How to get to Duna using Cheat Menu?

[jamescraftian99]

I am trying to do a Duna lander, but I have no skill in building rockets or actually getting there, so I decided to use the Alt f4 menu and don't know what to put down, can anybody help me with the numbers for a Low Duna Orbit?

[Geonovast]

First - Moved to Gameplay Questions.

Second - It's Alt + F12.  Alt + F4 will close the game.   That would be a frustrating mixup!

Third - When I'm not sure what numbers to set, I just put the semi-major axis at 1.  The game won't let you put something in orbit that's below a "safe" altitude, so it will automatically change it to the minimum for the planet/moon you're trying to orbit.

[Zhetaan]

2 hours ago, jamescraftian99 said:

Alt f4 menu

That would be an interesting April Fools joke.

@Geonovast's solution will work for any celestial body, but in case you want to know how to figure it for an orbit that you want, as opposed to the minimum safe orbit that the game chooses, it's important to remember that the game uses the centre of the planet for its altitude reference, but internally subtracts the planetary radius to give you a sea-level altitude in the display.  This means that your input for Set Orbit must include the radius.  You can find it in the information panel in the Tracking Station or from the wiki (or by setting an orbit and subtracting the altitude in the flight view from the SMA value).  For Duna, the radius is 320,000 metres and the atmosphere is an additional 50,000 metres, meaning that safe orbits begin at 370,000 metres.  Orbits higher than about 2,100,000 metres will have unfortunate encounters with Ike, but that's well beyond low orbit.