I remember playing this a year and a half ago... maybe it was just in beta then? As I recall, once I successfully got into space/orbit, there wasn't anything left to do.

Might have to check this out again because it was pretty damn fun.

Guys with steering issues: push T to toggle SAS.

I made it to space and back. I aimed for the moon, but didn't have enough fuel/power to break away. I suppose you have to orbit the Earth and make a jump out to the moon. Anyone onow how to see your orbital path?

Also...pretty fun for a guy who has absolutely no engineering knowledge.

I don't sleep anymore because of this game! Press m to go to orbital view. There are a ton of YouTube videos that walk you through how to get into orbit and then to the moon (really easy).

Welcome!

There's also a tutorial in the full game for how to get to the moon.

been messing with the demo off and on for about a month, really fun. Really challenging. Not good at controls, but I can get pretty far out into space, but then just tumble back so far.

I'm getting good at getting into orbit, but nothing much beyond that. My next phase is to send a probe to Mun, then a manned capsule to touchdown.

I'm also working on some builds to make a space station, but I can't get several of the mods to work properly.

awesome game...been playing this for several months now.

WHY CAN'T I FREAKING GET TO MUN!! NEED MOAR FUELS!

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Same. I watched a video I guy put up and built the exact same rocket he did, but mine would start spinning out of control after a minute or two of flight. Even though he said it should be very stable.....so back to the drawing board I guess. Or just find another YouTube video that actually works.

I can get to orbit, it just uses so much fuel to do it that I have none left to get to Mun. Maybe I'll put a refuel station in orbit.

I finally had a successful landing on Mun last night. Crazy that I've been to Duna several times, but never had a successful landing on Mun. No atmo means no parachutes and the maneuver controls are waaaayyy too sensitive on the way down.

I didn't have enough fuel left in my lander to rendezvous with my command module, so I consider that mission only a partial success.

I wanted to try landing on Minmus after that. I got there, loaded up my lander, and undocked for decent. I was too close to my command module when I started retro burn and slammed into it, sending both spinning wildly in Minmus orbit.

I thought I had quick saved before undocking, but when I hit F9 it put me back on the launch pad on Kerbin. Damn.

QUICKSAVE?!

F5

Got that successful landing on Minmus after shutting down MC for the night.



This mission also happens to be the first in which I've put Kerbonauts on another planet or moon and successfully returned to Kerbin.







I've never had much luck with rendezvous and docking. I usually run out of fuel, but I had plenty on this trip. However after fighting orbits for several minutes I finally gave up. Once I got the command module and the lander within 1 km of each other, I space walked to Kerbonauts the entire distance to the command module. The empty lander is still orbiting Minmus.

Also, some screencaps from my first successful Mun landing.

Alright, that's it. I'm going to buy this game. I spend way too much time on the demo anyways.

That's some good stuff there Brad

I bought this game last night after messing with the demo for about a month. cant wait till I learn how to orbit and land on the moon/other planets. Started the tutorials last night

Some YouTube users to look up for great KSP tutorials:

HOCgaming
Scott Manley
kurtjmac

The rocket I use for pretty much all of my interplanetary travel was designed by HOCgaming.

I feel like it's cheating if I use someone else's design, but I suck at this game and can't go where I want.

And why do my rockets sometimes come apart where stages connect? They rubberband like crazy at launch.

Rule No. 1 of KSP: MOAR STRUTS!!!1!!11!!

I strut like crazy, but between stages is a pain when you need to separate.

On a side note I found this Mission Pack addon: http://kerbalspaceport.com/mission-pack/

Looks promising.

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Place four cube struts on the decoupler and use straight struts to connect the two stages on either side to the cube. The struts break off with the decoupler.

Also...

Rule No. 2 of KSP: MOAR SOLID BOOSTERS!!!1!1!

I actually don't use solid boosters that much. I'll only stick them on a rocket if it's a heavy load that's not getting up as quick as I'd like, meaning the fuel consumption is incredibly inefficient.

I tried to make a purely solid booster-driven rocket. It didn't accomplish much other than putting a Kerbonaut in a highly elliptical orbit around Kerbol.

Also, using smarter people's designs isn't cheating. Using MechJeb is cheating.

Besides, I modify Harvey's interplanetary rocket-lander design for my different needs, so it's not like I'm using a carbon copy every time.

this damn close to the moon but i didnt get sucked in by its gravity! so DAMN CLOSE!!!!!

Are you attempting an aerobreaking maneuver? Mun doesn't have atmo so your orbit won't naturally degrade. You have to retro burn to bring the orbit down to a landing point.


Also, a little tip for screencaps: Press F1 to take screencap. Press F2 to toggle the HUD and then you can get fancy screencaps. The screencaps are saved in a folder in your KSP_win folder, wherever you placed it.

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thanks for the help with the screenshots, so much easier now. well I did it. I finally reached the moon, but I wouldnt call the mission successful just yet.....

My demo has a lot of lag. I guess I'll need a better computer if I'm going to buy it.

That is an epic explosion.

Todd - you can try lowering the graphics settings. Also, it's a resource hog, try closing other apps.

My current goal is to get a MapSat in orbit around Mun, Minmus and Duna. After that, land on each and set up a Base on Duna. This will take forever.

Eureka!!!! I've finally done it. Took probably 15 tries to get it but im finally on the moon. getting into orbit and getting there is a breeze now but having to land at 4 m/s or slower is a bit**

I guess you're playing the demo version? I definitely suggest getting the full version. It's quite a bit easier to land on other planets with designed landers.

yeah i still havent bought it yet. but I will, its too damn fun to not get. I figured landers must make it a lot easier. I just want to be sure I can run some mods for it, I want to have a big space station thats constantly orbiting the earth and stuff like that

I made it into orbit last night, but that's the best I can do.

I just downloaded the demo yesterday and played for a few hours. So much fun!

Noob question: will I run out of money?