LordFerret

Greetz. New to the game. Played the Demo, got hooked, bought the full version. Playing Career mode currently. No mods, running vanilla. Learning, experimenting, having a good time with it. Don't care for these forums though, vBulletin must no like me, keeps making me log back in whenever I try to post ... not to mention I have to wait for a moderator to approve. That's ok though, been there, done that, I used to moderate and admin so I know how it works lol. See ya'll out there.

When I decoupled the Tug, I tried to click on the capsule and see if I could 'control from here', but it wouldn't let me. When I went to the map, it did not show the Tug ... yet returning from the map the Tug was floating there next to the Station. Yes, I had a pilot in the Tug. The only thing missing from the Tug was fuel - it was loaded with RCS mono-propellant, but no fuel (Liquid & Oxi). When I went to Tracking, the tug was all of 10m or so from the station, just floating. When I got to Tracking, all that showed was the Station, no Tug. When I returned from Tracking (back to the Station), the Tug was gone. The debris page showed nothing (I keep a clean spaceport and orbital environment... everything comes back down and gets recovered). Being new to the game, I'm not sure where to look for the save file. I just now went to the pilot selection screen to check for the lost pilot's name - and he's gone lol ... now it shows no lost pilot. Very strange. The Station's name is simply "ISS". I know, not very original. The Tug's name is "RCS-Tug n", where 'n' is the Tug number... for when I have more than one aloft at a time. At the moment, I have one Tug (another, launched last night) at the Station. I have no mods installed. I'm looking at the docking alignment and camera tools though... maybe... tempted... I like playing a vanilla game. I'm going to try to duplicate the circumstance. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for the replies. Ferret

Greetings, new to the game. Playing career mode. I've a 'space station' built with crew and lab modules, and with cross segments holding RCS and fuel storage tanks. I built a 'tug' and brought it up to the station, the idea was to use it to move parts around during the construction process. It worked quite well, and I left it docked overnight. Today, I resumed my construction project. The tug holds a lot of RCS, and figuring it didn't need fuel, I offloaded what was left to the station holding tanks. I decoupled the tug and waited for it to drift clear for a moment, then switched to Tracking to go pick up the tug and fly it. It was gone. It just disappeared... and with it, the pilot onboard, who is now listed as "Lost". Any idea why?