Kerbal Space Program

Kerbal Space Program

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How To Use Ground Clamp
By GunsForBucks
Illustrated guide on how to use the new ground clamp.
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Items Used
Ground Clamp

Docking Port Jr

Engineer
What To Do
First you need to remove items from Engineers personal storage. Put parachute and jetpack in vehicle storage to clear kerbal inventory space.

Put clamp device in kerbal inventory slot.

Position kerbal where you want to place clamp and right click on kerbal for their inventory.

Place clamp by using the deploy icon on the picture of the clamp in the kerbals inventory. This will allow you to place it the same way you place the deployed science.
When placed properly the spikes should animate into the ground.

Once the clamp is installed on the surface of the celestial body you need to switch to construction mode and place a Docking Port Jr on it.
This will give you a place you can basically dock with the celestial body and connect your physics to the surface.
Test
Dock to ground clamp in order to stabilize a vehicle or base. Once items are docked they share physics so any large bases built should be clamped to avoid the "hop" issues that would often destroy larger bases.


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10 Comments
Myst Leissa 4 Feb, 2023 @ 2:54pm 
i see hehe.
GunsForBucks  [author] 4 Feb, 2023 @ 2:51pm 
I get it. Just being humorous. The philosophical part is if a virtual kerbal is an "it" or not.

It ended up just being easier and lazier to word it the way I did. So Philosophy of least resistance in this case ha ha ha.
Myst Leissa 4 Feb, 2023 @ 2:44pm 
Tbpf, the top part is what he was referring to; not the philosphical questions: "Items Used: ...Engineer" sounds strange when said in English Conversation. A Better way to word it would be "Items Used:

Clamp-o-tron, Docking Port Jr.

Kerbals Used:

Engineer"
sovietmusiclover 14 Dec, 2021 @ 8:05pm 
i consider an item as something that is held, and is built for a purpose. i consider a kerbal as a funny little green man that likes space.
GunsForBucks  [author] 14 Dec, 2021 @ 5:07pm 
The philosophical debate over virtual beings being "things" or not is beyond the scope of this guide.
sovietmusiclover 14 Dec, 2021 @ 4:57pm 
an engineer is an item?
MarzyBarz_07 8 Oct, 2021 @ 2:42pm 
hm yes very good now my surface bases won't jump when I load them into physics
GunsForBucks  [author] 5 Oct, 2021 @ 7:37pm 
Glad I could help, thanks!
MeepSheep 5 Oct, 2021 @ 6:32pm 
nice. this is very helpful.:steamthumbsup::steamthis:
PlantsAndTrees 2 Oct, 2021 @ 1:32pm 
That Was Informal