Docking Tutorial (Spaceflight Simulator)

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[@kingsempire4270]

Spaceflight simulator, where rocket science becomes pocket science.

[@Ha-fh5np]

Only 6 likes? Shame no one appriciates a original joke....oh well.

[@FoXenthusiast42]

KSP, where game rocket science is realistic

[@ewthmatth]

@@Ha-fh5np down-votes from actual pocket scientists

[@ewthmatth]

@@FoXenthusiast42 are you saying the basic Newtonian mechanics are off? Or is it the aerodynamics?

[@FoXenthusiast42]

@@ewthmatth With my experience there seems to be no aerodynamics or correct drag in SFS.

[@oldindication9353]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mobile game as great as this one. Nor have I ever seen a phone game give tutorials like this. One of my favorite games.

[@WasCoderman]

Mindusty

[@MunadiSyauqi]

0:12

[@GrowingMushroom]

​@@WasCodermanWhen I first downloaded mindustry out of boredom in 2021 I was bedazzled at how good it was

[@WasCoderman]

BRUH I DID NOT TYPE THIS WHO DID IT i swear stop cousin

[@CentralProcessingUnitCore]

​@@WasCodermanWow, so much attention

[@sgg6643]

*I never have felt this much frustration in life*

[@kostan55]

70th like cause screw the over repeating 69 joke

[@alvingatchalian2466]

@SFS モÐƦIƛN I did it like 25 times I don't know what is the exact number

[@Timoteo-qwerty]

True, i was trying to make a space station and went insane over trying to dock the second module, it took me like 50 tries but i did it

[@jojojordan85]

The new update 1.5 is missing the electricity power stuff

[@speedercat154]

Exactly I loved using the power stuff.

[@catwithblueglasses1921]

there being reworked

[@turbodel1788]

SFS Planet epico

[@1_oooop]

I wonder how much more electricity stuff will come out

[@samir_bassman9330]

I never understood the whole electricity stuff

[@pizza7yearsago609]

I made it to mars, but im still unable to dock a freaking sattelite...

[@spaceflight.simulator.official]

Thats normal, from a navigational point, docking is more complicated.

[@redghost6386]

@@spaceflight.simulator.official I love your game. I'm trying to build a settlement on Mars it would be cool to carry more equipment to Mars and build something other than discarded rockets lol maybe see some astronauts milling about when you zoom in.

[@JAYJAY-bz3zb]

Same

[@maitreytelang2312]

Same here

[@summeryim]

Well why didn’t you say so, Stef?!

[@griffinstopani9486]

Lol, you make it look so easy

[@jaydentt]

#sotrue

[@NieMonD]

Well yeah he created the game

[@jaydentt]

@Citrullus lanatus Carcharodon even when it is almost impossible to do it the first time, lol

[@gabriel434]

Its so easy

[@NieMonD]

gabriel 434 no it’s not

[@Democratic_Industrialism]

I swear docking is the hardest thing to do in this game, ill land on Pluto before I’m able to dock

[@chocohouse4147]

I made an updated tutorial if you want help. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKDEfaOuaLVlbpI

[@Democratic_Industrialism]

ChocoHouse thank you so much !!!!!!!!

[@chocohouse4147]

No problem

[@jaktheawesome]

i agree

[@titaniummechsx3324]

Pls add autopilot

[@bigsmoke3396]

I do wish there were more parts that you didn't have to pay for, but I suppose I understand devs need to eat

[@Lazymotion]

Well yea If he and his team didnt do that they would be bankrupt by now lol

[@saffroncoasts6950]

@@Lazymotion a small price to pay for the devs to be able to eat

[@vibe3063]

Yeah they do so I'll happily buy the dlcs. *checks bank account.* Well shit.

[@Enderia2]

@@vibe3063 well, uh, i don’t even have a bank account

[@alexylophoney]

expansion pack is worth it

[@Qubk0]

I accidentaly deleted my space station 20 minutes ago. 3 days of my work destroyed

[@aligator64]

Jakub Franko Ah... That's bad. Remember to save your game sometimes ;)

[@geniuinetf2dude481]

Your profile pic is so ironic with what you said xd

[@annaclark6792]

What big frustration

[@GDCilia]

@@annaclark6792 No it's the champ baby

[@sethdove8847]

F

[@dinanfirdaus7524]

The best part of this game is when u had a feeling like "damn i'm Elon Musk" lol

[@thecouncil66]

So true

[@joachimweniger1270]

Well... I have launched a tank to the moon...

[@LotFrat]

@@joachimweniger1270 My man just got an idea

[@jaktheawesome]

i agree

[@MacElMasMancoDeTodos]

This video helped 2.4 Million astronauts to dock their spaceships. That's a developer team truly loving its community. Stef and company, keep this game as amazing it is and good luck with your business!

[@mick229Z]

Hey SFS! Congratulations on developing SFS for PC! I've been there since the beginning and I somehow feel proud of what you guys accomplished. Good job! I'm so happy!

[@CSRV806]

yeah i was sooo freakin excited for sfs pc version

[@jidgeanimations6866]

I love the fact that your honest and didn’t try to hide the glitchy encounter line. It lets the players know that the game isn’t perfect. And can be improved. Your amazing Stef

[@SmarterEveryDay2]

Love this

[@gamingjose2960]

Smarter Every Day 2 oh look smarter everyday! :)

[@thegrimelitegamer37]

Cool

[@shailendrasorout7931]

Didn't know you played this as well..

[@Idominusrex]

Fun to see you here

[@L3S451]

HI Destin. I’ve been binge watching your videos the last couple days. The one you did recently about laser bending underwater was awesome. I love getting smarter every day!!❤️👍

[@voltydragon6140]

After doing non-stop trips to build a giant station, I have mastered docking!

[@TheSpaceGeek]

Used to be able to do this in my sleep. Since latest update, it's not even close.

[@ptmaddens1]

Same latest update really threw a wrench into the mechanics

[@markiplierscamclub9264]

Love the update. Bought it the day it came out. Docking is insanely hard for me. I live for that type of gameplay!

[@spookmeister4528]

Rimjob steve

[@Proxy77777]

Stef, thank you for being one of the best app developers i've seen. You know your way around Unity, you release updates filled with new releases very quickly, and you are very connected with your fanbase, wether it is on discord, KZbin, Reddit, etc. Keep up the good work! P.S. I made sure to get the expansion. It makes the game a billion times better.

[@AnalPro74]

Developer: Looks away for 5 Seconds. Me: Look at this fine Missile Launching silo

[@A_Stormworks_gamer7269]

Where is the expansion I need it

[@sknnr4869]

I’ve made it to almost every planet. I keep watching this video over and over cause I can’t get docking down 😂. You make it look so easy haha

[@dantecontreras887]

I love this game. I've been here since 1.2 and it has come so far, Congratulations Stef!

[@iGodBS]

Thanks for the tutorial, its alot better and alot easier explained than all the player made tutorials combined...

[@mustacher3616]

My best purchase i make good deal for nice parts

[@spaceflight.simulator.official]

Thanks for the support

[@mustacher3616]

klow 43 only you need reinstall game

[@mustacher3616]

klow 43 me to have that same problem 2 days ago

[@mustacher3616]

klow 43 and you lose you old saved data.

[@rosetints4246]

Chill bro.

[@adumbass8759]

Target spaceship when I'm trying to dock: *WHEEEEEEEE*

[@ivyhealthcare5688]

Fuel: *Aight, imma head out*

[@nitinwadekar5495]

Family members: *I chose to call at that exact moment*

[@Callumbracken]

This tutorial needs a bit of an update ngl

[@lyall4419]

You should add some new planets, maybe a gas giant, or planets with water would be awesome.

[@chizbreds1717]

New update released this week, has Jupiter in it.

[@pixellifesimulator4965]

Yeah with waterlanding gear

[@Fun-1892]

Hey can you make something like if you doc at a space station it transfer fuel to the rocket or the rocket transfers fuel to the space station. I love the new update

[@chizbreds1717]

You already can! By tapping on a fuel pod onto another fuel pod, it will fill up the other one

[@evansoutdoors4022]

@@chizbreds1717 its a comment ftom before the update

[@tossicamckinnon]

@@evansoutdoors4022 its been there since 1.3.1 soo...

[@Enderia2]

@@tossicamckinnon bruh you commented on a comment a year after

[@kot1597]

Štefo Mai Morojna, thank you for being a good developer and not adding ads.

[@Yugmoomoo_aviation_geek]

As a new player to SFS this was really helpful, thank you so much!

[@davidgillaspie4265]

This game is so awesome & challenging, well worth the $4.00 upgrade cost, which means anyone who purchases the "Full Version" will get any & all future updates. Thanks Stef.

[@TehJumpingJawa]

Well that aged badly... Infinite Build Area an extra £2.69 =\

[@bruhdealer5208]

@@TehJumpingJawa gott earn money some how ya knos

[@yiff]

You know what I'd like? Sandbox style parts with infinite fuel, zero weight, high thrust, etc. Basically overpowered stuff to test out doing stuff like this without the stress of saving fuel

[@Snxsz]

CraX you have it with parts expansion now

[@epzanoletty]

Yeah with full ver theres unbreakable parts cheat, infinite fuel cheat, no gravity cheat, and no atmospheric drag cheat

[@maxyboi3147]

You can, but you have buy it so that the devs can live, eat food, and update the game. if you’re broke i’m sorry but that’s you’re fault not mine.

[@InfinityGaming864]

Stef, The only one who can orbit planet perfectly

[@TheBox1812]

This tutorial is very helpful! I love it Stef

[@grax5922]

Well, now I won’t crash into my space station

[@RudahReis]

Very good update. It sets up a new era for this game, and for your life, i hope. I suggest (before you implement electricity) the solar panels could recharge the fuel tanks over time. Also i suggest you could make small dock, for free users, but with limited Weight resistence; so if it has for example, 2t attached to, it would break. Just to provide to the free users the experience of docking. It could be called "improvised dock". And please, for godsake do a zoom shortcut, maybe a custom macro. The most boring part of the game is zooming in and zooming out. If you remove this boring part, the game will be entirely fun.

[@SimplePachWT]

I love this game so much I even bought all expansions to support the creators!! ♥️♥️

[@chairepatter8058]

2 years ago this is still my favourite mobile game

[@billfriendo2975]

I was also wondering for the next update you could work towards doing EVA’s (the astronaut doesn’t have to be detailed it could just be a small white dot or something) so then you could repair your ship or explore in further detail! Thanks.

[@Cassyan1101]

Yea it would be awsomme

[@alisamr4704]

@@Cassyan1101 yep

[@DarkDestinybyC]

well that's much more simple than i did . i guess my docking tutorial is useless now :)))

[@raashidrazi5663]

Calin Avram also your "Rover" from space age ep 3

[@raashidrazi5663]

Because of the new update I mean

[@raashidrazi5663]

We have wheels now, and also solar panels which by the are indestructible, almost.

[@DarkDestinybyC]

#Random Stuff# i know but thanks for telling me anyway ! solar panels are really indestructible , the wheels are almost

[@raashidrazi5663]

Calin Avram the solar panels are obviously glitched or something, but if you hit something too fast especially if your device is not a powerful model, like mine, it will destroy every part of the rocket

[@chadblechinger5746]

The docking should be a lifetime award recognized by all of mankind for eternity.

[@dexthough789]

I just docked for the first time and it felt amazing. I’m trying to build a space station so I need to launch multiple parts to build it.

[@frenzywithoutvideos2698]

I JUST MADE A SPACE STATION!

[@elijags2922]

Funny Cats and Kitties so proud ^&^

[@krio1267]

I MADE A LARGE SPACE STATION about thrice the size of iss

[@Gallade082]

Asian GD I made Skylab lol

[@amirahbatalo2197]

NO ONE ASKED

[@Gallade082]

Janet WHO CARES

[@TheEgg185]

How do you make the orbit a perfect circle? A usually end up with an oval. Two different ovals that don't line up. Edit: Thanks for the upvotes. I know how to do it now. Post here if you want me to explain.

[@oskarpetersilie5446]

please explain

[@alasad64]

Because it take more effort to master the orbital maneuveuring. The simplest way is to fire the engine at the apoapsis to raise the periapsis to the desired height. But practicing thrust management, thrust vectoring for pitching and a quick hand to cut off the engine at the right moments is needed and I highly recommend it. RCS might be a good choice to correct the orbit. Orbital eccentricity under 0.3 is good, but I highly recommend 0.1.

[@manuelantonio9280]

You can do it by firing up the engine at a very low throttle, so that you have a lot more Control on your orbit

[@uncolorr]

lmao i didnt read that

[@idkwhatnicknametomake3787]

@@alasad64 Thx for help

[@ccm2059]

Every time i see this video in my recomendations i smile it helped me out a lot

[@PHGamer...]

That's soo helpful thanks for the tutorial, now I can reach till Mars And THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER

[@mayonster4798]

Im in love with this game its brilliant, but docking is so goddam hard

[@xenotemos7856]

Hi Stef Marojna, I am sure if you play solid boosters, life support, electricity game will be an great game.

[@reemissa3029]

Emre Var a great*

[@xenotemos7856]

Reem Issa auto correction

[@reemissa3029]

The Fikimon i know right😂

[@spaceflight.simulator.official]

Yeah, I will add more or less everything with time, don't worry.

[@xenotemos7856]

Stef Morojna thanks

[@bryniye5130]

Absolutely phenomenal, I love your game Stef!

[@salimyasini3100]

As a Physicist, I approve how difficult this is. And now the lessons make sense

[@plasmarifle4936]

I literly just docked my first two rockets! This video is soooooooo helpfull

[@agnieszkakuciak5298]

Try making a big space station. Just suggesting

[@pekkarulez]

The tutorial is outdated, the new system is buggy and very hard to use for docking, please consider updating the tutorial as docking was way easier back with the older system for me

[@user-cw8km2wr3j]

i agreeeeee

[@GhostlyBanes]

Did you get used to the new system because I found it as better

[@pekkarulez]

@@GhostlyBanes took a while but I managed to get used to it. I still prefer the old system though

[@chocohouse4147]

No way, the new system is way better for docking

[@sethgilcrist8088]

I can't figure out the new freaking docking. Like do I use the RSS to change the orbit. Help

[@Therivalempire]

I have never seen such a fascinating game, nor a game with not a touch from ads.

[@NoahRutjes]

Thanks to this tutorial I managed to dock a space station part to my space station thank you

[@volcomstone54]

Thank you for a amazing game

[@reemissa3029]

Michael Lopez an amazing*

[@volcomstone54]

Reem Issa cool

[@zavaraninoveuhorky]

Im loving it now do a 3D version and you can go to E3 (Can you please add a telescope and some missions?) BTW you are Slovak or from some slavic country?

[@seb612schuth]

Why do I find this to be tremendously cute and awesome at the same time?

[@fannynapagoduwu9145]

*thanks for that I'm looking forward* *to build a bigger ISS by using this trick!*

[@lifesupdate1946]

Why did u remove the line😢

[@Di-891]

For real

[@I_am_kevin-lol]

You mean the periapsis

[@virensond]

I absolutely love this game, but recently the dotted line that shows the closest approach has started to glitch out, it makes docking alot harder... Please tell me how to fix it.

[@shalodey]

Same for me, but in a few weeks 1.5 will come out so...

[@Sid-cf2ni]

You have to zoom in it doesn't glitch out

[@mikumikuareka]

Limelover this didn't age well

[@gravitowl]

@@shalodey Hahahaha, keep believing! well now it comes out in litterally 8 hours!

[@NotAboutTheClicks]

LOVE THIS GAME!.. It changed my concepts of how I understand space and it's gravitational wonder.

[@fishygaming793]

You made a cute little space station :D

[@radkid17]

Needs an update

[@mustacher3616]

Best simulator on android i ever seen

[@fvck_lvoe0220]

I like that this game's youtuber responds

[@nyancatplayz7585]

Thanks for the help ;)

[@flameballs]

I already have a spacestation with four parts and an astronaut! 😊

[@varunmehta1821]

Flame Phoenix how did u do it. I am not able to get two things close to each other.

[@flameballs]

Five by now...its all about practice

[@elvd1296]

I have a lot of parts in my station check out my video

[@iskandarazdi9092]

Flame Phoenix where did you get those parts

[@ryanhamstra49]

I got them together but they wouldn’t connect....

[@petergaming1378]

I still don’t have the update and it’s been almost 4 days... DAMNIT APPLE, WHY DO YOU TAKE FOREVER!!!!

[@petergaming1378]

Seriously tho wut da hek

[@pdcars2324]

just delete the old and download it again

[@rosetints4246]

PeterGaming 13 patience....

[@petergaming1378]

wow I finally got it and tomorrow is my birthday so I was hoping that if it didn’t come out today that it would come out tomorrow because then I would feel special.

[@pdcars2324]

PeterGaming 13 happy birthday

[@celebesruiz5497]

THE PERFECT ORBIT IS SO SATISFIYING

[@qenaldn]

Good evening stef.... Im sooo happy that i docked my spacecraft to another for the first time since i play this game ... When i dont know how to dock thing i just bring them all ang assemble them in space but this time i send a spacecraft from earth then dock to my station that are assembled btw im just a free to play player

[@sushmashukla5122]

Please a tutorial for a perfect rover for mars and venus which can travel at least 1/4 of the surface of the planet

[@aligator64]

Yashwant Shukla True, that should be interresring! ;)

[@i.a7495]

Yashwant Shukla Well its very easy I have 2 rover on both planet

[@daydreamer8197]

One thing I reccomend is to keep your last stage of the rocket until you're certain you can dock, the main engine is pretty crucial (to me) for navigating to the station. Also, take your time with docking, it takes trial and error to do it like in the video.

[@sandwichman9717]

I kept watching this for motivation and now i have a space station even though i have the new version of SFS

[@kato_dsrdr]

Man, I remembered that time when docking is the hardest thing ever.. I landed on mars and back but never docked.. Now, I have my space station.. Though it's still kinda hard.. lol. We need the orbit line to be more accurate so we can dock more precisely.. It's still moving a little even if my rocket is not doing any movement so the 2 rockets can sometimes be far away..

[@Frontier327]

i can never do this xd the closest ive gotten is 80 meters when i tried to recreate the apollo mission

[@Frontier327]

@Alexander Quijano ok tips: orbit the earth and make the moon the target. if you see a kinda lighter area in the orbit that is your burn window. so when you get into that, do a prograde burn until you are on course for moon encounter when you get to your lowest point above the moon do a retrograde burn until you are in orbit, then do another retrograde till you are on course for landing i would recommend using the "Map" window above 1k, then eyeballing it the rest

[@Frontier327]

@Alexander Quijano accelerating

[@Frontier327]

@Alexander Quijano in other context, a prograde burn is burning towards where you are heading t and a retrograde is the opposite, burning towards the opposite direction of which you are heading

[@ssobergruppenfuhrerpeanut3674]

@Alexander Quijano lel me too but my rovers still survives though and 1 time my whole rocket survived

[@_The_Sun_]

Stef: cancel our relative velocity Me: *accidentally crash my rocket into my space station*

[@QT_xd2]

Thanks for the tutorials now I gonna to play

[@zekegamer_122]

You make it look easy and i been trying weeks but i cant get it docking, but i might see way to do now , lol landed on the moon was hard for me also this too

[@itsthatguyjorge]

What does cancel out relative velocity mean?

[@kevinsandoval9567]

It means move on every direction until it appears that the station is not moving from your pespectve

[@r.k.1355]

I sent a rocket to the "surface" of Jupiter. It looked like it had a solid surface, and wondered if the dev had accidentally given Jupiter a solid surface. So I decided why not, and tried to land. To this day, it's still falling through Jupiter's clouds.

[@krio1267]

СУКА ЫУАТ

[@emjay1606]

So hard. Now we understand why bringing down old satellites or fixing in space is so hard for NASA.

[@mikhail010]

This was a very handy tutorial ;)

[@captainwaffles940]

How do you cancel out relative velocity

[@lordmilzbrand2297]

This answer is a bit late, but if you still don't know: accelerate towards the station

[@user-wc3wu2mx3m]

@@lordmilzbrand2297 godd bless you man, searching for this particular comment was the most awful thing ever.

[@guestmain8613]

I can dock on the Moon Orbit but not on the earth orbit...

[@pyrodaprotogen]

Its really easy, watch an tutorial.

[@ApoIlo_11]

Thanks Stef For the Tutorial

[@soriano278]

Thanks for this tutorial now I Dock 4 times in orbit

[@lukasg7464]

Just bought the full version 👌😊

[@speedercat154]

Jokes on you. I use infinite fuel. I can send up a whole space station in one go.

[@potato38292]

Smite every day I subbed

[@nikolaspasko8712]

Wow this helped me a lot

[@ely0n782]

How you can controll the rocket without a probe or a caspule ?

[@thenieznany]

Umm... You can't

[@thenieznany]

That two vessels have it

[@geniuinetf2dude481]

theres a small bug with rcs but i dont think it really affects the game plus maybe its just an animation glitch

[@chizbreds1717]

Lol it does. Look closely, the satellite lite has a probe and the docked craft has a capsule

[@keithcedricocampo6192]

But what if youre doing an apollo style mission? Taking off from the moon and rendevous with the mothership?

[@markiplierscamclub9264]

1NSTAK1LL I have done a partial mission, but the rendevezus is incredibly difficult. Lander cans are fun to make with 1.3

[@keithcedricocampo6192]

MarkiplierSCAMclub yeah its incredibly hard without auto rendevous

[@keithcedricocampo6192]

I mean targeting it and then it automatically rendevous with the mothership but not docking

[@saganspace7838]

I do not think it's difficult, you just have to know how to play with the orbits you can watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqO1i2WtZrqSaZI or this kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2LHiHprad2EjLc

[@BeatleBailey]

Also it's a bummer that the docking port goes where the parachute would go on the capsule so you can't land back on Earth with just the capsule.

[@owi2kd9dwj2ka9]

THIS GAME IS ADDICTING AND I LOVE THE NEW UPDATE THIS HELPED ME ALOT

[@Wolix_0]

This is the best spaceflight game ever played

[@xdigorinho3965]

Could we have an autopilot for this?

[@12345CZ]

When will be 1.3 on IOS¿?¿

[@ExpertMinecraftgame]

12345CZ now

[@libreriaycafeabc1446]

Few months ago i came here looking how to dock... can say proudly now i can do it now its pog

[@HK9_FCB]

The beginning of something awesome

[@joseluisalfaro4270]

Yes

[@historymapper_oficial]

I have no money 😭😭😭

[@midodan1254]

@Venazone that's not online money tho

[@user-wc3wu2mx3m]

@@midodan1254 i know this is old, but you can go to any store wherever you are and whatever kind of store it is to pick up a gift card.

[@zacharyhayden957]

If you have an android device you can download google opinion. This wil give you a way to earn money for your google account. It works the best if you travel to or near businesses(you will earn money faster this way). It will take a while to earn the money but its entirety free.

[@travisfank]

iOS launch?

[@josefbarakat1960]

ZeroGravTrav I heard the rumor that Jeff is fixing the problem in the moment and is going to release it on iOS today or tomorrow

[@snoopdogsf.c7694]

U sure?

[@josefbarakat1960]

Snoopdogs F.C the thing with rumors is that you can’t be sure about them but I’m sure that I heard the rumor

[@snoopdogsf.c7694]

Well, Thanks anyway I think I just go back playing the old version on ios

[@starshot5172]

Jimmy Leatherboot Jeff? Steff!

[@Raz0rbam]

Thanks! (And GG! :P)

[@AmanKhoo]

If I can’t be an astronaut, master at this also fine