Kerbal Space Program

[Longo_2_guns]

I don't know if anyone else has played this or not, but it's one of the most fun free games I have ever played.

It's still on it's pre-alpha type stage, and is free thus far, but they're looking to expand it similar to what happened with Minecraft.

Basically, you build a rocket ship, and then fly it.

Found here

I think the site might be down right now, because a patch just got released, but it's worth a look at.
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[cyberjim2000]

A friend of mine just got me into the game. It certainly has potential to be a great game. So have you gotten into orbital yet, Longo?

[Longo_2_guns]

I've gotten up to like 400,000 meters as my best thus far.

I'm having more fun creating absurd rockets than functional ones.
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[madster111]

I got into space.

100,000 meters.

And then i ran out of fuel, and then they continued on without stopping.
Poor little bastards.

[Edit]
I'm thinking i'm winning ATM;


Liquid fuel rockets are the shit.
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[De-Ting]

I'm trying it. Every rocket I build with more than two stages always fires the wrong engines at the wrong time. No matter how I organize the icons, it's always messed up.
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Yo.

[Longo_2_guns]

[Green_Lantern]

I suck at flying.

[Longo_2_guns]

That reminds me, press T before you take off, or at any time, to activate auto SAS.
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[madster111]

How did you control such a heavy thing?

I managed like 5 stages of liquid fuel and it was a bitch to control with any sort of reasonable throttle.
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[cyberjim2000]

I like Jebediah's face on the screenshot. Everyone else is flipping out because they know they're going to die but he's having a blast.

[madster111]

I see your 2029 K and raise you:


The Parachute is just because.
Also, i've found out Jebediah ALWAYS has a blast. I'm not sure if he's just an eternally happy person, or retarded, or perhaps both.

Although to be fair, in Longos, there's a good chance he could have either:
1.) Kept going longer
or
2.) Returned home safely.


[Edit]
Hit 5000K, more or less stopped decelerating. Wish i'd left enough fuel to turn it around and bring it back.

Oh well. They will die slowly.
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[Longo_2_guns]

I did make it home safely. I could've gone further, but that rocket was just a trial attempt before I made it better, which I'm doing now.

Oh, and by the way, mods! The best mod is Sunday Punch. Found here: http://mod.gib.me/kerbal/mods/
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[danielrbischoff]

http://www.gamerevolution.com/manifesto/kerbal-space-program-6833

[Longo_2_guns]

Wooo, I'm a somebody now!

In other news, here's my ship what I used before


Simple, but effective beyond belief.
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[De-Ting]

I finally figured it out. I'm at about 2800K and climbing. More on this story later.

Edit:

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Yo.

[madster111]

Dude, 4 hours?

Did you just like leave it to idle?

I can only imagine i would have been in the 5 digits if i left my 3000m/s one to idle for a while.
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[cyberjim2000]

I could've left it running but I was like, "screw it".

[madster111]

Because my laptop sucks, to handle the massive power of my craft i had to drop the graphics to the minimum.

Cruising speed attained:


Under an hour:



[Edit]
And my modified design:



Actual ship itself:



Rockets get ditched quickly, then it actually looks good.
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[De-Ting]