This video is deeply brain-satisfying.

See if you find it the same.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OYlAJ-IEWW0

cc: @tripplehelix @amin @dm

Even a failed hohmann transfer can be a win. When missing a planet, just rename the vessel into something more appropriate like SolarCom instead of MunCom.

Btw I'm getting REALLY long signal coverage (green lines) on that one, it had a 15Gig antenna.

Spacestation done.

Circular orbit @120k meters. Got up there in a screwed up flight path, so i had to burn Antinormal twice and then circularize, but the fuel was just enough.

Better to spend some fuel on something that is easy to get to, or every following flight has to do those burns as well, which means more fuel needed per flight.

Also i installed a bunch of mods, a number of them didn't work so i had to spend time debugging what worked and what didn't. At least the planet looks pretty and i have clouds too.

So, finally played around with the Alcubierre drive in Kerbal Space Program. I've tried jumpdrives and "warpdrives" before, but this is the one that shows promise as a "real" warpdrive.

Rather than just slapping a billion DeltaV/Sec on a rocket part, this one actually moves you through space, yeah it's an engine part, but it has 0 trust, the engine moves your X, Y, Z coordinates without changing your initial directional energy.

This has also made me rethink how Warpdrives would work, basically they don't affect your initial speeds in a 3D space, they move YOU, not your directional energy in any way. I remember StarTrek Enterprise where they dropped the cargo to escape from some pirates and i thought "so what, inertial will keep it going". Not true - it HAS to be towed from A to B. Warpdrives are more efficient than pushing mass around.

So now i know better - Basically without someone to move the object through fabric of space, the object will stand still and keep it's directional energy.

This also means that when you drop out of warp, you have to attain the same directional energy your target is traveling, i.e. a planet or an asteroid, to do an orbit insertion - and that will still cost a crapload of DeltaV.

So - Science fiction isn't as cool as i thought and also less magical than i thought. The real magic happens when Picard says "Standard orbit" - not "Engage!". #kerbalspaceprogram #ksp #Alcubierre #warp #orbitalmechanics

With multiple games currently in development that want to pick up the ball that KSP2 dropped, I thought it might be a good idea to discuss what made the original Kerbal Space Program so much fun.
https://youtu.be/EUtZ8TsJk_U

Someone just posted on my itch page to tell me they've been coming back to my 2D #KSP clone for years, and that's the best feeling. I had no idea anyone was playing it, and have never gotten positive feedback on it in the six years it's been up. If you like an #IndieGame you should absolutely let them know. Don't assume they know, especially if it's a free game. This goes for any #creative product really. Making things and releasing them to the internet to be judged by strangers will fill anyone with doubt, no matter how obviously good their work is. Tell them.

Tim Curry: "SPACE!!!!" | Kerbal Space Program

I need a short break from the Robot Miniature Project. So let's go to space! We totally won't explode!*

Starting Now!

https://www.twitch.tv/chilltheeffout

Time for another #DailyDoodle, y'all!

This time, I decided to trace over a screenshot from #KerbalSpaceProgram (#KSP)

It's time...

...time to send little green men and women (roughly the size of toddlers) into space!!!

#KerbalSpaceProgram #KSP #LinuxGaming #Fun

Pics! https://pixelfed.social/p/rl_dane/824469109805530988

More KSP stuff. A heavy lifter SSTO that is designed to deliver large payloads into orbit. In theory it is fully IVA traversable, but some of the OPT parts don’t support freeIVA.

I wanna play some #KSP tonight.

I just realized that the Parallax Continued mod for #KerbalSpaceProgram has been officially released.

This means the previously paid-only mod is now available for free.

Time to dig up #KSP again, and enjoy the game with much improved visuals!

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/227476-1125-parallax-continued-100/

Testkampagne erstellt, per Cheat ein paar grundlegende Bauteile freigeschaltet, Startrampe und VAB auf Stufe 2 upgegradet.

Bemannter Orbit mit vollständig wiederverwendbarer 2,5-Stufiger-Rakete erreicht, Alle Booster und Stufen gelandet (Fallschirm).
Jetzt macht mir #KSP wieder Spaß.

Müsste dann noch mal ausprobieren wie lange man spielen muss biss das möglich ist ohne sich einen Basis an Forschungspunkten und das Geld für Teilelimit und Startrampe zu cheaten.
Ein paar Stunden, denke ich.

New #blog post: A KSP Design Log

https://rldane.space/a-ksp-design-log.html

1545 words

Whoof, I haven't blogged in a whole month! I'm 10 blosts behind where I should be for the year!! Time to get my mojo back!!!

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @solusspider @clayton

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #15

We're approaching KSP levels of sketchiness. That's how you know you're doing something fun. The camera will get safety-wired to zip ties holding the box together/to the rigging.

This has to be the most versatile craft I have built so far.

The radiation shield is mostly cosmetic, the game doesn’t simulate engine radiation.

Today's progress in #KerbalSpaceProgram was the addition of the science module to the Kerbin Space Station, consisting of the science lab, the cupola, the observation window, a telescope, and the port experiment boom. The former space station core is now a functional scientific space station, even if the starboard experiment boom is still to come.
#ksp