[1.1.2] FreeEVA 0.6.1

[Drew Kerman]

this causes problems with Fusebox

[taniwha]

Could you be a little more descriptive? The only problem I see there is about window ids, and FreeEVA has no windows and thus no ids to clash.

[Drew Kerman]

whoops I forgot to quote myself in the Fusebox thread so you couldn't follow the conversation all the way back. Here is the issue. I know FreeEVA doesn't have a window, that was just a guess on the mod authors part. But whatever is going on happens as long as FreeEVA is in my GameData folder. Tested with only Squad, NASAMission, Toolbar, Fusebox and FreeEVA in GameData

[taniwha]

could you link the specific post instead? It seems your page7 is not my page7. Anyway, I still have no clue what the problem is. Better yet, just say what the problem is.

[Drew Kerman]

Apparently I'm just derping all over today. FFS. I did mean to link to the post itself. Whatever, here:

If FreeEVA is in my GameData, the game loads into flight/VAB scene with Fusebox looking like the left image. If I take it out, the Fusebox window shows up fine.

Log file

[taniwha]

Well... in you log file, there are too many problems to shake a stick at.

#1 problem: you have a duplicate Fusebox installed in GameData/FreeEVA. I suspect this is the main culprit of this particular issue (the window)

The others...

KOS is throwing exceptions all over the place.

Kethane is throwing an exception in its tutorial (I suspect this is a known issue, though).

LTScience is throwing exceptions left right and center.

PlanetShine is throwing.

ActiveTextureManagement, too.

Planet Factory is throwing a few exceptions.

HaystackContinued

Clouds (ie, EVE)

FinePrint (isn't that redundant now?)

RealChutes.

KJR

KerbalCam

and the list goes on. Really, I'm surprised anything works at all.

[Drew Kerman]

#1 problem: you have a duplicate Fusebox installed in GameData/FreeEVA. I suspect this is the main culprit of this particular issue (the window)

How in the bloody hell did that get in there? 0_o If I were putting in a new Fusebox folder I would drop it straight into GameData in the folder tree of Explorer not the folder window itself and possibly atop another folder. Weird. But that fixed that so good catch, thank you.

The others... Really, I'm surprised anything works at all.

Meh, everything throws exceptions all the time not a lot actually do anything to really effect the game. And I honestly haven't noticed anything. I check the debug window every now and then for a wall of red text. Because I rip out anything I don't need from part mods and agencies and contracts, it's easy for the game to not be able to find things its looking for The Fineprint was just referencing all the Squad contracts I deleted, for example, not the actual mod itself

[taniwha]

It takes only one exception to ruin your game, no need for a wall of red.

[Drew Kerman]

this isn't working at all for me. I know you know my install is an exception-riddled mess so I stripped down to NASAMission, Toolbar, Squad and FreeEVA to make sure. I EVA the kerbal, click the toolbar button, get the message saying I should press Spacebar to re-orient the camera, and nothing happens when I press the spacebar. I went into the Input options and cleared out all spacebar keymappings, still no joy. I notice that when FreeEVA is enabled, my kerbal no longer re-orients when I pan the camera around and thrust, so the mod is grabbing hold of the camera but I can't make it do anything with it.

Tidy little 111kb output log

[taniwha]

Space does not reorient the camera, it reorients the kerbal... but only if the kerbal's RCS is turned on.

[Drew Kerman]

Space does not reorient the camera, it reorients the kerbal... but only if the kerbal's RCS is turned on.

oh, whoops thinking about it the wrong way. Regardless, nothing happens when I press spacebar, even with the kerbal's RCS switched on

[Tarheel1999]

Gaiden. The Kerbal will only reorient himself if his back isn't facing the camera. Try evaing a kerbal. Releasing the ladder. Turning on RCS and then panning the camera so you are looking at the side of the kerbal. Then hit the space bar. This mod simply divorces the kerbal's movement from the camera orientation. It is essentially a toggle for the menu option concerning EVA but better because you can rotate the kerbal forward/back or side-to-side without the kerbal automatically changing back to straight up and down.

[Drew Kerman]

yea I understand all that. Nothing happens. The only thing that changes when I enable FreeEVA is the kerbal no longer turns to face the camera when I thrust around. I can hammer the space bar all I want.

[Tarheel1999]

Than it sounds like you may have removed the stock key binding because that is what Free Eva uses. The mod doesn't really change how the spacebar/camera works but rather what happens when you thrust, which sounds like is working for you.

[Drew Kerman]

The mod doesn't really change how the spacebar/camera works but rather what happens when you thrust, which sounds like is working for you.

Ah, then I just had the wrong idea about what this mod does.

[taniwha]

I have updated. Changelog in the first post.

[Drew Kerman]

so is it at all possible to allow the kerbal to orient "heads up" whichever way the camera is rotated? Instead of just +norm or +rad? In other words, pitch forwards or backwards

[taniwha]

Gaiden: not without a lot of work for which I have no time. You will just have to use LMB drag.

[Apollo13]

Will FreeEVA be updated for KSP 1.0? It was a very nice addition to KSP 0.90.

[taniwha]

It certainly will. I need to check a few things first, though. I've been busy getting EL up to snuff and attending with a funeral (my wife's uncle).

[taniwha]

And updated

[taniwha]

And updated again. I should have waited

[eodh]

thanks for keeping it updated!

[ZobrAA]

Does this mod even work? I see no difference between FreeEVA (when activated) and stock camera behaviour...

[taniwha]

ZobrAA: It has nothing to do with the camera. It's all about the EVA Kerbal while flying (ie, using RCS). FreeEVA off: turn the camera, thrust in a direction, kerbal spins to face away from the camera. FreeEVA on: the kerbal does not spin.