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Quote from: Calech on November 19, 2013, 03:58:05 pm

After running out of fuel on return from Mun, Jeb spent six days orbiting Kerbin, using a combination of jetpack-assisted deceleration and atmospheric braking to enable him to return to the surface of his home planet with the precious samples he'd recovered. Finally, his vessel's orbit skimmed low enough for the drag forces to slow him to a point where proper re-entry was possible.

Unfortunately, Kerbal parachutes are hard-wired to deploy only at 500m above sea level, which does not adequately slow decent when your enforced landing zone is a 3km mountain. At least the explosion means that we don't have to worry about retrieving the pilot craft.

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Kerbal Space Program. And I was so proud of being able to land on Mun successfully on only my second attempt (the first being slightly more... high-speed).

Other amusing newbie mistakes I've made include the hilarious one of not figuring out how to switch on the engines; the second rocket I made, which had multiple engines, consequently did an interesting pirouette out of the landing pad before exploding (sometime after this I realised that staging can also control engine activations), and trying to build an 'asparagus' rocket which neatly unfurled itself from a spiral into a straight line before exploding.

Coincidentally, this series of events was somewhat expected, as I have taken to naming most of my vessels with any instance of 'Explorer' intentionally changed to 'Exploder', hence my current Munar missions are being carried out by Munar Exploder D-1.

Actually parachutes open at 500m above ground level on Kerbin.

didnt want to create a new IVAN thread... so posting here. just stumbled on this. Temple of Atnam forums are buggy. tried registering and getting 'username is too short'
I'll ask Capristo, the resident webmaster, to take a look. He's on a long vacation at the moment though.

im kind of lost. there is a wiki, but it doesn't give alot of details. i figure keys to the game is to raise stats. I see someone on here says dont raise your max hp. i saw on attnam that you should try to get injured to heal and raise your hp. that is about the only thing i was able to raise. doesn't look like you can grind, cause i dont see monsters respawn.
There are certain monsters that spawn during the game. You'll find a lot of one sort of them in UT3. Raising max hp is not a bad thing on its own, however it raises the 'danger level'. Kind of like the AI in left 4 dead, the game will throw harder stuff at you if you are doing well. Health is a parameter that seems to be very important in that calculation, so some say the risk outweighs the benefit, especially on higher health levels. Raising stats is important, though there are many other ways to get better.

1. any tips on what to do? Im lost? anyway to grind up stats some? does the weapon type matter? I was trying to stick with 1 type so i can train up my skills. not sure if its safe to go burdened with heavy armor to train strength.
What to do basically comes down to keep trying. I can get about 7-8 dungeons far on most runs without any grinding, and I'm among the worst long-time players. Training stats: health by getting hurt, leg/arm strength by overtaxing them, agility by running (press 'u' to toggle, don't get too tired), dexterity by doing anything that requires hands (even zapping wands). Intelligence and wisdom by reading, praying, talking, ... Weapons: some are more accurate, some do more damage. Some have more chance to crit or chop off limbs. Burdened is not too bad, it'll lower your dodge and make you slower I think, but it'll indeed train leg strength. For a good start: don't attack hedgehogs with bare hands. Don't kick your dog. Grab the lantern. Find a weapon that is not a balsa spear. If you can, start praying. And run from anything that seems too strong.

2. also, i inevitibly end up polymorphing and teleporting randomly. i cant figure out why? i dont see a reference to secret intrinsics on items. is this from something i eat? I cant tell form wiki what may not be safe to eat.
3. a tip in the wiki says eat mushrooms or something to get levitate. ok. cant figure out what its good for.floating above traps? however,  i inevitibly polymorph and lose it.
You contracted polymorphitis and teleportitis. Probably from the mushrooms. Will end in a while, though so will the levitation effect. It's much better if you can get a belt of levitation. The main use is dodging traps, yes, but I believe it also makes you harder to hit, not sure. It does make you unable to kick doors though.

4. i saw a lets play video and it said that running is good for trianing stats. how do i go into 'run mode'. i got moved into once when i got scared.
Run mode toggles with 'u'. Panic = autorun and you can't toggle it off until you calm down. Running trains agi, but so does walking (albeit much slower) and running costs more food.

5. can you cast spells? I see books to read. wiki says to read books to train some stats. so i read them then they dissappear
The books are bibles for seperate gods. You will be able to pray ('p') to the gods you know (read about, or saw an altar). Be careful: reading books about good gods will decrease your popularity with the evil ones and vice versa. Praying to an angry go is not a good idea. Try 'o'ffering them something to make them happy again (and anger the others a bit)

6. guide says to grind in town to talk to certain people to get 'scitalk' which trains up int and/or wisdom (cant remember). gave some tips on this. said i can get a couple of points. not sure what int/wis is used for. i dont see an ability to cast spells.
Certain scrolls change the material of your items. They get very important later in the game, but you can only change to the best materials with high int. Also it'll allow you to polymorph into stronger things. Wis will get you more popular with the gods.