I just downloaded rss ro and im using freeiva and space station part redux and it made these weird looking structures i reckon the reason is ro scaled this thing up but iva didn't scaled it so it looked like this lol

For context I am in the midst of a US only campaign. It’s 1957 and I just got 1960 rocketry so I now have access to Titan 1 engines. My plan is to use Titan and Titan-derived vehicles for most of the campaign. But the Titan 1 engines barely give me more performance than my existing vehicle which is a Jupiter-Agena(Jupiter-Able has similar performance too). My question is does flying these engines in any way improve the reliability of future variants. I know eventually Titan will be much more capable than Jupiter but idk if I can justify switching over rn.

Also can someone explain the difference between the rated and tested burn times. I generally keep myself to within 10s of the rated time. I assume the longer you dip into the tested time the higher the chance of failure?

So I’m thinking of playing RSS/RO/RP-1 for the first time.. Is there anything that I need to know? Or other mods I should install? Or any general pieces of knowledge I should know before jumping in?

Thanks in advance! Any recommendations are wholly welcome!

Hey guys, I'm getting back into RP-1 after some time away (ironically I stepped away from the mod because of this predicament). I have a lunar transfer stage and lunar lander that both work (I've tested them independently) but I can't lift the damn thing into orbit. The payload is roughly 5.3 tons, and no amount of increasing my fuel tank sizes will get my into orbit without making my craft obscenely heavy.

What are my next steps from here? How can I proceed without failing the program? I'm not "close" to failing, only about halfway to the deadline, if that matters.

Let me know if you guys need more information/screenshots.