MechJeb?

[W. Kerman]

I want to use MechJeb, but the comments on curse seem to say that the 1.1.3 version is really, really buggy.

 

Does anyone know about the true stability of this version?

 

I've never used mechjeb before.

[GraviTykillz]

Try it and see. works great It does everthing i need it to , which is Hoffman transfers and Docking.  

Actually MJ taught me how to Land.Gravity turns..ect when i was first starting.

Edited August 25, 2016 by GraviTykillz

[sarbian]

10 hours ago, W. Kerman said:

I want to use MechJeb, but the comments on curse seem to say that the 1.1.3 version is really, really buggy.

And yet many users use it daily...

[Guest]

45 minutes ago, sarbian said:

And yet many users use it daily...

Daily, and without incident. I've been using it for years.

[fourfa]

No serious problems here.  Stay on the main release not the dev builds if you want stability.

[Red Shirt]

No problems for me. Should be stock with an option to turn it off for those who disagree. Really want it on the upcoming WII U release. 

[TheSaint]

5 hours ago, fourfa said:

No serious problems here.  Stay on the main release not the dev builds if you want stability.

This. They're probably talking about the dev builds. 

[PB666]

14 hours ago, Jack Wolfe said:

Daily, and without incident. I've been using it for years.

It has its weaknesses. Don't stake your mission on the reliability of the suicide countdown. I prefer to do my own transfers, Mech Jeb takes to long waiting than then wastes too much fuel when it does.

[Guest]

8 hours ago, PB666 said:

It has its weaknesses. Don't stake your mission on the reliability of the suicide countdown. I prefer to do my own transfers, Mech Jeb takes to long waiting than then wastes too much fuel when it does.

 

Thanks for the tip. But since I've been using MechJeb starting with r4mon's original release, I've got a handle on how to use it effectively.

[PB666]

16 minutes ago, Jack Wolfe said:

Thanks for the tip. But since I've been using MechJeb starting with r4mon's original release, I've got a handle on how to use it effectively.

Also, I don't use the autoland feature, it has a problem when close to hilly terrain of either trying to land above or in the terrain.

[Guest]

[fourfa]

On 8/26/2016 at 5:14 AM, PB666 said:

Also, I don't use the autoland feature, it has a problem when close to hilly terrain of either trying to land above or in the terrain.

Hm - that sounds like a symptom of a low-TWR ship.  With TWR of 3-4 near the surface (commonplace when starting with a local deorbit TWR of ~2), I have found MJ pretty reliable.  Trying to eke out lightweight ships with minimal TWR (for instance many Tylo landers) can be a mess.  In other words MJ's landing profile is not adjustable, it works with some craft and terrain, doesn't with others.

Edited August 27, 2016 by fourfa

[PB666]

If you use the suicide countdown feature and handicap 1 second per km of starting altitude for moderate angle approaches and 2 seconds/km for low angle approaches you should have enough dV/sec in most cases to cover then change in distance as horizontal speed decreases. Of course, high starting angle approaches are silly and wasteful.