KSP 2: Duna's Amazing Atmosphere!

There has been a new patch for KSP 2 my dudes, and the big feature of this update is the upgrading of all planetary atmospheres following the hiring of BlackRack on the KSP 2 dev team, who created some fantastic visual mods for KSP 1, notably including Scatterer! Let's check out how beautiful Kerbin and Duna's sunsets look now!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro/Build
03:13 Duna Transfer Window
03:29 Kerbin to Duna
11:51 Duna Orbit and Surface Mission
22:32 Duna to Kerbin

[@EricBurns1]

Hiring modders of previous games is something every company should look at. Really great that KSP2 did this.

[@tiberius8390]

True. And as Nate Simpson confirmed all the developers are deep in KSP2 coding, because they all worked on KSP1 or the mods. (They just greatly underestimated the real time effort and had to work a lot on the core modules in the past 9 months). Let's hope they really can pick up the pace with milestone updates and bugfixes next year.

[@jhdsfalsjhdfjashdkhvjfldld8301]

@@tiberius8390 They never worked on KSP 1. That's s lie. Also, the hiring of moders it's just them trying to save this buggy dumpster fire.

[@enisra_bowman]

@@jhdsfalsjhdfjashdkhvjfldld8301 Kiddo, i know you're new to games so a Little hint but: KSP2 isn't the worst game and even in this state far from "dumpster fire" but eh, i guess you also think you're beeing a critic with overall negativ and cheap Phrases

[@jamoecw]

way back in the days of the original Mount and Blade the developers released their beta for cheap, raising the price with each update until it was full price at release. as they made money and could afford to hire people they looked first to the modding community to see if their needs could be met by hiring a modder. the quests that exist in Mount and Blade 2 are even the result of one of those hires when they wanted to make a sort of storyline for the game and a mod had done just that. one modder already had a job, but let them know how to load resources to streamline the game and improve performance. the final game had a ton of input from the hardcore fans that spent time to dig into the code and play around with the engine. modders are really a devs greatest resource.

[@donstrader]

I have over 1500 hours on KSP 1 and KSP2 it is in fact a dumpster fire. Sorry.

[@KSindustries-cw1tp]

They should add variable length ladders to the game

[@captainahab5522]

Yes this would be great

[@fishbikehike]

Yes

[@tahko3956]

I would make an ladder to orbit

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

Maybe add deploy limits to existing ladders? Also I'd like to have a preview of the "climbbox" of the ladder lol

[@Night__Rider__]

Omg yes we need that

[@danilooliveira6580]

Correction about the color of sunsets and atmospheric light scattering. While direct interaction with particles matter, and the atmospheric composition does affect the color of the atmosphere (Raman scattering), the color of sunsets is mostly driven by Rayleigh scattering, it describes how light gets scattered by particles depending on its wavelength. How much light is scattered is inversely proportional to its wavelength, meaning higher frequency light (blue) is scattered more than lower frequency light (red). Our sunsets are red is because when light goes through the atmosphere at an angle it goes through so much atmosphere that the red light is scattered enough to be visible. So the reason Martian atmosphere is blue is because the atmosphere is so thin that it doesn't scatter red light enough, but it scatter blue light just enough to illuminate the atmosphere giving a blue raze around the sun.

[@iambiggus]

👍

[@fredrickbambino]

English plz

[@jonathanmabardy]

@@fredrickbambino mars has less atmosphere to scatter blue light

[@fredrickbambino]

@@jonathanmabardy thanks

[@braysniper58]

Interesting, and thanks for teaching me!

[@Jump_Immortal]

unrelated opinion: Duna looked better with the comically large ice caps.

[@GunnerKnight1]

True

[@eaxgaming7141]

yews

[@Hungary_0987]

Maybe

[@ravanjock]

Real

[@goosetronaut4331]

it really did

[@daneiten1]

Honestly, I think your story of buying / returning a refrigerator was my favorite video. no memory of where you went on that mission but was very entertaining.

[@MattLowne]

Just gave me flashbacks to that ordeal 😭

[@TURPEG]

​@@MattLownei want more fridge related content (Fridge story 2?!?!?)

[@samuraidriver4x4]

Fridge update when?

[@spambreeder1001]

​@MattLowne at least your name isn't Bob...

[@daneiten1]

@@TURPEG titled Elloo Two The Big Chill

[@tytanowybacon.8076]

I can't wait to play full version of ksp 2

[@benjaminnevins5211]

At least it is finally playable

[@HeidenLam]

@@benjaminnevins5211 not playable for its price

[@Todestelzer]

Im waiting too. But I think we have to wait 4-5 years for it to happen. Didn’t bought it yet.

[@jimlthor]

​@Todestelzer same. I bought KSP 1 when it first went to Steam, and ended up only putting a 20ish hours into it using mods that eventually became part of the main game. Finally put 100s of hours into it over the years once they added the career modes and comms

[@sovietrecyclebin]

welp...

[@chrisperos]

"We can name our site, 'Duna yay'" "Im a fun loving individual" Made me laugh way harder than i expected it to.

[@anomalyfox5186]

Not to mention Jeb hitting the Griddy

[@kxmapper]

One day KSP2 will be a proper game, all we can do is playing KSP1 and waiting

[@republicofluckteinburgpres1385]

Yes.

[@KrimsonStorm]

Sounds like it will happen in December

[@raptortrainer1548]

In december it will have a combined version of science and career

[@kinglegoiii]

It is finally good enough to be playable, and if the science update goes well I will consider it a proper game and probably switch from ksp1 to 2

[@Waterdog553]

poggers, I might buy it when interstellar stuff happens@@raptortrainer1548

[@anomalyfox5186]

Jeb hitting the Griddy after planting the flag is such a Jeb thing to do.

[@roryrdmb6667]

9:56 I once was doing a duna flyby mission where on the return trip I ran out of liquid fuel, so I had to complete the burn back to Kerbin using monopropellant, but the craft was too heavy and I couldn’t complete the manoeuvre, so I got Bill out on EVA to remove a bunch of dead weight from my vehicle, and I just barely managed to make it back to Kerbin. Talk about running on fumes!

[@lechking941]

dam, thats just HOLY is it intresting i am glad you made it back because that sounds like i would have some aplattered kerbals

[@eekee6034]

Reminds me of the Minmus return where I painstakingly set up a Mun gravity assist because I'd run out of fuel, only to realise mid-assist that I _could_ have done it on monopropellant because I had so much! :) This was in 1.8; no EVA construction.

[@TheCraterGames]

Back in the days, there was no re-entry heat and stuff. Run out of fuel soooo... Just used kerbal's jetpack and dropped him off the orbit Worth it 😂

[@slothomatic]

Matt never mentioning his backwards Duna orbit is peak Matt

[@kom-hu7kn]

When the for science update comes out you should do a jool 5 multiple launch mission to test the new science parts and rigidity

[@SomeCertainMycorian]

The jool 5 shares the name with the jool V, the Saturn v replica

[@josiahcox7313]

The atmosphere update is amazing - I'm surprised at how much it changes the perception of the journey. The gradual change of the sky as the spacecraft leaves the atmosphere is just *chef'skiss*. Thanks for making such great KSP content from both 1 & 2, Matt!

[@blackrack2008]

Me who's been saying this for 8 years yet people continue to underestimate the atmosphere's importance lmao

[@atnernt5196]

Those new atmospheres are so pretty

[@PaleBlueDot946]

You should make a shorter video where you send a robotic lander to eve with no return to see the green sunsets and not have to deal with the pain of a eve return

[@umbraelegios4130]

KSP 2 is now the gateway to a KSP 1 addiction.

[@KerbalFan]

Pretty Cool Update, Matt. Love your Videos and KSP is amazing! :D

[@hansdietrich83]

Players: please fix some of these catastrophic, gamebreaking bugs!!! Devs: haha, here are some new parts and some graphics updates

[@danqlingfury]

Love how you appeal to the new crowds. Don’t worry Matt KSP 2 is not your fault and us old fans are still here when they fix it.

[@oasntet]

Ooof. Gotta love a patch that introduces regressions for the most basic of features (parts stay where you put them, ships don't jump when coming out of timewarp) that also then don't get caught by QA. The dev team has a serious release management problem. It feels like their QA process is "play the game and see what breaks" instead of actually enumerating fixed bugs and running scenarios that actually test the bugs are still fixed. Not expecting the For Science! update to work particularly well for at least two months after it comes out. So, uh, I guess maybe I'll actually buy KSP 2 sometime next March?

[@tiberius8390]

Yeah i haven't bought it yet. Right now even with some fixed bugs it's Not for me. I never played Sandbox. I need a career mode. Fingers crossed for the science update.

[@Derzull2468]

Do we have: Feature parity with the first game? Rigidity of joints? Multi star system travel? Multiplayer? Colonization? None of the above?

[@higueraft571]

Considering Take Two forced them to shove it out WAY too early and for way too much... no. And "Feature Parity" likely wont happen until later

[@Skylikesavation]

The fairing build system is really something that should probably go back to the way it was in the original game

[@WasatchWind]

Matt talking about the game at launch: Me: "I was there Gandalf... I was there three thousand years ago..."

[@thcfck6870]

the fairing issues happened to me as well, very infuriating!

[@Pointclearius]

I'd 100% watch that 3.5hr video, I love super long form content

[@lucasreiss1390]

14:45 YOO JEB DONE HIT THE GRIDDY

[@droppedpasta]

I actually really liked the light blue stage you had for a brief mo there

[@anthonycima7]

Very excited to see KSP2 progress

[@marijnyboy8402]

At this point your practically runing a solo podcast with gameplay in the background if we get bored.

[@AzureImperium7701X]

They should add procedural adapter parts. You could chose the shape of each end and the length of the adapter.

[@ruthmoreton6975]

I think the "For Science" update is what's going to make or break the game. It needs to be superb to bring people back or keep people playing. I played KSP 2 once soon after launch. I made it to minmus and back and have not bothered since ( just a couple of sub-orbitals to test each time an update has come out before it goes "back in the box" ) I really hope it's good. I want to play this game as it was imagined.

[@ruthmoreton6975]

Just reporting back to say I've tried patch 1.5 now. I started building a minmus lander out of a 2 person lander can, 4 gold fuel tanks, a micro strut, a reaction wheel, a battery, a terrier and some landing legs. I popped it on the launch pad just as a test. It promptly vibrated and then exploded.

[@demonicsquid7217]

Stay away for a bit longer. I tried it a couple of weeks ago and it didn't feel much better to be honest. There's some serious underlying flaws, the main one being that they are just trying to recreate KSP1 and not actually innovating on anything, thus they are going through all the issues KSP1 had without the goodwill of the player base, nor the relaxed time scales.

[@jeremy.klakson]

Aaand it is really good

[@NyZandry]

The holy Update is near!

[@braeeee_]

"the stability of the game is whats holding it back" i agree, and the stability of the rockets lmao

[@gmlviper]

The entire theme of this game... it looks very nice.. that's it. It will be a long way until it will PLAY as it looks.

[@caderutledge4530]

Can't wait for more ksp 1 content!

[@jasonc7823]

So glad KZbin decided to add you back to my algorithm. I missed you matt😂

[@BoltActionResolve]

After playing Spaceflight Simulator for so long, KSP2 is a dream. I tried KSP1 and can't get use to the UI after watching so many 2 videos

[@SRT-DUKE]

I can feel Matt's frustration on attaching that fairing lol

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Can't wait to be in 2027, when the final release is available

[@Mriya6]

This was fun! I've never played KSP 1 because I tried it briefly and bounced off from the utter lack of tutorials or instructions. But I've been enthralled by the trailers for KSP2 and the promise of a much better onboarding process for noobs, so I've been keenly watching their progress. I think the upcoming science update might make it finally ready to buy and try for the first time! 😀

[@Thisandthat8908]

i hope blue origin get's the engine bells somewhat more off the ground :) Or maybe saves the weight of the landing gear.

[@InvictaSidera]

a solution i found for the fairing not working was to remove any deployable items (which usually lets the faring be built) then put them back after. DISCLAIMER. this may be fixed in the new patch, haven't tried it yet

[@eekee6034]

That reminds me of how the big drill in KSP1 has a MASSIVE region in front of it which prevents kerbals getting off ladders. There are several things like that in KSP1; things which would have been easy fixes but weren't too obvious just didn't get fixed, ever. It can get really annoying if you're one of the few players who keeps running into them.

[@christhescienceguy6285]

I really like the Green SLS but the blue looks very nice also.

[@Darkdragonrexkiller]

14:42 Jeb does the griddy

[@simoneferretti6293]

14:46 cro is itting the griddy on a different planet💀💀💀

[@osetrokarasek]

14:44 Jeb hits the griddy

[@KINGDOMSONSTV]

If they can't fix the jelly rockets once and for all they might as well call it a day. This should never of made it past QA. They missed out on a big market share for their product. Like a few game ip's of recent.

[@higueraft571]

>This should never of made it past QA. Considering what we know, they almost certainly didnt have time for QA, because they didnt expect the sudden deadline Take Two put on them. And then ALSO the pricetag Take Two demanded the EA to have...

[@oofie9932]

Nate Robinson trying to save his career is crazy to me

[@theflyingjawa]

Cool stuff. Waiting for this game to be worth buying

[@MrJoda94]

Could the undocking being somewhat unstable in terms of ship orientation be caused by the SAS being on? I have noticed that the SAS is active on the lander when it detaches, and the rotation stops when it reaches the retrograde vector. Maybe undocking with the SAS off might fix this glitch

[@chilledburrito]

I really love when developers and company's hire modders, It just makes sense and IMO should be done whenever possbile.

[@TheGuyWhoComments]

I’m very excited to see what the upgraded controller set up is

[@Calzune]

Looking forward to the tutorials! I'm having a big struggle trying to understand how to get to duna.. The new "A1 a2 b1 and B2" is confusing.. Do I need to align them or what?

[@cheddar2648]

KSP2 is like a cold shower, whereas KSP1 is like a warm bed after a hearty meal.

[@JohnJCB]

You made my favorite rocket, the LSL

[@danzstuff]

glad to hear this

[@theprogrammer32]

I think the next SLS colors should be like a muted / dulled 80s amber, maybe more towards like a dirt / khaki, and then you should pick colors to go with it like maybe cream or orange, slightly unsaturated of course to give it that matte look

[@theprogrammer32]

or maybe you should do a three color scheme based off of the colors of the Belt of Venus (The Anti-Twilight Arch)

[@MattLowne]

One factor that I have to consider is that the colour needs to "pop" in case I decide to use the rocket in the video thumbnail lol

[@ragsdale9]

I like how duna looks

[@FruitLoops_]

I still think the ground is way too reflective. Like, come on, it looks like the sun is reflecting on water, not dirt

[@Meatloaf_TV]

If ksp 2 gets anthemed before interstellar ill be pissed

[@higueraft571]

Depends on how benevolent Take Two is feeling

[@Lostinspacedreal]

I’m gonna wait for KSP 2 to release colonies before I buy it. I waited 3 years for KSP 2 I can wait 3 more

[@flyrii]

Yaaaaaaaay u posted❤🎉

[@CubeAtlantic]

im glad they developed a new up-to date update & it would be good if was more detailed like this.

[@RomanKyncl2000]

Nice video as always. BTW I have issue that i can not move camera to see another part of rocket/plane in VAB, it is always poinont to cockpit :(

[@chrisbolland5634]

Pretty sure ksp 1 had blue atmosphere on duna and green on eve, it didn't change the terrain lighting or anything but you could definitely see it, especially on a high hill.

[@Hilqy]

Can't wait to play the new update

[@NotSeraph]

youtube really wants me to watch this video, the 2nd recommended video in the watch next list is this video

[@Kerbol]

Even if the beta option for ksp2 release version is removed you can always access it via the steam database, afaik that saves it

[@adamzackheim3193]

I had the same problem with the fairings! in my case it was bc I had the DTS-M1 antenna (the same i saw you using) inside, once i moved it i could close the fairing.

[@somedudesstuff801]

"potential" means "this sucks and I wish it didn't"

[@cristianmoore1996]

Grid fins don’t work with SAS anyway. They put out a half finished part.

[@TommyLikeTom]

The idea of splitting the workforce of KSP into two teams for two different games is just insane if you think about it from an engineering perspective. It only makes sense from a financial perspective, if you intend to over-promise and under-deliver on the extra product.

[@tobimai4843]

Workforce was never split. The second game is developed by a new team

[@randomtexanguy9563]

ksp1 is no longer developed

[@Samuel_613]

I hope that the developers make it, so that u don't need a rtx 2060 anymore in the near future

[@OddcessiveNooBurrito]

Kerbin to Duna is 45°, but what about the Duna to Kerbin transfer window? I always miss it in the playback but I'd love it if you could include the optimal return transfer angles in the future 😅

[@Planeguy420]

Woohoo new KSP 2 update love your vids❤

[@alexlabs4858]

I just came into the KSP world and have only tried 2, so it seems so surprising to me that KSP2 seems to offer way less than 1 except for bugs. I’m hoping they get this up to and far beyond KSP1. For spending 50 bucks on the darn thing I really want to see more, but I’m at least having fun and I think it’s probably a lot easier for people like me who have only experienced KSP2.

[@dracrichards5785]

I have a video idea for you. What if you remade some of your ksp1 movies like green harvest and made them in ksp2?? Worthy idea once it's stable enough

[@RedlinePush]

I can't bring myself to play KSP 2 until they fix the wobble.

[@maxbanning1762]

Are you going to Build more theme parks on planet coaster matt I like your videos

[@Dingdeng1337]

Unbobbly rockets ... 4tw! ... so waitin' for it! ... and Interstellar 😬

[@lukefreeman828]

Once they fix the wobbly rockets, KSP2 will finally be what I would have considered "acceptable but a little disappointing" on launch day. But to be honest, I'm surprised it has improved as much as it has.

[@vadenummela9353]

I keep forgetting this game still exists and didnt shut down after launch.

[@Meatloaf_TV]

A black and neon green sls would be cool

[@Totally_Bonkers]

i personally haven't had any issues with not seeing periapsis for an encounter, ever. it's perfectly fine for me

[@vonSchmettern]

Great video as always! I just started out with KSP 2 skipping KSP 1 altogether, in fact. So far, it has been mostly glitch- and bug free, as far as I could see. Hope it lasts...

[@Mavkka]

I still wish the new UI was less "child-sci-fi" in terms of colors and the dot grid

[@Gesso64]

I know u said know more mod suggestions but im just recommending a category. Get one of the advanced jet engine mods so you can use nuclear jet engines to do "ambitious" eve missions

[@eekee6034]

4:40 Ooh! That is a nice atmosphere. I'd love to see an Eve colony series in KSP1! :) Maybe don't call it Expedition Eve though, because that's a whole film with its own mood and plot and everything. Enterprise Eve, perhaps; testing the practicality of colonizing Eve. I missed EVA construction before KSP had it! XD Not exactly, but I was a little bit disappointed. 15:25 All right, that's epic! :) Blue sunset... The sky on ascent was pretty cool too. Aw... sorry to hear the controller isn't much use for videos. Glimpses of it in use at key moments would just be too cool! :D Fast-paced content makes me want to die. Or click off. Either works. ;) Not being able to see your periapsis in your destinaton SOI is pretty bad; it makes things harder AND it's unrealistic, if I understand right. But I'm not sure Juno is really any better on this one point.

[@earth1364]

14:36 The lander is excited for the new update.

[@gsf444tt]

That one made me laugh a bit, but is pretty odd bug

[@Han_Solo6712]

I want to see Matt try BDarmory.

[@user-ri1tz4lt1m]

Due to my awful designs on KSP one, rocket wobble was pretty common. A "life hack" I used was to strut the payload to the inside of the fairing. Is this still possible on KSP2?

[@WyndellCoutinho]

Lets have a neon violet SLS next time!

[@nemanja0265]

Why do you carry landing module to kerbin?

[@LoboSolitario.__]

my ksp2 is so unplayable, I've always got a map/outofnodemanouvers even tho i've not even got one... glad I can still watch people play it

[@alexandrepv]

Sausage rockets. Who would have thunk?

[@golbfishie]

Approaching Nirvana in 2023 KZbin?! Incredibly goated

[@anasyn]

I've been setting my ejection force to something around 500kN. They go POOF, and then you time warp for a second or so and they disappear.

[@Squeaky_Ben]

Honestly, I feel like a basic UI tutorial for KSP2 would be nice. I know KSP1 inside out but KSP2 I am like a newborn baby.

[@Kaiasky]

These rockets really seem so much wobblier than in KSP1, I don't know why that wasn't priority 1 to fix. Excited to see the fix, I might buy the game at that point.

[@brendanwood1540]

@Matt Lowne , if you are ever talking to anyone involved in development of KSP2 could you please recommend crowd source funding for a more transparent final development run with a studio involving the original creators of the game? Like a proper way to make the sequel instead of whatever compartmentalized mess happened before. Like a live development with regular community updates by a person who releases videos on social media platforms with live streams that allow for community discussions and feedback. Honestly I think all of us original fans would agree the priority of features should be a stable game, mods, the look and feel seems great bugs aside, colonies or just more to do by way of science campaigns, interstellar travel, and last multiplayer. So whomever designs it needs to decide is it going to be multiplayer or not because that needs to be integrated into everything. Honestly, if it means having a complete game or not I think we would all gladly sacrifice multiplayer.