Basic Flight Training - Chute not deploying

[marka2049]

While doing exactly as the training says, the chute never deploys and I always crash. I have not made any changes. Some runs, I have tried to wobble the craft to slow it down, but nothing works. A bit lost and unable to progress here

[swjr-swis]

3 hours ago, marka2049 said:

While doing exactly as the training says, the chute never deploys and I always crash. I have not made any changes. Some runs, I have tried to wobble the craft to slow it down, but nothing works. A bit lost and unable to progress here

That training was created in an older version of KSP. The drag/aero physics have since then changed, but the training was never adapted to it. If you follow that particular training to the letter, your chute will either shred on the way down, or never open at all.

The only way to survive the training as it is now, is to limit how high you will get (rightclick the chute and slide the 'Min Pressure' all the way to the left so it will deploy in thinner air, and stage the chute when you're still going up, as soon as the icon goes white again), *and* try to be as draggy as possible on the way down (hold pitch up or down and keep doing flips until the chute has fully deployed). It also helps to hold pitch up or down on the way up to force an arc instead of going straight up... that will also limit how high you go.

Edited August 31, 2021 by swjr-swis

[stannis59]

On 8/31/2021 at 6:49 AM, swjr-swis said:

That training was created in an older version of KSP. The drag/aero physics have since then changed, but the training was never adapted to it. If you follow that particular training to the letter, your chute will either shred on the way down, or never open at all.

The only way to survive the training as it is now, is to limit how high you will get (rightclick the chute and slide the 'Min Pressure' all the way to the left so it will deploy in thinner air, and stage the chute when you're still going up, as soon as the icon goes white again), *and* try to be as draggy as possible on the way down (hold pitch up or down and keep doing flips until the chute has fully deployed). It also helps to hold pitch up or down on the way up to force an arc instead of going straight up... that will also limit how high you go.

I can't get this to work even after 10 instances! Wasted so much time, and now get to know that it's the developer's fault that it's not updated? Wow! Why is this then listed on the Steam store, and why did I pay for this?