Kerbal Space Program

[potatojohn]

Is this really necessary? If you want combat you can play one of the other 99.999% of games

 

[Drax]

Eh, it's a mod.
Haven't tried that BD mod that adds weaponry, AI piloting, real-time dogfighting.
Could be fun to try to build the fastest attack drone, a huge gunship, etc...

 

[Konjad]

damn, they pushed back unity 5 update

 

[Hellraiser]

Considering how long the thing was taking, I figure they might as well wait 1-2 months longer and release some more content with it that was being developed simultaneously.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

 

[Alienman]

Yours?

 

[Hoaxmetal]

No, haven't played for a while.

 

[Hellraiser]

Cassidy

RoverDude has apparently too much free time on his hands besides doing contractor work for Squad and is working on his very own Project Orion mod:

 

[Drax]

Oooh, that's sexy...

 

[Caim]

Sitting on a nuke and detonating it to go to space is so very Kerbal, I'm surprised it took this long.

 

[Data4]

Sitting on a nuke and detonating it to go to space is so very Kerbal, I'm surprised it took this long.

There's been other versions of the Orion, at least one that I know of, but Roverdude's reputation gives this one a lot of visibility.

 

[potatojohn]

It's only Kerbal if it drops to 1 fps on every explosion

 

[Ulminati]

It's not poorly optimised unity. It's slo-mo awesome mode.

 

[potatojohn]

 

[Caim]

Any word on stuff coming soon inspired by The Martian?

 

[Cassidy]

It's only Kerbal if it drops to 1 fps on every explosion

Unless someone could code a an unofficial and vastly better optimized OpenGL renderer for this game than the crap either the developers or Unity provides by default, I'm afraid the Windows version will always outperform the Linux port by at least 300%, and once the 64-bit version for Windows finally comes, possibly 400% .

Try this game with Wine. If it works it might outperform the native Linux port from how terrible it is. Of course the reason the Linux version has over thrice worse performance may not be related to crappy OpenGL support, but when I tested OpenGL in the Windows version FPS also dropped steeply compared to Direct3D rendering.

 

[Ulminati]

Funny. My linux version vastly outperforms my windows version.

 

[potatojohn]

Mine's slower on Linux IIRC, at least when looking at terrain or reentry heat.

Doesn't really matter though - what they need to do is improve the physics performance so it doesn't choke on 100+ part ships.

The best thing they could do is make some sort of mechanism to automatically fuse parts, and then provide an option of how many parts maximum the engine should have. Sure it would affect the gameplay a bit but at least you could HAVE big ships then.

 

[Data4]

I definitely get better performance out of the Linux version, but I have what's increasingly becoming a low tier video card. For me, it's all about the RAM usage.

 

[Hellraiser]

So the next update will be 1.0.5. as the Unity 5 update is taking longer than expected. Stuff that will be included are new parts by porkjet (the ramp loading bay may not get included yet as it requires more coding), thermal system fixes and tweaks, radiators and new contracts.

Unity 5, all the GUI updates and communications system are going to be included in 1.1.0

 

[toroid]

Anybody know if there's a mod that makes parts less explosive? I think it's ridiculous that non-explosive parts explode with a huge bang and a ball of fire; parts that contain no fuel should lightly go poof or crunch instead of BOOM. This is one of the few things I'd like to change about this game. Surely someone else feels the same way and has already made a mod for it. Did a brief search and found nothing though.

 

[Ulminati]

Heresy!

 

[Data4]

It just ain't Kerbal if the little cubic octagonal struts don't blow up like a JDAM.

 

[Caim]

It just ain't Kerbal if the l it tle cubic octagonal struts don't blow up like a JDAM.

FTFY.

 

[potatojohn]

I was never bothered by the explosions. They're just the game's way of telling you that something broke off.

 

[Drax]

Like that launch-clamp that's still with you at 40km from the surface.