KSP2 Developer Shakeup, New Game Details ... What's Really Going On? 

4:41 That’s a runway with a ramp... THATS A RUNWAY WITH A RAMP, PEOPLE

The new ui looks awesome tho i still would have wanted my nav ball in the middle...

I hope that the last node in the tech tree contains a single part called "Alcubierre Drive" It'd be really cool if they kept it secret during the entire development cycle just so it's a surprise

I think the "Torch" Drives are meant to be the Plasma Torch engines we saw used for Interstellar Travel in the Trailer.

I didn't really like the idea of having scifi drive systems in the game but I have just realized... realistic orbital mechanics are what makes me love the game sooo as long as they keep it the game should be awesome.

Shout out to Jeremy Ables! Great to see you working on KSP2!

Screaming White Death . Simo Haya ? They found a way to harvest killing of russians into a space engine ?

So shadowZone... ksp 2 So put another way... ksp AGAIN!

I've never understood why multiplayer is such a big deal. For games like COD i understand, but the odds your friends are going to cancel their Friday night plans to play ksp 2 with you is almost nil. And i'm not gonna be wanting to play with a stranger. So why is it so important?

Torch Drive: "unreasonably powerful" reaction drive Such engines are called "Torch Drives", a spacecraft with a torch drive is called a "Torchship." The term "Torchship" was coined by Robert Heinlein in 1953 for his short story "Sky Lift", it is also featured in his stories Farmer in the Sky, Tunnel in the Sky, Time for the Stars, and Double Star. Also Larry Niven used the term in his novels ,where at the first contact from the human ship with the kziniti the drive is used as a weapon . (" a reaction drive's efficiency as a weapon is in direct proportion to its efficiency as a drive")

I am relieved to hear about this honestly. It really felt like Star Theory had been given an impossible task. Things are looking promising!

have an upvote for the mentioning of how on-boarding works. That is a vital thing for folks to understand when news comes out of increasing team size.

It feels to me like they came to the conclusion that their product could not live up to our high expectations and need more time and resources to get it right. I think this is a good thing, because it shows they want to deliver quality. I'd rather wait another year (or even 2!) if that guarantees KSP will get a worthy successor.

First! Don't you hate those bloody comments!? 😂

After all of these years ... they finally have clouds ...

The Expanse series calls its engines "torch engines" - engines, able to burn over long time (days, weeks)

I assumed the Torch Drives bit was referring to Torchships. To quote Project Rho/Atomic Rocket's page on Torchships: What is the definition of a torchship? Well, it is kind of vague. It more or less boils down to "unreasonably powerful."

Excellent video, this is truly the update that we’ve needed

I believe that the pink color is from the "cesium doping" of the metallic hydrogen not the hydrogen itself.

I completely missed the kerbin clouds

Kerbal Cloud Program

After not hearing anything for a while, I found KSP2 very daunting! But...now that I have seen this and the additional videos, I think they're preparing to better chew exactly how much they've bitten off! Go KSP2!!

Inspiring from ksp mods mainly, a "torch drive" might be an engine that creates an uncontroled (but channeled, obviously) fusion/antimatter reaction that ts just throun back, with ridiculous exaust velocities as it doesnt need to exchange heat with the propellant. Like a more kerbal version of the open cycle gas core NTR.

The Atomic Rockets website has a good page on Torchships (and many other cool concepts) and they're normally defined as a ship that can maintain 1g of acceleration indefinitely (at least months) so definitely a very late game tech.

I want an overpowered EPSTEIN Drive. I want my kerbals brain to hemorrhage as they are crushed under an ever increasing G rate!

please tell me Jebediah will come back in Kerbal Space Program 2

I sure hope take two won't screw us over, thanks for the update!

I am super excited for multiplayer. I want to know how that will work

I was also most exited about the stock clouds. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Heinlein first used the term torch ship, but I also remember it from Hyperion.

A 'Torch drive' is just a powerful torch : change my mind

*breathes in* CLOOOOOOOOUUUUUDDDDSSS

They said release is for Spring right? So in UK that could mean as late as May.....I wanted to start a new KSP career, haven't played it for 2 years..But dont want to start to find out the sequel comes out in 2 weeks! Safe to say we will be waiting a few months you think? Also when they say release for May, do they mean Alpha / Beta release, or full game?

Such engines are called "Torch Drives", a spacecraft with a torch drive is called a "Torchship." The term "Torchship" was coined by Robert Heinlein in 1953 for his short story "Sky Lift", it is also featured in his stories Farmer in the Sky, Tunnel in the Sky, Time for the Stars, and Double Star. Sometimes it is referred to as "Ortega's Torch". Rick Robinson's general rule is that a Torch Drive is a propulsion system with both both high acceleration and high exhaust velocity. His further general rule is that a Torchship is a spacecraft with a Torch Drive and a specific power of one megawatt per kilogram or larger. Real world "Torch Drives" Torch drive engine Metallic Hydrogen Fusion drive system Using a magnetic bottle{Semiclassical bounds in magnetic bottles} the Math for this drive system is Being worked on But we are still 60 Years from a Working Model. the fuel for this Torch Drive would Be "Metallic Hydrogen" contained in a High Pressure tank with a magnetic bottle using a Monopole magnet system to Move the "Metallic Hydrogen" in fluctuation , in 3 different states, and then Ignited in the Fusion chamber, After ignition of the Metallic Hydrogen " Class 1 Nova event.Making a "Torch drive" system the DRIVE CAN NOT BE TURNED OFF. All Fuel Ignited in the Fusion chamber Has to be used and why the Metallic Hydrogen Is stored 1 Mile or 2.4 Km Away " Speed of craft 299,792 kilometers per second. light speed is: about 670,616,629 mph

Only thing I don't understand is why they are saying you would need to dope the matalic hydrogen with magnesium to make it magnetic, as both metallic hydrogen and the plasma that would be created from the rejoining of the hydrogen atoms are both highly susceptible to magnetic fields.

I would like for somebody, maybe the official developers to make a mod that will make the UI mostly the same as KSP1, I really like the original UI, a bit more than the new UI, but it could just be because I've played so much KSP1

Great video! Loved KSP2 trailer, but most of what they talking about is already available via mods. Wanted to see more reason to bother exploring. More automation for orbital refuelling missions etc. Better physics: no kraken and every part, on explosion, becomes 2-6 smaller parts like when a big 6-node-fairing pops, etc.. Endgame tech all nice, but the future will be about constant refuelling missions to an orbital spaceport, quality-of-life/survival for long-duration missions, ISRU Operations which are less like a ship poking a drill in the ground to cheesily refuel, and more like a Minecraft-quarry/smelting/refinery operation and little SimCity/TheSims models going on at major bases/waystations..

Torch drive probably refers to a fusion torch, a continuous fusion powered emission, probably using fusion to heat reaction mass to push ships to truly high velocities. Such drives are theorized to be able to maintain 1g accelleration for months allowing ships to get up to ~.2C

I'm a good friend of someone who has personal and professional contact with people working at Private Division, and he has assured me that the game is in very good hands. I'm vaguely nervous about this change, but based on his input, I'm mostly confident that it will be handled well. And I would rather have to wait a little longer to get a good game than have it rushed and be trash.

We can have a glimpse at the "ignition" of the Torch Drive in the KSP 2 Cinematic Announce trailer at 1:51 ....and it seems to be powered by inertial confinement nuclear fusion, where laser beams are used to confine the plasma and make the fusion take place. Wow! so much science!!?

Im really looking forward to KS Poo Its looking pretty good, hopefully mod support will give us planets made of shit.

KSP 2 seems to be incorporating heavily aspects of USI MKS and KSP Interstellar

Torch Drive. "Screaming white death" "Hydrogen fusion" Sounds to me like a good description for the Daedalus engine.

Studio changes are always concerning, since you never know the exact details why. However, the fact multiple (high level) players from Star Theory are still on board assuages some of those concerns because it implies the creative direction itself was not at issue - it probably is just a 'manpower' thing. And of course, I don't mind it taking longer, so long as it still actually happens.

Interesting, thanks. Now get back to blowing up more cool ships for us ;~) I hope they put in an option to have the old ui layout with the new icons etc.

From their earlier mentions months ago I didn't believe they would be adding life support but I really think they should have that in the base game.

They need to shit out a REALLY good product, or it's not going to be successful, $60 for a new game is a LOT.

Clouds and wind effecting flight conditions would be awesome

WE HAVE CLOOOOOOUUUUDDDDDDZZZZZZZ

This game could come out in 2023 and I wouldn't care. I just want it to be done well.

Why does this guy looks like the Doctor's arch-nemesis, the Master? Not exactly sure which one of them, but he certainly feels like the Master. Something in his face...

0:00 CLOUDS 5:47

To be honest, I think I’m going to stick with KSP 1

"Screaming white death" Could the torch drive be the nuclear saltwater rocket? I can only hope!

I think I found something in the studio update ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iZEYY3TwU9Y.html In this video at 0:48 you can see in the second row, third column there is a star system, and I don't think its kerbol, it could be a binary star system.

You've done it! You beat Scott!

What I REALLY want to see is the ability to control Kerbals from First person perspective so you can experience the interiors of colonies, space stations and etc

They want to ride the wave of the new space race.

*CLOUDS!!!*

Hmm... well i hope Ksp 1 will still live, i really don't wanna say goodbye. And speaking about near future technology... I like it BUT WHERE ARE PLASMA ENGINES LOL

What is up with humans and acting over charismatic when they make videos? The facial gestures are too much, and "talking with your hands" is hilarious, like sculpting air.....

I love KSP and I hope it keeps on going!!!!

Scope? Colonization World? Propulsion dependent Game engine? Legacy Game world? Unknown Multiplayer engine? Big World???

wait, does that mean we can build our own engine and upload em to the workshop?

CLOUDS!!! YES!!!!

i don't care how long it takes. KSP 1 is good enough to get us by until they have an AWESOME, respectable, true to KSP, worthy , stable successor to it. Until then, we have a GREAT sim already. KSP2 had better be damned good and not just a money grab.

As i saw the announcement, of ksp 2 my mind was like: will it have Stock clouds?

Because KSP2 is just going to be KSP with all the mods we already downloaded anyway. Smoothed out mods. *shrug* When people set out to fix things that arent broke.. you get things like Star Trek Picard, OLEO potato chips, and the Progressive Party.

I'm not at all excited about the parts of this that sound like "science fiction". I hope they don't waste too much time on that. What KSP needed the most was an updated/more efficient game engine, better atmospheric modeling (including clouds, sure, but not limited to that), and better simulation of real-life physical effects such as Lagrange points. I wish they could focus on the fundamentals and leave "torch drive" silliness for DLC.

While I'm sure we all appreciate dev log videos like what was shown, I think they shouldn't waste money on it. Games like Star Citizen fund their dev logs with subscribers. If they want to do that, that's fine by me, but I'd say otherwise money/manpower should be focused on actual development.

I was never comfortable with the idea of two different development teams developing KSP, it made it seem like the new team was being groomed to essentially take over the development from the old team, and basically tossing the old team out rather unceremoniously. It just feels like the old team worked really hard to develop the game, and now that it's popular, Take Two has just come in and said "MINE!!" and just taken it.

Metallic hydrogen only burn pink becouse the temperature is so hight that the hydrogen becomes a plasma. The color of hydrogen plasma is pink at >10mA Edit: the cesium in the vacuum engines also adds to that effect.

what people really want... better graphics, better explosions, moar jeb... what they don't really want, made up rockets... the mod community will take care of that...

They should get rid of multiplayer and focus more on single-player tech unless its a proper server with loads of people contributing to it, that would be cool. "Hey dude wanna join me on moho?" "yeah sure gimme 2 days realtime"

They want to release this on consoles but haven't mentioned the most important part of doing this - whether consoles will have keyboard and mouse support. Playing with a controller takes a lot of joy out of KSP1.

What made the first Kerbal Space Program charming? You start from learning how to build your rocket, to launching it for the first time. Through trial and error and watching your creations crash and burn repeatedly you learn from your mistakes. Leaving the atmosphere, getting into orbit, and reaching the moon: these were all incredible feats in the first KSP. Will all of these achievements be there in the new KSP? My biggest concern is that with all this new hypothetical technology and interstellar gameplay, our current real life methods of traveling through space will be glossed over. Our current rockets might not be what science-fiction authors dream of, but they’re what made KSP interesting to begin with. The true-to-life parodies of real life engines and technologies were a charming touch. Kerbal is both attractive and informative for people who maybe weren’t interested in rockets before. If it isn’t as hard to reach orbit for new players as it was in the first game, consider it a failure.

Torch engines like the one seen on the teaser last year on the big ship moured to the Jool station. The game being pushed to 2021 was more than likeky given the footage shown is still pre alpha. And no news for six months, and a schedule slide were obviously a sign of shakeup in the dev team from Private Division.

wheather systems could make the game way more challenging. just imagine trying to land on a storm on eve (will be way harder then just opening parachutes). Also think about a takeoff of a rocked with good graffic and rain. hope it is an optional function which you can turn on and of

I'm somewhat concerned about the possibility of feature creep, the new KSP devs should never forget that so long as they make their game as mod-friendly as possible, modders will be able to add in more features than they could possibly manage on their own. Honestly so long as they just get the parts in they've already shown the only thing I could possibly ask for in addition is procedural parts and some kind of tweakscale as standard additions to the game so they don't have to be added in less stable states as mods. I'm currently in procedural fuel tank hell trying to get the mod to install properly and still having no luck.

Just let us play it, development can continue in the background, as it did with KSP 1

...I mean... I hate the UI... but I'm also a bit of a persnickety pedant when it comes to UI design. Very rarely do I not notice something about a UI that I don't like. Especially my own.

I don't like the sound of that 'organizational change' and the 'private division' part. Smells like comercialization to me... :(

Simple. Keep the original release date and the extras can come out later on. As I do come from a developer point of view. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is what I would suggest to them. I have seen allot of project go out of control because the ideas and etc drives it. Fine, but release it with the given solar system and add the rest later on.

The Studio has unlocked: OVERHYPE GAME mode

People, do you not realize what this means? if explosions are based on location and fuel type then you can make nuclear explosions! including antimatter missiles.

Eu estou torcendo muito que o jogo venha por padrão com o modo revisão realista com nosso sistema solar. Ele poderia ser indicado como o modo avançado do jogo ou o modo difícil (se ele tiver tutoriais com a voz do Scott Mandley, melhor ainda). Ainda melhor seria o modo realista com episódios históricos com veículos e modo de AEV realistas e rovers realistas. Aí seria lindo. Quem sabe eles não fazem essa boa surpresa para nós. E como cereja do bolo, espero que a interface seja customizável, não gostei da esfera de navegação à esquerda, ela tinha que ser no centro pois às vezes navegamos só usando ela, e para mim aquele elemento mostrando para qual direção a nave está apontando é desnecessário pois é informação redundante com a esfera de navegação. Abraços e obrigado pelo vídeo.

they hinted at interstellar.... if they do some interstellar stuff, i will freak out, in a good way.. like teen girls did over boy bands in the 90's...

what if ksp 2 is just gonna be a really big update to the first game and a rename

CLOUDS!

Interesting how nobody talks about multiplayer anymore ... which is a good thing

If the weather system is as elaborate as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 then I'm in

I would define a torch drive as a drive capable of producing 1g acceleration for months or years at a time, like a fusion or antimatter reaction

Believe me, KSPoo will stick if KSP2 doesn't live up to its predecessor! ;-)

Why would they go from a 3D nav ball down to a flat nav ball. That would be much worse right?

I wouldn't be going to any large public international meetups like pax for awhile.

Still cant wait to watch danny2426 kill kerbals no no experiment on kerbals in 4K

Klaaaaaaauds.

Im worries now that Private Division has complete control....

torch Drive means a drive that once light will keep going intell the fule is gone some think it is a thorium base reactor set up to a high voltage ion drive ..

Don't know why but I wish they would put bd armory for spave wars like star wars

There is such thing as too much ambition. Be smart about it. Finish the game, then work on extra features