Children of a Dead Earth Guide

Complete Guide to Gold Campaign for Children of a Dead Earth

Complete Guide to Gold Campaign

Overview

EnglishSpaceflight and space warfare in 21st century is not easy. Here’s a (semi-)complete guide for getting gold in default campaign in CoaDE. To get this achievement, you might need to know extremely deep on orbital and game mechanics, some improvization, and bits of luck. Spacefilght experience in Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is recommended. Some knowledge in physics is a bonus, not required (I’ve got gold with default fleet in mission 14, 15, 16 and 18). If you want to go deeper into module design, it’s surely required.中文21世纪的空间飞行和太空战斗并不简单。这是一篇能帮你在这个游戏中达成全金的（不）完全指南。要达成这个，你大概要深入理解轨道力学、游戏机制，有时要随机应变，还需要一点运气。尝试达成这个之前，建议先在坎巴拉里面上几次太空。物理学知识是一个加分项，但这不重要（指南作者都能用默认舰队把最难的几关拿到金了）如果你想深入学习模块设计，还是需要一点物理知识的。

Playlist Link/播放列表链接

First things first: YOU CAN’T get shortest time and minimized delta-v during a single run, it’s a trade-off or a balance between these.

Here’s my attempt to getting gold in some difficult missions. These missions include: missions can’t use your own ship (mission 1-10 and mission 17), missions with hard-to-reach objectives (such as minimum delta-v or keeping enemy’s modules as much as possible). All the videos can be found in this playlist:

首先要强调一点：不能在一次任务中同时达成最短时间和最少delta-v的目标，可以在两次不同的尝试中分开达成。

比较难拿到金牌的任务我都制作了视频教程，这些比较难的任务包括：无法自定义舰队的任务（如第1~10个任务和木星卫星系之旅）、金牌目标难以达成的任务（如使用最少的delta-v或者是剩余尽可能多的模块）。所有的视频教程都在下面这个播放列表中：

Preface/前言

The project is inspired by Mike Aben’s CoaDE gold campaign videos, but he seems abandoned it.

The last update of CoaDE is on Jul.2, 2018. CoaDE is solely made by Zane Mankowski (aka QSwitched) but it seems abandoned. Hopefully there’s some active player and modding community, which make it not so boring. Steam Workshop is also implemented in CoaDE.

If someone find the game is laggy, try this MOD AI to make it not so spammy. This mod don’t modify campaign difficulty.
[link]

这篇指南受 Mike Aben 制作的全金视频启发，但是他放弃了这个游戏。

游戏上一次更新于2018年7月2日，这个游戏由Zane Mankowski (aka QSwitched) 独立打造，但是作者弃坑了。还好这个游戏有一个还算活跃的玩家社区群体和Steam创意工坊，能让这个社群没那么无聊。

如果有人觉得游戏很卡的话，试一下这个AI MOD, 它能让游戏变得不那么卡，也不会改变战役模式的难度。
[link]

On “Vesta Overkill”

For Vesta Overkill, pick up some ships made by AtomHeartDragon in its Dragon Claw Armaments [Core] Catalog:
[link]
These ships are made of core modules and stock materials, you don’t need to care about this. I personally recommend Valravn-E Corvette.

You can build your own ships with stock modules. Someone might unlocked module design in Infolink, but the game won’t make you to use the ships with player-designed modules in campaign.

According to AtomHeartDragon, the mission is more likely an exam to see if you’ve learned enough for Module Design.

On “The Surface of Giants”

After unlocking module design by completing Vesta Overkill, someone might think the mission is easy. But it also serves an exam to see if you have enough knowledge and understanding of orbital mechanics. Most of players are stuck here for a long time.

AtomHeartDragon have a guide on how to beat it with stock modules, if you’re stuck in this mission, just read it and try it.
[link]
Or you can build some OP modules and ships to complete it. Here’s some examples:

  • Drones or missile which has more than 10 km/s of delta-v
  • Laser or Railguns with a range of >1000km
  • Fusion-powered ships/missiles/drones (Community Future Material Pack required!)
[link]

Here’s MY attempt to “gold” it (and mission 15, 16, 18) with default fleet, but it’s REALLY HARD and require some luck:
[link]

Low thrust xfer to match orbital planes:
[link]
Launching missiles, making the “closest approach” as low as possible:
[link]
Long live RFP!
[link]

You can also try this:
[link]

Unlocking Achievements

Reach specified objects to unlock achievements.

  • Fresh Recruit: Complete your first mission: Distress Call at Luna.
  • Battle Tested: Complete your first battle mission: False Flag.
  • Surgical Striker: Complete “Interamnian Incident”, the 7th mission.
  • Warfare Technician: Complete “Retaking Ceres”, the 8th mission.
  • Battle Engineer: Complete “Vesta Overkill”, the 13th mission.
  • Lone Wolf: Complete “Jovian Lunar Tour”, the 17th mission.
  • Bronze: Just beat the game.
  • Silver: Beat the game with Silver on all levels.
  • Gold: Beat the game with Gold on all levels.

血战灶神星

至于血战灶神星，在 AtomHeartDragon 用原版模块和材料设计的 Dragon Claw Armaments [Core] Catalog 舰队中选几艘船，肝几下就过了。我个人推荐这艘船： Valravn-E Corvette.

Dragon Claw Armaments [Core] Catalog: （Steam创意工坊）[link]

你可以使用自带的模块造自己的船，有些人一定会想着通过信息查询解锁模块设计。你们呐，太年轻，太简单。在你完成血战灶神星之前，你是不能在战役模式中使用自己设计的模块的。

按 AtomHeartDragon 的说法，这个任务更像是一次考试，它可以用来检验你是否有足够的知识和能力，理解模块设计中的内容。

巨星表面

解锁模块设计之后，有些人会觉得这个任务很简单，你们呐，太年轻了。这还是一次检验你轨道力学知识的考试。很多人都在这里卡了很久。

AtomHeartDragon 写了一篇如何使用自带模块完成这个任务的指南，如果你卡在这的话，你可以试一下这篇指南中的方法。
[link]
你还可以捏一些逆天的模块和舰船，并用他们完成任务。示例如下：

  • Delta-v 超过 10 km/s 的无人机或导弹
  • 射程超过 1000 公里的轨道炮或激光
  • 聚变推进的战舰/无人机/导弹 （需要社区聚变包！）
[link]

你还可以默认舰队拿到金牌，不过很难就是了，还需要一点运气：
[link]
（以上链接还介绍了我如何在任务15 16 18中拿到金牌）

采用长时间小推力变轨，匹配轨道平面：
[link]
发射导弹，尽可能降低“最接近点”的距离：
[link]
RFP万岁！
[link]

你还可以试一下这个策略，但是用时可能会很长
[link]

解锁成就

完成成就对应的目标，解锁成就。

  • 新兵报到（Fresh Recruit）：完成第一个任务“在月球的呼救信号”
  • 初出茅庐（Battle Tested）：完成第二个任务“伪旗行为”
  • 精准打击（Surgical Striker）：完成第七个任务“小行星704事变”
  • 战争技师（Warfare Technician）：完成第八个任务“夺回谷神星”
  • 战斗工程师（Battle Engineer）：完成第十三个任务“血战灶神星”
  • 亡星孤狼（Lone Wolf）：完成倒数第二个任务“木星卫星系之旅”
  • 铜牌（Bronze）：通关即可
  • 银牌（Silver）：所有任务中都获得银牌。
  • 金牌（Gold）：所有任务中都获得金牌。

Special Thanks/特别鸣谢

Mike Aben’s CoaDE playlist:

  • Zane Mankowski (aka QSwitched) 制作了这个超赞的游戏模拟器
  • AtomHeartDragon 设计的Dragon Claw Fleet
  • Echo 制作的缓解游戏卡顿 AI MOD
  • Fgdfgfthgr 上传的社区材料包和社区聚变包、制作的汉化、设计的DHC2 Fleet.
  • WafflesToo (aka https://www.youtube.com/user/jonskowitz) 和 Mike Aben 制作的游戏视频，这些视频让我想起了在坎巴拉太空计划和现实中的空间飞行里面使用的一些小技巧。

Mike Aben 的播放列表：

DHC 2.0 Fleet:
[link]

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