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[Sinistar]

I concur.

Finally got around to play it after downloading demo few days ago...and it is quite fun! I had more failed than successful missions though. Piloting anything bigger than 2 staged (plus command module) solid fuel powered rocket is not as easy as I thought.
Only after a lot of modifying and one hell of a ride I've managed to reach 22,000+ m, but even then I've had to drop two stages before they run out of fuel.

For buyers of full game: is camera when you are constructing rockets any better than in demo? While I do not find it specifically bad, I'd still like the option to move it a bit more freely, not just around one fixed point.

Constructing N1 does not seem possible in demo, so I'll probably have to buy full version...somewhere in future, though. 

[LoSboccacc]

Try combinations of shift alt and middle click, should work in the demo iirc

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Sinistar, the camera kind of sucks in the full game.

Unrelated, would anyone like a video of or the ship file for the vtol?

[Sinistar]

Thanks for answers, LoSboccacc and Urist McScoopbeard. Also checked KSP wiki. Turns out they will be some patches/upgrades on camera topic and also something I miss sorely - stats! I'd really like to know mass, average trust, fuel etc of a craft I am building WHEN I am buidling it.

One thing also bothers me - Kermans! I did not expect it but I actually find the little guys adorable. I am genuinely sad for them when I crash the rocket. 
It helps if I pretend every mission that failed was actually just a simulation for them.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

One thing also bothers me - Kermans! I did not expect it but I actually find the little guys adorable. I am genuinely sad for them when I crash the rocket. 
It helps if I pretend every mission that failed was actually just a simulation for them.

It's true, I tear up everytime dear old jebediah crashes violently into the mountains.

[LoSboccacc]

I restart before crashes 

[sluissa]

That's sort of why I got the remote control mod. I can do my test flights without endangering the little buggers.

[Supercharazad]

I laugh at their demise and bring out the next batch of non-dwarves for execution.

[Roboboy33]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Muncastles.

[LoSboccacc]

status update!

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/entry.php/108-0-17-Status-Update-1

Nuclear engines!
Parking brakes!
Atmospheric time warp!
Engineering! Science! Madness!

Spoiler: trolling advisor (click to show/hide)

status update #1. after almost two months. literally after 9 internal releases. things changed, a lot.

[Rose]

Perking breaks! Fuck yes!

[Sinistar]

* Center of mass, thrust, lift and drag visual cues on the construction scenes.

I am pleased with this, also. Now they just need to add average flight time/fuel consumption per stage and I'm sold.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Muncastles.

And that's just sweet.

[LoSboccacc]

I am pleased with this, also. Now they just need to add average flight time/fuel consumption per stage and I'm sold.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/9063-Plugin-0-15-KICOIT-Kerbal-Engineer-0-8-Advanced-Brakes-v2-1

plugin that shows consumption and time, combined in a single DV stat

[Briggsy16]

Loads more planets

[Sinistar]

Oh damn you, now I'll really have to buy this game.

WHY UUUUUUUUUUUUU...

Jokes aside - do you guys use S.A.S.? First time I reached apoapsis was with a rocket, that had a basic S.A.S. module put on top of each 1st-stage side-mounted boosters. Now I'm wondering, is this a necessity? Are there any downsides from using this modules or am I guessing correctly that this will matter once (or if) the cost of used components will matter when building the rocket.