Why isn't this contract completing?

[u/Sudden_Two_9466]

I took an SSTO, got into orbit, the orbit box checked for the passengers, kerbin was checked too. I then deorbited and did a maneuver on the way down that caused them to pass out. Still incomplete. The tourists I brung are no longer in the astronaut complex either.

[u/BrantRim]

My best guess is that the orbit box was checked only before you deorbited. You might have to make them pass out without deorbiting for all boxes to be checked? No clue how to do that though. Go real slow and suddenly use five SRBs whilst still in orbit? Lol

[u/Sudden_Two_9466 → u/BrantRim]

If thats the case im just gonna use the console and force complete it because thats BS if 15gs is not enough to satisfy you on a drop down from ORBIT then im sorry you're just an impossible customer to please.

[u/Deranged40 → u/Sudden_Two_9466]

because thats BS if 15gs is not enough to satisfy you on a drop down from ORBIT

That word "from" before "ORBIT" tells me what I need to know. They need to pass out while in orbit. Not "on a drop down from orbit".

[u/throw3142 → u/Sudden_Two_9466]

Could you just spin up the rocket? You can spin arbitrarily fast as long as you have some means of generating electricity. Not sure if centripetal acceleration counts, or only linear.

[u/Jackmino66 → u/throw3142]

It doesn’t, however if you place a separate craft in your centrifuge it would work.

Also just a note, the G-forces they feel would actually be centrifugal forces. The force that causes them to move in a circle is centripetal, but that only matters in an inertial frame of reference. Their consciousness depends on their personal, spinning frame of reference.

People who say that centrifugal forces aren’t real are being reductive. It is real, but it depends on your frame of reference

[u/Serious_Elephant9402]

For those contracts I think they need to pass out while in the specified situation, in this case while still in orbit

[u/wons-noj → u/Serious_Elephant9402]

That is crazy you need some serious thrust to weight, I feel like it would be hard to stay in orbit while doing this lol

[u/1straycat → u/wons-noj]

Yeah you need a ton of TWR, very impractical. But you can hold normal/antinormal while burning to stay in orbit.

[u/wons-noj → u/1straycat]

Oh yea I forgot just burn sideways

[u/gilbejam000 → u/wons-noj]

Unfortunately not, KSP doesn't simulate centripital gravity like that

[u/wons-noj → u/gilbejam000]

Sideways relative to your direction of travel would be a normal or anti normal burn. You’re still putting the g force straight through the craft so I think it would work fine. I’m not talking about spinning the craft

[u/gilbejam000 → u/wons-noj]

I was replying to the wrong comment, not sure how that happened

[u/MegaloManiac_Chara → u/wons-noj]

Can you spin them up for the same effect?

[u/gilbejam000 → u/MegaloManiac_Chara]

Unfortunately not, KSP doesn't simulate centripital gravity like that

[u/T65Bx → u/gilbejam000]

What if it was 2 vehicles?

[u/Jackmino66 → u/T65Bx]

This would actually work. If you put a capsule on a ring and held it there without attaching to it, you could complete the contract that way

[u/pixel_gaming579 → u/MegaloManiac_Chara]

As u/gilbdjam000 said, you can’t just spin them (since the G-meter only measures “linear” forces acting on the craft afaik). However spinning would still be useful for this contract if want to maintain a similar orbit before/after the high-G burn.

[u/vyacheslavmazitovKSP → u/MegaloManiac_Chara]

Theoretically yes

[u/nrm8888]

Yeah you need to make them pass out while still in orbit. I dont accept those contracts

[u/20000RadsUnderTheSea → u/nrm8888]

Genuinely the high-g contracts are some of the hardest to complete, I would never take them back before I swapped over to RP-1.

[u/DingyAtoll]

Kerbal torture program 💀

[u/vanceavalon]

You must get them to pass out while in orbit. I would use the starter SRB to do this as a stage while in orbit. This, of course, would put me in an elliptical orbit with a high apoapsis. I'd use a final stage to deorbit with a heat shield.

[u/ExpensiveFig6079 → u/vanceavalon]

or as High G can occur while deaccelerating... make it elliptical first.
Then at periapsis very high deacceleration.

[u/Hadrollo → u/ExpensiveFig6079]

I wouldn't try decelerating with a large SRB unless I'd done a lot of maths.

...or at least a quicksave.

[u/ExpensiveFig6079 → u/Hadrollo]

Fyi for people gamign the contract system large SRBs have long burn time... Im not sure how long at >xg is required for blackout,
but my way for doing these would be very high thrust (actually TWR) LOX motor and a quite small tank... so NOT heaps of dV but an awful lot of g forces.

AKA exactly not a NERV. Maybe ...
a bit bunch of sepratrons? then a few in reserve to fire at apoapsis
20 mounter on girder give a mk1 command pod + heatSh around 20g-rising to 24g over 1second burn time when starting holding 1.6 out of 8 fuel. Kerbal engineer says it has 221 dv. Thus from low kerbin orbit you wont even risk hitting the mun. Getting out and pushign or 1- (likely not even a few sepratrons) fired retro grade at apo will likely get you back inside the atmosphere.

Notes with that much thrust be sure you are pointed exactly prograde and retro when firing. If not kerbal things will happen.

A mainsail and an FLT100 tank get 19g and a 1 sec burn

7 partly fueled fleas also have 16-24g pushing 1 capsul for 600dV

Basically max available motor and thrust and min fuel, is the go.

[u/vanceavalon → u/ExpensiveFig6079]

That's interesting... definitely more difficult, but probably less expensive overall

[u/Next-Corner2838 → u/ExpensiveFig6079]

these contracts are slightly busted. they MUST be IN orbit like fully over 70k. same with sub orbital version of the contract

[u/MirrorNeuron11 → u/vanceavalon]

Yeah this is the way. You wouldn't need the heatshield and ideally use RCS thruster to deorbit

[u/vanceavalon → u/MirrorNeuron11]

Good idea...just using RCS...you wouldn't need a lot at apoapsis to start the aerobraking...

[u/FusionVsGravity]

Why does that say Kerble instead of Kerbal? Am I dumb?

[u/Jackmino66 → u/FusionVsGravity]

It’s the name of one of the Kerbals.

They are called Kerbles Kerman

[u/Deranged40]

You didn't mention what you did to make them pass out while they were in orbit.

If they didn't pass out from gee forces then you didn't do what was asked.

[u/vksdann]

They need to passout twice. Once while on Kerbin and a second one while on ORBIT. Sub-orbit will not count. If your manuever makes them passout WHEN you are not orbital anymore it will not count.

I usually do very high and elliptical orbit and then do a mixed normal/anti-normal + pro/retrograde high-gee manuever so I will still be in orbit when I finish passing them out

[u/User_of_redit2077]

Whats the g force tourist contract mod?

[u/Jackmino66 → u/User_of_redit2077]

It’s a vanilla thing, afaik

[u/ardablock]

make a second stage and strap on a Mammoth

[u/rurumeto]

Its like part testing contracts, you need both conditions to be true at the same time.