Horizons I need to find Stations insanely close to landable bodies

Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
MacrosTheBlack said:
My srv exploded just outside the access corridor. I think it got hit by the grid. Also it was very hard to get the srv through the access corridor, looks like it's made of some srv repellent material.

Next landing attempt (in the distant future) will be an outpost, no access corridors there...

Good luck, Themadoll :)
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Sorry to hear that Commander. Well done for getting as far as you did.

Had to abandon the SRV in orbit as the station began to race away from us faster than we could travel.
We'll be picking it up for another go tonight.

o7
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
Kerbal Dangerous Program heheh :)

Fingers crossed and given Marco's comment I think it would be advisable to synthesise some premium hull repair - it is 50% stronger than normal if I remember correctly. Or just spam repair synthesis :)
 

Macros Black

Macros Black
I'll leave this here for posterity
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Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
Hi there commanders.
I need some serious help getting my SRV into the slot of a Coriolis space station orbiting planet B 1 of the Votatini system.

[video=youtube_share;QtpjD5fjM2w]https://youtu.be/QtpjD5fjM2w[/video]

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Please come to Valigursky Orbital in the Votatini system at 18:00 game time Friday 18th.
As in tonight...

I need YOU!

o7
 
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VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
Themadoll said:
Hi there commanders.
I need some serious help getting my SRV into the slot of a Coriolis space station orbiting planet B 1 of the Votatini system.
Please come to Valigursky Orbital in the Votatini system at 18:00 game time Friday 23rd.
I need YOU!
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23rd is Wednesday, did you mean today or next Friday or Wednesday?
 

Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
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Alec Turner

Alec Turner
Themadoll said:
You are very welcome commander. I doubt we could have done it without your expert guidance...
Thanks to Commanders Rinzler Black, Frank and Edward Robinson this is what I ended up doing.
https://youtu.be/LUVo85c_LvY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGesroPU2do&t=31s
https://youtu.be/BErrcjTgqRk
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Yay! Well done guys ... that's really cool! It's kinda weird that the srv just passed right through the buildings and stuff, I can't quite imagine the collision damage model that would cause that tho. It's an unusual situation to be sure but you'd think the physics engine would still be doing its stuff for the two solid objects (station and srv).
 

Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
Alec Turner said:
Yay! Well done guys ... that's really cool! It's kinda weird that the srv just passed right through the buildings and stuff, I can't quite imagine the collision damage model that would cause that tho. It's an unusual situation to be sure but you'd think the physics engine would still be doing its stuff for the two solid objects (station and srv).
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Some parts of the station were solid because I was bounced around quite violently to begin with, then I seemed to stop dead in space producing that orbiting effect as the station rotated around me. I'm not sure when I started to be ignored by physics but clearly the limit was reached when I struck any surface such as a landing pad or the outer skin.
Do you think I should submit a bug report LoL?
:¬)

o7
 

Teh Smoo

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Haha, awesome. It's almost like FDev never intended that to happen...

Do the jumpjets on the SRV not work in space? My SRV has 4 pips in engines, most of the time, for jets. :p
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
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PS: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Themadoll again. Grrrr... I'll be back :D
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Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
Teh Smoo said:
Haha, awesome. It's almost like FDev never intended that to happen...

Do the jumpjets on the SRV not work in space? My SRV has 4 pips in engines, most of the time, for jets. :p
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No they do not. Nor do they work in the station. Once you leave the Planet/moon's gravitaional influence your systems are effectively dead and although the jets make the right noises and show up as working they have no effect on your direction of travel. All you can do is make with a light show using your undeployable dual repeater and SRV lamps and repair/refuel
Perhaps I should add this to the bug report LoL

o7
 
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irongut

irongut
Well done guys, dare to dream crazy! :D

I'm still intrigued how you managed to get the SRV into space in the first place, I didn't see that part in any of the videos.
 

Dharrch Streynjer

Dharrch Streynjer
irongut said:
Well done guys, dare to dream crazy! :D

I'm still intrigued how you managed to get the SRV into space in the first place, I didn't see that part in any of the videos.
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I did try to record that but the stream failed.
Basically we carried the SRV into orbit on the back of a T9 (Cmdr Frank).
We started with a gentle vertical lift, then slowly lifted the nose to around 50 degrees. Once we had the angle we slowly accelerated to just short of 200m/s
I think gravity left us at around 50km but don't quote me because I have a crap memory.
The main thing is maintaining a steady pace or a gentle acceleration or else the velocity reverses bouncing the SRV into the air.

o7
 
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