Mid Career game on 1.8.1 in Windows 10. I have a NERV powered freighter ship that shuttles ore and fuel between stations in Kerbin & Mun orbit - I've been using it for a while with no problems, it has made at least return 10 trips. Now suddenly, after having been docked to the Kerbin station for a while, I've had thrust problems.
When I undocked and backed away I noticed that the RCS seemed almost powerless - this ship is empty but it acted as if it was really massive. Then I made a node to go to the Mun and fired up the main engine. Engine lights, fuel is consumed but the thrust is zero - there is no acceleration and the delta/v meter (just right of the navball) does not decrement as normal.
I used another vessel to pull it away from all other's physics ranges then left it in free space just as a test but still no thrust.
I have numerous mods installed, but none have changed for the last several weeks. I'm don't use steam and I use CKAN so I control when game files and mods update - none has been done since the ship was last working. All my other 30 or so ships I have in space now are unaffected, even three others that are NERV powered. On this problem ship the NERV is just sticking out the back, so no obstructions and no design changes.
There's a few very old topics on this but all are related to new ship builds, or incorrect builds. This was working perfectly but now it isn't.
Any clues where to start debugging would be welcome. If all else fails I will terminate the vessel and cheat a replacement into orbit, but I don't like unsolved puzzles.
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Mid Career game on 1.8.1 in Windows 10. I have a NERV powered freighter ship that shuttles ore and fuel between stations in Kerbin & Mun orbit - I've been using it for a while with no problems, it has made at least return 10 trips. Now suddenly, after having been docked to the Kerbin station for a while, I've had thrust problems.
When I undocked and backed away I noticed that the RCS seemed almost powerless - this ship is empty but it acted as if it was really massive. Then I made a node to go to the Mun and fired up the main engine. Engine lights, fuel is consumed but the thrust is zero - there is no acceleration and the delta/v meter (just right of the navball) does not decrement as normal.
I used another vessel to pull it away from all other's physics ranges then left it in free space just as a test but still no thrust.
I have numerous mods installed, but none have changed for the last several weeks. I'm don't use steam and I use CKAN so I control when game files and mods update - none has been done since the ship was last working. All my other 30 or so ships I have in space now are unaffected, even three others that are NERV powered. On this problem ship the NERV is just sticking out the back, so no obstructions and no design changes.
There's a few very old topics on this but all are related to new ship builds, or incorrect builds. This was working perfectly but now it isn't.
Any clues where to start debugging would be welcome. If all else fails I will terminate the vessel and cheat a replacement into orbit, but I don't like unsolved puzzles.
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