Weird VAB Whack a Kerbal Behavior

[peachoftree]

Check this out, Was curious to see if parts in the VAB had any actual physical presence using whack a kerbal (they don't btw) and I noticed very strange. When you fire out towards the launchpad the balls all curve consistently to the right, why is that? My main thought is its because KSC is actually sideways, the effect is actually unity applying gravity to the balls. Just an Idea though, I would love to hear what you guys think.

Edited June 9, 2015 by peachoftree

[Engineer of Stuff]

They do that because you aren't supposed to fire it inside the VAB.

But seriously, I have never tried it.

[peachoftree]

I just found it strange because you expect there to be no physics at all in the VAB, and the balls to continue on in a straight line forever, but they don't and for whatever reason that really intrigues me.

[*Aqua*]

In the VAB & SPH you can see a tweaked version of Kerbin. So if you fire a ball out there gravity will affect it like it normaly does. If you disable gravity the ball will fly straight. But because Kerbin is rotating and moving around the sun it looks like it flys a curve. Actually it's the VAH & SPH which rotates away from the ball.

[Feradose]

If Im remembering it right, one of the devs told that making the KSC was hard because it was sideways. (Kerbins equator, not pole so its sideways in universe plane in game) so it might really be unity applying gravity to it. Great find!

[dryer_lint]

In the VAB & SPH you can see a tweaked version of Kerbin. So if you fire a ball out there gravity will affect it like it normaly does. If you disable gravity the ball will fly straight. But because Kerbin is rotating and moving around the sun it looks like it flys a curve. Actually it's the VAH & SPH which rotates away from the ball.

... whoooaaa

[peachoftree]

In the VAB & SPH you can see a tweaked version of Kerbin. So if you fire a ball out there gravity will affect it like it normaly does. If you disable gravity the ball will fly straight. But because Kerbin is rotating and moving around the sun it looks like it flys a curve. Actually it's the VAH & SPH which rotates away from the ball.

but then why do they fall to the south and not to the east?

[*Aqua*]

As I said it's a tweaked version of Kerbin. For example the sun will always shine. I don't know what other tweaks there are.

[Feradose]

but then why do they fall to the south and not to the east?

like told before, south is where the unity's own gravity applies so when you shoot it in the VAB, it just falls "down" and VAB is sideways.

[Dres]

BTW, You can actually destroy buildings with those things. Try aiming at the buildings from inside the SPH.

[Robotengineer]

I cannot believe that this terrible bug got through experimentals!

[Feradose]

Well youre using debug menu to make it happen and it wouldnt really matter if you werent using such hacky stuff in the first place. Its not really important and its ok if its not fixed

[Gargamel]

I cannot believe that this terrible bug got through experimentals!

Probably was there from the beginning....

But I know what you meant