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[Glloyd]

Oh god... I had a ship with a part count of just over 1000. The game nearly crashed at least 5 times. Didn't even make it into orbit with it before it exploded

[Aseaheru]

Did it have adapters then gong back to one? Because those things are the pits to keep everything working.

[Culise]

So, I finally took the plunge again after two years, and started playing again.  My immediate impression is that a lot of changes have been made since I vaulted Kerbonauts into the inky void; just the symmetry button alone is completely worth the weight of a million rockets, not to mention an entire solar system to play with.  Pursuing the Soviet list of accomplishments, I managed to launch three satellites (Venture 1 reached space, but not a proper orbit; Venture 2 reached orbit...around the Sun; and Venture 3 finally managed a proper equatorial circular orbit), put a Kerbal in orbit (and dropped him safely, even better), and managed my first EVA.  I've been having quite a bit of fun, but I had a couple questions. 

1. Are there any tips on EVA?  My first attempt was a nerve-wracking experience; I burned 20% of the pack's fuel on playing around and getting used to the controls, but went through another 50% of the total capacity just trying to get Bill back inside.  I'd manoeuvre in carefully and slowly, press F to grab on to the ladder of the Command Pod Mk1 I was using, and Bill would promptly catapult right off the rocket again, leading to me firing off the jets and wasting even more pack fuel just to keep him from soaring away.  I was trying to keep my relative v down with the rocket; was I doing something obvious wrong? 

2. Any good mods or custom packs to consider, or should I stick with vanilla for a bit longer?  I mean, mounting a Stayputnik smack dab on the top of the rocket works, but I'd like to actually have it contained within a deployable/explodable nose cone bay for aesthetics.  Also, I've heard good things about mods like Protractor, Kethane, and MechJeb (though I'm a little leery of notion of autopilot), and something called Deadly Reentry looks very Fun. 

[Aseaheru]

EVA... Well, keep close to the ship. And ladders EVERYWHERE.
Mods... Well, I dont use many most of the time. If you want autopilot with a challenge I must suggest kOS. Deadly reentry requires more mods most of the time, B9 is a good place for parts and mechjeb is odd. Better off going for Lazer instead of mechjeb.

[Greiger]

I kinda like mechjeb, sure it's kinda cheaty when it does so many autopilots but seeing how the mechjeb autopilot does something is a great learning tool for learning how to do something yourself.  I never knew how to change my inclination until I saw mechjeb do it once, the whole time I was playing with prerelease I thought that if I didn't get the inclination I wanted by the time I reached orbit I couldn't anymore.

It's also helpful for doing things you've done a million times, like getting a rocket into orbit that you piloted into orbit yourself half a dozen times while you go make a sandwich.

That and I would be very surprised if NASA does much of any piloting manually anymore.  You could almost call it added realism.

[Aseaheru]

Ah, but NASA writes its codes for that guff. Hense why I like kOS. It lets you do the autopilot, but you still gotta know how it is done.

[Descan]

Yeah, a computer can figure that stuff out, but only if it has an equation to do it with.

Someone needs to figure out the equation and put it in the computer.

[Mephansteras]

I just don't like mechjeb for some reason. I get itchy watching it do its thing, and I always have the urge to take control back myself.

[Anvilfolk]

Kethane, definitely. Totally changed the game for me. Gives it a proper purpose. I'm trying to hold off playing too much until the next patch!

I've been trying to make a plane that launches a rokkit with stock parts. It is not going well at all... can't stabilise the damned thing at all Also, the plane goes faster than the rokkit, so... huh... doesn't really work

[LoSboccacc]

I am too waiting the next update.
Sub assemblies are game changing but extremely convenient as I standardized all launcher and payloads to focus on kethane and planetary construction.

While waiting I am messing around with ferram aerospace research.

One little thing I cannot live without is docking struts.

[Anvilfolk]

What do those do? Automatically attach to the other ship once you dock?

[LoSboccacc]

You eva go near one activate it then go near another and link them up.

Then they work as structs.

[Krevsin]

Dragon capsules are ridiculously OP.

By which I mean they feel like something a real space agency would develop.

[Tobel]

I really wish they hadn't put up the .22 info when they were so far away from releasing it. I've been checking their website every day like a clingy SO.

[Facekillz058]

I guess I should atleast try to get my rover/kethane drill on the Mun.
Despite multiple attempts, I can't seem to get it there, due to the fact that it's quite weighty, no doubt.
I know the first thing I should do is try to lighten it, but...
Oh hey, I could probably get two half-sized drills up there instead of the one large rig I've got.
Thanks, thread, for giving me a place to write stuff down and look at it more closely,