i've looked through the entire game thread and there is no kerbal space program so i'm here to let ya'll know bout it. u have kerbals. u build space planes and rocketships. u send the kerbals into space to land on planets or moons, or just to crach them into stuff. whichever. ur choice

ZOMG you can moonwalk in this game?

I've never managed anything beyond creating a multi-year orbit around the sun. Well, that and copious decouplers. Decouplers make my world go round.

I'm assuming the spacewalking wgoing on in that picture is part of the paid version? I just have the free version a friend sent me a while back.

>>2 no man u can land on the mun on the free version too and if u do u should be able to exit the capsule... wait. maybe it is just a paid version thing. idk. i know if u download the nova map pack u can launch satellites up even in the free version but make sure u download the right version pack

Kerbal Space Program ver. .18 is out now. It makes it much easier to land on planets now

I guess I honestly never tried very hard to land. :P

I'm more about building cruise missiles just for kicks. Or making my thrusters collide with each other in midair for catastrophic results.

>>5 yeah i actually tried to save my kerbins on most occasions. bummer bout the newest version. none of ur stuff from .17 transfers to .18

any way to get it without having to pay, eg invite/code?

>>7 https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/download.php

You can get .13 for free still. That page calls it their "demo" version. The paid version is the only one that will be getting updates, but playing it is still possible.

>>8 and if u go into the forums u can still get mod packages for the free version. those r also free. it's so u can have satellites and vehicles and stuff

still haven't tried the new version yet. i'll let ya'll know at some point. finals week is comin up so i've been busy

tried new version. not used to all the new set ups yet. however was able to get into orbit on third try

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novapunch map pack now have a partial .18 pack. i suggest gettin it. has good stuff. not all pieces there yet if u had the .17 pack but they r workin on it

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duna (mars)

new updates take some getting used to but amazing once u learn. apollo looking much?

come on guys, get this game it;s pretty cool. just being a space station from scratch

kerbin, we have a problem

bumpin with robotic lander on duna

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big news guys. for those with the paid version it's now up to 18.4. go to ksp and download it. For those of you who don't have it yet, they updated the demo from .13 to .18 so u'll get more of a feel what it's like today. ya'll should all at least get the free demo that u can play free forever or better yet, buy the paid version. only 23 bucks

more big news guys. kerbal has updated if u have the paid version to .19. It now features re-entry animations such as ur spacecraft heating up and flames around it as it re-enters the atmosphere. also there are new parts and vehicles

Crash*

>>23 i rarely crash. and even when i do mess up or somethin goes wrong. i can usually save the crew

sry i aint been on in a while. been distracted by other games. i'll try to get some new stuff up for u guys soon

just to show i ain't perfect at this game yet, here's a failed launch burnin up in the atmosphere. notice the new re-entry graphics. would look better if i had a high end computer

not sure how but managed to get this tower onto duna (mars). it shoulda crashed

hmmmm...looks like absolute barf cubes....

>>28 it's cuz my computer can only play it on the lowest settings. it's kind of a demanding game. in full settings this game is much more amazing

Failed at this game miserabley...

>>30 how so?

>>31 First all the rockets I built failed, then I found out how difficult the navigation and organisation of the lift up was, then I finally got it in orbit and fucked it up horribly. I'm just not built out for it.

>>32 it takes a lot of working with it but sometimes that's the most fun. i've been playin since october and i still screw up on a decent basis. it's not too common to get stuff right on the first try in this game

>>32 Sounds like you could use more radial decouplers.

the guys that landed on mars never made it home :(

0.20 just came out. it featurs a few more parts. has the option of external seats for rovers and plagues and flags for landing at places

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>>37 thanks man. out of a spur of a moment, i decided to try for Jool (Jupitar) just to see if i could and try some new parts too. somehow made it on first attempt. but jool doesn't like landers so don't try landing there, go for one of the moons. here's Jool, it's moon Laythe, and the sun

om3 ksp is way old

>>39 dude is came out last year. like in summer. it's not old. sure ur not thinkin of scp?

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view from inside new observation capsule on my space station

heads up guys. version .21 will be debuting soon. there will be a campaign mode finally as well as able to pick and hire new kerbins. however, though u can probably keep any ships or planes already built, it does seem that ur saves won't transfer so just a heads up. hope ya'll get this great game.

well guys, version .21 is out. looks great so far. campaign isn't available yet but they r making progress. if u had a save file u can try to upgrade it but it may not work. as for me, it was time to say goodbye to old file and hello to new.

starting out basic but will be doin much more in .21. still gonna go to the mun and minmus cuz they just have to be landed on. but i'm passing duna and goin to other planets since they've never been focused on much. maybe even send somethin out of the solar system

guys. .22 is out now with a career mode where u start off with very little parts and u do research and earn science credits to unlock new parts. go try it out

i'm downloading it from warezbb :p looks nice

im playing this game since this morning this is awesome and really hard but great is it possible to make a base on space?

I've got everything up to space station parts and I'm working on getting the advanced jet stuff, but I'm still having trouble getting a workable SSTO that can take 2 science jr's to the mun. Anyone else successful in designing a spaceplane with that kind of payload?

>>48 it used to be much harder back in the previous versions of the game. but yeah it's challenging but that's what makes it fun

>>49 haven't been able to play that much of it. if i get that far i'll try to help u out.

>>50 and by the way what kind of hover i should do to send to a panet? Or is it possible to attach it onto my ships somewhere?

>>52 do u mean rovers? and i'm sure it's possible but will probably have to be an unmanned craft cuz it's too much effort to get people there and back. otherwise if u were wanting to make it so people can drive, i'd still fly it there unmanned first, then send a manned mission up to it later.

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>>54 what?

>>55 it's a bump.

>>56 umm ok

I'm soooooo close to getting the most ridiculous station design into orbit. My first stage keeps knocking parts off the second though, insanely annoying to troubleshoot. I think part of it is my computer being at it's limit, getting like 4 fps tops. It's a super weird design, 8 girder segments branching out from the center with 24 of the second smallest rockomax tanks forming a ring around that, and then the launch stages strapped on to the outside of all that. I'll post a screenshot if I ever manage to get the damn thing into a stable orbit.

>>58yeah ur gonna have to post that man. this is what my station looked like right before i destroyed it and updated to .22. Btw .23 is coming up very soon

>>59
I knowwwwww! I'm excited for tweakables. Also the sabre engine is going to be tight as fuck. I hope they include an update to the subassembly loader, so you can have fuel lines / struts that attach automatically like they do whenever you move a part that has em.

>>60 i'm lookin forward to when i get a new computer. right now i play on my laptop and for it to really flow efficiently i have it on lowest graphics. wish i could play in like full hd

so A) the new parts from .23 1/2 look awesome and super useful, not to mention tons of fixes to long standing problems with the code, I'm super stoked.

B) I maaaaay have gotten my Astronomy professor hooked on this game XD

Starting a new game with Interstellar, Kethane, B9, KW, K.A.S., and a bunch of other goodies. This should be good.

All hail the Fhqwhgads Space Brotherhood (FSB).

yeah i see they worked with nasa for the new asteroid redirect mission. also many new parts with that too. still have gotten around to playing ksp again but soon as i do i'll get new pics up

Oh, the things we do for love...

I mean, for science.

Soooooo turbofan engines from the B9 Aerospace parts mod are kind of amazing. This thing (any ideas for a name? It reeeeeally needs a killer name) doesn't have an ounce of lift from aerodynamics, it levitates perfectly on the 6 side mounted turbofan jets, with 3 large SAS units worth of torque to hold it level, and action groups tied to each pair of engines, so you can balance or tilt / accelerate horizontally by turning engines off and on with those.

It has a top speed of about 120kmh (bit low still) generated by the thermal rocket and forward thrusting turbofans on the radiators (wing-shaped things), and it can go for quite a while before running out of fuel, in which case it can mine Kethane and convert it to jet fuel or mono-propellant to replenish itself.

Also complete with brake lights, landing spotlights and amber warning lights, running lights, abort beacon lights, ejection system, on board power generation via fission reactor(as soon as I remember to put an electric generator on the damn thing), and science lab. Possibly capable of utilization as mobile command center (remote-tech functionality).

Also it looks freaking amazing, just sayin'. I guess I'll go to bed now.

larman i am highly impressed and encouraged by ur efforts in KSP. soon as i can find the time, i'll jump back into the game. thanks for keeping the thread alive

No problemo. Wish we could get some other peeps into it. I'm extremely happy with how that vtol thingy turned out, I'm probably going to upload it to the forums. I mean, it PERFECTLY maintains altitude at full throttle / ahead full. It's like a freaking jet submarine or some shit.

i still love this game but not sure when i'll get back to it

I love this game, so many great mods and you can easily kill a few hours(days) with building and expanding ^^

>>72 yeah, not sure if i'd really get into the campaign mode but i'm still waiting for a better computer so i can actually enjoy playing it again

So, the weekly challenge this week was to make an orbit capable rocket and launch it upside down. Hard mode: take it to the moon and back.

All I have to say is, holy balls.

>>74 nice man.

>>75
That was definitely not my work, lol. The weekly challenges are insane, lol. You can find them at r/kerbalspaceprogram.

Bumping this because I freakin' love this game. Has anyone managed to land on all of the bodies yet?

>>78 larman maybe. i've only been to eve, duna, mun, minmus, ike, lathe, and got a probe on jool, well sorta.

guys. version 1.0 is out now. we r closer to getting a full functional game. but many many updates in 1.0. go check them out

heys guys. just giving another bump to this great game. if u haven't heard, kerbal space program is coming to xbox one. maybe i'll finally be able to play it again since my computer is still from the stone age. engineer on my kerbalnauts

I built a Jeep inspired by Robbaz's Space Volvo.

I made a jet-powered speedboat that can take off the runway and parachute to water.

>>83 that actually looks pretty sweet

Probably one of my favorite simple builds. It should stay grounded until you pull back. I suggest a gimbaled thruster if you want to fly safely.

they continue to update this great game. i know in a previous post i said they were bringing it to xbox one but to date there has been no further word on it so i don't know if it fell through or is still in development. as for me i'm ashamed to say i haven't played kerbal in probably 3 years now. don't have the time nor the computer specs anymore. i hope to some day regain the fun and creativity this game brings but for now all i can do is incourage other to go out there and try this game out for urself