How Stressful Can a DUNA Mission Be in KSP?

[@MattLowne]

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[@liminality101]

I wish I had a globe….

[@stalcpvp]

mova globes are so cool

[@axiomostanes]

Such a shame that the Jupiter globe isn't at the same scale factor that the Earth globe is

[@jeffrowe6004]

@@axiomostanes yeah, having the complete set in scale would be awesome

[@MattLowne]

@@axiomostanes I feel like you don't understand how much more massive Jupiter is than Earth lol

[@DJ-uk7wo]

Funny that Matt can do some of the most wild over engineered ideas, and also struggle at a simple Duna mission at the same time.

[@Winston-lf7sb]

they have become too skilled for the easy mode....

[@DavidEdwards9801]

@@Winston-lf7sb 🤣🤣

[@Vern_Trertnert]

KSP in a nutshell

[@Star_Gate123]

How stressful Duna mission can be? *Yes*

[@gosling-vc3]

real

[@MistyTires_YT]

Thumbnail: VERY

[@boumerguy7042]

Launch + gravity turn without heat is always satisfying.

[@xavier1964]

A pro tip to do that consistently is to make sure your twr at launch is between 1.2 and 1.5

[@ivanquellobelloxd6940]

What is it? The medium between escaping the thick part of tge armosphere, the angle and the drag? So the efficency is at the top and you also store momentum fror the circularization?​@@xavier1964

[@Berzerker531]

"I know Americans are gonna say that's not that hot" Bro that is scorching much respect to you for putting up with it. We have AC over here for a reason.

[@OfficialOpinion]

That's 90F. Duck that, bro. That is ridiculous for being inside.

[@GruntoSkunko]

Europe is truly third world; no AC and tons of brown people.

[@nukewurld]

90° inside without ac? Nope. Miss me with that. Absolutely miserable

[@gosling-vc3]

nah im in a unairconditioned house in tennesse its rough i feel you

[@scarecrow8844]

I live in Vegas, and it's been ungodly hot here this summer. Buit indoors in 90F+ with no AC? Damn, dude. That's just brutal.

[@Gingerbred_Hed]

I like these live commentary videos cuz i can build along without going half the speed

[@DaedalusRaistlin]

You make this stuff look so easy, then I go spend a few hours in KSP bumbling around making all sorts of mistakes. It's fun! But I'm slowly learning. That manoeuvre node planner just doesn't make much sense to me. Also, I feel your pain with the heat, I live in outback Australia with no air conditioning.

[@triganden]

Isn't "going on a bit of a tangent" the whole point of turning sideways as you launch into orbit?🤣

[@eekee6034]

Good one! 🤣

[@blackburngaming8345]

I haven't seen many people ever make a joke with trigonometry terms, but you did this one well

[@mikhailkerman8323]

In ReStock mod, launch escape thingy has an option that you can turn on, that makes launch escape attach seamlessly to a docking port

[@thedatatreader]

I enjoy these types of videos every now and then just to see some of the planning that goes into these more ambitious missions, and frankly I'm very glad it's not (yet another) Mun landing. What surprised me is how easy, or in some cases hard it was to get encounters for docking and landing. Personally I've had a massive amount of trouble wrapping my head around the concept, so it was cool to see a "seasoned veteran" like yourself really show how it's done in real-time. I know it would interfere with the vibe of your typical content, but I'd be totally down for more of these types of vids in the future, if infrequently. (Maybe Laythe next time?)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

What a perfect timing. Not working on Duna, but I've been trying to add a return vehicle to my 16t Minmus rover. Mostly by building a trailer that carries a rocket.

[@Tim_Sviridov]

The obvious answer to which mission you should do live next is: Eve. >:D It would actually be interesting to see you do a stressful mission live, as a change from your usual videos.

[@fujimotokazuma2114]

As a person who doesn't talk so much, I salute your talking and coming up with topics on the spot and I believe that's a talent bro

[@SiganQ]

Hey Matt! I appreciate the respect you have for your audience. Not all streamers will turn away from the mic to cough, or will speak into their mic through yawns and shit, and it feels disrespectful. Thank you for being decent, and for the great videos :)

[@TheHutchy01]

Something that might help with the heat Matt, is a dehumidifier, My office is also always 28-30 degrees and being England, is also wet, and it's been a lot more bearable since I bought a dehumidifier taking it from 80% down to 35%. (Also, the Logitech G512 is a beautiful keyboard, mine has been going strong for five and a half years now and it's as good as day one)

[@tinpotgaming]

the mold must be vibing in your house

[@hey_how_are_ya]

This is the ksp content that I was looking for!

[@JPR137]

RCS doesn't work on Duna anymore because I think they made it so the Kerbals have weight and the parachutes and tools have weight as well.

[@KaleyDuke]

it still works just not as good

[@JPR137]

@@KaleyDuke I know you have to jump and then use it as a boost. But you can't fly around like you can on moons. Apart from Laythe.

[@trabant601e]

It still works, you just have to be higher up on the planet where there is less atmosphere

[@hairlessape5107]

It's about gravity and pressure. Engines are optimized for sea level, vacuum or somewhere in between... unless it's an aerospike the pressure is definitely a thing. Scott Manley told me all about it.

[@The_cgull]

Can't wait to watch this video, but I just wanted to say; I'd love to see you try to make a station and lander around a planet orbiting another star using mods!

[@Submontica]

That would be awesome

[@jeffrowe6004]

I put in one of the systems(vulture) and had a ship with modded power generation that could maintain warp 1.6 forever. It was going to take 25 RL days to fly there at that speed. Would be really hard to make a video without cheating your way to the new system or just showing a few seconds of a long boring trip. Then it's just the same thing going around a planet with different graphics. I knew space was big but I never really understood how big until I did that.

[@HYv47]

Absolutely love the live commentary, or really any of the commentary because it has a personal flair

[@aAtom596]

MOVA Globes are the kind of thing that make me wish I had disposable income.

[@RontoGoldlust]

I do like these live commentary videos as everything is played in real-time. I would like to see more like this.

[@someguyonyoutube9279]

I honestly love this style of video, it creates an air of suspense and it's nice hearing what's actually going through your head in real time

[@SpaceBoiProot]

i didn't know you had a Lego Saturn-V i recognised the lander during the sponsor segment

[@Aeg1n]

In case no one else has recommended it yet, I think you'd get quite a lot out of TU Recolour Depot, and especially Lazy Painter. They allow for a lot of customisation of how stock parts look.

[@yashdim]

Sadly it doesn't work with ReStock

[@RustyShacklefordsGribble-lw5dc]

The way Matt always cuts himself off mid sentence at the end is classic

[@titincat172]

"They get paid by the hour they love it" that is best statement I ever heard

[@TheMoooooonn]

Do you want to hear the Gospel? God bless you.

[@ikharus1]

your commentary is perfect, especially since i cant watch all the time, its like listening to Radio Space :D perfectly describing the mission and i can see it in my mind while you do the commentary! Great job

[@jackbiddulph]

You can enable crossfeed through the radial clamps so that you don't need the fuel lines

[@MattLowne]

Yeah but you also need to set the fuel priority and it's faster to just slap the fuel lines on lol

[@ez_theta_z9317]

@@MattLowne i find that it's pretty good at automatically setting the priorities

[@alertlucasalexander9994]

@@ez_theta_z9317true dat

[@johnmay5300]

Actually nice to watch a “pro” live, as a non-pro since early on, and still playing, doing many of the same Kerbel-esq things. Carry on Matt.

[@GK34779]

You could go to Moho, I feel like everyone forgets about it.

[@VonDecoy.]

I have to admit. Those MOVA globes do look badass. Thanks for your efforts Matt.

[@Captain_Yata]

I usually just skip sponsorship sections but good god those globes look pretty awesome

[@forzafiori9363]

Personally, I enjoy these live commentary videos. Its nice to know that even the professionals have the same slip ups as the rest of us, plus it gives a bit more idea of how long the missions actually take, so we can fully understand the work that goes into them. We don't always get that with a fully produced and edited video.

[@Galerak1]

Those kerbals with the yellow hats in the VAB look like a bunch of minions 🤣

[@user-ld5yu4dk2s]

AHAHAHAH SO FUNNY ok no that was rude of me sorry

[@Squirrelify]

@@user-ld5yu4dk2swhat?

[@LionsAphid874Official]

@@user-ld5yu4dk2sTf 😂

[@jpitt916]

Dr. Lowne, I do believe you need to be cooling your studio closet. If you have a window, buy a window A/C unit. If not, assuming you’re renting, get a portable A/C unit and just rig something up to route the duct outside of the room!

[@Froslev45]

I really like these type of videos, would love to see more missions in this style.

[@melvinromero8347]

FWIW, I feel like this style of real-time commentary and gameplay makes it more relatable to the experience of actually playing the game

[@spadok0]

It's nice to watch some good old Matt Lowne from times to times

[@stikkdrift]

It's funny how I have no idea what he's talking about, but I still adore his videos. 😂

[@HardcodedHamster]

I think these videos are great. Not every time, but building in these uncut, live videos would be a great change of pace

[@Kevin-hb7yq]

Good to see it done properly! Those globes look cool!

[@icaleinns6233]

Oh yeah, really enjoy this type of video every once in a while!

[@yuugian9237]

It came out well, i enjoy that this type of video shows up every once in a while

[@recoleto]

aaaand let's make it a plane! That's fun! Matt is such a fun guy to watch

[@skoovee]

i like these videos :) you reinvigorated my love for ksp, so i spent the past few days troubleshooting to run it on linux, its all your fault, thank you

[@capitalist_bean9844]

*Flashbacks to Martincitopant’s first manned mission to Duna in his KSP play through*

[@chrispienaar3848]

I like to live by the mantra, "if you need 100 oranges to get to the moon, pack 300"

[@thewanderers97]

A live commentary video going out to Eeloo might be fun, always feel like Eeloo is underappreciated by a lot of peeps

[@Vinemaple]

I just wanted to see your Duna mission vehicle designs. Aerospike, nice idea, I keep forgetting that atmosphere is atmosphere in KSP.

[@delunevonbek]

I really enjoy these tutorial videos. I learn so much

[@bradroberts1046]

Do any of you who watch these videos try to right click on the screen and rotate stuff around (as if your were playing the game)?

[@isbestlizard]

22:05 one of the most thrilling and scary sights a person could ever experience is your home planet getting smaller and smaller

[@331EDM]

I recently started playing (PS4 no mods) and love science, so far I've landed kerbals on, Eve, Duna, Mun, and Laythe.......I don't know by comparison if these are "achievements" but as a new player I'm having fun 😁

[@Zeefir001]

i literaly finished my first sucesfull duna mission, today, after 180+ hours of gameplay.

[@markymarkgames4198]

HOW?

[@Zeefir001]

@@markymarkgames4198 idk bro, and it was not actually so successful, I send a 3.5 ton probe in polar orbit and it worked fine. But I also sen a very compact rover but after landing it it would not want to use its brakes even if I had full probe controle.

[@eekee6034]

oof 30°C 🥀 The fairings came together nice! Drag cubes are dynamically generated so you can hardly reskin without changing them a little bit. Everyone can see you're using Restock, which is not the case for the patch I use. :) But I use the patch because it means faster loading and it's more accurate on some nose cones. I wanted to build my own keyboard as a project, but there's just no reason for me to do so. I get on all right with Logitech keyboards, believe it or not with how much I type, but I've got a Kinesis Freestyle 2 now and it's great! Given that I don't know what switches I'd like without trying them, I think I'll stick with these. (I wonder if someone will tell us Kinesis use something better than Cherry switches. XD I don't know, but I'm half-expecting it!) I don't see how a switch would feel better or worse just because it's optical. It might be easier to design as you don't have to think about how the contacts would affect the feel, but I'm sure it's not a problem for Cherry who have decades of experience with designing mechanical switches. I had to fix staging during launch once or twice. I found it a little too exciting! XD If the command module spins around and whacks into the lander, would that make it slapstick comedy IN SPACE? :) But that might be my sleep deprivation talking. Matt: "We got loads of time to apoapsis, so there was no stress in that whatsoever." Me: _Worrying whether the lander's engine will fire by accident._ :) But I should have had faith in Matt -- he checked his staging, even if he did do it on the fly. There's a fix for the engine sound bug in KSPCF, but it often makes all the sound come out of one speaker when you're in map view -- annoying with headphones. The actual bug is the sound is given a position very far away from where it should be, so I guess KSPCF just limits the position relative to the rocket instead of centering it in map view. Nice touchdown! The commentary is good. I'm even thinking this looks set to be one of my favourites. :) It's easier for me to listen to than normal, probably because I find it harder to listen to punchier commentary. That said, I might be getting better as I learned something about my health. I realised I've got ADHD, and I'm learning how stimulants help. One person even said something like, "A person with ADHD needs stimulants like a short-sighted person needs glasses." I know all about living with glasses! :) But whether or not my body can tolerate caffeine every day is another question. Oh the encounter excitement! :) Oh not targeted? That was weird. I'm sure if I tried to comment while playing, there would be... comedy. Let's just call it comedy. :) We're keeping the lander attached! We're living dangerously! :D 34°C! 🥀🥀🥀 But seriously, in an airless room, I'd take a break just to ventilate it. Then again, time to take such a break is not always available, I guess. I tried playing around with the position of mid-course corrections, and found the best place was the actual middle of the course. Ner ner neer ne, ner ner neer ne, heey Jude! ~~See, I was writing it down.~~ KSP making it quicker for the player to do things that go slower for the kerbals is kind-of like Minecraft where the world just stops if the player isn't in a nearby chunk. Or maybe it's the opposite because the villagers and animals don't notice time passing. One time, I was building near enough to a village that the villagers' crops grew, but far enough away that the villagers themselves were not even _created_ yet! I wasn't bothered by the land flashing. Perhaps that's because I always brace myself when I see the camera start moving. Wow! No quicksaves! :D Jolly good show, Matt! Hmm, low tech to Duna? I do enjoy the occasional low-tech mission. If I suggested a low-tech _SSTO_ to Duna, would that be too much? I guess it'd need refuelling in LKO, or to be launched on a rocket and return as a spaceplane.

[@potato-3970]

Youve got free iva! You should transfer your kerbals between vessels with it! And avoid that clunky ui, plus its just more fun!

[@shey_clone]

matt: "I dont think i do well under pressure" matt's boss: **taking notes**

[@Flobyby]

Matt live : so here I'm just ascending and when I reach 100m/s I gently tap the D key on my keyboard then [goes on tangent about keyboards] - commentary matt : sorry I went on a tangent about keyboard there, but I should probably be talking about what I'm doing instead, unless you've heard about gravity assists before, like I did on [goes on tangent about future missions]

[@RandomAussie-dx9fj]

We need more fold out space stations and bases

[@lechking941]

your not alone in preferance of mechanical over the other veriant. hell i love mechanical because its a good reminder IT EXISTS ill take a noisy keyboard that maybe gets picked in audio on the odd over a silent but rather short living board. also long lived keyboard.

[@scarecrow8844]

Just watched the video. Great stuff. Have a few questions, followed by an answer to the question you asked in the video. 1. What is the actual purpose of the LES? I've got more than 1000 hours into KSP, and I've never used it. Nor have I ever seen anyone explain what it's used for, or how to use it effectively. I know this wasn't a tutorial video, but it's a question I have, so there you are. 2. Why did you not use the rest of the fuel - or at least some of it - from the ascent stage for the LKO circularization? I know you said you over-engineered the craft (which I also have a tendency to do), but why not use it if you brought it with you? That would have saved on fuel for the trip there and back, right? 3. Why did you go EVA in LKO to get crew into the lander? Couldn't you have just used the Transfer function considering you had the lander connected via a docking port (albeit to the engine)? 4. Due to Duna's rotation, didn't you come in on the "hot" side? That is, you came in following the same rotation as Duna, which, if I'm correct, cost you additional dV for the capture burn. Shouldn't you have come in right-to-left instead of the left-to-right rotation you used? 5. When attempting rendezvous burns, such as when you launched from Duna's surface to get back to the mothership, why aren't you adjusting the engine thrust of the craft? I always do that so that the burn times get longer and more controllable. I mean, you do you, but I'm curious as to why you don't do that? And now for the comment! You asked if we liked this video, and if we did, what other missions could you fly using this style. Well, I loved the video. I like raw, unfiltered commentary and in-game hijinks that you aren't correcting; it makes me realize that I'm not the only one that forgets stuff or does things that I have to correct in-flight. But as for more like this? Well, I'd like to see a Jool-5. Everyone does videos of Eve, or Duna, or even Moho. But I've yet to see a live commentary, in the style of the video you just did, for a Jool-5. That, at least to me, would be interesting. Oh, and one more question for you please. What visual mods are you using? I like the style of the interface, and I know it's not the stock one. What visual mod is doing this? Anyhow, great stuff. Keep it coming!

[@ZoeSummers1701A]

Just so you know, I’m new to ksp so don’t hide how you do stuff please. Especially how to work out the perfect hands-off gravity assist launch

[@nukewurld]

Ah yes, the ole "main character" has dropped in

[@eekee6034]

Welcome to the game! :) You might be best off looking in Matt's older videos. He's done a bunch of tutorials in the past, including much of the first 2 Lowne Aerospace series, and he's explained a lot in most of his non-tutorial videos too. After all that, he's got tired of explaining. :) If Matt's tutorials don't work out for you, nor the ones he references such as Scott Manley's, try Mike Aben. There used to always be a few people saying "I've played for years but I can't land on the Mun" until Mike Aben made his tutorials.

[@stevenjones9599]

Love your cannel, keep up the great work.

[@farshnuke]

You at your silliest are still the most proficient person I have seen letsplaying Kerbal Space Program (sample size includes Many A True Nerd, Mattophobia, NerdCubed and Real Civil Engineer)

[@kaz49]

Yaaay live commentary video!

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

I've said it before, but... it's so nice to have you back on KSP1.

[@brendon-f4l]

"ksp1? what's that? there's only one ksp after all!"

[@nuqueerwarhead3564]

I can't even imagine building anything in this game in ten minutes. If I spent ten times that long I'd have an overthought, over-engineered vehicle that, turns out, was missing at least one part critical to its mission.

[@nukewurld]

better than the post-mission commentary stuff

[@steved1490]

More of these Matt. Love the live commentary 😂

[@bristleconepine4120]

This was beautiful! But I love your other videos, too, so would love more of both! :)

[@Jaxos050]

this is video 2 of me requesting you to consider an investigation into a full science mode/career-ish playthrough utilizing Kerbalism as well as many other mods you already have, you'd get to do a proper playthrough that requires you to think of individual elements of the missions

[@sheedwizard532]

Matt, here’s a graphic mod you could try, Sci-fi visual enhancements

[@DeltaV64]

Matt, please get the nertea mods. I'm really looking forward to what you'll build with them.

[@Jim_the_Hermit]

I usually name my missions to Duna, "Dunatic Fringe" or "Dunraker"

[@Konocti-republic]

When do we get Mova Globes of the ksp planets?

[@Vinlaell]

I personally prefer this style of video

[@snortymcsnortface]

I like these longer form videos personally.

[@MuckRatz]

this helps a lot as tips and tricks, its nice!

[@scoldingwhisper]

always love watching you faff around with KSP. would love to see you try Realism Overhaul

[@PauloGgapps]

Hey Matt. youre videos are actually pretty good. so dont underestimate yourself bro. you achieved already big Thinks, you will achieve more. im stupid at this game somehow, but still love it.

[@andyjocerovski1347]

engine sound missing is definitely due to better time warp. I didn't had any mods except KER and Alarm Clock. After I installed better time warp I had the sound bugs

[@lukoyanthewolf1762]

flashbacks from the playstation edition duna vid where matt was slightly sick and was going insane due to heat are kicking in

[@MaestroAlvis]

its always cool to see a rendezvous.

[@givemeanaccountdamit]

Real hot take on keyboards is preferring membrane keyboards… 🤷‍♂️

[@ravenheartwraith]

i have a confession, I've been playing KSP 1 on and off since early access. and I don't recall landing on any other bodies besides mun and minmus.... by the time I get to that point I'm either ready to take a break, or feeling stupid as to how I'd build a rocket and make the trip haha.

[@eekee6034]

I know how you feel. The only reason I've landed on Laythe is because I was in a particularly crazy mood when I launched my first NERV-equipped SSTO. I can't remember how long it took me to develop a rescue SSTO, but it was at least 5 months, maybe a lot more. Launching the rescue SSTO from Laythe was one of the most terrifying things I've done in the game. Besides the absurdly high lift-off speed on the small island, at the last instant before takeoff, the plane was somehow yanked 45 degrees to the left so suddenly, I didn't even see it happen. I was rolling 90°E, then I was flying 45°NE! I don't think I'll set my landing gear to maximum friction again. At least it flew fairly well, but making it fly well is largely why developing it took so long. It took me such a long time to learn how to make planes fly well. In fact, I have well over 2000 hours in the game, maybe over 3000, but the majority of that time has been spent in the SPH trying to get SSTO designs right. It doesn't help that I hate landing planes or rockets, unless it's on Minmus. (It's starting to get easier as I use lights to help me judge the distance to the ground.) Also, I build SSTOs not just because they're cool, but because trying to plan multi-part missions confuses me badly. All the missions I've got off the ground have been relatively simple by comparison with other players. And both the Laythe and a (one-way drone) Eve mission happened because I so very much wanted to see those worlds from their surfaces. (Without mods, Eve was a huge disappointment.) I've recently realised I've got ADHD. I think it affects my playing because I never know if I'll be able to focus when the mission requires it. Stimulants help people with ADHD, so I'm trying energy drinks now to see how I get on. I don't know if I can have caffeine every day though; other health problems may make it impossible.

[@scarecrow8844]

I totally get this. I can do the Mun and Minmus in my sleep. But when I start planning something interplanetary, I find myself drifting off and needing far more breaks because my mind is working overtime to try and figure out a good design. I wish the game encouraged building wide instead of tall, but, you know...physics.

[@KrawatteGans13]

Finally a new video i am always waiting for one!

[@Theover4000]

Hooray, live commentary matt!

[@tacobowler]

Live commentary to the rumored planet in the asteroids. Something like Dre’s? I don’t think it exists though.

[@andreanjos666]

The Duna solar eclipse just casually going by at 31:03

[@jackie.p6891]

lol, what timing xD talking about stressful, I recently restarted the game on the highest difficulty: career mode on console. I managed to get to duna yesterday, but didn't have the tech unlocked for a decent lander yet. maybe that's a good video idea for you.

[@LavenderCat175]

I LOVE YOU MATTT (btw, where are the minmus colony series)

[@zekejanczewski7275]

I wish there was science with more intresting requirements. For example, a botany lab might require a lot of time but makes a lot more science, a microscope might require a surface sample to use, or maybe a "scocial experiment" box where you need to lock away a kerbal, a lazer machine that generates a dangerous amount of heat. What if you needed to use Xenon to run an experiment on plasma? Or what if you had an experiment which requires a signal to the KSP to function? What if there was a material science machine which requires ore to work? What if you had a samooe testing lab which uses non-renuable samples, but has a much lower science drop-off rate, encouraging you to shuttle new samples. It would also be cool if there were more "Experiments" that generated things other then science. For example, recording in different environments with a camera might generate funds in career mode.

[@_RandomPea]

If only they redeveloped ksp.... Oh wait... Too soon....????? 😂😂😂😂

[@12pentaborane]

There are mods like that, Dmagic and MOLE come to mind.

[@Gru-z2n]

Kerbalism, as well as @12pentaborane's suggestions

[@pgjuzek]

hey Matt, good video. towards the end you felt really annoyed tho. have a nice day!

[@kalel4everr]

This is the only time ive been interested in a youtube video sponsor lol

[@scpguy1381]

31:03, Ike solar eclipse

[@RadTheImpaler]

Keenan escape burn is the only time I’ve ever seen you not overshoot a burn

[@skunkspray08]

If ypu like Mova Globes you will love the Termesheres versions.

[@jonbean1916]

Loved the live version

[@Dergagmann]

Wohoo new video Love u man 😊

[@ManavJoshi-p3k]

i was with you, i am with you, and ill always be with you