Recovering vessels from kerbal orbit and beyond?

[Noakesy97]

Not really sure if this Is a bug, but I'm not sure where else to post it.

I had a relay in orbit of minmus, went to the pause menu to go back to the space centre, but I found that I could press the "recover vessel" button, which I previously thought was only for recovering vessels on kerbin, but my vessel was recovered and i got something like 40% recovery funds. Seems very odd because half the fun of this game is launching vessel after vessel in an attempt to return stranded kerbals. But this can be done simply from the pause menu? So my question, is this intentional?  

Thanks in advance

[DrLicor]

Hey, I'm not playing on console, but the recovering function of a vessel should defintly not be allowed when from the surface of Kerbin. 

 

maybe take a look here:

 

[bewing]

It's a known bug, and is being worked on.

 

[Noakesy97]

18 minutes ago, DrLicor said:

 

Maybe take a look here:

 

Had a quick look, and maybe im being dumb but i cant find the known issues thread that the post is talking about. 

Either way this thread is out there now so hopefully someone will pick it up

Just now, bewing said:

It's a known bug, and is being worked on.

 

Ah right, thanks

[XLjedi]

Sounds like a bug...  you should not be able to recover something unless it's landed on Kerbin and not moving.

If I had the appropriate parts in stock, I might even suggest doing away with recovery from the surface of Kerbin.  I may play my next career and try to force myself to only use the recover button if the craft is actually sitting somewhere on the KSC.  I think the only mod part I'd need for a playthru like that would be the KAS winch and attachment parts.