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Is this game considered /sci/ enough? It's regarded generally as pretty detailed, although it's nowhere near as complicated as actual space travel. Does anyone here play?

This is my Duna orbiter. It's the first thing I assembled in orbit. Hopefully it'll have enough punch to get to Duna, drop a couple of satellites and return.

>> No.10046529

>>10046497
it's only /sci/ if you write your own orbital transfer calculator and install a mod implementing actual newtonian mechanics and dropping the patched conic approximation that the default game uses. (this is easy because the solar system is laid out such that you can avoid the 3-body problem if you ignore orbital perturbations of celestial bodies)

>> No.10046540

>>10046529

Yeah. I play on a PS4, so....

>> No.10046546

>>10046540
it's only /sci/ then until you try to put something at a lagrange point and become disappointed by the limitations of the game engine

>> No.10046547

Playing it i've got a solid grasp on the bases of orbital mechanics and rocket engineering. It's a game, but also a good learning tool. However, you can fing /kspg/ on /vg/.

>> No.10046585

>>10046497
Playing KSP should be mandatory in High School physics class.

>> No.10046587

>>10046585
Also, to get a passing grade you have to put something into orbit without MechJeb.

>> No.10046604

The game is pretty awesome, but lacks calculation tools. I should be able to calculate how much delta V I need for a mission without installing mods.

>> No.10046629

>>10046497
Children of a Dead Earth is better because it uses Hamiltonian symplectic integration rather than patched conics.

>> No.10046639

>>10046604
brainlet
you are able to with data about the planets
oh wait you don't like to do actual simple math per hand do you

>> No.10046916

>>10046587
but thats fucking piss easy for kerbin and closest planets even with 0 calculations
just slap enough stages and fiddle with orbit until it works

>> No.10046974

>>10046604
Just use a spreadsheet.

>> No.10046990

>>10046916
At the very least they will know more about mechanics.

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>>10046497
I don't think /sci/ would consider itself /sci/ enough. So I don't care much for that.

As for the game - I hate how laggy and time consuming it is. You have to waste so much time to get anywhere, it's just like the producers - they waste time and still no updates. A disgrace for so much potential. I am annoyed, because I care.

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>>10047022
Continued

Want more shots?

>> No.10047032

>>10047030
>>10047022
I just wish they changed the EULA. Now it is just a spyware.

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>>10047032
Never bothered with that. All my apps are blocked from accesing the internet unless I need them to. Don't have steam.

>> No.10048103

>>10046547
>Playing it i've got a solid grasp on the bases of orbital mechanics and rocket engineering
No, you don't. Although, you used the term "rocket engineering" instead of "rocket science" so I'll have to give you that.