Gaming The Kerbal Space Program - Version 1.2.x

[Face]

Ok, now I feel old. I remember trying to figure out the Kerbin LEO velocity with HarvesteR's first demo here, and also how much fun it was to eventually achieve orbit with a Jebediah laughing like a mad man.

 

[Fabri91]

Ok, now I feel old. I remember trying to figure out the Kerbin LEO velocity with HarvesteR's first demo here, and also how much fun it was to eventually achieve orbit with a Jebediah laughing like a mad man.

Likewise - yesterday evening I was reading through the first 10 or so pages of this thread and saw exactly what you described.

I remember someone on the official forum having compiled a spreadsheet of orbital velocities requried for a (circular) orbit at a number of altitudes, and basically the only method was to launch, wait quite a bit for apoapsis since in the first version there was not time acceleration, and referencethe measured speed and altitude.

 

[N_Molson]

I remember an early version where rockets were like jelly and you had to use struts everywhere. It was kind of fun and challenging.

 

[Cairan]

MOAR boosters and MOAR struts...

 

[Fabri91]

With a special appearance by HarvesteR in the final part!

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[dbeachy1]

BTW all, Kerbal Space Program is free on the Epic game store until January 12th. Details here: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/kerbal-space-program

 

[gamer19]

I tried
but I could never forced myself to like that ....space parody

 

[dbeachy1]

O-F Staff Note: 23 posts about KSP 2 moved to a new KSP 2 thread here. Please feel free to continue the KSP 2 discussion there, and let's keep this thread for KSP 1.x. Thanks!

 

[misha.physics]

This is what happens if you press a spacebar in orbit mindlessly. In front you can see the engine from the service module, which is in the background. Fortunatelly the crew survived the fall form a certain altitude when no fuel left. It just remains to bring them home. However, now they have a new home...

It's interesting if it's possible to make a module -- a craft constructor to design and construct rockets inside Orbiter.

 

[Linguofreak]

Guys, we let poor HarvesteR down. He came to us for advice and there still aren't any replies on the thread 13 years later:

Gaming - Gathering design ideas for a spaceship builder

Hello again, I thought I'd start this thread to gather ideas on a Spaceship Builder... Long story short, I'm working on a game that will allow you to create any kind of spaceship, and later, fly it. There is a functioning builder already in, but I fear it's usability is rather shallow and...

www.orbiter-forum.com

 

[Sbb1413]

I was away for a while due to academic pressures. Now, I am back with both Orbiter 2024 and KSP 1.12.5. I purchased KSP early this month, and learnt to fly ships very quickly. Today, I have performed my first docking with KSP.

 

[N_Molson]

This is what happens if you press a spacebar in orbit mindlessly. In front you can see the engine from the service module, which is in the background. Fortunatelly the crew survived the fall form a certain altitude when no fuel left. It just remains to bring them home. However, now they have a new home...

It's interesting if it's possible to make a module -- a craft constructor to design and construct rockets inside Orbiter.

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It certainly is. This is an idea that keeps coming in my mind.

Maybe not something as fancy as a 3D editor, but at least an interface to select your rocket stage dimension/capacity, number/type of engines, texture, etc...

 

[Urwumpe]

It's interesting if it's possible to make a module -- a craft constructor to design and construct rockets inside Orbiter.

Short answer: Yes.

Not so short answer: A completely KSP like constructor would be very hard, but maybe not impossible. Other ways if designing a spacecraft inside Orbiter already exist. So, it depends on what you want... But thats a topic for another thread, of course.

 

[misha.physics]

Other ways if designing a spacecraft inside Orbiter already exist.

Which? Something like Vessel Builder?

 

[Urwumpe]

Which? Something like Vessel Builder?

yes, there was also an add-on that allowed to build large modular spacecraft. (And people designing bigger and bigger spacecraft)

 

[cosmonaut2040]

yes, there was also an add-on that allowed to build large modular spacecraft. (And people designing bigger and bigger spacecraft)

this: https://www.orbiter-forum.com/threads/interplanetary-modular-spacecraft-rc9.26385/