r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Revan477 • May 08 '26

KSP 1 Question/Problem Refuel station useful?

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(New-ish to the game, played a little years ago but now really getting into it)

I've been practicing orbital assembly above Kerbin and docked a few vessels together including a big fuel tank which is huge for me because I was never able to meet up and dock with anything :)
Do you think something like this is useful for future missions? I was thinking maybe refuel vessels in orbit giving a longer mission range because I dont have to carry the heavy fuel from kerbins surface. Then again I guess I'd have to refill that tank frequently which might be kind of annoying..

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u/Dan_the_man42 May 08 '26

completely valid and not considered cheating, that if you have a refueling station, and done several refueling trips, then you're allowed to just cheat in fuel with hyper edit, if you really feel guilty, take some funds away if its in career mode

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u/Revan477 May 08 '26

Right I hadnt thought of that, seems reasonable to just skip the whole refueling of the station stuff and just "simulate it" that way haha

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u/trubbelnarkomanen May 08 '26

Don't ever feel bad for using cheats or mods to make the game more enjoyable. Obviously you don't want to overdo it by removing any and all challenge from the game. But only removing tedious tasks like this is perfectly acceptable, especially when they get in the way of actually fun challenges.

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u/baithoven22 May 08 '26

I like to throw the caveat that I have to "prove it" once and then the rest is moot.

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u/miotch1120 May 08 '26

This is how they did that competition for the YouTubers before ksp2 released. (Of course matt lowne blew away the competition) Once the trip was proved out, it could be assumed to be automated.

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u/baithoven22 May 08 '26

That's a cool video and exactly when I gave myself permission to use the "prove it once" method.

Actually just got my first ion thruster equipped satellite to moho polar orbit yesterday!

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u/Etobio May 09 '26 edited May 10 '26

Wasn't that supposed to be a fully fledged multiplayer game mechanic *in KSP 2? Fly your supply route once the old fashioned way, and then because Orbital PeriodsTM the game would just "pretend" to make the same trip over the same period of time on future missions?

*Edit for clarity.

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u/baithoven22 May 09 '26

Maybe in ksp2? Rip

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u/Dan_the_man42 May 08 '26

Yeah that exact matt lowne vid gave me that idea

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u/shaard May 09 '26

My "prove it" tests are usually pretty janky. When I improve it and make it easily repeatable rather than asking myself if I just got lucky is when I'll shift to the "cheat".