DennyC

Time warp does indeed seem to turn it On and Off. The science lab has been processing for the duration of several missions and many weeks. I assume that the total it has accumulated has been during periods of time warp when I'm not looking. Moving the focus to the Science Lab, I see that the accumulated science is reported out to the third decimal place, With one notch of time warp, X5, I can easily see that the science total advances by 0.020 in one minute of MET. With time warp Off (X1), the science advances not at all in one minute of MET. I would think that a minute of MET would have the same effect on the game no matter if time warp is X1 or X5. But, it doesn't seem to work this way.

My science lab doesn't convert data when it should be. Looking at it now, it has 688.7 data, and 447.6 science. Two scientists are aboard. It lists a science production rate of 9.29 per day, but the "science" quantity does not update even when it has power and the "Research" status says "researching". But as soon as I do a bit of time acceleration to x5, the science begins to increase. Why does science production yes/no depend on time acceleration? It also seems that science is not produced unless the focus is on the lab. However, there must be some unknown condition that works, because I have somehow accumulated 447.6 science, even though it is not now increasing. What conditions are necessary to get the lab to work even when I am off doing other things with my other missions?

I am trying to update my 1.0.4 to 1.1.3, on a Mac, and it is not going well. When I unzip the 1.1.3 archive into my applications folder, it creates a KSP osx_2 folder inserted of updating the KSP osx folder with it's Saves and mods history. If I unzip it into the KSP osx folder, it creates another KSP osx folder nested within it. I'm afraid that if I start individually replacing folders and files, I'll mess it up badly. I guess what I am looking for is a patcher, not a new install, but I didn't see a patcher available, except for Windows. What is the upgrade procedure?

Thanks. It probably is that simple. No sign of a malfunction, just something that puzzled me, Despite all these hours, I'm still finding interface features I hadn't known. It'll be a while before I get another rendezvous ready.

Somehow, I can no longer see the position and range cue for my rendezvous target, even at close range. I have still been able to rendezvous by using the nav ball cues and the range tip in orbit view, but it is a little clumsy to go back and forth between the two views. I used to have the cue at ranges less than about 25k, and I don't know what happened to make it go away. I am using 1.0.2.842 (Mac), with Kerbal Engineer, Precise Node, and Alarm Clock. My tracking station and launch pad are fully upgraded, and VAB and R&D are at Level 2. I'd like to get the rendezvous aiming cue back.

When opening KSP and recalling a saved game, I received the message "You have incompatible saves in your folder." and was offered the choices of "Delete" or "Cancel". Catastrophe. Choosing "cancel" produced a blank window and a KSP lockup. No response to any key. Tried again, and unwisely chose "Delete". It deleted EVERYTHING, not just the problem saves. It deleted the entire career and everything else I had saved, leaving me with a default saves folder (default, scenarios, training.) Didn't put it in the trash, either. I have a backup in Time Machine, but I lost two weeks worth of work (well, play...) What happened? Is there any recovery from this message, or is that the end of it? How can I avoid this destructive failure? Mac OSX 10.7 KSP version 1.0.2.842 Kerbal Engineer, Alarm Clock, Precise node Stage recovery (not used) Trigger Tech (not used)

Aha. I had the display turned on on one thermometer. Turning it off fixed the current drain. That seems to have been the problem, although I don't remember using the thermometer the first time I noticed it. Thanks for your help.

I have a manned craft on the way to the moon that has something that is stealing battery charge. The craft has an empty cockpit, a manned capsule, a materials lab, two goo canisters, and two thermometers. I am not advanced enough in the tech tree to have solar panels, but have two batteries. The batteries, plus the onboard charge of the crew capsules have been enough for previous missions if I am careful an gentle in maneuvering. Without maneuvering, the current drain is normally 0, and the charge state does not change. However, after completing a midcourse correction, the electrical usage eventually settled at .01, instead of 0, and now the charge continually decreases. All engines are off. Turning the SAS off does not help. Toggling the torque Off does not help. I tried minor maneuvers, but the current still settles to .01 instead of 0. When I recalled an earlier save of the same mission, the passive current was 0, as expected, but became .01 again after ejecting from Mun orbit. What has changed to cause the continual slight discharge? On a long mission, it has a troublesome impact, and prevents things like transmitting science. One mission was lost from this problem.

Got it, Thanks. Eventually I'll get caught up with the changes in 1.0. I've watched a number of the tutorial videos; a very good resource, but sometimes not for searching for a specific answer. You can watch 20 minutes of video, only to find the answer is not there.

Something seems to have disabled the maneuver node in a recent save. I have the Mission Control and Tracking Station upgrades necessary to allow maneuver nodes. I set a node to help me get LKO insertion. Then when I returned to the orbital map to do an orbital alignment, it would not set a node. I clicked repeatedly on the blue orbit, but it would not open a node. What went wrong here? Second question: I'm not seeing the spacecraft position as it moves around the orbit in the map display. Is this possible? It is nice that the node no longer disappears when you return from Space Center.

In orbit with two active contracts, one completed (Get to Orbit). The other one, "Achieve 2500 m/s" did not complete, even though I exceeded 2700 on my reentry from a highly elliptical orbit. Then the craft skipped into a second elliptical orbit, since I did not scrub off enough energy prior to reaching pA. I went to map mode and browsed Minmus, etc. while in my elliptical orbit. Then to the Space Center so I could shift the focus back to my orbiting craft. At this point I found that both of my active contracts had disappeared. Nor were they in the "Available" or "Archive" lists. Both the craft and the mission were designed to complete these contracts. How do I avoid this next time?

Understand, thanks. - - - Updated - - - I consider this question Answered, but don't see how to indicate this in the thread.

They are equipped with parachutes, and I have seen them deploy and the boosters make a soft landing. However, after the mission, the "Debris" button in the Space Center shows 0, there is no opportunity to recover them, and I do not get credit for the boosters or parachutes. I can recover my separated third stage that lands nearby, but not the boosters that land on or near KSC.

Thanks. That makes sense. I am now synching orbits and will be trying that.

My docking control keys seem to be boogered up. I have rendevoused with another orbiting craft, and am in postion nearby. I have keys ijkl mapped for left - right - up - down translation, and H-N for forward - back. However, instead of translating left-right, the J & L keys produce exactly the same up-down movement as the K-I keys. I have no left-right control whatever. The WASD keys produce rotation instead of translation. When in staging mode, the right hand 4-key set again produces only up-down translation. I have two RCS thrusters on opposite sides of an upper stage. Is there a solution? Other people seem to be docking OK.

I've not been able to get the Engineers to work. Symptom is that the tabs appear only in the launchpad window, and only once. If I click on, say, orbit, it shows parameters once, but cannot be recalled without quitting the game and starting over. In the VAB, the UI produces an apparently nonfunctional "KER" button, and what is probably some kind of gray interface window extending down from the top, but with no content. This is the first mod I've installed, adding the Engineer folder to the GameData folder. Mac OS X 10.8, KSP .23, Kerbal Engineer Redux [0.23].

I agree that it is annoying to have to rely on videos or forum posts to deal with specific questions. These media are great for learning as much as you can about this very captivating and educational game, but they compete with the time you could be doing the game, let alone time needed to deal with life. Several times I have watched 30 minutes of video trying to deal with a single question, and instead gotten a pile of information that is useful, but still leaves me with the original problem. I use the wiki, the videos, the Drawing board and others, spending more time there than in flying. Perhaps someday (months in the future) I might make contributions myself, but I sorely miss a single, centralized "lookup" with text, graphics, a good index and table of contents. I recognize this is not easy to do well, and doing it badly would not be worth the effort. But it would add value (think: $) to the game.

I consider this as "Answered", and am looking for a way to flag it thus.

Ah, that could explain it, although I don't know for sure. Will watch that and the LED signal. I know about alt-L stage lock, and had checked that.' Thanks to all.

I didn't know about this, and didn't check it. However, I have a sketchy memory that at least one time, I may have seen another color down there --- magenta, pink, or even red. I am a newbie, have built a few ships, done some low orbits, some science, but no munar or beyond.

Every now and then, my staging advance (spacebar) just goes dead in the middle of a flight, and from then on, I can maneuver and throttle, but remain stuck in that stage. There are no circumstances where this is a good thing. Quitting the game and restarting seems to clear it up temporarily. Loading a new rocket has no effect Loading a different game has no effect. I tried reassigning the stage advance to a different key, but still had the problem. Quitting the game and restarting seems to clear it up temporarily. using v. 0.22.0.351 on a Mac 10.8

I am unable to dependably orient an EVA-ing Kerbal, making it difficult to get him back aboard. According to the wiki page on key assignments, <spacebar> should orient the free-falling Kerbal to face in the same direction I am looking. However, this works only about one time in maybe a dozen or 15 attempts. Usually, pressing the spacebar has no effect, although it usually works the first time I use it on a given EVA. Without this control, you have to do some weird estimate of transformed coordinates to translate the Kerbal's left-right-forward-back reference to your line of sight to the capsule. I have sometimes made this work, but my lower orbits are becoming hazardous due to the presence of frozen and starved Kerbals.

I consider this answered (thanks to everyone!), but can't figure how to change the status.

In my first EVA, in orbit over Kerbin, I flew Enwig around for a while, then back to the ship before I lost sight of it. After several tries, I got him close enough to the ladder that the F (Grab) prompt appeared. I hit the F key, which had the immediate effect of shutting off his RCS, driving him back from the ship and spinning. I did this several times with the same result, and he never did grab the ladder. His propellant is now gone and he drifts in orbit. How do I get him to grab the ladder?