Landing strip, Spaceplane hangar, Admin building, Flag pole (careful you don't get stuck on it), astronaut training complex, vehicle assembly bay, launch pad, science building, tracking station, KSC general, grasslands, coast, water.
Even when you're only gaining a few units of science per experiment, you can do them in 13 different biomes right next to each other. (Or 12 if you do all the scence on the launchpad as soon as you gain it like I do).
Anyway, I made a Sci-car. (Cockpit, goo, material bay, thermometer, barometer, jet engine, wheels) and did a tour of KSC. Got EVA+Crew report+each experiment in each biome. It yielded over 200 science (!!!) with a 100% recovery rate for the vessel. It's a bit tedious, but highly reccomended. Remember to crew with a science kerbal so you can reset matbay and goo. Biomes you can reach in a reasonable time on land:
Landing strip, Spaceplane hangar, Admin building, Flag pole (careful you don't get stuck on it), astronaut training complex, vehicle assembly bay, launch pad, science building, tracking station, KSC general, grasslands, coast, water.
Even when you're only gaining a few units of science per experiment, you can do them in 13 different biomes right next to each other. (Or 12 if you do all the scence on the launchpad as soon as you gain it like I do).
One of the earliest fairing mods had a really lazy implementation. Fairings had a negative aerodynamic drag value. So if you made a matroska satellite, you could get it into orbit with a tiny rocket. for a lot of the ascent, you would accelerate through the atmosphere withotu any engines on. :3
Hurk
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I think it was way OP previously. I'm actually somewhat struggling to get science now, because I got too used to the old conversion rates.
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