Orbital Rendezvous And Docking Tutorial For Kerbal Space Program 0.18

[@SimonClark]

Just completed my first successful orbital dock thanks to this video - cheers!

[@reen6904]

Wow, thank you for the tips!

[@vigilantecow]

Spent 4-6 hours today trying to dock. I'm more frustrated then I've ever been right now.

[@Adderoo002]

vigilantecow Second day trying to meet with the target and dock... Still nothing

[@spooky6566]

a tip try docking while in orbiting minmus its easier and ofcourse use cheats for training

[@kamelnutz]

I just alt f4 out of the game 10 minutes ago spent 5 and half before i gave up...

[@TEE_TIME_GOLF]

I’ve spent 2 hrs a day for a week trying and nothing

[@DeeSnow97]

Can't be that hard, it's not rocket sci... oh

[@Hemingslay]

Looking back at these older videos, it’s crazy to see how much KSP has changed since then- yet things are still very much the same! Great video Scott. Checking this out after watching some of your new content

[@jackdaw4709]

Thanks for the tutorials Scott, they are all most helpful. This one lead to a rescue of a stranded Kerbal without his ship... His story, Keenan was returning for the Mun but ran out of fuel before getting into orbit. So he did the only thing he thought possible, grab the science then EVA and burn towards the planet. Amazingly he achieved an orbit, while his space craft continued to leave the system. He used all his available propellant, but was safe for now. He now had 5 hours of supplies to wait for rescue in the cold vacuum of space. The rescue mission was started, a 2 pod ship was launched, and relaunched more then once. After many many failed attempts it finally got within about 100m of Keenan. The rescue craft was now out of fuel though... So Ludwig the rescue Kerbal decides to EVA also and bump Keenan to the rescue ship. This is not easy and he gave up after a couple of very frustrating tries. Bumping the ship to Keenan must be easier... After literally hours of near passes and re adjustments, almost loosing a keyboard and quite a bit of hair, and disabling that damn sticky keys! The ship was bumped within reach of Keenan. Since Keenan can't turn anymore because he's used all his fuel, the ship needed to be perfect(what a nightmare). Keenan The courageous or stupid, stored the science first and grabbed for a handle, with a long sigh of relief he made it! After 6 hours both Kerbals are in a ship with supplies with no fuel, but lots of science and stories. Rescue ship 2 is on its way. Thanks Scott!

[@trackernivrig]

That's awesome!

[@Snivy_1245]

same has happened to me just saw this video hoping i can save jeb from LMO

[@douglascam6278]

I cannot express the amount of gratitude I have to you for making this video. I was struggling at rendevousing with ship and this has perfected my skills. You are the greatest, Scott. Thanks.

[@Seagull780]

YES! FINALLY! I DID IT! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!

[@ScareyoHexir]

Yea now its the next goal land on the moon your Life is incomplete :D

[@ScareyoHexir]

And then LAND ON ALL PLANETS :P

[@Seagull780]

12shark100 did it a million times already

[@Seagull780]

12shark100 did that too (never did the returning thing though)

[@radozvan]

***** me too lol landing is easier than rendezvous

[@tthermic]

I have been playing ksp on and off for over a year or two. I'll start playing for 3 weeks, trying really hard to dock succesfully, then I'll get tired of failing and rage quit for 1 month or two. Here we go again.

[@Chaos8282]

+Michael Cottow I found another youtuber's vid on it, seemed to do the trick for me. Forget who it is though XD

[@tthermic]

***** Doesn't matter, I've already rage quit again :)

[@Chaos8282]

lol well when you get it you will feel pretty good about it. Just did My 3rd? I think, and it only took me 2 hours!

[@sxtdmxsplays1300]

me 2 but i rage quit for 5months last time i did that

[@bentheblacklab7371]

I’ve played KSP for over 5 years and I could do almost anything except rendezvous.

[@travislockman]

Scott, you are awesome man. I finally docked and if this tutorial wasn't here, I don't know how I would have done it. What a great helpful video, thank you so much!

[@Mels.3rdeye]

THIS IS MY FIRST SUCCESSFUL DOCKING TNX MANLEY LOVE U VIDS!!!

[@M3A1GreaseGun]

i have around 228 hours in ksp, i have learned interplanetary,how to land on mun and minmus( well gone interplanetary,but not land on a planet),learned staging, but none of those hours has had me rendezvous and dock alone.and good job!

[@pavelsovicka5292]

After 5times watching this video and 2hours of bouncing in a 5-30meter distance between my two ships I can say one thing. I finally done my first docking manouver and you Sir have a another subscriber! Greetings from Czech Republic! :-)

[@Josh3sh]

Hey Scott, I was wondering if you could do an updated version of this video, really struggling with Rendezvous and Docking in my KSP. Scott Manley

[@AjinkyaNaikksp]

Josh Esh Me too..pls scott update an easier video

[@rando3749]

BRUH.... Look, this is rocket science. It's furkern hard. This is as easy as it gets, this dudes a genius.

[@AjinkyaNaikksp]

False King007 I know...but this one is hard......:-(

[@rando3749]

I agree. It is probably one of the hardest thing to do in KSP. Don't stress too much :)

[@AjinkyaNaikksp]

Yaa.....:-D......I am using mech jeb for this purpose but cant do by my own...can you do that thing

[@darthbrick9000]

Well, I just went through all of that. I was coming in literally centimeters away and it turns out I forgot to place a docking port on my ship. *facepalm*

[@trackernivrig]

lol I did that too.

[@AlexandreJWKlaus]

I have wasted boosters in orbit that I used a half fairingand am trying to just grab and decelerate

[@anekdoche7055]

you smell like intelligence

[@thabigo360]

After literally months of trying (I'm so bad at this game), I've finally performed my first manual docking. Thanks you so much Scott.

[@Metametheus]

This helped out a lot, I went from main engine burning and losing 99% of my fuel to interlock, to wasting only 20% but that's mostly my twitchy finger now. Thanks for the instructional video very helpful

[@dannymcgill2530]

Clear and effective tutorial that still applies today. Thank you!

[@RuanGreeff]

Thanks Scott, this is by far one of the best tutorials for docking in KSP I've seen yet. A well done, after watching this video I re-opened KSP and after 15min had a successful docking experience.

[@MyNameIsJeff-W]

Played with no reverts no quickloading...my space program didn't last 2 hours.

[@BrendoCostaDosSantos]

kkkk

[@BrendoCostaDosSantos]

hey, but anyway, I doubt that le has not advanced =D

[@calengo454]

@@BrendoCostaDosSantos finalmente achei br

[@vraxos9220]

💀

[@hort-dog]

This video just saved 3 lives, thanks Scott :)

[@adakid1]

Here's a story for you: I recently set up a manned satellite called the "Sky_Sat_Mothership" in a very wide kerbin orbit (sorta 2/3 of the way to the moon) and it had run out of fuel. So essentially, the astronaut was stranded in the pod and I was trying to get an engineer to help refuel the satellite. I had been attempting to design a rocket which could take the engineer to space and dock to the "Sky_Sat_Mothership" That took about two hours. The other design I had made was too large to dock to itself and I could not send up the same one twice, so I had to design a ship as small as possible that could dock easily and transfer fuel. Once I got the rocket into space and separated it's stages, it took me about a whole ingame year to achieve perfectly circular orbit on the same level as the other ship, but when in this orbit, the satellites were on the other sides of the planet. The next task was to speed up the ship so as to not ruin the circular orbit. 10 quicksaves later, I am 1000m away from the mothership at 10mp/s. Once I had achieved a good speed relation (About 0.02mp/s difference) I got the docking ports to line up and face the same direction now all I have to do is... Oh... I forgot the mini thrusters. Now I have to use those boosters to try and get to the ship as opposed to a jetpack. So once again, two hours and over 50 quicksaves later, I am finally lined up correctly and am going at a great pace, but for some reason, I miss the mothership and go flying off in a random direction! So after another half hour of close calls, I decided to look up "How to dock satellites in KSP" and I listened to this video while attempting to dock the two humongous ships together. Then, at 14:05 in the video, as I am finally lined up, at the exact right speed, I go for it! And then, the two ships magnetically collide together and stick! I hear Scott say "You've docked!" and I yell "YES!" and immediatley create about 5 more quick saves. The two twin satellites as linked together and it now looks AWESOME. But there's a problem... The fuel tanks have basically run dry during the docking line up and there was not enough fuel to go around. Kids, do Alt+F12. It might just save you a whole afternoon.

[@nods7568]

***** spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaåaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaăaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

[@jmditt2001]

Adakid1 Gaming I started to read this stroy. Then I hit show more to read the rest. then I just nope!

[@aksa706]

I like the part where you forgot the mini thrusters. I swear these kinds of stuff happen all the time.

[@kamelnutz]

After 40 hours of gameplay ive only docked successfully once and it took 6 hours of total time and ever since then i barely miss my rendezvous, cant wait to do it again!

[@M3A1GreaseGun]

alt f12?

[@Spinikar]

Thanks Scott! After watching this video I have done my first orbital rendezvous with my space station which ran out of fuel. Been trying to do it for weeks and after watching this, its easy as pie! Did it ten minutes later with more fuel without breaking a sweet!

[@Ricktza]

This helped me a ton, i was trying to work out how to do this for a while... However i wasn't as close as you but i still managed it using pretty much the same technique :).

[@358Disaster]

Forgot to put control on my first space station (no cockpit or probe). Just used a habitation module. Couldn't extend solar panels or RCS. I launched a control module. After 3 redesigns and running out of fuel more times than I can count, finally made it. Now I can get close and then turn the space station to the docking clamp that I want. Thanks Scott. I take back all the stuff I said about you and your country during the most frustrating 6 hours of my life.

[@dubiumguy]

"Hulloooooooooooooooooo its Scott Manley here..." Such a comforting sentence.

[@Tuku]

man i cant thank you enough for this, Jebediah was orbiting around Kerbin for like a whole year, my attempts to rescue him failed hard (i was trying to cross the orbits like this X (lol to making him board a ship at 4000kmph)) i even made him get off his ship to try and get closer to the rescue ship, he was just floating around the universe, with half his mono tank for months, and then i found this video, i wont lie, it took around 3 hours to rescue him, but he's finally home :D

[@SungazerDNB]

playing 1.2 and still watching this haha

[@SungazerDNB]

***** That's what I meant :)

[@ElfensFinest]

same

[@goned216]

playing 1.7.3 and still watching this haha

[@dawidepl7807]

@@goned216 Playing 1.9.1 and still watching it haha

[@goned216]

@@dawidepl7807 playing 6.9 and still watching it hahaha

[@treelonmusk8324]

I wish sombody would do a step by step on this because this still feels very advanced for beginners

[@m_isho]

There's a reason people fail at rendezvous after watching this and that is because Scott uses the liquid fuel engine to adjust the orbit when he's closer than 1 km to the target. The secret is that you use RCS and mono propellant and adjust your velocity by pressing the I,J,K,L and H,N keys to match the velocity and path vector of the target. Plus that this videos is old BETA. In the video he spends a lot of time adjusting the velocity at 50 meters from the target instead of doing while coming in from 1+ km. Just put the prograde marker on the target, speed it up and see which direction it goes and then use RCS to push yourself in the opposite of the direction. When you can see your target, check what direction it's moving and try to match it. If it's going up you are moving down, so push up. Set the SAS to Target as well and you don't even have to use the WASD keys. And the bigger your ship is, the harder it will be to reverse the movement if you have to turn the ship around. I played KSP since BETA, never did a single rendezvous. Then I decided to learn it and read up on it, but this video didn't really explain how to use the RCS for adjusting the nodes or the orbit. Once you understand it, you'll laugh at how easy it was and you'll do almost perfect orbits every time. Then you can finally start doing the Apollo challenge and getting fuel stations out to other planets. My goal will be to have a satellite at every body in the system.

[@akshitkumar9402]

were you able to do it?

[@JeanLucasHeinsen]

Yeah, but did you do it?

[@areallyboringname]

Hi Scott. Just wanted to send a huge thank you for the videos! 60 hours into the game and I'm still coming back to learn more. Bill and Henby also send their gratitude. After their fuel depleted on an unambitious science run to minmus, an unexpected gravity slingshot from the mun mid-rescue-attempt sent them off on a voyage around the sun. Many years passed, with two more failed rescue attempts. A couple of pointers from your vid and they're back, both surprisingly sane and enjoying life on Kerbal. :) Next up - rescuing Bob from the Mun and figuring out where Jebediah was last seen...

[@davidclaywood]

Scott, You are quite good at these tutorials. Thank you for your efforts. I will see if I can slip you something as another way of saying thaks.

[@spookyskeletongames]

LOVE THIS GAME!

[@trulyka5534]

Because of this video I finally got my first successful docking 😃

[@matmilne]

you've got a great, radio voice.

[@Simo.Andreev]

This is by far the best and yet shortest vid explaining how to dock. Thanks man, this was very useful =]

[@gruffgruff92]

this is so fucking difficult ..

[@westfal1000]

Use Mechjeb it works easier

[@LTL_king]

Mechjeb still does not get my ship close enough. They will loose most of their players just because of this. I have watched these videos over and over. Still having trouble getting trying close enough to give it a try.

[@gruffgruff92]

David Hout keep trying, the difficult part comes when you actually are close to the thing you're docking with, then it turns to a real turd sandwich of difficult, I think i spent about 30 mins to actually dock with my damn station... i dont think i will be docking anything else anytime soon

[@LTL_king]

gruffgruff92 I am still having trouble just getting close enough to see the item I;m going for. I spent a few hrs in accelerated time and about fell asleep before shutting it down. I have the plane aligned. About 5000m dif in altitude. Just circling until they get close. My guy have spent about 4 days in space now. Still just waiting on a rendezvous. I actually got in once in a fluke shot the other day. However I kept passing it up. Also I can't tell which way us up. You can't really tell which is which.

[@LTL_king]

gruffgruff92 I'm trying to make a fuel station as my fuel efficiency is not great. I usually end up running out of fuel trying to get back. I make my ships exactly the same as scott. Somehow he has plenty to spare. Yet I run out.

[@nero91]

Thank you very much for this video. After I miscalculated my fuel reserves during my first munlanding, Jebediah got stuck in an elliptical orbit around Kerbin. With the tips from this video I managed to retrieve him via spacewalk and I rarely felt so accomplished playing a video game. The Idea that I managed to place two huge things moving at 2800m/s 10m away from each other still boggles the mind.

[@marcelinethevampirespleen8492]

I've lost a kerbal who is dear to me in a mk 3 command pod with no docking capability [Ap:2,200,000,000m, Pe: 126,600m] I'm just starting out and I'm unfamiliar with this type of extreme ellpitical orbit, shall I cut my losses and mourn or launch a large ion probe designed to bump it inwards Would I try to match the elliptical orbit or put myself in a circular orbit and hope to intercept near apoapsis

[@KSPAtlas]

Launch a similar craft with enough dV to return, and when you get close transfer the kerbals over

[@alexandergalitevstudentfvh8696]

you can use a grabber unit, it still counts as docking.

[@brysonm66]

100 attempts at learning this on my own ended up with a LOT of space trash! One watch of this video and i got my docking first time. Thank you so much Mr Manley!

[@noksookao]

I DID IT, I F**KING DID IT!!!! Cheers Scott, took mi ages did that. Time to go to Jool!

[@M3A1GreaseGun]

you need to learn how to go interplanetary first

[@drophooft]

today for the first time in my life, i have docked a ship in my spaceplane with cargo doors, cant really describe the feeling when those to dockingports melted together haha thanks scott, you made this game 50 times more awesome for me :)

[@AhriMedia]

His Kerbals seam to be freeking out

[@whooopdiefriggindoo]

You made enough sense in your explanations to guide me through it during a docking procedure of my own. I just had to be really careful not to over do it by being hesitant or impatient. Also knowing the controls and how they affect your craft in space helps a lot.

[@lemonsquash1111]

Can you remake this video in 1.0?

[@mafiacat88]

Thank god for this video, I have been wondering what I was doing wrong for days and this is a lifesaver. Now I can stoop yelling at my computer. Also thank you to someone in the comments on how to go up and down without docking mode, as I kept switching between staging mode and docking mode. Which sucks.

[@Lrofmaulol]

Hey scott, one question (If you happen to read comments relatively frequently) Is it possible to build something like a geostationary ring? You know, like a massive circular space station that spans the entire planet. That'd be interesting. What would you need for it (even theoretically?) What would it look like?

[@roderik1990]

Massive massive amounts of material, also a good propulsion system all around the ring, since I'm fairly sure that ring will not stably stay in that orbit.

[@Lrofmaulol]

Yeah, I know. But when he made the "What does it take to deorbit a moon" or "What does it take to reach light speed", that was really awesome! I'd love to see a video with that other subject.

[@Lrofmaulol]

I'm very aware of that. But just what would it take O_o

[@roderik1990]

A geostationary orbit around kerbal has a radius of about 3468.75km Which means that the ring you are talking about would have a circumference of some 21794.80 km. Which is a bit over half the circumference of our earth.

[@Goldkoron]

I am not a genius, but a gravity wheel around a smaller planet with weaker gravity, could you simulate Kerbin gravity with one on a planet?

[@Curaodo]

Thanks for the video Scott! Just made my first successful rendezvous myself half an hour ago. Couldn't have done it without this vid.

[@gutarjunky]

i have a problem docking did everything in this video i have the shielded docking ports and no magnetic force happened between the ports even though they hit dead on and then floated away

[@gutarjunky]

and yes i opened both ports before docking

[@Stevleton]

Jesse Raines How fast were you going? Ideal speed for docking is 0.3 m/s or lower.

[@gutarjunky]

i was going 1m/s

[@markdevlin150]

Jesse Raines I had the same issue docking.

[@Thwowspieler]

mark devlin turn of the SAS when the magnetic force kicks in...

[@Galhiois]

Scott! You are a true legend! I've watched as many of your videos as I can find, and they all rock! This tutorial helped me so much today, performed my first ever rendezvous and docking! first attempt - flawless! All because of your helpful guides! :D KSP is an amazing game and it's made all the more fun by having people like you help the noobies like me!

[@biljartball]

It's really annoying since Scott makes it look so damn easy >.< I still have problems with getting stations into good, circular orbits -_-

[@Comet1310YT]

@Matthew Arnett 2021

[@M3A1GreaseGun]

they dont need to be circular.

[@equilateral1532]

Thanks Scott, a few days ago I docked my first module to my space station because I watched this video. :D Since then I have docked about 3 or 4 modules more! Thank you for posting this video because docking and rendezvousing lets you plan much more complex missions, and is very fun once you get the hang of it!

[@eternaCabelera]

Spent 2 hours trying. Did it. Its better than sex.

[@shambuk2935]

Cabelera if anything docking is sex for space stations

[@Lutranereis]

Thanks so much for these videos, I finally was able to dock with a spacecraft that was dead in orbit and brought my brave astronauts back down to Kerbal. It was really difficult to get it right, but once you know what you're doing, it gets pretty easy. Now I'm going to start launching fuel into space and use smaller rockets for my people.

[@wildybill]

had some kerbals stuck orbiting mun, got my rescue pod 60m away and then ran out of electricity.... turns out you can't expand your solar panels without electricity... had to restart the whole mission.

[@TeeTheGamer]

If you EVA, you can manually deploy them by right clicking while in EVA.

[@mokurenlily]

Tee PlaysGames that would've been extremely helpful in many missions...

[@wabawoooIII]

... Why am I learning about this now

[@aksa706]

XD

[@TylerRamer]

Scott, you are a beautiful person. I've been doing this for 6 hours Scott. But everything became clear as soon as I saw this video. You have caused me to see the light Scott.

[@hugookay]

can u make a begginers guide for this plz

[@aksa706]

This is the beginner's guide.

[@zyadmohamed5360]

lol

[@Doctor699]

Great tutorial, love the use of the instruments where you can set up burns and see your intersect and that stuff. I remember flying another simulator called orbiter and learning how to do rendezvous there. I'm glad that when i finally got into KSP version 14 i knew enough that i was actually able to do a rendezvous pretty much flying by the seat of my pants. Nothing is more satisfying than when those two vehicles dock together.

[@dyn01234567]

What does Apo-key mean?

[@scottmanley]

Apokee is a made up, kerbal version of Apogee. Apogee is the point in an orbit furthest from Earth, Apokee is the point furthest from Kerbin. Most people just use the generic Apoapsis

[@solarash9299]

can u make a vid about how to catch up with a target if you were front of it or behind it

[@SungazerDNB]

I figured out how to do this on my own, use SAS to aim yourself towards the target and either: 1. Progress to the target with RCS (slow but you won't change your orbit this way so you won't crash into kerbin) or 2. Accelerate while pointing towards your target ship and brake in retrograde direction so you don't change your orbit as you go.

[@Vincentkelton]

i'm having the same issue the thing is the faster you go the larger your orbit will be which will move you further from your target. you have to intercept it so to speak

[@125minime]

Thanks Scott, docked for the first time after watching this video.

[@Lordy_]

Tried this, while doing it, was in the opposite orbit of my satellite that took 3 hours to make, 3 mins later, i heard a boom, and i was like, WHELP, FUCK THIS

[@VatticTV]

Thanks for this. Not long performed my first successful rendezvous and docking. Wouldn't have done it without this video.

[@martincarl8018]

Great help. Thanks. The mentioned sailing solar panel of hubbel can be seen here ( STS-61 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3qnhIB-fLWbkLc ) at 0:40:40.

[@AnikKhanmusic]

Just recovered my Duna lander. Super helpful video. I was doing everything right with aligning the orbits, but it wasn't until I realized I could just reduce my relative velocity to 0 until I could work everything else out

[@Dylan_ispeeing]

is this tutorial still valid?

[@xavierh.5102]

yeah im pretty sure its valid. just followed this tutorial and it worked well.

[@Dylan_ispeeing]

Xavier H. okay sweet.i just started playing today so this is a bit too advanced but ill try it again in the future. thanks for the reply

[@connorbranscombe766]

Dont try docking right away

[@YuriHabadakas]

Holy shit, rocket science is HARD. Thanks dude, this is really comprehensive and will help a whole lot!

[@BurgerGrabber]

omg... i am too stupid :(

[@ConverseMass]

You're not the only one here who's stupid.

[@BurgerGrabber]

ConverseMass Thanks. that makes me feel better.

[@ConverseMass]

You're welcome.

[@leadhead3003]

This guy spelt "you're" right! Give that man a cookie!

[@trackernivrig]

It's literally rocket science, it's okay to be confused.

[@TogTeg]

You really have 0 idea how much this bloody helped me rescue a bunch of stranded kerbins in an orbit (I forgot to give the ship a parachute) AND IM A BLOODY SCIENTIST

[@keymind117]

just to fucking dock a ship i gotta do this shit. bullshit, they need to make this easier

[@Phazon8058MS]

They program ships to do this shit at NASA, and all the pilots are trained to be able to manually do this shit in case of an autopilot malfunction. You just need to practice this a few times and eventually it'll become as easy as getting to orbit. When I was first trying to get to orbit, I had to watch and rewatch the orbit tutorial video about 10 times to get it right. Now getting to orbit is a piece of cake. Just watch this video a few times, practice it, and it'll be easy. Good luck.

[@1rl1yl]

***** it's one of the worlds hardest games. say again????

[@antonylykaen6170]

Yeah, cause space is really wayyyy easier than this. It's supposed to be hard.

[@chasesahchase]

***** Ya, it's not rocket science people...

[@leadhead3003]

I built one whole space station and placed it on one big rocket to orbit it... ;)

[@LordBiggleswade]

Bless you, Scott! Thanks to this video, I finally managed to get this whole "docking" business right for once. I had such a smile on my face one my two craft actually came together. An amazing feeling to say the least after hours of trying before I watched this video. Thanks again!!!

[@DoNeeh]

328,275 want to learn how to rendezvous and dock also include me :3

[@daquake]

Probably a lot fewer people than that. It's the same 15,000 that keep coming back to see why our stuff isn't working or going as easily as it does for him. Usually something stupidly obvious that he totally mentioned but we forgot.

[@daquake]

James Holt ::replace every mention of "we" with "I"::

[@TonboIV]

Hey Scott. Little tip for rendezvous. Use an elliptical orbit with Apo at the target orbit. I do it like this: During launch raise Apo to target orbit. Set target object, the set a maneuver node at Apo. Increase or decrease the delta-V until I get a close approach at next Apo. As long as my Peri is above the atmosphere I can make rendezvous in one orbit. If it's below, I burn to bring peri just above atmo, go around once and try again at next apo.

[@theMosen]

Wow. The in-game tutorial does a TERRIBLE job of explaining this.

[@M3A1GreaseGun]

lol

[@Rationalist001]

Thank you Scott for being so helpful. I was addicted to this "game" the minute I set eyes on it, but if not for your tutorials I'd still be blowing up Kerbals on the launchpad. Thank you!

[@coreys.9426]

This guy is really manley

[@redasylum]

I've never been so angry in my life trying to make this work

[@GRAFFDEMON]

I barely understand any of this. Blegh. Curse my stupidity.

[@jordan3012000]

same

[@ebe7157]

Keep at it. Google is your friend. Kerbal is one of those apps that get exponentially better the more YOU learn. The sense of accomplishment after performing an orbital rendezvous and dock is real, because you had to learn real-world science and physics principles. There are plenty of people who will help you. Just reach out.

[@iamthedocrobot]

Thanks Scott Manley, I docked for the first time ever after watching your video.

[@SuperPizzaman55]

I didn't understand any of this. Maybe you should speak clearer, speak slower and explain the meaning of the words you use

[@StraightSix5]

Maybe KSP isn't for you.

[@SuperPizzaman55]

It is, trust me :P

[@SuperPizzaman55]

***** No

[@nossarian]

A lot of them are basic physics terms. I'm sure he explained them in his first KSP videos but if you expect him to re-explain something every time he says it you expect a lot for a little.

[@TimEriksenA]

SuperPizzaman55 Maybe you should learn english, read up on some basic words related to physics and rocket science and do something about the situation yourself, instead of asking others to change? The majority of us understand this perfectly, so it would be fair to say that Scott is not the problem.

[@snarf3338]

Thanks Scott! I tried for 3 hours without tutorials then got it on the first try after watching your video

[@JaimewissnerCreate]

I just completely destroyed an entire room because of how difficult this is. I was three seconds away from actually literally and honestly smashing my laptop on the ground and destroying it. This tutorial did nothing to help me. It didn't help that the game was bugging out so fucking much. It refused to show me my target velocity. Then physics broke and my acceleration was doing fuck all. I just spent the past 5 hours trying to dock one fucking thing.

[@donaldreagan5149]

My god I just did my first successful dock! It was with pretty small ships. So happy right now as well as Jebidia and the other crew members as they are having a party. I have to say it wasn't easy for a noobie like me. I watched several videos all over youtube on docking. Everything this guy warned to avoid, I got into that mess. I kept overshooting so many times for when I was close and I nearly even crashed into the target but I was able to do it. Just wanted to say thank you!

[@arhont47]

it basically does what your pitch, rotation and SAS does, but it uses the monopropellant exhaust to provide more power, which helps aligning larger objects in docking it is also used for gentle maneuvers

[@roboticbomb8128]

scott, you are the only person i can watch without ripping out my hair. even when i have no idea what you are talking about :)

[@HaloStrategist]

I sat in KSP today for about 2 1/2 hours trying to get close to my space station. Finally broke down and came to Manley. I knew YOU'D have a good tutorial...

[@amoliski]

Almost a decade later and this video is still saving us frustration, thanks SM

[@eaglesfan19029]

Thank you Scott for the tutorial! Had this game wayy too long and I never figured out how to get it done. You are my hero!

[@rekomstopa1914]

Just docked thanks to this video. Such a legend Scott Manley is, such a legend.

[@XxMaDDoGGxX210Xx]

Thank you so much you literally talked me threw my first docking. iv had the game for like 2 years now and this was my first attempt at docking Thank you sooo much

[@TheCafurrow]

Thanks Scott. This is one of them things about KSP that ive really struggled with. Hopefully with this video ill finally get it. Love all your stuff.

[@bowak]

Thanks Scott, I'd struggled to find a good explanation of the pink target markers and this vid did the trick. I now have my first space station with 4 happyish Kerbals onboard.

[@HunHospak]

After waiting 2 hours for the best intersection, and spending 20 minutes at about 30m around the target I GOT IT!!! Thank you Scott!:) Btw. if you are doing it for the first time bring a lot of monopropellant (I had 650 and there's only 25 left:D) and place some linear thruster too it was pretty tough for me without them. Thanks again Scott, helped a lot:)

[@TheBlueDragon77777]

Keep up the excellent work, man. I use your vids any time I need a little guidance in my game. Your dedication and intellect are much appreciated :)

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Just completed my first docking, largely thanks to this tutorial , thanks for making it

[@DRAGONFANG18]

I got back into KSP after so many years. I finally did my first orbital rendezvous

[@gangstaturtlz]

Thank you so much! after 1 hour of careful tinkering I have started the foundations for my space station!

[@fiskebent]

Thanks, Scott. Managed my first rendezvous and docking after a few attempts. Remember to mount your docking clamps the right way out or they don't work :)

[@frederikborg96]

Thanks alot Scott, for helping me make a smaller station, just on the moon, took me nearly 2 hours, but finnaly made it! Thanks, you're the best :)

[@robotsinmyhead]

Just did my first docking thanks to this video. Easily the most intense thing I've ever done in a video game.

[@LKokos]

Thanks to you, Scott I can finaly rescue Jebediah! All hail king of KSP Scott Manley!

[@Sankis]

I believe he means in the vehicle's navball. On the navball the line represents the "horizon", blue is the "sky". It basically tells you if you're going 'up' or 'down'.

[@binaryalgorithm]

Thanks Scott! I had a hard time reaching one of my deep space probes that couldn't land due to lack of parachutes, but I wanted to get the science from Eve. This helped me understand how to sync up orbits and kill the relative velocity.

[@LOLITzAudio]

Dude you are crazy at this game. I love your videos, and thank you, you are such a huge help.

[@TheKitsuneDuke]

Scott, you made this look at least 50 times easier than it is and I'm not exaggerating.