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Kerbal Space Program? Anyone?
Method of Madness:
YOU HAD ONE JEB, JOB!
Schmee:
So I just bought the game, and I've gone through the tutorials and started a career-mode game, and... I'm stuck. I've managed to go suborbital with a few of my designs, but I'm not getting enough science off each flight (normally only 0.1 science), and I can't build anything capable of going into orbit. I can't afford any of the tech upgrades (apart from the very first one you buy), which would help me a lot. Am I missing something, or should I just slowly grind my way up to another tech upgrade?
EDIT: I've managed to get Jebediah up into orbit, but I'm out of fuel so I can't get him back down. HALP
EDITEDIT: Even more disasters have forced me to make a new savegame, but I've still got the same problems; nothing I do seems to get me any science points at all. I've tried putting the Science addons on my rockets (currently consisting of a canister of goo and a tiny aerial), but to no avail.
cesium133:
Have you tried doing each of the science experiments at different altitudes? You can get more points from doing the experiments from the upper atmosphere. Also, have you tried doing any EVAs? If you send Jeb out on an EVA and then right click him, you can do EVA Report, which is worth some science (usually more than you would get from the addons). And if he's EVA'd on the surface of a planet (including Kerbin) you can have him collect a surface sample, which is often worth a lot of science.
If you're still stuck on Kerbin, it may be worth trying to land Jeb in different locations on Kerbin, because you can get more science points by going to different biomes (for example, you can get science points both for collecting a surface sample from the ocean and another from the grasslands west of KSC). There are several biomes close to KSC which makes this a bit easier. Once you have the spaceplane tech, you can build a spaceplane which will make it easier to hit the far-away biomes, such as the desert and the icecaps.
LTK:
I'm picturing a Kerbalnaut in full space gear emerging from his spacecraft and carefully taking a surface sample from a public park on Kerbin while bemused locals watch and take pictures. :lol:
I actually never played this, I'm just an avid reader. :P
cesium133:
If you do an EVA report on Kerbin, he tells you "The spacesuit wasn't really necessary, was it?" :-D
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