I had a lot of fun with this one - missions of this scale are simply not possible in KSP 2 in my opinion due to the performance issues and multitude of bugs associated with decouplers and docking ports. So back to KSP 1 for this one! Next few videos will be in KSP 2, but I am sure I will still intermittently publish KSP 1 content every few weeks as well :)

sending a probe ahead is actually a super useful tip for new players, especially on career or science mode, since it serves as both a practice run and a chance to collect data and still prove useful if it fails to return.

47:06 the way the kerbal tried to set that lamp up multiple times then rage quit walking aggressively to the lander sent me lmaoo

It takes 3 years to get to Jool *with a standard Hohmann transfer*. You could actually take this challenge at face value, planning a much less efficient but much faster travel time. Would also be interesting.

It's only now that I realized the grass in KSP2 is WAY brighter than the one in KSP. Edit: And also more saturated.

Watching the nuclear tug suddenly go "Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-flailing Tube Man" caught me off guard.

That intro paragraph just screamed AI generated, lol. The way ChatGPT says so little with so many words is fascinating.

I just think that it's pretty cool that the AI knows the planets and moons of KSP.

using chatGPT as basically like a KSP career mode DM is such a cool idea! Gonna be trying this out for myself

Hey Matt, don’t be worried about uploading KSP. It’s more than appreciated that we can still watch super upscale missions that just aren’t possible yet in 2. Keep up the work!

My time with KSP2 has really made me appreciate KSP1, good to see some old school content from you Matt!

Between all the KSP2 videos I'd actually love a ChatGPT Campaign by you to colonize the Kerobl System bit by bit

You should call your Grand Tour, where you land on every celestial body in the system, "Matt's Ground Pound Tour", or "MattGPT" for short.

50:57 LOL, Matt, watching the AI struggle to create a whiskey review was both hilarious and slightly terrifying. It’s impressive how far AI has come, but it seems like it still has a ways to go before it can truly replicate human creativity and nuance. Thanks for sharing this experiment with us, it’s always fascinating to see the limits of technology being tested! -ChatGDP

Glad KSP is back after the mess of KSP2 - Thank you for moving away from that and giving us some interesting content that isn't full of bugs!

Matt: builds two gravity rings into the station so that kerbals don't miss gravity in their three year journey to Jool system Also Matt: does not turn the rotation of those rings on

Honestly Matt this is a great video. It ties in so many things we do in KSP and I think using the AI to help determine missions is really cool. I find once I get to the point I can head to Duna in KSP I will get a bit bored or feel less challenged with the stock Missions in campaigns. I hope this will keep the game less stale and when I finally have a computer than can run KSP2 it will help me come up with mission chains while we are in early access.

Have you considered doing a parallel mission? Same mission on KSP1 and KSP2. Either one then the other, or interlace steps, or even do a side by side.

Mid week madness from Matt loving the ksp2 content, keep it up!! Edit: KSP, wrong game hah

I remember always adding a single RCS powered mini claw tug to every multi-part mission. You can stick them anywhere to move parts around. And being small, they can also deorbit something then fly back to a station.

Flipping amazing concept there Matt! Loved this one. Was easy to tell you were having a complete blast doing it too. Its going to be a fun year as we all play with these new AI tools. Looking forward to a lot more of these fun videos!

I love the idea of using ChatGPT for creative mission outlines lol

Nice to see some ksp1 content, would love to see some more along with ksp2 also. Love the vids keep up the work man!

I love how I got so invested in your dinner plans while watching this video. The emotional roller coaster was real for that one haha 😄

Keep KSP 1 vids alive, there are a lot of counsel players that feel like being able to play KSP 2 is light years away for us. And not having 35 kraken attacks per vid is gotta be nice for you Matt!

FINALLY! A whisky review! I waste so many hours of my time watching these KSP videos hoping to get a whisky review (which is of course the true purpose of every Matt Lowne video) and I finally got one! Thanks Matt!

Great video. I love the maturity of KSP1. The problem I have with KSP2 is that it seems to focus more on the wiz bang eye candy at the expense of game play. 😊

"It did do what I asked it to do, but I still want something to blame" Beautiful

I think my favorite part about these videos is listening to matt's stories while he circularizes his orbit

Eyyyy. A KSP 1 video!

At 15:20 a pretty good visual metaphor for how it probably felt when the restaurant cancelled your order. That timing was hilariously on point.

As someone who has a very sucky PC who can't run KSP2 it is so cool to see some KZfaqrs still make KSP1 content :)

Imagine if every video Matt does from now in is just secretly an ai playing the game

Intercept should really consider hiring the guy who made the volumetric clouds mod for KSP1. Actually just the tessellation & EVE modders in general. I know it's unlikely considering the recent layoffs, but I can dream

I like how both of your Val videos had problems but the ones in KSP1 were caused by negligence and lack of foresight and the ones in KSP2 were caused by the game itself. Both were handled pretty masterfully though.

I think the ‘1 year of game time’ is probably part of the challenge difficulty. Enough delta-V and it’s definitely possible within a year. 3 years for the transfer is only the optimized transfer!

ChatGPT is a legend, it's been helping me out building a 6502 8bit computer believe it or not haha!

when ksp 2 is properly finished it would be cool if you did a grand tour with a massive space station and send probes to every planet and moon as a "goodbye"

I love how Matt is like, "Hmmm KSP 2 or 1.." and i honestly barely even watch, I mainly just listen, love matts good ole rants!

Me: _write in Chat gpt_ "Go to Jool" Chat gpt: No, human, get started and learn KSP, that's enough for you, since KSP1 was commercialized, you're taking a lot of time... Greetings Space Transtorner's

21:48 that poor docking port took so much abuse for a straight 20 seconds

Seeing KSP1 right now is like getting rain in a drought. KSP2 is in such a bad state right now that even watching it is painful.

given the wonky physics in KSP2 I feel the Blunderbirds will be very busy saving stranded Kerbals soon.

Can't wait for the blunderbirds mission where it says "landed on Jool"

That's honestly a really decent mission, it feels like one that would be in the game. I'd try it but I decided to punish myself by installing RP-1 while I wait for KSP2 to become more playable.

When I forget to add stuff to some big craft I just launched, I launch a small SSTO with a cargo container, and usually I bring some Octo probes, small cube struts, basic antennas, fuel drain valves and strut connectors. But now I have the habit of already bringing those extra parts as spares with every large craft, so I never get caught off guard.

The details about the frosty pizza are definitely a keypoint.

While you are covering KSP 2, I'm glad you haven't abandoned the original. KSP still has life in it.

The future is going to be bumpy ride just like a KSP2 launch. If video is too long, make it a 2 part series.

I cant wait till KSP 2 is optimised enough to actually play well, but until then, we'll just have to cope with what we've got

Wow, tried mission planning myself and got the plan below. It only moves outward from Kerbin (and misses Ike entirely), but leaves me wondering if its even possible given all the gravity assists and transfer windows. Hmm.... Mission Name: "The Grand Tour" - Objective: Visit and land on every celestial body in the Kerbol system with a single spacecraft. Mission Profile: Launch a spacecraft from Kerbin and achieve a stable orbit around the planet. Transfer to and land on the Mun, return to Kerbin orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Transfer to and land on Minmus, return to Kerbin orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Perform a gravity assist from Kerbin to Duna and achieve a stable orbit around the planet. Transfer to and land on the surface of Duna, return to Duna orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Perform a gravity assist from Duna to Dres and achieve a stable orbit around the planet. Transfer to and land on the surface of Dres, return to Dres orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Perform a gravity assist from Dres to Jool and achieve a stable orbit around the planet. Visit and land on all 5 moons of Jool (Laythe, Vall, Tylo, Bop, and Pol) in any order, return to Jool orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Perform a gravity assist from Jool to Eeloo and achieve a stable orbit around the planet. Transfer to and land on the surface of Eeloo, return to Eeloo orbit and dock with the initial spacecraft. Return to Kerbin and achieve a safe landing with the initial spacecraft. Difficulty: This mission is extremely challenging due to the large number of destinations and the various gravity assists that are required to reach them. Proper planning and precise execution will be necessary to conserve fuel and avoid catastrophic failures. The mission will also require a high degree of piloting skill, as the spacecraft will need to perform intricate maneuvers to achieve each objective. Additionally, the design of the spacecraft itself will need to be highly optimized for efficiency and versatility, with the ability to perform a wide range of tasks and withstand the rigors of interplanetary travel.

seing KSP1 again really highlights how much better KSP2 looks and sounds. Really excited for the first few updates to make it really playable xD

Matt: makes maneuver to Jool KSP: this math just ain't mathin' Awesome video as always!

I wrote a few KSP stories using this program. It can be infuriating at times, but it's mostly fun.

Net ChatGPT mission: Create a challenging multi-launch mission that will have a food based theme. The food must be available in the UK and orderable from Uber Eats. I got you fam.

he situation with moving the tank around is why I put more than 2 docking port on every part of my stations and why I have a small electric powered tug that is basically just a battery with docking ports on both ends. The tug is also useful to get enough clearance when connecting two bigger stations . Sort of an extended tube to bring the attachment point further out.

TBH Matt, I just love to see you utterly enjoy yourself. You're a ball of joy and an expert in video game rocket physics. It's been a pleasure launching rockets along side your videos and I just want to see you do exactly what you feel like doing. The planet coaster was a nice surprise as we got to hear you ramble for hours, hardly even talking about the park lol. I wasn't going to have any feelings whether you talked about yourself or the game. It's like having one of your old chaps hanging out with you playing his version of a single player and you're playing yours. Not to sound weird about it hahaha. Just keep being you matt! It's what got you here

I would love to see you do something with the interstellar mod for KSP 1 since they're adding interstellar to KSP2, it would be fun to have a series with the mod to compare it to when it happens.

You know as much as people praise the graphics in ksp2. i still love the graphics of ksp1, just something about the simplicity and warmer tones that i think just adds to the charm of the original. i guess it just has a sort of nostalgic charm to it in its simplicity. ksp1's color tone and theme is also slightly more warm tone and darker, than ksp2's very bright and saturated colors.

The algorithm just showed this to me. It's a nice change from the buggy KSP2 stuff. But it lets me appreciate the improved graphics of KSP2. I like it.

I like long videos, even over an hour, but I like when they have chapters, so I can watch with pauses as a series. Though it can be a mini series with 2-3 videos and be a bit more complexity.

Love this! I honestly thought the framerate seemed odd until I realized you were playing KSP 1. Do you have a list of the visual mods or regular mods you use for KSP 1 these days?

It is possible to complete this mission in under a year game time Matt, put a kraken drive on that space station and start burning straight towards Jool

3:25 "The only thing it got wrong was getting to Jool in under a year of game time but it takes like 3 years to get to Jool." No sir, you CAN do it *in a year* - Send up a *lot of fuel, and do not wait for the optimal window.* Part of the challenge is delivering all of this using a super inefficient but very fast burn. Zoom zoom at the speed of light, Matt!

That is so futuristic looking!

Based on something I've been doing today; head over to Bing Create, ask it to make you a white space fighter, and then build something in KSP that's about the same shape and also a functional spaceplane. Asking it to make it look like a technical drawing generally gives you more sensible looking designs.

"...it takes 3 years to get to Jool..." add more rockets and fuel to make the trip faster, which requires a lot more launches and assembling in preparation for the mission.

Matt using 300% of his brain power to make a giant space space station that can fly to Jool, but forgetting to put any Vernor engines on it.

43:47 😂pure gold "ChatGTP"😂

in my professional opinion, waterfall has better atmosphere effects, but ksp2 has better vacuum effects

we don't need Life on Laythe, we have Vacation to Vall

The frozen pizza rant was something only Matt would do.

The whole having ChatGPT be your Mission Control idea is genius. Just started doing it and it actually makes the game so much more fun, thanks for the idea!

to answer your ksp1 vs ksp2 question: i gotta admit right now i'm pretty hyped to watch more ksp2 content, especially from you as you are pretty experienced and the rest of ksp2 vids on yt right now are amateurs that just muck around and struggle to even build a plane that controls well if at all. at least that's what comes up when i click the "browse game" thingy. it's also great to watch ksp2 right now instead of playing it myself as that's just a horror show of bugs and watching it is way less frustrating. so the "actually well build vessels and well designed missions" part of ksp2 yt is yours for the taking right now it seems ;)

Please make more KSP 1 content this video was absolutely amazing

Hey Matt Lowne! How about a mega mission to build a giant Jool space station in KSP? It'd be amazing to see your approach to this epic challenge! Looking forward to it!

Yeah, it’s actually kind of scary how good ChatGPT is. Especially when you consider it has only 175 billion inputs, which can be equated to synapses of which a human has ~100 trillion. We’re getting such great results but still several orders of magnitude behind the humans building it

This is why I put RCS on everything station related - and batteries - and reaction wheels lol

Any KSP content from you is appreciated; it encourages me to be better.

I actually JUST started playing KSP1. Literally just trying to perfect getting orbit. This video is so cool.

Planetshine doesn't touch atmosphere, it just adds lights pointing at your ship that simulate... well, planetshine.

This is the kind of KSP mission I love!

Yes! We need a complete series of exploring Val and Jool! Resupply, landings, and massive space station! 45:35

Oh Matt, I'm sure AI will never come up with a tale as gripping as the one about the frozen Pizza in the back of your fridge 🤣

No human could do this but Ai wooow it literally conquered Jool

Have you thought about posting the more complex and lengthy missions in multiple parts? That way you can keep the individual video length to less than an hour and we can get more in depth views of the mission. I like seeing the building stages.

The Gamma Module trying to dock like a fly bouncing off a window...BONK... Bonk.... bonk

You know KSP2 is in a bad state when your most well known dedicated KZfaqrs go back and make videos on the original game less than a month after you make the newer game playable.

man, you know the new installment is bad when one of the biggest youtubers of the franchise goes back to the first game

Just used chatGPT to design a multi role jet fighter named "Aurora" its pretty cool. I would recommend when you can't think of anything. Also wrote a fictional history of the United States

I think pol is even more underrated, it has the coolest surface features and the colors are unique too!

Honestly after coming KSP2, its really made me appreciate ksp1 even more. ksp 1 feels like such a smooth and polished game in comparison. Despite its flaws i still love ksp1, it really is a wonderful game like no other.

This guy never fail to entertain me

I love the idea of putting some more KSP 1 content in. Even far into the future i think it would be good to get a dose of nostalgia.

A few comments on the AI script: 1) Supplies, in KSP, means very little. The only real supply that gets used more or less constantly is electricity, which means the space station needs solar panels and batteries. Fair. 2) The crew must be able to use the experiments on the surface, but there are no requirements for the crew to be able to a) actually do so, and b) be able to ever come back from the surface Everything else looks much like a KSP science mission as generated by the game, if more proficiently worded. It's impressive that a general purpose chatbot can do that, however. Check out the training dataset on that chatbot!

the hype going down also means the rage going down, so I guess the dev team is kinda counting on that now :) Plus message of the day: A bad Pizza is still better than no Pizza :)

3:52 those clouds look incredible :o

If u have pizza that's in your fridge for a while put it in the pan, add like 2,3 spoons of water, put a lid on the pan and fry it for like 2 minutes. Should be almost as good as fresh

21:45 I see the lowne trademarked lazy docking method, now with even more laze!

I always love a good long form KSP series, so my vote is to take this to completion, Vacation on Vall sounds like a great series for taking a break from the bugginess that is KSP2.