"I know Americans are gonna say that's not that hot" Bro that is scorching much respect to you for putting up with it. We have AC over here for a reason.
I enjoy these types of videos every now and then just to see some of the planning that goes into these more ambitious missions, and frankly I'm very glad it's not (yet another) Mun landing. What surprised me is how easy, or in some cases hard it was to get encounters for docking and landing. Personally I've had a massive amount of trouble wrapping my head around the concept, so it was cool to see a "seasoned veteran" like yourself really show how it's done in real-time. I know it would interfere with the vibe of your typical content, but I'd be totally down for more of these types of vids in the future, if infrequently. (Maybe Laythe next time?)
Something that might help with the heat Matt, is a dehumidifier, My office is also always 28-30 degrees and being England, is also wet, and it's been a lot more bearable since I bought a dehumidifier taking it from 80% down to 35%. (Also, the Logitech G512 is a beautiful keyboard, mine has been going strong for five and a half years now and it's as good as day one)
You make this stuff look so easy, then I go spend a few hours in KSP bumbling around making all sorts of mistakes. It's fun! But I'm slowly learning. That manoeuvre node planner just doesn't make much sense to me. Also, I feel your pain with the heat, I live in outback Australia with no air conditioning.
The obvious answer to which mission you should do live next is: Eve. >:D It would actually be interesting to see you do a stressful mission live, as a change from your usual videos.
Can't wait to watch this video, but I just wanted to say; I'd love to see you try to make a station and lander around a planet orbiting another star using mods!
I put in one of the systems(vulture) and had a ship with modded power generation that could maintain warp 1.6 forever. It was going to take 25 RL days to fly there at that speed. Would be really hard to make a video without cheating your way to the new system or just showing a few seconds of a long boring trip. Then it's just the same thing going around a planet with different graphics. I knew space was big but I never really understood how big until I did that.
Personally, I enjoy these live commentary videos. Its nice to know that even the professionals have the same slip ups as the rest of us, plus it gives a bit more idea of how long the missions actually take, so we can fully understand the work that goes into them. We don't always get that with a fully produced and edited video.
i have a confession, I've been playing KSP 1 on and off since early access. and I don't recall landing on any other bodies besides mun and minmus.... by the time I get to that point I'm either ready to take a break, or feeling stupid as to how I'd build a rocket and make the trip haha.
I know how you feel. The only reason I've landed on Laythe is because I was in a particularly crazy mood when I launched my first NERV-equipped SSTO. I can't remember how long it took me to develop a rescue SSTO, but it was at least 5 months, maybe a lot more. Launching the rescue SSTO from Laythe was one of the most terrifying things I've done in the game. Besides the absurdly high lift-off speed on the small island, at the last instant before takeoff, the plane was somehow yanked 45 degrees to the left so suddenly, I didn't even see it happen. I was rolling 90°E, then I was flying 45°NE! I don't think I'll set my landing gear to maximum friction again. At least it flew fairly well, but making it fly well is largely why developing it took so long. It took me such a long time to learn how to make planes fly well. In fact, I have well over 2000 hours in the game, maybe over 3000, but the majority of that time has been spent in the SPH trying to get SSTO designs right. It doesn't help that I hate landing planes or rockets, unless it's on Minmus. (It's starting to get easier as I use lights to help me judge the distance to the ground.) Also, I build SSTOs not just because they're cool, but because trying to plan multi-part missions confuses me badly. All the missions I've got off the ground have been relatively simple by comparison with other players. And both the Laythe and a (one-way drone) Eve mission happened because I so very much wanted to see those worlds from their surfaces. (Without mods, Eve was a huge disappointment.) I've recently realised I've got ADHD. I think it affects my playing because I never know if I'll be able to focus when the mission requires it. Stimulants help people with ADHD, so I'm trying energy drinks now to see how I get on. I don't know if I can have caffeine every day though; other health problems may make it impossible.
What a perfect timing. Not working on Duna, but I've been trying to add a return vehicle to my 16t Minmus rover. Mostly by building a trailer that carries a rocket.
Hey Matt! I appreciate the respect you have for your audience. Not all streamers will turn away from the mic to cough, or will speak into their mic through yawns and shit, and it feels disrespectful. Thank you for being decent, and for the great videos :)
I can't even imagine building anything in this game in ten minutes. If I spent ten times that long I'd have an overthought, over-engineered vehicle that, turns out, was missing at least one part critical to its mission.
In case no one else has recommended it yet, I think you'd get quite a lot out of TU Recolour Depot, and especially Lazy Painter. They allow for a lot of customisation of how stock parts look.
Matt live : so here I'm just ascending and when I reach 100m/s I gently tap the D key on my keyboard then [goes on tangent about keyboards] - commentary matt : sorry I went on a tangent about keyboard there, but I should probably be talking about what I'm doing instead, unless you've heard about gravity assists before, like I did on [goes on tangent about future missions]
my first duna mission took over 6 hours of stress and crying bc i kept running out of fuel and making quicksaves and had to wait for the perfect moment to come back
i love how he thinks he is bad while doing commentary but doing some wild shit that i can only dream of doing like i only just landed on the Mun and thought i was gona get sent a letter from NASA saying how good i am 🤣😅
@@markymarkgames4198 idk bro, and it was not actually so successful, I send a 3.5 ton probe in polar orbit and it worked fine. But I also sen a very compact rover but after landing it it would not want to use its brakes even if I had full probe controle.
i like these videos :) you reinvigorated my love for ksp, so i spent the past few days troubleshooting to run it on linux, its all your fault, thank you
hey just a heads up, restock *DOES* add modded parts, and so if you remove the mod from your save, often times you may not be able to load vehicles! since learning this myself ive stopped using the mod and instead prefer to use TURD to recolor parts to look different, especially adding custom colors, metalics, etc.
@@ez_theta_z9317 you might be right there, not sure. Using ckan only restock+ will come up iirc, and some may confuse the two. So i figure it's still very worth putting out there. I also do just prefer TURD anyway as it gives you a lot more customization options
engine sound missing is definitely due to better time warp. I didn't had any mods except KER and Alarm Clock. After I installed better time warp I had the sound bugs
I wish there was science with more intresting requirements. For example, a botany lab might require a lot of time but makes a lot more science, a microscope might require a surface sample to use, or maybe a "scocial experiment" box where you need to lock away a kerbal, a lazer machine that generates a dangerous amount of heat. What if you needed to use Xenon to run an experiment on plasma? Or what if you had an experiment which requires a signal to the KSP to function? What if there was a material science machine which requires ore to work? What if you had a samooe testing lab which uses non-renuable samples, but has a much lower science drop-off rate, encouraging you to shuttle new samples. It would also be cool if there were more "Experiments" that generated things other then science. For example, recording in different environments with a camera might generate funds in career mode.
Welcome to the game! :) You might be best off looking in Matt's older videos. He's done a bunch of tutorials in the past, including much of the first 2 Lowne Aerospace series, and he's explained a lot in most of his non-tutorial videos too. After all that, he's got tired of explaining. :) If Matt's tutorials don't work out for you, nor the ones he references such as Scott Manley's, try Mike Aben. There used to always be a few people saying "I've played for years but I can't land on the Mun" until Mike Aben made his tutorials.
I tried recreating the craft, and I can't even get to Duna without a gravity assist, and I sure as heck can't get back to orbit from Duna with that smaller craft either...
oof 30°C 🥀 The fairings came together nice! Drag cubes are dynamically generated so you can hardly reskin without changing them a little bit. Everyone can see you're using Restock, which is not the case for the patch I use. :) But I use the patch because it means faster loading and it's more accurate on some nose cones. I wanted to build my own keyboard as a project, but there's just no reason for me to do so. I get on all right with Logitech keyboards, believe it or not with how much I type, but I've got a Kinesis Freestyle 2 now and it's great! Given that I don't know what switches I'd like without trying them, I think I'll stick with these. (I wonder if someone will tell us Kinesis use something better than Cherry switches. XD I don't know, but I'm half-expecting it!) I don't see how a switch would feel better or worse just because it's optical. It might be easier to design as you don't have to think about how the contacts would affect the feel, but I'm sure it's not a problem for Cherry who have decades of experience with designing mechanical switches. I had to fix staging during launch once or twice. I found it a little too exciting! XD If the command module spins around and whacks into the lander, would that make it slapstick comedy IN SPACE? :) But that might be my sleep deprivation talking. Matt: "We got loads of time to apoapsis, so there was no stress in that whatsoever." Me: _Worrying whether the lander's engine will fire by accident._ :) But I should have had faith in Matt -- he checked his staging, even if he did do it on the fly. There's a fix for the engine sound bug in KSPCF, but it often makes all the sound come out of one speaker when you're in map view -- annoying with headphones. The actual bug is the sound is given a position very far away from where it should be, so I guess KSPCF just limits the position relative to the rocket instead of centering it in map view. Nice touchdown! The commentary is good. I'm even thinking this looks set to be one of my favourites. :) It's easier for me to listen to than normal, probably because I find it harder to listen to punchier commentary. That said, I might be getting better as I learned something about my health. I realised I've got ADHD, and I'm learning how stimulants help. One person even said something like, "A person with ADHD needs stimulants like a short-sighted person needs glasses." I know all about living with glasses! :) But whether or not my body can tolerate caffeine every day is another question. Oh the encounter excitement! :) Oh not targeted? That was weird. I'm sure if I tried to comment while playing, there would be... comedy. Let's just call it comedy. :) We're keeping the lander attached! We're living dangerously! :D 34°C! 🥀🥀🥀 But seriously, in an airless room, I'd take a break just to ventilate it. Then again, time to take such a break is not always available, I guess. I tried playing around with the position of mid-course corrections, and found the best place was the actual middle of the course. Ner ner neer ne, ner ner neer ne, heey Jude! ~~See, I was writing it down.~~ KSP making it quicker for the player to do things that go slower for the kerbals is kind-of like Minecraft where the world just stops if the player isn't in a nearby chunk. Or maybe it's the opposite because the villagers and animals don't notice time passing. One time, I was building near enough to a village that the villagers' crops grew, but far enough away that the villagers themselves were not even _created_ yet! I wasn't bothered by the land flashing. Perhaps that's because I always brace myself when I see the camera start moving. Wow! No quicksaves! :D Jolly good show, Matt! Hmm, low tech to Duna? I do enjoy the occasional low-tech mission. If I suggested a low-tech _SSTO_ to Duna, would that be too much? I guess it'd need refuelling in LKO, or to be launched on a rocket and return as a spaceplane.
this is video 2 of me requesting you to consider an investigation into a full science mode/career-ish playthrough utilizing Kerbalism as well as many other mods you already have, you'd get to do a proper playthrough that requires you to think of individual elements of the missions
“How stressful can a Duna mission be?” Hahaha, *you have no idea* Also remember when comments were about the video instead of three people claiming to be first
Please consider trying out the Nertea mods like Cryo Engines, Kerbal Atomics, the Near Future suite, and Far Future Tech! They're really cool, and while far future may be slightly overkill for the base game system, that can be remedied with a planet pack mod like Kcalbeloh :3
lol, what timing xD talking about stressful, I recently restarted the game on the highest difficulty: career mode on console. I managed to get to duna yesterday, but didn't have the tech unlocked for a decent lander yet. maybe that's a good video idea for you.
That reminds I've used keyboards which were too responsive, the keys activating within 2mm of the top of their travel. :) They were a 70s/80s design with a long linear spring and a very soft foam cylinder holding a silvered paper disc which made a capacitative connection. I think that design could be done well if it weren't for the foam core taking up so much room -- 10x25mm if I remember rightly, maybe 12x30mm. All in all, I think optical switches are the easiest to design well as the sensor parts are both compact and independent of the mechanism.
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I wish I had a globe….
mova globes are so cool
Such a shame that the Jupiter globe isn't at the same scale factor that the Earth globe is
@@axiomostanes yeah, having the complete set in scale would be awesome
@@axiomostanes I feel like you don't understand how much more massive Jupiter is than Earth lol
Funny that Matt can do some of the most wild over engineered ideas, and also struggle at a simple Duna mission at the same time.
they have become too skilled for the easy mode....
How stressful Duna mission can be?
*Yes*
real
I like these live commentary videos cuz i can build along without going half the speed
Launch + gravity turn without heat is always satisfying.
"I know Americans are gonna say that's not that hot" Bro that is scorching much respect to you for putting up with it. We have AC over here for a reason.
That's 90F. Duck that, bro. That is ridiculous for being inside.
Europe is truly third world; no AC and tons of brown people.
90° inside without ac? Nope. Miss me with that. Absolutely miserable
nah im in a unairconditioned house in tennesse its rough i feel you
Those kerbals with the yellow hats in the VAB look like a bunch of minions 🤣
AHAHAHAH SO FUNNY ok no that was rude of me sorry
@@user-ld5yu4dk2swhat?
@@user-ld5yu4dk2sTf 😂
In ReStock mod, launch escape thingy has an option that you can turn on, that makes launch escape attach seamlessly to a docking port
RCS doesn't work on Duna anymore because I think they made it so the Kerbals have weight and the parachutes and tools have weight as well.
it still works just not as good
@@KaleyDuke I know you have to jump and then use it as a boost. But you can't fly around like you can on moons. Apart from Laythe.
It still works, you just have to be higher up on the planet where there is less atmosphere
This is the ksp content that I was looking for!
I enjoy these types of videos every now and then just to see some of the planning that goes into these more ambitious missions, and frankly I'm very glad it's not (yet another) Mun landing.
What surprised me is how easy, or in some cases hard it was to get encounters for docking and landing. Personally I've had a massive amount of trouble wrapping my head around the concept, so it was cool to see a "seasoned veteran" like yourself really show how it's done in real-time.
I know it would interfere with the vibe of your typical content, but I'd be totally down for more of these types of vids in the future, if infrequently. (Maybe Laythe next time?)
Something that might help with the heat Matt, is a dehumidifier, My office is also always 28-30 degrees and being England, is also wet, and it's been a lot more bearable since I bought a dehumidifier taking it from 80% down to 35%. (Also, the Logitech G512 is a beautiful keyboard, mine has been going strong for five and a half years now and it's as good as day one)
You make this stuff look so easy, then I go spend a few hours in KSP bumbling around making all sorts of mistakes. It's fun! But I'm slowly learning. That manoeuvre node planner just doesn't make much sense to me. Also, I feel your pain with the heat, I live in outback Australia with no air conditioning.
The obvious answer to which mission you should do live next is: Eve. >:D
It would actually be interesting to see you do a stressful mission live, as a change from your usual videos.
Isn't "going on a bit of a tangent" the whole point of turning sideways as you launch into orbit?🤣
Good one! 🤣
I like to live by the mantra, "if you need 100 oranges to get to the moon, pack 300"
You can enable crossfeed through the radial clamps so that you don't need the fuel lines
Yeah but you also need to set the fuel priority and it's faster to just slap the fuel lines on lol
@@MattLowne i find that it's pretty good at automatically setting the priorities
*Flashbacks to Martincitopant’s first manned mission to Duna in his KSP play through*
It's funny how I have no idea what he's talking about, but I still adore his videos. 😂
Can't wait to watch this video, but I just wanted to say; I'd love to see you try to make a station and lander around a planet orbiting another star using mods!
That would be awesome
I put in one of the systems(vulture) and had a ship with modded power generation that could maintain warp 1.6 forever. It was going to take 25 RL days to fly there at that speed. Would be really hard to make a video without cheating your way to the new system or just showing a few seconds of a long boring trip. Then it's just the same thing going around a planet with different graphics. I knew space was big but I never really understood how big until I did that.
I usually name my missions to Duna, "Dunatic Fringe" or "Dunraker"
Personally, I enjoy these live commentary videos. Its nice to know that even the professionals have the same slip ups as the rest of us, plus it gives a bit more idea of how long the missions actually take, so we can fully understand the work that goes into them. We don't always get that with a fully produced and edited video.
22:05 one of the most thrilling and scary sights a person could ever experience is your home planet getting smaller and smaller
i have a confession, I've been playing KSP 1 on and off since early access. and I don't recall landing on any other bodies besides mun and minmus.... by the time I get to that point I'm either ready to take a break, or feeling stupid as to how I'd build a rocket and make the trip haha.
I know how you feel. The only reason I've landed on Laythe is because I was in a particularly crazy mood when I launched my first NERV-equipped SSTO. I can't remember how long it took me to develop a rescue SSTO, but it was at least 5 months, maybe a lot more. Launching the rescue SSTO from Laythe was one of the most terrifying things I've done in the game. Besides the absurdly high lift-off speed on the small island, at the last instant before takeoff, the plane was somehow yanked 45 degrees to the left so suddenly, I didn't even see it happen. I was rolling 90°E, then I was flying 45°NE! I don't think I'll set my landing gear to maximum friction again. At least it flew fairly well, but making it fly well is largely why developing it took so long. It took me such a long time to learn how to make planes fly well.
In fact, I have well over 2000 hours in the game, maybe over 3000, but the majority of that time has been spent in the SPH trying to get SSTO designs right. It doesn't help that I hate landing planes or rockets, unless it's on Minmus. (It's starting to get easier as I use lights to help me judge the distance to the ground.)
Also, I build SSTOs not just because they're cool, but because trying to plan multi-part missions confuses me badly. All the missions I've got off the ground have been relatively simple by comparison with other players. And both the Laythe and a (one-way drone) Eve mission happened because I so very much wanted to see those worlds from their surfaces. (Without mods, Eve was a huge disappointment.)
I've recently realised I've got ADHD. I think it affects my playing because I never know if I'll be able to focus when the mission requires it. Stimulants help people with ADHD, so I'm trying energy drinks now to see how I get on. I don't know if I can have caffeine every day though; other health problems may make it impossible.
matt: "I dont think i do well under pressure"
matt's boss: **taking notes**
What a perfect timing.
Not working on Duna, but I've been trying to add a return vehicle to my 16t Minmus rover. Mostly by building a trailer that carries a rocket.
Hey Matt! I appreciate the respect you have for your audience. Not all streamers will turn away from the mic to cough, or will speak into their mic through yawns and shit, and it feels disrespectful. Thank you for being decent, and for the great videos :)
MOVA Globes are the kind of thing that make me wish I had disposable income.
Real hot take on keyboards is preferring membrane keyboards… 🤷♂️
Actually nice to watch a “pro” live, as a non-pro since early on, and still playing, doing many of the same Kerbel-esq things. Carry on Matt.
I can't even imagine building anything in this game in ten minutes. If I spent ten times that long I'd have an overthought, over-engineered vehicle that, turns out, was missing at least one part critical to its mission.
In case no one else has recommended it yet, I think you'd get quite a lot out of TU Recolour Depot, and especially Lazy Painter. They allow for a lot of customisation of how stock parts look.
Sadly it doesn't work with ReStock
This is the only time ive been interested in a youtube video sponsor lol
I have to admit. Those MOVA globes do look badass. Thanks for your efforts Matt.
I do like these live commentary videos as everything is played in real-time. I would like to see more like this.
Matt live : so here I'm just ascending and when I reach 100m/s I gently tap the D key on my keyboard then [goes on tangent about keyboards]
- commentary matt : sorry I went on a tangent about keyboard there, but I should probably be talking about what I'm doing instead, unless you've heard about gravity assists before, like I did on [goes on tangent about future missions]
The way Matt always cuts himself off mid sentence at the end is classic
I've said it before, but... it's so nice to have you back on KSP1.
better than the post-mission commentary stuff
Live commentary to the rumored planet in the asteroids. Something like Dre’s? I don’t think it exists though.
Matt, here’s a graphic mod you could try, Sci-fi visual enhancements
I just wanted to see your Duna mission vehicle designs. Aerospike, nice idea, I keep forgetting that atmosphere is atmosphere in KSP.
I think these videos are great. Not every time, but building in these uncut, live videos would be a great change of pace
We need more fold out space stations and bases
I have a question, while downloading KSP mods, have you ever encountered any fatal errors?
Yeah, KSP mods have killed me several times. I used to hate it, but now it's just mostly annoying.
I personally prefer this style of video
A live commentary video going out to Eeloo might be fun, always feel like Eeloo is underappreciated by a lot of peeps
It came out well, i enjoy that this type of video shows up every once in a while
flashbacks from the playstation edition duna vid where matt was slightly sick and was going insane due to heat are kicking in
Youve got free iva! You should transfer your kerbals between vessels with it! And avoid that clunky ui, plus its just more fun!
Oh yeah, really enjoy this type of video every once in a while!
my first duna mission took over 6 hours of stress and crying bc i kept running out of fuel and making quicksaves and had to wait for the perfect moment to come back
I finished mine with no joke 0.2 percent fuel left
I once tried to finish a dres mission and somehow came barreling back to Kerbin at 10,000 m/s no joke
@@Concavenator_corcovatus i used the eva jet pack lol
@@alexb-mc4jo :O i was only going like 5000 ms
@@midnightcat1202 lol
i love how he thinks he is bad while doing commentary but doing some wild shit that i can only dream of doing like i only just landed on the Mun and thought i was gona get sent a letter from NASA saying how good i am 🤣😅
You could go to Moho, I feel like everyone forgets about it.
always love watching you faff around with KSP. would love to see you try Realism Overhaul
Yaaay live commentary video!
i literaly finished my first sucesfull duna mission, today, after 180+ hours of gameplay.
HOW?
@@markymarkgames4198 idk bro, and it was not actually so successful, I send a 3.5 ton probe in polar orbit and it worked fine. But I also sen a very compact rover but after landing it it would not want to use its brakes even if I had full probe controle.
Keenan escape burn is the only time I’ve ever seen you not overshoot a burn
I really enjoy these tutorial videos. I learn so much
i like these videos :) you reinvigorated my love for ksp, so i spent the past few days troubleshooting to run it on linux, its all your fault, thank you
hey just a heads up, restock *DOES* add modded parts, and so if you remove the mod from your save, often times you may not be able to load vehicles!
since learning this myself ive stopped using the mod and instead prefer to use TURD to recolor parts to look different, especially adding custom colors, metalics, etc.
iirc: ReStock itself adds no parts, however its submod ReStock+ does add some parts to fill up some gaps in the stock part lineup
@@ez_theta_z9317 you might be right there, not sure. Using ckan only restock+ will come up iirc, and some may confuse the two. So i figure it's still very worth putting out there. I also do just prefer TURD anyway as it gives you a lot more customization options
@@stuchris as do i, TURD is much better for making cool planes. especially combined with Conformal Decals
Matt, please get the nertea mods. I'm really looking forward to what you'll build with them.
engine sound missing is definitely due to better time warp.
I didn't had any mods except KER and Alarm Clock. After I installed better time warp I had the sound bugs
I wish there was science with more intresting requirements. For example, a botany lab might require a lot of time but makes a lot more science, a microscope might require a surface sample to use, or maybe a "scocial experiment" box where you need to lock away a kerbal, a lazer machine that generates a dangerous amount of heat. What if you needed to use Xenon to run an experiment on plasma? Or what if you had an experiment which requires a signal to the KSP to function?
What if there was a material science machine which requires ore to work? What if you had a samooe testing lab which uses non-renuable samples, but has a much lower science drop-off rate, encouraging you to shuttle new samples.
It would also be cool if there were more "Experiments" that generated things other then science. For example, recording in different environments with a camera might generate funds in career mode.
If only they redeveloped ksp.... Oh wait... Too soon....????? 😂😂😂😂
There are mods like that, Dmagic and MOLE come to mind.
This was beautiful! But I love your other videos, too, so would love more of both! :)
"They're paid by the hour" is *crazy*
More of these Matt. Love the live commentary 😂
Just so you know, I’m new to ksp so don’t hide how you do stuff please. Especially how to work out the perfect hands-off gravity assist launch
Ah yes, the ole "main character" has dropped in
Welcome to the game! :) You might be best off looking in Matt's older videos. He's done a bunch of tutorials in the past, including much of the first 2 Lowne Aerospace series, and he's explained a lot in most of his non-tutorial videos too. After all that, he's got tired of explaining. :)
If Matt's tutorials don't work out for you, nor the ones he references such as Scott Manley's, try Mike Aben. There used to always be a few people saying "I've played for years but I can't land on the Mun" until Mike Aben made his tutorials.
31:03, Ike solar eclipse
I tried recreating the craft, and I can't even get to Duna without a gravity assist, and I sure as heck can't get back to orbit from Duna with that smaller craft either...
Gee, now I actually do wanna see a live commentary low tech Duna mission.
oof 30°C 🥀
The fairings came together nice!
Drag cubes are dynamically generated so you can hardly reskin without changing them a little bit. Everyone can see you're using Restock, which is not the case for the patch I use. :) But I use the patch because it means faster loading and it's more accurate on some nose cones.
I wanted to build my own keyboard as a project, but there's just no reason for me to do so. I get on all right with Logitech keyboards, believe it or not with how much I type, but I've got a Kinesis Freestyle 2 now and it's great! Given that I don't know what switches I'd like without trying them, I think I'll stick with these. (I wonder if someone will tell us Kinesis use something better than Cherry switches. XD I don't know, but I'm half-expecting it!)
I don't see how a switch would feel better or worse just because it's optical. It might be easier to design as you don't have to think about how the contacts would affect the feel, but I'm sure it's not a problem for Cherry who have decades of experience with designing mechanical switches.
I had to fix staging during launch once or twice. I found it a little too exciting! XD
If the command module spins around and whacks into the lander, would that make it slapstick comedy IN SPACE? :) But that might be my sleep deprivation talking.
Matt: "We got loads of time to apoapsis, so there was no stress in that whatsoever."
Me: _Worrying whether the lander's engine will fire by accident._ :)
But I should have had faith in Matt -- he checked his staging, even if he did do it on the fly.
There's a fix for the engine sound bug in KSPCF, but it often makes all the sound come out of one speaker when you're in map view -- annoying with headphones. The actual bug is the sound is given a position very far away from where it should be, so I guess KSPCF just limits the position relative to the rocket instead of centering it in map view.
Nice touchdown!
The commentary is good. I'm even thinking this looks set to be one of my favourites. :) It's easier for me to listen to than normal, probably because I find it harder to listen to punchier commentary. That said, I might be getting better as I learned something about my health. I realised I've got ADHD, and I'm learning how stimulants help. One person even said something like, "A person with ADHD needs stimulants like a short-sighted person needs glasses." I know all about living with glasses! :) But whether or not my body can tolerate caffeine every day is another question.
Oh the encounter excitement! :) Oh not targeted? That was weird.
I'm sure if I tried to comment while playing, there would be... comedy. Let's just call it comedy. :)
We're keeping the lander attached! We're living dangerously! :D
34°C! 🥀🥀🥀
But seriously, in an airless room, I'd take a break just to ventilate it. Then again, time to take such a break is not always available, I guess.
I tried playing around with the position of mid-course corrections, and found the best place was the actual middle of the course.
Ner ner neer ne, ner ner neer ne, heey Jude!
~~See, I was writing it down.~~
KSP making it quicker for the player to do things that go slower for the kerbals is kind-of like Minecraft where the world just stops if the player isn't in a nearby chunk. Or maybe it's the opposite because the villagers and animals don't notice time passing. One time, I was building near enough to a village that the villagers' crops grew, but far enough away that the villagers themselves were not even _created_ yet!
I wasn't bothered by the land flashing. Perhaps that's because I always brace myself when I see the camera start moving.
Wow! No quicksaves! :D
Jolly good show, Matt!
Hmm, low tech to Duna? I do enjoy the occasional low-tech mission. If I suggested a low-tech _SSTO_ to Duna, would that be too much? I guess it'd need refuelling in LKO, or to be launched on a rocket and return as a spaceplane.
this is video 2 of me requesting you to consider an investigation into a full science mode/career-ish playthrough utilizing Kerbalism as well as many other mods you already have, you'd get to do a proper playthrough that requires you to think of individual elements of the missions
Kerbal Alarm Clock is built into the base game lol. No need to worry about transfer windows anymore
I usually just skip sponsorship sections but good god those globes look pretty awesome
The Mod "SafeChute" prevents parachutes breaking from time warp
These 'live missions' are great.
I use the alarm function on my important maneuver nodes to make sure I don't accidentally timewarp through them
I'd love if they would just update the console to include that !!! 😂 Can't tell you how many restarts I've had from warps gone wrong 😢
I like this king of live missions
"if the game eventually loads" just setted the answer for the question in the title 😂
I LOVE YOU MATTT (btw, where are the minmus colony series)
Hooray, live commentary matt!
If ypu like Mova Globes you will love the Termesheres versions.
Matt you sneaky devil you. You cut around quick saves?!? Lol jp
MOAR of these videos please!
“How stressful can a Duna mission be?”
Hahaha, *you have no idea*
Also remember when comments were about the video instead of three people claiming to be first
What is the " first" crap about...? Who goes to a cinema and then shouts to everyone that they got in the queue first irl? 😂😂😂
Please consider trying out the Nertea mods like Cryo Engines, Kerbal Atomics, the Near Future suite, and Far Future Tech! They're really cool, and while far future may be slightly overkill for the base game system, that can be remedied with a planet pack mod like Kcalbeloh :3
Would be very thankful if you could provide a mod-list in the description or some other way.
lol, what timing xD talking about stressful, I recently restarted the game on the highest difficulty: career mode on console. I managed to get to duna yesterday, but didn't have the tech unlocked for a decent lander yet. maybe that's a good video idea for you.
What mods are you using?
Yeah, ckan mod list export would be awesome.
The feeling is different slightly but the optical switches are so responsive! and it sounds the same. when it comes to the keyboard lol
That reminds I've used keyboards which were too responsive, the keys activating within 2mm of the top of their travel. :) They were a 70s/80s design with a long linear spring and a very soft foam cylinder holding a silvered paper disc which made a capacitative connection. I think that design could be done well if it weren't for the foam core taking up so much room -- 10x25mm if I remember rightly, maybe 12x30mm. All in all, I think optical switches are the easiest to design well as the sensor parts are both compact and independent of the mechanism.
hey Matt, good video. towards the end you felt really annoyed tho. have a nice day!
How difficult would a video like this for putting orbital scanners around Laythe be?
perfect timing bro. I was bored. now im not anymore :D
Please consider trying juno new origins or spaceflight simulator
Should go to vall next
Sorry, I missed some bits, I think. What mods are being used for the KSP2-like UI and the fiery exhaust plumes?
This is like when your teachers hungover and do the just put on a video instead of teaching.
love your vids matt. make em how ever you like :)