Kerbal Space Program

Neil79 · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:26

Yeh noticed, thanks

Nearly got to space on my first go!, however there wasn't enough fuel and the next time went totaly wrong lol

Reppyboyo · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:02

I cant get anything bigger than a 2 stage off the ground.

Greg0986 · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:13

Just make a HUGE amount of boosters and then 1 little rocket on top which consists of a capsule then a anti-spin thingy (forgot what it is called

) and then a fuel rocket

PermaBanned · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:27

How do you actually move the camera? I had a 'kind of' successful launch by which i mean i got them back to the ground without dying but i can't really see what to build without moving it around a bit.

Marine Iguana · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:29

When building the mouse wheel goes up and down and right click moves around the ship, haven't found a zoom control yet for building.

Reppyboyo · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:29

Hold right mouse and move.

Six7th · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:32

This is actually pretty addictive! Currently on my way to the moon it seems

Not sure how they're gonna get back though. Oh well.

PermaBanned · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:32

Marine Iguana said:
When building the mouse wheel goes up and down and right click moves around the ship, haven't found a zoom control yet for building.

Reppyboyo said:
Hold right mouse and move.

Yeah... that doesn't do anything

LeJosh · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:33

You're doing it wrong then because that's the default.

It is slow however.

PermaBanned · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:35

Can't be that slow... maybe it's a problem with running it in Wine. Don't see what i could try to do about it though.

Reppyboyo · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:42

Managed to get a 10 stage rocket into space.
Took a while to design it right as some parts that disconnected were colliding with the following thrusters.
Leading to funny results.

Marine Iguana · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:49

I have downloaded a Liquid Fuel Nuclear Engine wonder if its as dangerous as it sounds

Edit: Hmm went well by that I mean everyone died again

PermaBanned · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:14

Okay, found this thread which seems to be the same as my problem:

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=124.msg609

So is there any way to change the controls? And have the mouse commands mapped to say... the arrow keys?

Marine Iguana · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:24

Cannot find any configs for mapping controls

WingZero30 · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:32

Damn you OP!!!!!!!

The game is highly addictive

My rocket seems to spin in the air with liquid fuel engine. I can't seem to control it lol

Dudderz123456 · 13 Jul 2011 at 23:52

Wish i could get above 20k....

Dudderz123456 · 14 Jul 2011 at 00:03

WingZero30 said:
My rocket seems to spin in the air with liquid fuel engine. I can't seem to control it lol

I have the same problem

Darg · 14 Jul 2011 at 00:53

Just had a great flight there, lasted so long I went down and watched TV for half of it. Managed to come back up in time to release the parachute, apparently I shoudn't have waited until just 250m high though

In summary:

878km altitude, 2736m/s highest speed, 4321km distance covered.

For my next flight I hope to complete a full orbit and land safely back at base.

Here's a screenshot of the ship:

12 SRBs for the first section, 5 SRBs for the second. The third section is a LRB with 3 fuel tanks.

My next design will include a LRB with atleast 1 fuel tank and possible some wings in order to help achieve a longer orbit as well as help aim at the home base once a full orbit is complete, I regretted using all the fuel in one burn this time round

Darg · 14 Jul 2011 at 00:55

WingZero30 said:
My rocket seems to spin in the air with liquid fuel engine. I can't seem to control it lol

Gratuitous use of the SAS system and some nifty work on the controls were the only thing that kept my ship pointed in a vaguely correct direction. I think that once you get up high enough there's a lot less random spinning to the ship due to lower air friction.

Marine Iguana · 14 Jul 2011 at 01:59

I present experimental craft D.A.V.E ( Do All Vehicles Explode)

My best rocket yet no one died

Had a slight problem in that I forgot to add a decoupler to the pod so fired my chute in space