Reputation bar

[ray.mcdonough]

The bar at the top of the screen, blue, green, strips, that's the rep bar, right?

I can't find any explainations of how to interpret the colors and symbols. Any links?

Thanks.

[Aragosnat]

If you look really really closely.... There are also numbers to go with it. But, rep goes from -10,000? to 1,000.... Also you will never ever reach 1000 as the rep you recieve exponentally contribute less and less as you go past 900. You start off at 0 on a new career and If I remember right each new color is 250 rep. Edit: Even if you get a contract that gives you enough rep to go over. It will never happen as the game starts to reduce the actual amount applied to the rep bar.

[ray.mcdonough]

Originally posted by Aragosnat:

If you look really really closely.... There are also numbers to go with it. But, rep goes from -10,000? to 1,000.... Also you will never ever reach 1000 as the rep you recieve exponentally contribute less and less as you go past 900. You start off at 0 on a new career and If I remember right each new color is 250 rep.

So it's like golf and lower is better?

I seem to be stuck at the blue side on the left side, the indicator in the middle, and a light blue bar with dark blue and light blue stripes half the way over. It seems to have been this way for a while now.

I can see 50 on the far left, and 75 almost to the middle on the green side. On the blue side, I can barely make out 400 (I think) and I have the graphics cranked running the latest DirectX that allows me to read the instructions on the solar panels (look out, these things open!).

I have no idea what these numbers mean.

[Aragosnat]

No. Higher is better. 900+ is when you get contracts for things like Eve and Jool and beyond as well how much the contracts pay. It also influnces the Explore x contratcts that are a one time deal that never expire.

Edit: reason for the negitive is also for when you want or need to do a bail out as you are Fund poor.

[maj.solo]

u need to move the meter to the right ....

I mean I never ask for help.

I play the game and see the meter go right in evey career ... who needs to ask question sabout that? .... get on with your career and praise yourself .... dont look for praise from someone else and especially not from a meter.

I played sports on elite level got up into top division TWICE in two different teams. If your are competitive I understand how achievments and all that and the rep meter can get people like that hooked.

But since getting the rep meter to move right is too easy in theis game, it is more a log of how much you completed so far. If the meter would dramatically move LEFT for every kerbal you blow up it be another story. So ---- just stop looking at it and pad yourself on the back instead.

Getting better reputation supposed to finally get you interesting things to do.

But I am telling you .... you only need to complete missions and do them one after the other and the meter will go right ..... no problem.

[ray.mcdonough]

So, the rep bar doesn't control anything? I thought it would somehow effect what contracts you get offered, or something.

[FourGreenFields]

Originally posted by ray.mcdonough:

So, the rep bar doesn't control anything? I thought it would somehow effect what contracts you get offered, or something.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Reputation
It does change stuff.
"1. it increases the difficulty of contracts with typically better rewards
2. it will grant better rewards for all contracts across the board
3. it gives Mission Control more contract slots."

[ray.mcdonough]

Originally posted by FourGreenFields:

Originally posted by ray.mcdonough:

So, the rep bar doesn't control anything? I thought it would somehow effect what contracts you get offered, or something.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Reputation
It does change stuff.
"1. it increases the difficulty of contracts with typically better rewards
2. it will grant better rewards for all contracts across the board
3. it gives Mission Control more contract slots."

Thanks, I though it should.