Through the Eyes of a Kerbal - 6 - The Taste of Minmus

[@wthall11689]

@1:10 "So, probe missions have been rejected because, "A probe can not taste." said Werner Von Kermin." One of the most Kerbal lines I've ever heard.

[@Kurgutt]

Kerbals are very... practical : P

[@cosmocode75]

The music made it sound like a documentary, instead of just a regular ksp gameplay video

[@Kurgutt]

I guess that's good then ? : P Cheers

[@cosmocode75]

@@Kurgutt Ofc it is! Awesome vid, can't wait to use the IVA mod btw

[@joelmulder]

Wow, that IVA cockpit is incredible! I can’t wait to fly with it!

[@Kurgutt]

Thank you ! It's coming soon, I hope ^^ (see video description for details : ) )

[@TheReal_Mrlunk]

Man is REALLY getting the most out of his KSP play-through.

[@Kurgutt]

haha

[@nicholaspanagotopulos9323]

dude the IVA stuff is CRAZY. Gemini is absolutely the coolest of the spacecraft IMO, all aorund awesome!!! i cant wait to mess with this IVA more,

[@Kurgutt]

haha thanks a lot ! Yeah it took a lot of time, and love ! : ) It's actually ready for release, but I need permission regarding license, for a thrid party mod model I'm redistributing, so waiting on that : ) And agree, Gemini is awesome ! Cheers

[@mcnoided]

God tier algorithm pull

[@Kurgutt]

thanks algorithm I guess : P

[@gregdeen1469]

I'm so glad to see these videos back. Cant wait for more.

[@Kurgutt]

Thank you, I'm glad to be back too ! : )

[@TommyLikeTom]

The EVA "screw thing" is a real-life experiment that shows a bi-stable rotation. It really rotates like that in real life for some reason. It's known as the Dzhanibekov effect, also known as the tennis racket theorem or intermediate axis theorem. Veritasium did a video on it. The "screw-thing" is called a wing-nut, because it's a nut with wings. Coincidentally Wingnut is also my nickname at work.

[@Kurgutt]

Hey, thank you for detailling about this, very interesting ! I'll go watch the Veritasium video, thanks !

[@ovaldreamx4397]

Amazing addition the external shots! And cant wait for the gemini iva! I will finally make a shepard destroyer like in the "lunar war" with kcs and have a proper period iva! Also, an idea that has occurred to me while you spoke of warping as "sleeping". Make a button that says "sleep" but that warps to the next maneuver node (or whatever interrupts the warp). Maybe even add a seat in some cockpits that have the space for it (like the lower part in the mk2 cockpit) with that button (and maybe the other warp time controls. So kerbals have to go down using freeiva to warp time.

[@Kurgutt]

Hey thanks a lot for the feedback ! Hahaha I want to see that Hmm that's a really cool idea actually, and I find it very funny, and "kerbal", that the kerbal would have to click on a "sleep" button, to sleep ! : P Also answered to your other comment ; )

[@TommyLikeTom]

I had no idea you could walk around in first person. Nice idea for a vid. The cockpit controls are insanely cool, it will be great in VR I wonder if all the stuff I learnt from KSP will be useful one day.

[@Kurgutt]

Thanks a lot ! Yeah moving inside ships in first person is from FreeIVA mod. This cockpit doesn't work in VR, but all the normal ASET / RPM ones should afaik. cheers

[@dino_does_fraud7953]

Awesome video mate! Can’t wait to play with that IVA!

[@Kurgutt]

Thaanks ! Glad you enjoyed it : )

[@Thegreatcrab]

This is nuts, i can’t even understand anything about this Iva meanwhile your out here going to minmus. Great video

[@Kurgutt]

Thanks a lot ! Yeah, there's a lotta buttons & switches, and Jeb is pretending to understand what they do : P

[@ovaldreamx4397]

Omg its happening!! Yay!! Tomorrow it's gonna be a good day seeing this episode!

[@Kurgutt]

Hahaa, enjoy ! : P

[@olecranon]

This was fun to watch, thank you!

[@Kurgutt]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks ! : )

[@TrioArtsOfficial]

i love that the instruments sound like the nostromo from alien

[@Kurgutt]

well seen ! the CRT is indeed made mostly with those sounds

[@Notbigbird]

I love the modernized Gemini look :3

[@Kurgutt]

Thank you ! < 3

[@OrganisedIdiot]

Finally a new episode, can’t wait for the next one!

[@Xela2501]

awesome!

[@moodsmoodd9595]

vivement la prochaine ! très beau travail !

[@Kurgutt]

Mercii : D ; )

[@ioxynotreal]

this is going to be the sole reason I get the making history dlc

[@Kurgutt]

: P

[@b.a.sbadassugar5007]

I cant wait for this mod!!!

[@Kurgutt]

Commmiiing 🤞

[@TonytonychopperBob-e7t]

Canonically mystery goo is a baby space kraken

[@Kurgutt]

But do they ever grow, or "hatch" ? How the Kerbals catch them ? Some suggest, as the goo is sentient, that is it made of Kerbals, dissolved in some "genetic ooze" matter... : P

[@notsure-uv9zw]

Gald you're back

[@Kurgutt]

me too !

[@Blickothy]

Very very cool video!

[@Kurgutt]

thanks !

[@czar0dziej]

Great vid, loving this series so far. Btw, what mod was used to categorise cockpits, command pods etc in the VAB?

[@Kurgutt]

thanks ! : ) That's VAB Organizer mod, life changer ^^

[@BorisLagco_]

Great video! What mod are those landing legs from at 1:15?

[@Kurgutt]

Hi and thanks ! IIRC, they're either from BDB, or Tantares

[@battlemelodies657]

HE'S BACK!!!

[@Kurgutt]

YES!!!

[@baptistebeaufrere2137]

Tu es revenu enfin 👋🏻

[@Kurgutt]

Ouiii 👋 Content de pouvoir m'amuser dans KSP à nouveau : )

[@TommyLikeTom]

Sorry for commenting so much but I do find it interesting how limitations make things more fun. The way you said "That's so cool" when seeing the engine rotate in the fake monitor. Obviously you can see it more clearly in vanilla KSP, but it's cooler to see it through a limited fixed monitor inside a cockpit that doesn't even show it in frame. You keep making this task more difficult for yourself for fun. My religion is the belief that we are God, but being God is boring, so we created suffering and limitations for fun.

[@Kurgutt]

Hahaha, no problem, feel free to comment as much as you want lol, I usually read and answer to almost all of them. : ) Totally agree, infinite freedom can introduce boringness and lack of purpose, constraints and limits of any sort are stimulating ! I guess we could even be extreme, and compare those limits to our little lifespan on this Earth, eternal life is boring : P Cheers

[@Baneina]

Which mod are the rotating thuds from? Did you make them yourself? And their integration with the iva too? Amazing vid!!

[@Kurgutt]

Yeah I made them ! I have WBI Kerbal actuator mod installed, which is integrated into MAS. And I just patched the thud to have the ability to rotate, and made the adequate props, to be able to control their rotation from inside the capsule, for coolness ! And thanks : )

[@Baneina]

@Kurgutt can you share your patch for the thuds? I'd love to take a look at it!

[@Kurgutt]

@@Baneina sure : ) Drop it in gamedata, it obviously requires WBI Kerbal Actuators mod. It also has Waterfall and RSE configs inside, but you need to either delete those, or modify them, because they reference my mod folder ( put the cfg file in a new folder in gamedata with name "my_custom_mod_folder", then change the "FOR:[RPK]" in the file, to "FOR:[my_custom_mod_folder]"). Any other name can work ofc : P www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2bmrob74ea02rpcbg9mh1/THUD_KerbalActuators.cfg?rlkey=xjnz1no4rxe88uwlzddsi8xa3&st=aac54c0l&dl=0

[@Baneina]

@@Kurgutt thank you!!

[@ioxynotreal]

holy macaroni hes back

[@Kurgutt]

I confirm !

[@ioxynotreal]

@@Kurgutt you responded faster than my mother, to a youtube comment. Respect! Also what mods did you use for the parts like the crew capsule and the service bay thingys, and the rotating thuds (if its not breaking ground dependent or something)

[@Kurgutt]

​@@ioxynotreal lmao The crew capsule is the Making History mk2 pod, with my custom IVA (to be released sooon). The service bay is from airplane plus IIRC The rotating thuds are a custom config I made, using the modules from WBI Kerbal Actuators mod.

[@ioxynotreal]

@@Kurgutt congratulations on some amazing part configs! love the vid! thanks for the response!

[@ioxynotreal]

@@Kurgutt Also, your camera and lighting looks AMAZING, especially the movements in the cockpit when you move the camera. Is it a mod, or just a tufx profile.

[@therocinante3443]

KSP meets DSC!

[@Kurgutt]

Kerbal Flight Simulator 2025 yikes

[@marcnicole3812]

congratulations for the video and I really like the kos script that you made will it be available one day?

[@Kurgutt]

Thank you ! : ) Yeah sure : www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2apruu5zqmlqkk90cxhx4/IVA_serie_kos_scripts.7z?rlkey=yelqke7qmru5b2jayo7myd4ai&st=61p560o4&dl=0 Cheers

[@marcnicole3812]

@@Kurgutt THANKS !

[@Sam_Gam_05]

What a video! Can u try and do the Artemis III mission pls

[@Kurgutt]

Thanks a lot ! That could be a thing, but I have a lot of other things that are already cooking so we'll see ^^

[@raketenmannde]

It is fantastic good job! May I ask how did you manage to be in IVA and record from external view the staging which you blend in to the video? Thank you!

[@Kurgutt]

Thanks a lot ! : D Of course : that was done separately : first I flew the mission from IVA in one go, then did the video editing, then noted down all the external shots I wanted to add, then I flew the mission a second time, recorded the shots from external view, and then synced them with the rest in the editing software. Some hours added of work, but I think it's worth it in the end ! Cheers : )

[@raketenmannde]

@Kurgutt I thought so amazing really amazing. In deep down I wished it would be possible with some mod having both on a second monitor that would be awesome

[@Kurgutt]

@@raketenmannde Oh actually, I saw once a mod that did that, it was something related to telnet iirc, or other., I'll take a look. Btw, I have a small discord server if you feel like to join ! : ) discord.gg/GcfDk4DYHU Cheers

[@raketenmannde]

@@Kurgutt Thank you definitely I will join. Btw I am teaching kids with KSP we are building controllers together and do a Mun landing mission together with 10 Kids. Each controls with their own controller a part of the rocket. I thought I will now move this to a next level with VR headset. The only problem is that if the one person is in VR the other can't see the map. I use telemachus but you can't set navigation nodes. So if there would be a mod with dual display would be heck of a cool thing. One last question but in your flight have you been using a VR or headtracking? Or just the mouse?

[@Kurgutt]

@@raketenmannde OOh that's so cool, the kids must love the experience I believe (I woullda loved it has a kid for sure haha) I was using normal mouse controls, since I don't have a VR headset, yet : / Tho, in the intro shot in the car, the camera motion is controlled by headtracking, with Kerbtrack mod Same in previous Episode : 'Through the Eyes of a Kerbal - 5 - Fly me to the Mun', starting from 27 minutes into the video It's not perfect, but it's already good added immersion Cheers !

[@mukar74]

Can you make a video about design iva ? Or where to start ? I want to design my own iva setup.

[@Kurgutt]

Hey, yeah that would be nice, video tutorials about IVA making in KSP are so old ^^ Although I really lack time those days to make such a video... Meanwhile you can search in the KSP forums, and / or join my little discord where you can ask me any questions : ) discord.gg/hV5C3vtd Cheers

[@Madison-in-da-house]

Your the guy from nuclears stream yesterday. I’ve actually seen you Apollo 11 tribute video you made last year and didn’t put two and two together lol.

[@Kurgutt]

Hey ! : ) haha thanks for your kind words, and see you around : )

[@vyevd8]

what does it smell like, tho?

[@Kurgutt]

Good question, we'll ask Bob to take out his helmet next time. : P

[@vyevd8]

@@Kurgutt also, i can hardly do a mission like this on easy mode (career), and you're out here doing it with custom-made mods, purely in first person, doing everything MANUALLY... you have earned my respect

[@Kurgutt]

@vyevd8 haha, I do IVA-ing this for a looong time, but the beginnings were messy, as everyone else :P Thanks a lot !

[@Gallade082]

Ay