[1.10] Pilot Assistant: Atmospheric piloting aids - 1.13.4c (2020-08-18)

[flart]

NullRefs when the Pilot Assistant window even isn't opened.
 

[ERR 23:28:38.586] Exception handling event onTimeWarpRateChanged in class AsstVesselModule:System.NullReferenceException: 
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine_Auto_Internal (System.Collections.IEnumerator)
  at UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine (IEnumerator routine) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.StartCoroutine (IEnumerator routine) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.VertModeChanged (VertMode newMode, Boolean active, Boolean setTarget) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.WarpHandler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.AsstVesselModule.WarpHandler () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at EventVoid.Fire () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

[EXC 23:28:38.587] NullReferenceException
	UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine (IEnumerator routine)
	PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.StartCoroutine (IEnumerator routine)
	PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.VertModeChanged (VertMode newMode, Boolean active, Boolean setTarget)
	PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.WarpHandler ()
	PilotAssistant.FlightModules.AsstVesselModule.WarpHandler ()
	EventVoid.Fire ()
	UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
	EventVoid:Fire()
	TimeWarp:assumeWarpRate(Single, Boolean, Boolean)
	TimeWarp:setRate(Int32, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean)
	TimeWarp:Update()

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4kk7iz9srzb8wn3/2019-11-10-KSP.log

[zolotiyeruki]

Dredging this one up, just to update it for KSP 1.9

[zolotiyeruki]

I got the urge to play KSP today, so I pull this project up, recompiled for 1.10, and created a new release.  It's available via github here:

https://github.com/zolotiyeruki/Pilot-Assistant/releases

I'll work on getting it updated in CKAN soon.

[Beetlecat]

2 hours ago, zolotiyeruki said:

I got the urge to play KSP today, so I pull this project up, recompiled for 1.10, and created a new release.  It's available via github here:

https://github.com/zolotiyeruki/Pilot-Assistant/releases

I'll work on getting it updated in CKAN soon.

Hey, cool!

I still use this darn thing because one of my favorite IVA packs hooks into it for autopilot controls.

[Krazy1]

I'm new to this and I can't get it to hold altitude. Heading hold seems to be working. I pause the game, type a desired altitude which I'm very close to already and the yellow text top center says it's been changed. But it keeps changing the target altitude. I tried changing SAS surface/ orbit but it's the same. I tried setting climb rate to 0 too but either way it goes to a slow descent about -5 m/s. It certainly has enough control authority. I can can hold it myself. I'll try again.

So now I can set an altitude but it won't hold the heading setting. I set 90 but it keeps increasing constantly... 95, 100, 105. It seems it will not hold heading and altitude? I certainly need both to walk away from it. 

Edited August 30, 2020 by Krazy1
update

[zolotiyeruki]

I'm not sure what sequence of button presses you're using, but for altitude, you need to:

1. make sure that axis of the autopilot is disabled*
2. select the mode you want (Alt, Pitch, Rate)
3. Enter the value you want in the box
4. click the button to the left of the text box

The same procedure works for the heading--select a mode, enter a value, click the button to the left.

* If it's engaged, and you switch modes, it'll take the current position as the setpoint for the new mode.  I.e. if you're in vertical speed mode and climbing at 5 degrees of pitch and passing through 10k meters, and you switch to Altitude hold mode, it'll try to stick you at 10k meters.

[Krazy1]

3 hours ago, zolotiyeruki said:

I'm not sure what sequence of button presses you're using,

Yeah I was setting the axis on first then trying to set the value. Need to use the "target" button to set AND enable it. Thanks. 

I've decided it's better at flying and I'm better at making sandwiches.

[Krazy1]

So I made a plane for the Circumnavigation Challenge and put the cockpit at the rear facing backwards to protect it from heat. It was also the root part. Now PA thinks I'm heading 270 deg and it's actually 90 deg. I changed the pod control direction in the PAW to "reversed" to get the navball correctly aiming to 90 deg. but that doesn't fix the PA direction. It doesn't seem to use the direction setting. It would be nice if it did. 

Next problem, I tried changing the root to several different parts and that did fix the PA direction but everything I tried made the drag go up dramatically. I can't get the Rapier powered plane past transonic. And it's exactly the same plane except for the root part. I tried going back to the pod root and drag was normal again. There's another thread about this root/ drag problem. Apparently it wasn't fixed in 1.10. 

[m4ti140]

The Surface SAS doesn't seem to work. LAlt + T only turns on regular SAS

[Krazy1]

Hi @zolotiyeruki  I just had KSP crash instantly to the desktop - never saw that before. I've been ignoring null reference errors that usually occur when time warp is stopped:

Exception handling event onTimeWarpRateChanged in class AsstVesselModule:System.NullReferenceException
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.IsObjectMonoBehaviour(UnityEngine.Object)
  at UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine (System.Collections.IEnumerator routine) [0x00012] in <5aeafee3fea24f37abd1315553f2cfa6>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.StartCoroutine (System.Collections.IEnumerator routine) [0x00001] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.VertModeChanged (PilotAssistant.FlightModules.VertMode newMode, System.Boolean active, System.Boolean setTarget) [0x00049] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.WarpHandler () [0x00033] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.AsstVesselModule.WarpHandler () [0x00001] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at EventVoid.Fire () [0x00127] in <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0 
 
(Filename: C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime/Export/Debug/Debug.bindings.h Line: 35)

NullReferenceException
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.IsObjectMonoBehaviour(UnityEngine.Object)
  at UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine (System.Collections.IEnumerator routine) [0x00012] in <5aeafee3fea24f37abd1315553f2cfa6>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.StartCoroutine (System.Collections.IEnumerator routine) [0x00001] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.VertModeChanged (PilotAssistant.FlightModules.VertMode newMode, System.Boolean active, System.Boolean setTarget) [0x00049] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.PilotAssistant.WarpHandler () [0x00033] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at PilotAssistant.FlightModules.AsstVesselModule.WarpHandler () [0x00001] in <c2097b1bb69442bd8d59c8bb28227d23>:0 
  at EventVoid.Fire () [0x00127] in <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0 
UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
ModuleManager.UnityLogHandle.InterceptLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
EventVoid:Fire()
TimeWarp:assumeWarpRate(Single, Boolean, Boolean)
TimeWarp:setRate(Int32, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean)
TimeWarp:Update()
 
(Filename: <5aeafee3fea24f37abd1315553f2cfa6> Line: 0)

Here's the log.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/khl9g7t80bll9te/Player.log?dl=0

I was flying "Kombine" and just entered physics range of "Mun station" when it crashed.  I wasn't using Pilot Assistant (in space). Also posted this same thing on TweakScale thread due to obvious warning spam from that.

[LadyAthena]

I felt like playing KSP again after a long stint away. This was one of my favorite mods to help with plane control since I only use keyboard.

However, I remember there being pre set waypoints and auto pilot settings, such as telling auto pilot to land at the Runway, etc, which doesn't seem to come with this version (I used CKan to download).

Am I missing something?

[zolotiyeruki]

That is probably another Autopilot mod.  Maybe Kramax or AtmosphereAutopilot?

[zolotiyeruki]

Just bumping this--I tested it this morning, and this mod works in KSP 1.11.

[theonegalen]

I'm so glad you picked this up! My Warbird Cockpits mods autopilots are based on using this for the backend through it's interaction with RasterPropMonitor!

[Nether]

Works on KSP 1.11 and has amazing baseline PID, way more stable than mechjeb baseline. Just wish it had auto-land feature.

[Caerfinon]

Another auto pilot mod based on Crzyrndm's "Pilot Assistant" is Kramax. It has  very good auto landing features.

 

[zolotiyeruki]

Just a bump today:  I've tested it in 1.12, and it works fine.  When I get around to it, I'll get it updated for CKAN.  Until then, you can still use the Github link in the first post.

[BadDriver771]

I don't know if I'm missing something, but I can't find where to use the mod - I've used the mod before, ages ago, and the button to use it was on the top right, but I can't find it now.

[zolotiyeruki]

Hmmm, I don't know.  Simple question, though: are you sure you installed it in the right folder?

[BadDriver771]

I've put it in the Gamedata folder, although I noticed that there is a folder called Gamedata inside the PilotAssistant folder, and inside that folder there is another folder called PilotAssistant. That might have something to do with it.

[zolotiyeruki]

Yup, that'll do it. You need to put the second PilotAssistant folder (the one deeper in the file tree) into the KSP GameData folder.

[BadDriver771]

That didn't work, but I did a fresh install of KSP and it worked after that.  Thanks for trying though.

Edited September 3, 2021 by BadDriver771

[GDJ]

Sorry to bring up an old post, but Pilot Assistant still works for the latest KSP game, with the DLC's.