Make action groups programmable in flight

[Foxboy]

Hello,

probably this has been suggested before, but i wanted to ask if the development team still is aware of this issue:

When inflight, you often dock/undock vessels, and while the scrambled staging can be fixed inflight, the action groups cannot.

For example: If i dock a ship to another and want to toggle all my solar panels by pressing (2), the game won't allow this.

Or if i switch to a ship i haven't activated for a long time (Jool mission return crew saver rescue vehicle you know what i mean....), i simply can't remember i used (2) to activate the drag chutes, and PLOPP the chutes are gone and i don't have a mechanic onboard. Doh!

It would be great to be able to re-assign the action groups while inflight (as long as the VAB is upgraded enough of course).

[zolotiyeruki]

There's another post right next to yours with a similar request.  And I agree--I've often come across situations mid-mission where it sure would be helpful to re-do the action groups.

[moogoob]

It would be an instant fix to the "stuck antenna" problem at the same time.

[Tex_NL]

Yes, this has indeed been suggested before. All the way up to insanity and at least two very good mods.

Action Group Manager : Very small and easy to use. But it does take some getting used to.
Action Groups Extended : Does not only allow in-flight editing but also adds over 200 extra groups.

[pandaman]

Yes, not only would I find this very handy, it seems a very logical thing to be able to do anyway.

[Kar]

Totally supported!!!

9 hours ago, Foxboy said:

Hello,

probably this has been suggested before, but i wanted to ask if the development team still is aware of this issue:

When inflight, you often dock/undock vessels, and while the scrambled staging can be fixed inflight, the action groups cannot.

For example: If i dock a ship to another and want to toggle all my solar panels by pressing (2), the game won't allow this.

Or if i switch to a ship i haven't activated for a long time (Jool mission return crew saver rescue vehicle you know what i mean....), i simply can't remember i used (2) to activate the drag chutes, and PLOPP the chutes are gone and i don't have a mechanic onboard. Doh!

It would be great to be able to re-assign the action groups while inflight (as long as the VAB is upgraded enough of course).

 

[AbacusWizard]

I highly recommend Action Group Manager and I'd love to see something like it in stock.

[Jimbodiah]

second this idea...  We should have a single list that maintains all the good ideas, else it will all just drown in the other topics.