KSP 2: Discovering a BURIED LEVIATHAN on Duna!

Welcome back to the latest instalment of my KSP 2 playthrough for beginners series. Today, we tackle the Duna Monument mission, which demands us to navigate to a very secluded and mysterious buried monument to a very lovecraftian cthulu-style monster! What could this mean!?
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Chapters:
00:00 Hello There
00:18 DISCLAIMER
01:06 Mission Plan
01:38 Lander and Rover Build
03:22 Spacecraft Build
04:52 Duna Transfer Window
05:04 Launch to LKO
08:20 Spacecraft Reconfiguration
09:38 Heading to Duna
14:27 Enter Duna
17:36 Landing Sequence
21:15 Surface Exploration!
27:43 Reuniting the Space Frogs
30:32 Heading to Ike
32:20 Ike Surface Mission
34:44 Reuniting the Space Frogs?
36:39 HERE BE BLUNDERS
39:04 Heading back to Kerbin
42:16 Re-entry
43:16 Landed...but at what cost?
43:55 Post-Mission Activities

[@MattLowne]

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[@CuriousRedcoat]

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[@Kawaiizealot]

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[@sleysyknockoutcity7175]

how?

[@GilWanderley]

You know... The premature death of KSP2 means the dream of seeing Matt Lowne doing a Real Solar System career mode is possible again.

[@PeterJCalkins]

I wouldn’t get your hopes up…lol

[@durbeshpatel3047]

He never shouldve endorsed ksp2, no one was interested in that game.

[@shimozukachi5887]

the chance of him repeating every challenge, but with neither sstos nor rapiers, is higher

[@elszrvee]

KSP1 will become just Kerbal Space Program again, the one and only

[@neocortexv15]

It's way better on the current state anyway

[@Codysdab]

It is the one and only No other space game I'd rather play It is the one and only You can't take that away from me.

[@Seeraphyn]

I can start a new playthrough in KSP 1 with colonies, interstellar and even multiplayer if I want to. But I don't really want to. Because I know that after a while the game will run like crap even on my good PC, I will be quite limited in terms of how big I can make my ships lest I tolerate having 1 FPS, and I won't have any objectives other than the ones I set for myself, and I'll get bored. KSP 2 just had to solve these basic issues. It just had to look better, run better, get rid of the soft joint system that limits you in terms of number of parts, and provide good modding tools. That's it. That would have made it better than KSP 1, all the rest, the colonies and stuff, is extra and shouldn't have been prioritized over the technical side of the game.

[@funkymunky7935]

It's still owned by Take Two Interactive though

[@shaynegadsden]

It never changed you have KSP and KSP2 idk why anyone added the 1 it doesn't exist

[@AdrianColley]

39:08 Matt: "Is this going to be the return of Blunderbirds?" Take Two: "no"

[@GodzillaJawz]

You can still play the game even if they were to actually fully cancel development

[@Tony-hh6oq]

@@GodzillaJawzsure you can but, why? What’s the point of playing a broke, 1/4 of the way built game, that’s now never going to get better or finished.

[@Legionofone41]

​​@@GodzillaJawzyep this is what is so confusing about the doom and gloom. Matt still hasn't gone to all the monuments and regardless of the shut down he CAN DO THAT right now...and it's not just him it's ALL the big Kerbal KZbinrs. Don't they realize that they could finish the exploration mode, add the mod that adds funds in and boom! Season 2 but now it's career mode. Then finish that and add Probes Before Crew which changes around the tech tree and BOOM! Season 3. They could legitimately play this game for more than a year without ever losing steam on doing something new. And if big youtubers would do that it would let the community know that they didn't waste their money because there's fun to be had. If the community is happy then the modders will mod and bring all those missing features to the game. Giving up as a community is what kills this game. If you don't actually enjoy the game then definitely stop playing it, do what makes you happy. But if you actually DID enjoy the game then just keep enjoying it! It doesn't matter if it is "complete" if you are having fun. Sorry for the rant but please @mattlowne just think about it. Quitting early, especially when you don't have to would be a shame. Just remember that you and this game does have fans. Not EVERYBODY is a hater and if you only cater to the haters than that's all you will ever do. There's a community here that will watch and support you. Don't forget that.

[@valecasini]

Well the game isn't close 😅 it's just the developments

[@foxworthgames]

@@Legionofone41have you played the game. It’s extremely rough and not much fun to play, especially to make a video. But I understand what your saying

[@raptorlewis]

It's so kerbover, boys.

[@blueyy9117]

Kerbin has fallen, millions must evacuate

[@scrimbling]

i am one in a kerbillion

[@sawspitfire422]

It's all kerbover now. Jeb is love, Jeb is life

[@Bourinos02]

It was never jebstarted though...

[@birkbuscher6571]

Mohover

[@Napoleon_e2]

It was slowly getting good, until they closed it, 99% of gamblers quit before hitting big

[@YevhenSavchuk]

It sure was. But too slowly unfortunately...

[@cgoodwin256]

Slowly is the understatement of the decade they've been developing this.

[@Sinkinthecat]

at least you can mod ksp to death until it becomes ksp 2

[@ZaackPlaySgames]

It was a failure from start, stop deluding yourself

[@1mariomaniac]

​@@Sinkinthecatyou can but at that point you're gonna wait like 10-20 minutes for the game to load to the main menu and like 2 minutes to load to and from the VAB.

[@hendrikpoggenpoel4508]

"I'm sure that by the time this video goes out, more will be known" Uhm yeah, no. In fact, we now know less because employees are announcing that they've been laid off left and right and we are yet to receive any meaningful communication regarding all of this. Absolutely pathetic if you ask me.

[@cgoodwin256]

Learn to read between the lines. It's over.

[@hendrikpoggenpoel4508]

@@cgoodwin256 I know. I'm not denying that. I'm just saying that we've had no official communication that's in any way meaningful

[@cgoodwin256]

@@hendrikpoggenpoel4508 Considering how they've treated us throughout development, ghosting us at the end as they board up the windows feels appropriate.

[@oasntet]

@@cgoodwin256 There's such a thing as over-reading the available intel. Maybe it is shuttered, maybe it isn't, but it's curious that "left and right" announcements are just two community managers and an adjunct single-feature dev who technically didn't say he was laid off, just that he was looking. Maybe it's shuttered, maybe it isn't, but there's definitely insufficient intel to say either way with authority.

[@Aluminio_siete_tres_siete]

Juno new origins!! (Simple rockets 2)

[@shokker2445]

Petition for Matt to do KSP1 realistic progression

[@patricktho6546]

That will just end in the regular april fools video

[@TheUncommonPen]

​@@patricktho6546 NOPE... With the death of KSP2 it will be the END of the april fools videos

[@Jason-gq8fo]

We can make our own ksp 2 with no wobbly rockets

[@DylPicklezs]

You mean KSP1?

[@FroggerzYouTube]

@@DylPicklezs but ksp2 graphics without the lag

[@DylPicklezs]

@@FroggerzKZbin there’s mods for that brother lol

[@FroggerzYouTube]

@@DylPicklezs ur right I forgot lol

[@Wedgenet]

With Blackjack. And Hookers.

[@AxolotlNamedLeif]

11:15 "Incase this video gets watched in a few years time." Sad that this tutorial won't do much if it's watched that far away. RIP KSP2.

[@patricktho6546]

We don't know

[@HoneyTwee]

@@patricktho6546 We know that they are closing the seattle office. Which is the intercept games office who developed KSP2. We know that they are laying of 70 employees, and there's only 76 employees listed in the credits for KSP2. The only way in which KSP2 actually gets large feature updates going forward (and not tiny bugfixes like once a year for a bit by a skeleton crew of devs). Is if another studio continues the development of KSP2. I don't see them passing KSP2 to another studio to develop given it's still in a rough state and only has a few 100 players. It's niche unfortunately. Even more niche when the game itself barely works and is pretty featureless, the number of people who want a realistic space simulator, have a powerful PC that can run it and who are willing to put up with a game that's super buggy and incomplete is slim. It's very sad, but it's highly likely that development on KSP2 will end in 2 months when the layoffs happen.

[@allyoftheleecher6990]

Ah well, you know what they say. 2 steps forward ... 2 steps back

[@tkzins.mp4]

its more like 4 steps back

[@fertileplanet7756]

@@tkzins.mp4 More like pulled 5 miles back by a megacorp that cares more about money than people

[@Forcemaster2000]

I'm so glad I paid full price for this cobbled together game that will most likely never be finished, let alone get half the features that were promised!

[@1mariomaniac]

There's a possibility that Steam will give you a refund.

[@admiralmallard7500]

​@@1mariomaniac Why would they?

[@Redeyez2424]

i feel like i got $5 worth of content, but paid $50 im a 🤡

[@1mariomaniac]

@@admiralmallard7500 idk but people have gotten refunds on this with more hours than me (and I have 75)

[@bmichael103]

@@1mariomaniac I just tried for a refund (24 hours played) and got denied...I put in that game plays poorly. Guess that's a "no" for me.

[@JeshiaNoennig]

Just some affirmation for you, I am a beginner, and i do get a lot from your tutorials. This mission did suck. I had my own kerbpollo 13 strory getting my crew back home safe. (But i did!)

[@InvaderMik]

Congrats! Those milestones are what makes ksp so fun!

[@timpatton1789]

I'm also totally new to KSP and decide to start with 2. The mission looks like a beast.

[@thundercactus]

After watching Matt suffer through playing KSP2 for months, I can't help but feel like he's secretly relieved at the idea of not having to deal with it anymore lol

[@gierdziui9003]

The meaning of the monument is the Kraken firing employees from PD

[@PrdDad]

A couple of friends made no Mans Sky. And its insane. Modders made KSP 1 a whole new game. Why is this so constant a building full of professionals getting paid serious money always fail, always miss deadlines, always release crap. We seriously need to start building our own games by volunteering our time and making them free to play. We could crush the AAA game companies. I have no doubt we vould make insane games if we worked together.

[@thecultofcaged]

Freedom and passion vs beurocracy and obligations

[@PrdDad]

@@thecultofcaged you are exactly right. So why cant we use the power of the internet to network amd make our own games with each other. We could turn out insane stuff if we worked with our passions. Stuff would crush AAA titles.

[@1mariomaniac]

A recent tweet from Michael on Twitter. "Unfortunately, I have by impacted by layoffs at Intercept Games. I am still working until late June to ensure all my work is left in good hands." He goes on to effectively say goodbye, and that he enjoyed his time at Intercept Games, and he's optimistic about his future. This Tweet, to me, implies heavily that T2 is planning on shifting development to another studio. Only time will tell, but its a little reassuring if nothing else.

[@nicklasmartos928]

one can hope

[@Sharpless2]

@@nicklasmartos928 hope? for what? For the "game" (it hurt to even call it that) to be given to yet another studio that has no idea about anything related to KSP and will fail yet again to make an actual game in the correct KSP style? Oh you people and your hope never cease to make me laugh. KSP2 is nothing but another victim of s... AAA publishers. KSP was made by Squad so only *AND LITERALLY ONLY SQUAD* should make KSP2.

[@eekee6034]

@@Sharpless2 KSP1 was created by HarvestR. He recently said something which sounded like Squad pushed him out; he didn't sound very happy about it. Looking at KSP1's bugs and development history, I don't think Squad did a very good job technically. I was horrified when I learned the KSP2 developers started with KSP1's codebase. I'm looking forward to other games entirely; clean implementations from different teams. I think Juno shows it's possible for a smaller team to make a technically better game, and for much less money at that. Juno is just lacking a little in the actually-being-fun department. (I would give HarvestR's real name if I could remember how to spell it. My memory is terrible and I don't want to get it completely wrong.)

[@sciencetestsubject]

7:54 in my opinion, the mission should have started with sending a probe to Duna and having it orbit. An advanced player would be able to drop the probe in orbit from the mothership, but beginners have a much less involved mission to start with.

[@TimbavatiLion]

Quick and easy workaround for the 0m dV bug: Move the engine to a different stage. For some reason KSP 2 loves to "attach" the fuels dV to a decoupler stage, so moving the engine into the decoupler stage will make it "pick up" the dV and then you can move it back into its own stage and it'll take the dV readout with it.

[@robinpatenall38]

If you are suffering from the no dV issue, one potential fix is to add a stage by clicking on one of the green plus buttons that appear when you mouse over the staging diagram. This forces a dV recalculation and can fix the issue. Making sure that you staging is right is also a good idea.

[@MrQuadGame]

this should never be a issue to start with tbh

[@b1n4ryb1rd7]

​@@MrQuadGame i'm going back to ksp1 indefinitely, i've had it with this game

[@MrQuadGame]

@@b1n4ryb1rd7 should have never bought ksp2 tbh

[@eekee6034]

@@MrQuadGame I never bought it. Sometimes, it's good to have a low tolerance for bugs. ... Other times, not so much; there are KSP1 bugs which really wind me up!

[@jimr1603]

I've not got to other planets in KSP1, this series has helped me play around with KSP1.

[@piotrseidel4141]

The first segment of the video: *exists* Me: "General kenobi"

[@atemoc]

You are a bold one.

[@spaceboitv5646]

Matt, I highly encourage you since Ksp 2 didnt deliver on its promises of Interstellar travel and colonies. To try out a few different mods that all add the features that this game promised. Mainly Extraplanetary launchpads (adds the ability to build rockets on the surface of planets through colony buidlings), USI (its a collection of mods that when all combined offer colony parts, planetary and orbital logistics and optionally life support systems) as for interstellar travel there are a number of options. There is a wiki about Kopernicus (kopernicus is the plugin that enables different planets and solar systems) that lists to my knowledge all known planet packs. As for propulsion ive heard that Far Future Technologies is really good. Other than that everything else is personal preference. I encourage you to look up other mods to try out and see what you like. I myself have a modpack of 143 mods that work pretty well together and offer most of had ksp 2 promised. Minus interstellar travel because im not interested in my current playthrough.

[@kendallsmith8860]

Well - I don't care if the game might not be completed. I *want* to see that rescue mission and a landing on Ike!

[@cjamezie]

I was really hoping KSP 2 would get the love it deserves and get polished. Guess some suits pulled the plug, makes me think of how Fallout 4's next Gen update is half baked. Greed... Greed never changes.

[@JohnnyJakuleg]

I'm happy that the "suits" pulled the plug; the game is deeply flawed in its fundamentals -- for colonies and multiplayer to work you would likely need a x100 performance improvement (e.g. instead of one 100 part ship, you have 1000 part colonies with 10 players). Why would anyone want to burn money in an open fire? Now the IP is (hopefully) again free and maybe after the stink of Nates filthy hands has gone they can find a more competent studio to build KSP3

[@agsystems8220]

The problem was that it was all polish. The particle and atmospheric effects are beautiful, this monument is gorgeous, and the mission control is intricate. The underlying systems are not any better than KSP 1, and in many ways worse, which was the whole reason for the rewrite. It seems like the execs thought this would be a case of dropping some high quality assets on 3rd party unity systems with some tweaking and they would be good to go, which is absolutely not the case. It always concerned me that the creative director seemed to be the front man. KSP is a systems driven game so development needs to be systems driven. I have nothing against Nate, and fully believe he is committed to the game, but as a creative guy I don't think he has any idea what makes KSP hard to create. It isn't incompetence, his skill set was just completely wrong for running this project.

[@danilooliveira6580]

@@JohnnyJakuleg you don't know how any of this works, do you ? the IP is not free, it's going to be shoved into a box forever serving only to pad the networth of the company that owns it. maybe in a few years they will do something stupid with it so they can say they are using the IP to protect their ownership, but that is it, the IP is dead. it's even funnier because the problem with the game wasn't Nate or the other devs, it was the "suits". they took the project from a completely different team after an hostile take over, then handed it to them even though they had zero experience on anything similar and then expected them to release the game on the same timetable as the first team. OF COURSE the game will be broken and barely playable, they had to take the project of a completely different team mid development and figure out how everything worked, they had no idea what they were doing, and couldn't even have the time to actually figure out how to make a good game out of it because the parent company wanted it out.

[@JohnnyJakuleg]

@@danilooliveira6580 Sure IP remains at T2, but with no active project and likely no intent to make one after this disaster I hope they might sell it to someone more competent. "completely different team": nope, always Nate. he/his former company pitched the game to T2, never delivered but then wanted to sell the company to T2; T2 refused and created a new studio making the huge mistake to poach Nate and the team from the original company instead of starting from scratch. One thing is for sure: Nate can sell himself and his "visions" not only to the general public, but also to the suits. Finally, it was Nate speaking / lying to the public -- wasn't he having a lot of fun playing the multiplayer version already 2021 or so?

[@JohnnyJakuleg]

In principle Nate and the team seem to have gotten 4 to 5 chances to fix thing: Nate at Star Theory, Nate at IG with full release _he_ announced. Release as EA instead of a full release gave him another year, then Science (where we saw the first time _something_ but order of magnitudes away from what it is needed) and now colonies (where the suits might have finally realized this as a lost cause). So he did not have to adhere to the original timeline, but to the original one + 4 years(!) - more than double the amount Nate & team thought they would need at Star Theory for everything from scratch

[@ruthmoreton6975]

I am jealous that your SOI changes result in the expected paths. Mine never do. I stopped playing a while ago because 1) SOI changes were unpredictable and 2) Aerobraking was broken ( worked with JUST a pod but not with fuel tanks attached ) I never managed to get back from the Mun. Just gave it another shot because I was feeling inspired by your video!. My beginner rocket won't even go to the launchpad. The engineer report just warns me that there's no heat shield. Everything is present and correct but the launch button just goes "Clunk". I think I'm going to enjoy watching your videos and leave it at that. Time to go back to KSP1 and finish learning all it's secrets .

[@nichameleon2523]

I'm expecting the exact same thing to happen to Cities Skylines 2 ngl

[@CJSHM]

The parallels are striking. Only difference is that it isn't already in a resurrected state like KSP was when Star Theory was killed off.

[@SkorjOlafsen]

The City Skylines 2 dev and publisher just recently did the right thing. They admitted fault, apologized to the fans, refunded the first DLC, and formed an advisory group of the bigger streamers/YTers for better communication. That doesn't guarantee success, but they did everything that IG/T2 needed to do and didn't, and bought themselves some time to do it right.

[@danilooliveira6580]

the difference is that Paradox still have some good will to burn, T2 never had any. they were untrustworthy since day one.

[@nichameleon2523]

@@danilooliveira6580 T2 is a big corporate publisher. Paradox is a big corporate publisher. They've both ruined games before, there's no goodwill to be had.

[@nichameleon2523]

​@@SkorjOlafsen Honestly, can't help but see that as pointless gesturing before they close Colossal. If they really wanted to have an advisory group, they'd use input PLAYERS, not sponsored streamers who got the game for free. CS2 has already lost PDX a ton of money due to low sales & refunding most sales they have already made. The beach DLC was so bad they had to release it for free (I'm also skeptical that they would've done that unless they planned to shut down CO)

[@fluxxi5289]

The reason it kept saying you had 0 delta V is because your engine wasn’t staged, but sitting in the “unstaged” zone at the bottom. If you drag it into a stage it should track the delta V again I think. Stupid bug but that’s why

[@slickdiggler1197]

It’s amazing how many people didn’t see the writing on the wall. I constantly got attacked by the KSP community when I had my doubts that a four year old game with horrible reviews wasn’t gonna get finished.

[@icannon6611]

Yea I'm surprised it lasted so long, as soon as they added a game launcher to ksp 1 I knew corporate was gonna mess it up somehow

[@Farcehole]

The devs had plenty of time to make the game. They got complacent and lazy and just wanted that sweet sweet paycheck without doing any work. Not how capitalism works, kids.

[@proffesionalcodingidiot6142]

@@Farceholethat’s one way to say you don’t know how game development works, especially space sims.

[@MBYahooo-qu1vj]

@@proffesionalcodingidiot6142 Lol, meaning what exactly?

[@skillfulfighter23]

We all thought they would pull a No Man's Sky and eventually deliver, and they would have delivered, given the time. But Take Two pulled the rug out from underneath them by (probably) pressuring the early access release and then eventually shutting it down. Making a space sim and a custom engine takes a lot more time and money than anyone would expect

[@a4dd221]

Hey Matt, the reason you get the delta v / manouvre node bug is that your engine isn't the selected stage at the time. it's i thing to do with docking and staging. if you swap the staging about, you'll get the delta v reading back and will be able to make your nodes

[@4DCResinSmoker]

Cheers Matt and thank you for all of the great KSP content!

[@user-bi8om7nx9d]

This mission was my first Duna landing ever and I did an Apollo style lander. I also encountered the missing dV bug and boy oh boy did I struggle to accomplish this. I landed around 5km away after several landings where I ran out of fuel cause I made my lander WAY too big and I did not have a rover so I ran the whole way. Took me forever but I eventually managed to rendezvous somehow and make it back to Kerbin.

[@jasonkay9345]

People made fun of me for predicting this when it released. It was a big red flag when they were asking for full game price on what amounted to a tech demo that they were going to pump and dump, and that this was never going to get finished.

[@phofers]

Little did he know, More Was Not Known By The Time The Video Went Out.

[@DavidEdwards9801]

Thanks for another great video Matt

[@francisstapp1583]

Confused screaming

[@VictorSantoro-se7sp]

Bro this is so random but you always put me to bed. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@umbraelegios4130]

And next on the calendar is "Revenge of the 5th"

[@Cleptro]

I think this is the first time I've seen Matt build an orange rocket and NOT compare it to SLS XD

[@Doofwarrior88]

Thank you for uploading.

[@thecatgod280]

As soon as you said you have to dock I was like, N O P E

[@ButtonyFriend41]

Hopefully another studio can keep developing KSP2, like private division.

[@1mariomaniac]

I certainly hope so. I actually found a tweet by Michael at Intercept Games that seems to imply that's what's happening. "I am still working until late June to ensure my work is left in good hands." Here's hoping.

[@Catsmurf1234]

Can’t believe this beautiful game is going to die

[@adubs.]

i can, its worse than ksp 1

[@pneusur]

@@adubs.because it was an EA

[@OzoneGrif]

@@pneusur It wasn't sold like an EA, and none of the promises they made during marketing was fullfilled. At best it was a huge failure, but more probably it was a scam to milk the fans at minimum cost, and it worked. How did they expect developpers specialized in mobile games to create KSP 2? That was seriously planed to fail right at the beginning.

[@agsystems8220]

@@OzoneGrif They are laying off 70 staff, which means it had 70 staff. That doesn't scream 'minimum cost'*. I am not convinced it is entirely dead either. They have several million dollars worth of assets already built and ready to go. Getting rid of most of the staff means they don't want several million dollars more assets, not that they are chucking what they already have. The content production is years ahead of the systems, and you can't make the systems development faster by just throwing more staff at it. Best thing at this point is to have 2-3 really good systems guys getting the foundational systems right over a couple of years, then use the assets that are already built once the systems have caught up. I could well believe they could get the extra ~50,000 sales over the next 3 years required to justify a staff that size. The existing assets and trickle of revenue will probably be enough to get a small team bankrolled, even if they are only aiming for a proper release in 3 years. * 70 people is probably ~$4 million per year. At $25 average revenue per sale (optimistic), that would require 160,000 sales per year. It has been in development for years already, so has probably burned through more than $10 million. There is no way it has been anything but a massive loss.

[@Sharpless2]

@@agsystems8220 because a certain CEO just loves stuffing money into their pockets instead. Oh wait, every CEO loves doing that, but this guy is just special ed.

[@therocinante3443]

They were like, "Hey lets make the same game over again, except with way more bugs."

[@Charles-7]

the future of ksp2 is as uncertain as when we thought the russian segment of the iss was planning to be separated from the rest of the station, and thankfully it won't, until the iss gets decommissioned near the end of this decade, now i hope this game doesn't suffer the same fate is the russian segment would, by falling into obscurity.

[@benmunko7228]

Im planning to do a mission there tmr

[@CecilSimulations]

The blunder Birds Reborn so fun

[@bennyfactor]

Whatever happens with KSP2, as long as you want to keep making Kerbal videos, Matt, I'll enjoy spending some of my Saturday watching them.

[@kemble9900]

I understand why you may decide to go back to ksp 1 videos, but id still really like to see this one have its loose ends tied up. The bluderbirds are always fun when theres an excuse for them. Maybe it could be tied into whatever the next mission is like taking the crew to the tylo monument or something

[@Jesse01246]

Hey Matt! I love your videos, find them so relaxing and therapeutic . Can I please ask would you go back to playing planet coaster again? Or give planet zoo a try? 🙏🏻

[@raphaelm4367]

I think we all love rescue missions !

[@dezzdrone9561]

I'm looking forward to seeing Matt do the "Under Pressure" Mission, where you have to land 10 Kerbals on Eve and get'em back with one Rocket. That's the only one I can't achieve.

[@autumnwinter3639]

this is a botted comment btw

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

Botted, but good luck pal

[@patricktho6546]

39:50 you can also add this to the 300 tons or something you need to land on Duna

[@OctEddie]

The game was making good, steady progress. Just over a year in Early Access with probably another 2 to go before a fully developed release.

[@bingusbongus9807]

8:30 "so inefficient" man when i played kerbal (the first one didnt get the second one thankfully) my strategy was to build gigantic rockets for everything with a bunch of stages and just go anywhere, i think my finaly design i used for most things had something like 15,000 seconds of delta v WHEN IN ORBIT of kerbin, since i play science mode there was no consequence for giant crafts and most of the time i didnt even send experiments home i just used the data transmission ability with a probe core. ill probably download it again and try not to brute force it this time.

[@plarkmoby]

So gutted that KSP2 might be dead. I love the first game, played it since before the Mun was added. Hoping someone will save the second one, but I'm not holding my breath.

[@njebei]

Me too. I played KSP1 so much and did the same missions over and over that the only thing that could rekindle my interest was a robust colonization addition. It was possible with mods in KSP1 but none of them were as good as I hoped. And then there was the fact the kraken hated complex systems sitting on a planet. I was so excited we might get something this year but it's looking doubtful. At a minimum, hopefully they'll release what they've got and smash a few of the bigger bugs before closing the book on the game.

[@Kmarad_]

RIP Valentina & Bill, you'll be missed!

[@VistokDB]

My childhood youtuber. 10 year old me was obsessed lol

[@alextrifs]

I love take two interactive such a great company thats very helping and generous!!!!!

[@majorphysics3669]

I'm actually so mad. I decided to finally buy the game after the exploration mode update, because i could see it going the right direction.

[@1mariomaniac]

Yeah, I bought it day one. I played about 75 hours since then trying it out after each update to try out new features and to see which bugs were patched. I am incredibly annoyed with T2, and while I hope they give the game to a new dev team, I know that the possibility of that is slim. I've already requested a refund through Steam, so here's hoping I'm not stuck with a train-wreck of a game for $50.

[@majorphysics3669]

@@1mariomaniac let me know how that refund goes, although with 70 hours and months since purchase it's probably pretty slim

[@NickyLunaLove]

At this point I’m fully convinced that large corporations shouldn’t touch video games anymore in any capacity. Leave it to people who actually give a shit.

[@1mariomaniac]

Ikr. All big publishers do is suck the life out of any game that has promise, and it's getting on my last nerve. Blinded by greed, the lot of them.

[@nobob8564]

@@1mariomaniac There's money in the lifeforce they suck out of a game. They're like leeches or vampires, sucking a game's essence out to feed off of it.

[@entropic-decay]

The game was starting to get good, and we all know Take Two can't allow *good* games to be made under them

[@MatthewJamesMullin]

The monument must just be a natural rock formation from the unique Duna weather of the past.

[@timer192]

Good challenge idea: The Impossiblest Thing or whatever. Do this challenge day 40-ish idk I lost count... The goal of the challenge is to collect as many points as possible. It is done in a fresh science mode save. The challenge is done in 3 steps: *1. Before the challenge begins:* Before the challenge begins, you will need to get the settings for it. You can even choose multiple at a time. They can't be broken but they will reward you by multiplying the score at the end of the challenge. +X% means that X% of the total score will be added to it. All percentages are summed up first before applying Hardcore mode (if you kill a Kerbal you lose all of your points, no quicksaves are allowed): +100% Quicksaveless (already applies if Hardcore mode is active but without the additional reward for it, you CAN die, but still, no quicksaves): +30% One ton at a time (every rocket needs to weigh at most 1000 tons): +50% Absurd introvertism (you only have one Kerbal, if he dies, another one replaces them): +70% Forgot the thingy (no docking allowed): +30% *2. During the challenge* The points are scored for landing on the celestial body and returning back to Earth. Each celestial body weighs a specific amount of points: Eve: 280 Moho: 245 Tylo: 235 Laythe: 210 Vall: 200 Bop: 190 Pol: 175 Eeloo: 165 Dres: 155 Ike: 145 Duna: 140 Gilly: 130 Minmus: 120 The Mun: 110 Kerbin (you need to get to space, land, get to space again and land again, all within one launch): 1000 The points will only be earned if a kerbal lands on the celestial body and goes back to Kerbin (a robotic spaceship doesn't count!). If the Kerbal dies on the way back after landing on the body, you will lose half of all the potential points it could've scored if the rocket would've gotten back to Kerbin, for example if you land on Vall and then crash on your way back, you will not gain the 200 points from that launch and only lose 100 points (except if you revert that). You will also lose 35 points each time you upgrade in the tech tree. *3. After the challenge:* You may stop the challenge any time as long as no Kerbal is in space. The points are multiplied by the conditions you chose in the beginning. If your points are negative, you have lost the challenge. If you are good enough you will get a medal (just a trackmania Easter egg) 🏅 2986 points (my PB) 🥇 2700 points 🥈 2400 points 🥉 2100 points

[@Jorasaurus]

How do you have a six at the end of your PB? Just curious based off the points system you've been using

[@nukewurld]

Aint no one reading allat

[@timer192]

@@Jorasaurus if you add 30% to 20, you get 26

[@patricks_music]

“I’ve developed a very specific set of skills over my career- skills that include landing a rocket on a very specific spot on a very large planet.”

[@_DigitalDave_]

What current situation!?

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

All 70 devs for KSP2 have been laid off by Take Two, who's only office is in Seattle, which also happens to be where those only 70 people are. The former devs (I.E blackrack) have confirmed this, and there are government records too. This will severely impact KSP2's development if it somehow isn't completely shut down.

[@Azyraasr]

Uh oh ksp2 moment

[@C_F_M]

Davey Jones in a funny hat!

[@eekee6034]

I don't know what's happening with KSP2, but I hope everything works out well for you, Matt. If KSP2 is dead, I kind-of want to suggest Juno. Everyone (including me) says it's harder, but straightforward rockets might actually easier than in KSP. I put together one the other day and _accidentally an SSTO!_ lol And Matt, how about building spaceship interiors? Juno has seats, displays, and parts which are meant to be shaped into other things. The displays are meant to be scripted though. Matt at Kerbin: "The heatshields in this game are overpowered, we'll be fine!" Matt anywhere else: "Aerobraking is for newbs!" 🤣It's characterful! I actually built a ship to go to Eeloo and back without aerobraking or gravity assists. Didn't fly it though; my health went into decline again. I wanted to video it, but IDK. I've got a feeling I should look into meds for bipolar mood disorder before I start making videos. I needed a radial-out burn for the exact same reason the last time I flew a rocket. I think that was in Juno. "Ike Eek"? You're making me think of building an Ike base because my name's eekee. ;) I normally think of Eeloo. Blunderbirds come back! :D We could say Val & Bob were on a long-term research mission. IDK

[@brown_note4710]

Rip in piece ksp space program 2

[@kylesworldofwacky6004]

KEEP KSP2 GOING!!!!!!

[@Operator_Torbee]

I think the contract for this game was scratched by the original game and now its going back to Squad because we all love Squad we

[@GTexperience_Channel]

☠could have been such a great game.

[@Axolotl_1215]

People complain about ksp 2 being dead Meanwhile me and my fellow console KSP players have given up all hope because are like 4 updates behind the base game.

[@gsestream]

oh I see, they were on the chopping block and had to push out something to even be doing anything from then on.

[@AmaricanJim]

Iv been doing alot with the ion engin in ksp one, how is the ion engine in ksp 2?

[@michaelbond569]

Either do a rescue mission, or be a bit cheeky and teleport

[@benjaminnevins5211]

Steve Miller said it best - Go on take the money and run

[@BrennonIsMilak]

How about a single stage to Ike rescue mission

[@Flapjck]

I heard ksp 2 will still be supported but that could really mean anything. I’m sure the modding scene well do what take 2 can’t

[@alt416]

I just bought the game because I saw it getting better. Thought they got a handle on it and were making progress.

[@awesomemercerdude]

How terrible would it be if those two Kerbals are never rescued...

[@thespacedinos4037]

it’s jebover, guys

[@Codysdab]

Imagine closing a development company and not knowing exactly what you're going to do next with the development beforehand.

[@patricktho6546]

38:50 there is a mission to visit Ike, so just combine that

[@patricktho6546]

1:50 I did it without the rover and with quicksaves^^

[@Murica17769]

HE DIDNT SAY “CHUESDAY” LETS GOOO FINALLY A GOOD BRIT FOR ONCE!!!!!!!

[@legofan2284]

0:40 lol no

[@michaelbond569]

Please do an eve return mission with 10 kerbals. I have that mission right now and I'm not very good yet, so I'm stumped

[@Saqu0007]

I did this exact mission a few months ago. My lander disappeared into the surface and i was stranded.

[@Aieou472]

where did the modded ksp 1 series go?

[@circuitgamer7759]

There are so many negative comments, so I want to help with the other perspective. Nobody has actually said that this game will stop being developed, and there are a lot of possible ways for it to continue being developed, either by the same team or a different one. I'm still hopeful that we'll get the future major roadmap updates, and we at least have confirmation that it isn't immediately being killed, because they have stated that KSP2 will continue receiving updates for at least a bit longer. Even if we don't get those future updates, the current game doesn't look too bad, it's just nowhere near feature complete. If we learn that it is completely killed, I'll be annoyed/sad as well, but until that happens I'm going to stay positive and assume it will still be developed. Hopefully there's some other people who share that perspective :)

[@hadesoil7289]

all the devs have been let go whose going to develop it?

[@circuitgamer7759]

@@hadesoil7289 I'm fairly sure that isn't true, unless that's been stated sometime after I sent that message. And even if the dev team is completely gone, they can still hand it off to another team.

[@Unsinkable2.0]

The whole point of my interest was being able to visit other stars. Guess it's back to whatever mod I can get to work by deleting all the rest.

[@TheGreat_One1988]

This video is the first I’ve heard about the dev team to KSP2. I love the first KSP game, the second game I would love to have as well but it’s too demanding in specs for me right now. I really hope the game makes it through these cancellations that are happening

[@6luh4uk619]

Nice

[@couryswan2448]

The devs.. rip KSP2, but they SHOULD HAVE made this to the Moon of duna instead of duna...that would have made the difficulty more in line with it's previous missions....but now it is what it is...

[@teggunnad]

almost 900 vids bro

[@thetrueairbornefca]

insane

[@VileProject]

Kerbthulu confirmed!

[@soldiersvejk2053]

It really saddens me. KSP2 has great potential.