Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[BFEL]

I'd like to see that happen, but it's hard enough to hit a stationary target. I can hardly imagine how difficult it would be to hit a reasonably maneuverable craft that's actively evading you. Anything larger than a fighter would be basically nonviable.

The answer, of course, is to download Interstellar and put warp drive on your torpedoes


NOTE: Hilariously, if you use interstellar and crash into a planet while at warp, your capsule (I was using Mk2) tends to survive, and despite the warp drive itself no longer being attached, CONTINUES to fly at warp speed.

[IronTomato]

You know it won't do anything, right?

I've been told that already. I just think it would be Fun.

[dragnar]

Oh I understand that, I just want to see what It takes to actually move a rock using real rockets

I'm sure Randall Munroe would be willing to answer that question and take it to extremes.

But what if we used more power?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Oh I understand that, I just want to see what It takes to actually move a rock using real rockets

I'm sure Randall Munroe would be willing to answer that question and take it to extremes.

But what if we used more power?

Some interesting physical effects would destroy it.

[nogoodnames]

I decided to try out the extraplanetary launchpad mod. The first thing I did was send a very basic space dock (just the orbital construction dock and a couple spaceship part canisters) into orbit and try to make a tiny probe. The construction bar didn't go up even after some time in time acceleration, but after some fiddling around I found out that the construction would only take place if a kerbal went on EVA. Here's the weird part: it had to be that specific kerbal that left the station. It's not like he was out building the probe because if no one was in the station, or if one kerbal was outside but not that specific one, construction wouldn't continue. Anyone know what's going on? The mod doesn't seem very well documented.

[BigD145]

Extraplanetary Launchpad needs Kerbals inside the verhicle. Lots of them. Lots of smart ones. If you don't have that setup you're boned. Even with a big smart crew it is still slow.

[nogoodnames]

That's not the problem I was having, I had to take a kerbal out to get any progress done at all. Then again, looking back at his profile reveals he had max stupidity. Are you saying he was so dumb that he was able to completely cancel out the work from the other two kerbals? Is that a feature?

[BigD145]

I have never put a max stupidity Kerbal in EL before, so could be. I know there some mechanic for middle-ish stupidity combined with courage. I would say don't put stupid Kerbals in charge of ship construction.

[MarcAFK]

*looks at his kerbals*
When I eventually add Extraplanetary Launchpads after I restart with ARM so I can have an asteroid base I'll need to remember to keep BOB away from the Construction Vehicle .
Bill however is a great candidate for the job.

[nogoodnames]

Oh god, what am I doing? *Nogoodnames has claimed a spacecraft hangar*

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I hope I can figure out how to remove those glitchy engines. It would suck to go this far and be denied completion due to a bug.

Edit: Okay, going into the craft file and deleting everything to do with the engines just caused some very bad things to happen, and I don't think it was my fault because the same things happened when I tried deleting the parts manually. I'm starting to get worried.

[Rose]

I'm trying to figure out why the red dwarf theme popped into my head.

[nogoodnames]

Phew, figured it out. It was the links between the glitchy parts which weren't deleting properly, so I had to manually delete them. Luckily the engines were mostly on their own so I only had to find the fuel tank they were attached to and remove its links. I wish I knew what caused it. Of course when you start pushing the system to its limits things are bound to break, but I'm worried it may have been one of my mods. Kerbal attachment system seems like the only plausible culprit.

[Mictlantecuhtli]

I'd like to see that happen, but it's hard enough to hit a stationary target. I can hardly imagine how difficult it would be to hit a reasonably maneuverable craft that's actively evading you. Anything larger than a fighter would be basically nonviable.

You could always try homing missiles (e.g, add probe bodies and some kind of maneuvering system).
Or use lasers.
[/quote]

Thought we were in the Aurora topic for a second with this..

[MarcAFK]

Is that based on something, or an original creation?
It looks good anyway, also now that you mention red dwarf, I wonder if I coukd make a working starbug? Is there an easy way to recolour stock parts? I'm hoping that I coukd merely open the model file for structural panels and so forth and merely change some hex to get a nice red or green.

[Guardian G.I.]

I find the mechanical claw from the ARM update very useful for removing space debris from low Kerbin orbit.