Lander spinning out of control

[RocketBlam]

I'm trying to land on Minmus to do a mission (which is also bugged, by the way), and periodically, the vehicle will just start spinning out of control. I have SAS on, but it doesn't stop the spinning. Sometimes I can turn SAS off, then back on, and it will resolve itself, but sometimes it doesn't. I'm not out of battery power, the thing just starts spinning, and continues spinning faster and faster.

[Hysterrics]

Pictures would be nice. Do you have multiple engines? If so they could be arranged where, when throttled up, will thrust in different directions and make your craft spin out of control.

[RocketBlam]

If that were the case, it would have manifested itself long before I was landing.

 

Anyway, it's only 1 engine.

 

 

I thought I might be running out of electricity, but it was nearly full.

[RocketBlam]

I just tried this with another ship (which I sent after the first one ran out of fuel) and it did the same exact thing. I was maneuvering around, and it started spinning. If I turn off SAS or do nothing, it just spins faster and faster.

[RocketBlam]

Update: I checked my game cache in Steam, and I had 3 files that failed to validate. I will report any further developments.

Rocketblam Out.

[bewing]

I had this problem during a reentry to kerbin. It was the SAS that caused it. In my case, SAS was unneeded for the rest of the reentry, so I turned it off and landed just fine.

[Wanderfound]

Most likely: you accidentally set some trim (alt + direction to set) during the ascent.

Alt + x to cancel.

[RocketBlam]

But would turning off SAS then turning it back on fix that?

[Wanderfound]

1 hour ago, RocketBlam said:

But would turning off SAS then turning it back on fix that?

Nope.

Edited December 1, 2015 by Wanderfound

[stibbons]

The indicators in the bottom left show the control inputs that are affecting your ship. In the screenshot you posted, it's trying hard to yaw to the left. It's impossible to say if thats because of SAS, or something else and SAS just isn't able to correct it. What happens if you disable SAS? If the yaw indicator moves closer to the centre then SAS was breaking things. If it moves farther away then something else.

What happens if you disable all trim?