Space bar doesn't reorient camera during EVA

[DLrocket89]

Hi everyone!

I've been messing around with KSP for awhile now. I've come across a rather annoying bug (bug for me at least) - when I'm EVA'ing in free fall, the space bar doesn't reorient the camera (as it says at the KSP Wiki site). This makes EVAs frustrating endeavors as up is left and down is back and whatnot. Very hard to control.

Ideas? Is there a place for me to re-map the key assignments?

Thanks!

Dustin

[tsotha]

The space bar isn't supposed to reorient the camera. It reorients the Kerbal. If you want to change camera modes us "v".

[DLrocket89]

Sorry, my bad. It's not reorienting the kerbal either. )-:

[Guest]

The more I mess with it, I realize that there is no way to orient the kerbal out of the orbital plane. Has it always been this way?

Edited January 20, 2015 by Otis

[tsotha]

Sorry, my bad. It's not reorienting the kerbal either. )-:

Does his jet pack work at all when you use the aswd keys? If not, you need to turn it on first.

[DLrocket89]

Does his jet pack work at all when you use the aswd keys? If not, you need to turn it on first.

Yeahup. That's why it's so frustrating. normally W is forward, but because the camera is messed up it's back or left or something (the direction is moves on my screen).

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The more I mess with it, I realize that there is no way to orient the kerbal out of the orbital plane. Has it always been this way?

So is there a way to make this work? Always orient the rocket normal first and then EVA?

[tsotha]

The more I mess with it, I realize that there is no way to orient the kerbal out of the orbital plane. Has it always been this way?

You get a couple different planes to choose from (use "v" to cycle through them), but his head always points "up".

[numerobis]

My fix is to set the camera behind the Kerbal, but I definitely wish you could rotate his up vector.

[Alshain]

You get a couple different planes to choose from (use "v" to cycle through them), but his head always points "up".

No it doesn't. You can click the mouse pointer on him and drag him around upside down (with EVA pack on).

[Leszek]

No it doesn't. You can click the mouse pointer on him and drag him around upside down (with EVA pack on).

The only problem is that as soon as you do something it re-orients the Kerbal to whatever useless plane the game picks. This plane depends on the camera so best options is to press "V" until you get something useful. Though lots of times I just re-orient the ship. I hope changing the orientation of the Kerbal is something they will add in the future.

[tsotha]

No it doesn't. You can click the mouse pointer on him and drag him around upside down (with EVA pack on).

And what's the point if he changes back as soon as you do anything?

[Kryxal]

And what's the point if he changes back as soon as you do anything?

It at least lets Kerbals hit the ground with their most resilient feature ... that is to say, their heads.

[KSK]

Yeahup. That's why it's so frustrating. normally W is forward, but because the camera is messed up it's back or left or something (the direction is moves on my screen).

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So is there a way to make this work? Always orient the rocket normal first and then EVA?

That's what I do if possible and it seems to work OK. It's not much help if you need to get out and push though.

[Janos1986]

I didn't even know that spacebar did that in EVA.

[cartman]

The only problem is that as soon as you do something it re-orients the Kerbal to whatever useless plane the game picks. This plane depends on the camera so best options is to press "V" until you get something useful. Though lots of times I just re-orient the ship. I hope changing the orientation of the Kerbal is something they will add in the future.

If you use a joystick(or a gamepad) he will not reorient unless you press space.

Yeahup. That's why it's so frustrating. normally W is forward, but because the camera is messed up it's back or left or something (the direction is moves on my screen).

The controls are relative to the Kerbal i think not the kamera (at least with the joystick its true).

[KerbMav]

If you use a joystick(or a gamepad) he will not reorient unless you press space.

The controls are relative to the Kerbal i think not the kamera (at least with the joystick its true).

Both true, the first should even be true for keyboard controls.

[Kesa]

It at least lets Kerbals hit the ground with their most resilient feature ... that is to say, their heads.

No, It lets them hit the ground with their feet (not their most resilient feature, but next to). To hit ground with head yo have either to click and drag, or to auto rotate while high in space (near apoapsis)

[flashcactus]

The more I mess with it, I realize that there is no way to orient the kerbal out of the orbital plane. Has it always been this way?

There is a way to do that, which I've been searching for for a very long time. If I remember correctly, it is done by pressing the mouse wheel and dragging the mouse around.