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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 07:26:16 PM »

I never knew you were supposed to get to space until I looked at the posts on the topic....

You're not necessarily obliged to get to space, but it's a nice achievement should you do so and makes you feel good about yourself.

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 05:43:09 PM »

I had four solid-fuel engines attached to the top of my ship that burned at the same time as three liquid-fuel engines at the bottom.
When the solid-fuel engines burned out, I decoupled them, only to learn that it also decoupled the still-burning liquid-fuel engines.
There was another single solid-fuel engine that I planned to ignite once the liquid-fuel engines were decoupled, which they were.
Luckily I didn't have the decoupling of the liquid-fuel engines on the same stage as the ignition of the solid-fuel.
The liquid-fuel engines pushed the solid-fuel engine, the SAS module, and the capsule, about 20000 more meters before it burned out and I ignited the solid fuel engine and flew off.
Does that make sense? :o

Here's a picture to explain it all:

The liquid-fuel engines you see are actually decoupled from the rest, but the g-force from the thrust keeps the rest of the rocket attached. The solid-fuel engine closer to the capsule could have actually been ignited at that point, but I chose not to until the liquid-fuel engines burned out.

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Off Topic / Re: Hilarious Video Game Name Generator

« on: July 11, 2011, 05:09:06 PM »

lovey Rollerball Shootout(Rated AO)

Mexican Drug-Dealing Rider(Hurr durr this is so realistic)

History of the Nuclear Colosseum(Booooooooooriiiiing)

Real Ice Operatives(Is it like Ice Road Truckers?)

Iron Platypus Horde(OH GOD NO)

Final Fantasy Spelling Summoner(Excellent, I'll beat this is a heartbeat)

Low G Dragon Trainer(So how does a dragon fly in an environment where flying is as easy as jumping? Does it just flap its wings once?)

Supreme Raccoon Paratroopers(What, you've never seen a raccoon parachuting before?)

Funky Samurai Project(Oh forget yes)

No One Can Stop the Aerobics Tournament(I bet I can)

Caribbean Skydiving in the Sky(Yes, that is where one would normally skydive)

Allied Fun Nightmare(OH GOD)

Transvestite Sailboat Dynasty(Those fishnets have got to come from somewhere*ZING*)

All-Star Bomberman Slaughter(Intense blood and gore)

Samurai Shotgun Hero(WRONG, SAMURAI DIDN'T USE SHOTGUNS)

Intense Godzilla Dystopia(I knew Godzillas had to live SOMEWHERE)

Professional Football Hunt(Set in the near future when football has been outlawed)

Magical Fantasy Massacre(Avada Kedavra!)

Battlefield: Wheelchair Ignition(To make Vietnam vets feel more comfortable about themselves)

Heroic Scooter Chronicles(Here I come to save the day--OH forget, MY KNEE)

Monster Skate Studio(Suck it, Tony Hawk)

Royal Gnome Annihilation(REVOLUTION!)

Canadian Circus Legends(Special guest appearance by Justin Bieber)

Neurotic Pachinko Symphony(The percussion sounds divine)

Golden Gun from Outer Space(One man was lucky enough to find it)

Amateur Go-Kart in the Desert(It'd better be good for off-roading)

The Sims: Quiz Joe(Poor Joe, I bet he doesn't want to be quizzed.)

Lord of the Goth Police(Citizens are not prohibited from wearing makeup of any kind, save stage performances)

Battle Android Shack(Sounds badass)

Mr. Monster Truck Fighter(He must be so MANLY)

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Off Topic / Re: How well am i known?

« on: July 11, 2011, 05:07:22 PM »

I think I've seen you in dark alleys dealing with equally dark people. But idk.

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Off Topic / Re: MANLY FOOD

« on: July 11, 2011, 04:28:21 PM »

But if they downsized it to something that's smaller than Volkswagen it'd be delicious.

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Off Topic / Re: MANLY FOOD

« on: July 11, 2011, 04:12:01 PM »

That looks delicious.
I'll be sure to eat that next time I want to kill myself.

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 02:41:01 PM »

I've found that if you attach an SAS module directly to the bottom of the capsule(with no decoupler), on stage 0 when your capsule's hurtling back to earth and the parachute is deployed, so long as the nose is pointed up the SAS module should keep it that way and take the damage from the fall, exploding and, nine out of ten times, leaving your capsule to plop safely onto the ground intact.

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 02:03:07 PM »

My rocket's swaying a lot more than I'd like, even with an S.A.S module on each engine. :o


Oh...
My...
God...

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Games / Re: Shores of Hazeron - MOAR SPACE CONQUEST

« on: July 11, 2011, 01:10:48 PM »

That's rather scary. :o

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 01:06:36 PM »

Suck on this, Shores of Hazeron.

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 12:33:23 PM »

At the moment I am 1120 Km from the earth and rising every second, and I'm slowing down rapidly. :o
EDIT: Having reached 0 m/s, thirty minutes into the launch, I have now begun my nearly 1300-km descent. Oh stuff.

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Off Topic / Re: Post how much you hate the above user

« on: July 11, 2011, 12:02:52 PM »

73.002

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 11, 2011, 11:48:32 AM »

In each and every mission, no matter how small the chance of survival, one crew member always has an ear-to-ear grin when his crew mates carry faces of horror and exasperation.

Here's to you, Jedediah Kerman, for your unyielding optimism in the face of almost certain death.

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Off Topic / Re: How to pass time?

« on: July 11, 2011, 11:41:55 AM »

Kerbal Space Program lol

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Games / Re: Kerbal Space Program, Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love THRUSTERRRSSSS

« on: July 10, 2011, 11:50:08 PM »

Where do I save the third-party parts pack to?