KSP Kraken Drive Tutorial

A quick explanation of how the docking port Kraken Drive works and how to build one that you can use to fly a spaceplane!
Craft file created in the tutorial: drive.google.c...

[@waylandsmith]

Why does it sound like bongo cat is in the background?

[@Rocketman679]

That would be my rat running on her wheel, they really love that thing lol

[@thefeef3496]

@@Rocketman679 you have a rat! thats so cool!

[@nicocathelot1139]

BECAUSE HE IS SMASHING HIS KEYBOARD SSCFEDFHEOWOWOWKWMDMCMXKXKSOSPD

[@TheRealCLASIX]

@@nicocathelot1139 it doesnt even remotely sound like a keyboard.

[@deanrensberger631]

@@Rocketman679 that muffin is looking awfully like a ham-- rat. :)

[@keznal4710]

Bro was brewing coffee the entire commentary

[@Thoran666]

Nice, might try it with less ports so my FPS stay above 20.

[@Rocketman679]

If you edit the .craft file to increase the docking force above 200 you only need a handful

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

This is a good point you should put this in your video because this would really improve performance without having to increase part count.

[@VodkaVortex]

School computer?😅😂😂

[@bjboss1119]

My computer has a really good CPU, but it would melt if I made it go any faster because the fan isnt very strong, it's quiet at least

[@1000-THR]

@@Rocketman679 you can also overclock it so that it launches you out of the solar system or you can just mildly overclock it

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

This is freaking awesome! Everyone kept making videos about flying the kraken drive but nobody made one explaining how to build it. You did an awesome job and I really appreciate it. I especially like the changing of the attraction force on the front docking port so that you can do more precise maneuvering I love that you included that's at the end. I know you're YT channel is small, but you've got great content and you've earned my SUB brother!

[@oeliku3033]

I was wondering: "what is that weird drum music in the background?" - kinda cool, but random then u said that it just was your pet going ham on a toy. tbh I feel kinda stupid now

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

Sir, someone is playing a bongo drum in your room.

[@Somerandom1922]

That's awesome. I'm going to make a Kraken Drive powered play-through. I've just built a cigar shaped kraken drive power SSTO with a massive crew capacity (well massive for a mk.1 SSTO as small as it is). Although I messed up because I tweaked with the max extension of the hydraulic cylinder meaning it's impossible to make 0 thrust without messing with the docking force. I think I'm going to build and test a number of designs between the Junior docking ports and the Senior docking ports with various amounts of thrust vs weight, then save them all as assemblies to attach to craft as I build them.

[@chiiip8864]

Very very cool stuff - thinking of finally making some stock WWII aircraft that actually look good utilizing this - cosmetic propellor, kraken drive under the hood 0:

[@Rocketman679]

It's also very useful for star wars replicas

[@Hectorlph]

Very informative and straightforward tutorial. Thanks much! Can't wait to exploit this in career mode to see how cheaply I can run a space program.

[@ICKY427]

i had a go at trying to make a K powered plane that could be throttled more smoothly so i had a pair of drives next to each other mounted rigid, with no piston so they always made the same force, and had them mounted on a swivel so at full throttle they would both face forward and accelerate the craft, then at zero throttle they would turn 90 degrees and face each other and cancel out their forces. this didnt work perfect, it would still make a VERY slight amount of rear thrust so it never could actually STOP accelerating either forward or back so i couldnt time warp. also it wasnt just one pair as that didnt make enough thrust, so i ended up with like 30 or 40 pairs in a long stack of the big mk3 cargo bays (im not a fan of part clipping so it didnt cross my mind to make an exception in this case since we're cheesing the docking ports anyway)

[@iwbmo]

how to make bigger and better aaaaaa

[@capt_kelris9954]

alternatively, you can use inflatable docking ports instead of pistons. ( for those who doesn't have breaking ground, or just make things more simple.).

[@Rocketman679]

Can you map the extend distance to the throttle? I haven't tried the airlock design yet

[@capt_kelris9954]

@@Rocketman679 you can link the airlock to the thruster, yes. But the thrust only occurs when the docking port is near the other dock, so it's the same...

[@jjmatt5731]

Does this still work because I have advanced tweaks led and I still don’t see the option

[@jjmatt5731]

I’m on console if it makes a difference

[@LordPastaProductions]

I am currently using 1.11 on a PC. The option for "Docking Aquire Force" does not show up, nor do most of the other options. Why is this? (edit: OH SHIT nvm I need to turn on advanced tweakables)

[@avery3490]

bruh

[@pixelfencer]

92 subs good job man almost at 100

[@afaz4070]

200 now...

[@pixelfencer]

152 next 200 lets go my guy

[@TheCrazyCanuck]

Are you making popcorn?

[@DingusGamba]

lmfao I was wondering if someone had infinite lungs while hitting a bong, popcorn sounds more likely ;D

[@dmitriitherus4398]

Thats a rat runnin on the wheel

[@Techischannel]

No thats the Kraken Drive.

[@arsmol]

rat is making popcorn on the wheel. Genius idea

[@iwbmo]

@@DingusGamba the end

[@kenskvarcius9757]

Can someone help? My kraken drive isn't working. I'm following the tutorial pixel-by-pixel, but there is no acceleration.

[@cat-nl4sv]

my ports dont have an " docking aquire force" setting

[@BrianAnim]

Whats the noise in the background? Sounds like popcorn or something.

[@this_is_clearly_a_channel]

How? I change my version to include the kraken drive but no matter the version I can't change the magnetic force please advise

[@astroknott5877]

If only we could make this work in the real world....... sigh

[@tacwedie9898]

Troll physics

[@nonsensicalhumanoid]

@@tacwedie9898 This is literally the famous troll physics car with the two magnets pulling eachother and nobody can change my mind

[@crazyamphibian]

you can use WASD to rotate parts 90 degrees before placing them so you don't have to flip them after placing

[@1008OH]

Ah yes, everything can be accomplished using Mild Part Clipping (TM)

[@meeast1169]

Thx for the tutorial man!

[@theonlyeggycress]

I’ve got advanced tweakables but I can’t change the acquire force

[@Whetfaartz1]

question, What should I do when It's kinda slow? And about Sim quality, how could I change it?

[@ponganansangpaiboon8602]

Does it work with the dell latitude 5400 laptop

[@mahuba2553]

i like to think that the kraken drive is the kerbal equivelent of anti gravity, you know how sci fi space ships can seemingly break the most basic law of physics which is gravity itself, well they might do that, but they still depend on alternative propulsion to move around since they always have engines in the back of some kind, so i guess you could set up a kraken drive to be just as strong as gravity it self but not too strong, and only allow yourself to do it when you have gathered all of the science that is possible to get, so its like a new discovery

[@bjboss1119]

5:08 Did you know that pressing wasdeq can rotate the part before you attach it and pressing shift in snap on can allow for minute adjustments. - someone who decided to press every button :)

[@Rocketman679]

You can also hold shift while pressing wasdqe to rotate the parts by small increments!

[@bjboss1119]

Yep, just thought I'd mention it

[@surawolf9069]

In my version of ksp i cannot adjust the force of the docking ports, also the thrust limiter of the ion engine, and in the mod kerbal electrics i have no reactor control panel, so i cannot turn the fission reactor on making it a useless piece of scrap... also i cannot change fuel tank content which makes some tanks useless. can someone tell me why? is something missing or is it the game version? it was 1.4.5 i guess

[@Prince_Slimey]

Do you have advanced tweakables on?

[@ultralaggerREV1]

So it shows I have advanced tweakables enabled but idk how to get that slider for the docks

[@xxbanexxftw3073]

Same here..no slider,gave up

[@akashsahay3532]

Are you on console? I tried as well and it didn’t show up

[@valencay1234]

I have a question, ¿I need the breaking ground dlc to do it?

[@iwbmo]

using the snap thing would be much better so that somebody could count them or whatever to get the exact same thing as you for the piston movements

[@Rocketman679]

bold of you to assume I've ever measured it myself

[@iwbmo]

@@Rocketman679 i tried copying it…

[@the_real_kevin8996]

How how do you get 8 way symmetry in SPH? I can only get no symmetry and mirror in SPH no matter how much I try. plz help thx.

[@Rocketman679]

Middle click on the symmetry button to change the symmetry mode between radial and mirror

[@the_real_kevin8996]

@@Rocketman679 Yes I know but I mean more than mirror. for example how did you do 8 way symmetry when placing the docking ports?

[@Rocketman679]

If you left click the symmetry button, it changes the count. If you middle click it, it changes the mode (in both editors). So you middle click the button until it shows a round dot rather than square, then left click it until you have the count you want

[@MedicMainDave]

if the kraken can destroy my normal engines, I can use his energy without feeling bad about it!

[@hafashanum39]

This is a BUG ... right! A good-player-sided bug ... LOVE it

[@hafashanum39]

Plus that my cpu is ancient,more ancient than dinosour. So i dont think i can exploit this on my KSP. So i hold to ISP Engine editing

[@jionixelengineer8578]

K bruh then. Create a death star now. With lasers

[@cherrybomb0388]

think i could get this working on the ps4 copy of the game? maybe 4 or 5 docking ports?

[@Rocketman679]

I want to say yes, but I'm not 100% sure the docking acquire force slider shows up for console players. The number of ports just scales the force you get though so if you're not going to ssto with it you don't need as many

[@murraydavis6839]

What is that noise in the background

[@Garidoes1]

Why doesn’t the “Aquire Docking Force” slider show up when you enable adv. Tweakables?

[@Rocketman679]

Are you a console player? I've heard from a couple people now that the option might not be available on console :(

[@TheCrazyCanuck]

@@Rocketman679 100% does not work, the Kraken drive may work but the Z-drive does not, on console.

[@Rocketman679]

That sucks, I hope they add that slider in with a future update for consoles. It's handy for adjusting docking too

[@xandercreates6766]

This may seem super dumb but how come I never see "Docking Aquire Force"?

[@franklinzuehlke7879]

It’s in the main menu setings

[@alexsmith2910]

Enable 'advanced tweakables' in the settings on the main menu.

[@xandercreates6766]

figured that out an hour after I posted the comment. Forgot to update on that

[@archae108]

will it work with 1.11?

[@Rocketman679]

Yep, I upgraded to 1.11 and it works the same

[@archae108]

@@Rocketman679 i just made one I like it, but I am figuring out a different assembly to make it more powerful

[@sizzlingsteak5046]

Can this work for console

[@Venuswenis007]

i assume so

[@tootwin4089]

@@Venuswenis007 i did do it but i turned on advanced tweakables but i still dont have the docking forec

[@Rocketman679]

As long as you're on 1.10 it should work, but I don't have console so I can't say for sure

[@ZylokTheGlukkon]

WHAT FINS DO I USE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A PLANE IN KSP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KrisMcCool]

It's magic-super propulsion, just like the NERVAs

[@ABCDEFGH_-ef7su]

I think it is easy, but the hard part is getting it to land

[@thimothey66]

there isn't as many options on the docking port

[@thebrosdn227]

How do you enable advanced tweak ables?

[@spatrk6634]

In the main settings page (i think its the one from the main menu, not the one ingame) you have an option to activate advanced tweakable. imgur.com/TZpyS3r

[@WovaGTR]

We love ksp

[@RGOdenJr]

Which mods have the pistons?

[@ironagent45]

They are part of the Breaking Ground DLC

[@AverageS2000Enjoyer]

Can you make it without the piston? I dont have any dlc.

[@Rocketman679]

Yeah actually, you just set all the ports up statically and then use the "docking acquire force" slider on the target port as your throttle. As far as I know there's no way to map that field to an axis so you have to throttle it by clicking but it would technically work

[@AverageS2000Enjoyer]

@@Rocketman679 Ok thx! :)

[@isimbulamadmqwe9972]

@@Rocketman679 I think you can do that with a controller. Im not sure if a advanced tweakables option will appear on actions menu though

[@Rocketman679]

@@isimbulamadmqwe9972 unfortunately the "acquire force" slider isn't an axis that can be mapped with the KAL, but that would be a lot more convenient

[@elliotsmith102]

Is it possible to do this without any expansions?

[@jionixelengineer8578]

Don't think so, you need to move the docks

[@isimbulamadmqwe9972]

You can do that by putting a controller and assigning docking acquire force to throttle. By this way you can get drive to actually obey throttle and do it without moving parts

[@sodaithink]

How does a clump of docking ports look so shiny lol

[@iwbmo]

the shinyness must be overlayed over the texture but also maybe kind of transparent so they overlay the shinyness thus making extreme shinyness

[@sonicsupersam7793]

Dont you think its awesome that we ended up inventing our own system of propultion? Like damn, videogames are for big brains now

[@판사님저는오늘만삽니]

thank you!

[@KSPGalaxtic]

why doesnt it work

[@delta-7operativeAK]

Does it work in the newest version?

[@Rocketman679]

It does! This exploit was never patched

[@mrpineapple3942]

@@Rocketman679 It's not working for me though, I've tried everything, my drive is almost an exact copy of yours, yet it still will not work.

[@atzonestudios3331]

nice mate

[@NoName-sn3db]

Now we know, how real em drive works

[@iwbmo]

what are em drives

[@jionixelengineer8578]

@@iwbmo Electro Magnetic drives

[@iwbmo]

@@jionixelengineer8578 4 months to answer

[@jionixelengineer8578]

I know. That's when I even clicked on the video

[@iwbmo]

HOW DO I GET MORE POWEr, FOR EXAMPLE HOW DO I GET THIS TO WORK oN AN MK3 AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Rocketman679]

Eh, honestly, kraken drives are infinite fuel, but very low thrust. I think I mentioned editing the .craft file to improve the thrust somewhat but the max you can set the acquire force to, even via text, is 1000% and 5x tiny is still tiny tbh. That's why my kraken craft are so small

[@iwbmo]

@@Rocketman679 use the controller with the breaking ground dlc?

[@nipoteemus2472]

Ookko suomalaine?

[@beastlymace2214]

can u do this in stock ksp?

[@memekip555]

Is this possible on Xbox?

[@Rocketman679]

Afaik the "docking acquire force" slider isn't available on console, so unless you're brave enough to crack open your saves and text edit the craft file I don't think so :(

[@georgebonar6375]

dose he know that he can use w a s d q e to rotate parts

[@NobodyKnows-wu7ee]

rlly cool and nice explanation but I don’t have the expansion. Nice tutorial tho!

[@eyesoup]

good job

[@DanteofSparda5376]

It creates a portal to summon the kraken

[@Skiesaremine]

Is this thing patched?

[@Rocketman679]

Nope it still works in 1.11

[@Peteboi64932]

kraken: i'm going to bug you! me: to bug my vessel to fly without engine? heck yeah!

[@Ditere3368]

I don't think it works at the newest version but still ty for an amazing tutorial

[@joseandresortizgiraldo5364]

Hi How are you, Very good video. You know I would like to see you bring a comet into kerbin's orbit using a device with this propulsion system if you could.

[@animacionesrapidas3273]

I need mods?

[@Rocketman679]

No I don't use mods in any of my videos

[@lionking7739]

For me t doesn‘t work

[@zaviergoesboom9759]

thank

[@solalde04]

yoo im the 100th subscriber

[@Rocketman679]

❤

[@darthmemeious9526]

im thinking about making a station powered by a kraken drive.

[@BonaireDude]

Sucks that this isn’t able to be done on PS4, really sad

[@cmterocco3442]

Why

[@james8354]

idk why but its going on its own

[@TURPEG]

So that's how tie fighters fly

[@przemeklisicki8741]

this looks like a vid by the youtuber capos, suspiciously similar

[@MrDesu-do4jn]

. . . are you running a coffee maker in the background? damn. . .

[@dennyleung111]

It’s not working, once it was but now it’s not

[@Chaoticmannners]

Bro! The pros now have to use this new power to land on different planet’s

[@Rocketman679]

I did build a more capable version that can also vtol off they kraken drive, I might try to speedrun the whole solar system with it

[@Chaoticmannners]

@@Rocketman679 BTW were do you go to change the docking acquire force cause I can’t find it anywhere

[@Chaoticmannners]

Or where you activate Advance Twinkies?

[@Chaoticmannners]

With found it

[@Pyrpyr_2017]

My ksp crashed lol

[@seagotsick]

I have pet rats too :3

[@theginganinjaofficial]

Sounds like a coffee maker in the background...

[@Teelur]

Who's smoking the fat bong rip in the back

[@callmerich4953]

why does it sound like your making a bag of popcorn

[@Rocketman679]

It's one of my rats running on her wheel lol, I started taking their wheel out while I record after this

[@callmerich4953]

@@Rocketman679 ah

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

No engines? No problem!

[@WovaGTR]

Dud ! Use aero brakes

[@net_blin_soleniy]

Troll physics: how to infinite fly

[@Rocketman679]

You literally do put a magnet on a stick and hang it out in front of another magnet to go 😂

[@flametionist7410]

1,000th view

[@chat._._._._._._._._._._._.4.]

"Eco-Friendly"

[@TheVerySleepyCalmGuy]

Hmm imagine you put alot of that

[@AndreBeverage]

why are you making popcorn???

[@susangoaway]

Mhm, yes. Troll physics.

[@evanisaachernandez2007]

Isaac Newton doesn't like this video

[@finicuro2744]

what the fuck is that noise in the background, are you cooking popcorn or what ??