Kerbal Space Program Weekly Support Thread

Weekly Support Thread
KSP2 Show and Tell - Part Modules
Bug or feature? Elden bailed out with a parachute but hit the ground at high velocity. Now his legs are messed up and he can't walk properly
Close call at KSC! (Booster landing on console)
The fully stacked Hope Cargo Shuttle. (yes, the booster is also a shuttle)
Chilling in a dust storm
Saw a concept online for an ejection seat. Had to test it.
Does this stand any chance to survive an eve entry?
what's wrong with this rocket
just realized i forgot the landing legs for my mun landing
Nine launches, no reverting, no quicksaving. Equatorial Station.
Just got a space station in orbit of the mun
Spacelab from Eyes Turned Skywards. (Bluedog Design Bureau)
My 10% science run is going...nevermind, it's just going
Flight Testing the New Executive Short Bus
The 'Caspian Sea Monster' (Ekranoplan) roaring through the Kaspian Sea
Brick.
I made a low-orbit refueling station; about 75 parts, and the largest 3.75m fuel tank delivered to any inclination and altitude under 300km.
Not the prettiest image, but I finally managed to successfully land on Mun without mods. The project costed 1.17M in total
Bloom.
Everything is 100% going to plan!
Parallax is a must have mod imo
Matt Lowne-inspired space station SSTO
Ight, here's my engine tier list, based on the names of the engines because why not
The REAL engine tier list for stock KSP... /s
What do you think of my shuttle and LKO station

Posted: 20 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT

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The point of this thread is for anyone to ask questions that don't necessarily require a full thread. Questions like "why is my rocket upside down" are always welcomed here. Even if your question seems slightly stupid, we'll do our best to answer it!

For newer players, here are some great resources that might answer some of your embarrassing questions:

Tutorials

Orbiting

Mun Landing

Docking

Delta-V Thread

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Commonly Asked Questions

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KSP2 Show and Tell - Part Modules

Posted: 20 Aug 2021 09:03 AM PDT

Ahoy Kerbonauts! Senior designer Tom Vinita here with a short update about part modules for you today!

Part modules are the extra optional bits of functionality that are added to the part in order to allow it to perform specialized functions. For example, if we add Module_Engine to a part, it now has the ability to provide thrust, consume resources for that thrust, and many of the other essential functions required in a rocket engine. If a part doesn't have any modules, then it tends to be something simple like a truss or an I-beam. Kerbal Space Program has a lot of different parts, and so it follows that it has a lot of different modules. One of our design goals with Kerbal Space Program 2 is to create a simulation that feels as close to Kerbal Space Program's as possible while building fresh improvements along the way. If you build a rocket that worked in KSP, it is our goal for that rocket to perform in largely the same way if you rebuild it in KSP2. To that end, the team is going to painstaking lengths to document and remake, and enhance KSP's extensive list of part modules in addition to all of the new part modules coming in KSP2.

To see one example of this in action, let's take a look at lights: Fairly simple in concept, right? They turn on, and they turn off. Well, KSP's lights have a little more going on than that, and they're useful in a variety of important situations. At the start of the process for bringing a part module into KSP2, a designer first studies KSP's documentation and common uses of the module in question during general gameplay and wacky uses the community has come up with. From there, they write a series of user stories that define a list of use cases that this part module must be able to accomplish. A short example for lights would be:

• As a player, I want a tool to help me see the ground when I'm landing on the dark side of a planet.
• As a player, when I'm docking I want to be able to see my vessel and the vessel I'm docking with, even when both vessels are in shadow.
• As a player, I want to customize my vessel with a wide variety of light patterns, whether they're stylish, goofy, or both!

Once these user stories are defined, the designer studies the player-facing tweakable values of the part—in this case things like the blink timer and the dynamic light color—and the list of values that are exposed in the part's data for fine-tuning its behavior. The designer provides detailed documentation for everything being brought forward into KSP2, and looks for spots where the module can be enhanced.

With all these values defined and the module's functions outlined, the spec is handed off to an engineer who does the hard work of programming the module. Once the module has been written, it falls to a designer (usually myself) to attach that module to all the necessary parts, tuning the numbers of each part along the way as necessary. You can check out the results of this process below, with the new and improved Mk1 Illuminator showing off its new ability to pitch!

https://reddit.com/link/p886rh/video/d0onnopmcji71/player

That's a look at some of the work that goes into making sure all the fun stuff you can accomplish in KSP can still be done in KSP2, as well as an example of finding a way to make that fun stuff even better in KSP2. Shine on!

-Tom

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Bug or feature? Elden bailed out with a parachute but hit the ground at high velocity. Now his legs are messed up and he can't walk properly

Posted: 20 Aug 2021 12:44 PM PDT