OSUNightfall

For any rocket that has to do something as complex as "go to the moon" or beyond, I do build top down for the reasons you specified. But for simple rockets to test parts, or those that need only to reach orbit, I usually just throw something together, and thanks to habit that means bottom up . If anyone is listening, it might be nice to update the first post to mention this. I can't be the only person this has caused a lot of frustration for.

Yes! It seems my problem was building from the bottom up, which was my habit when playing stock with the trial and error mentality. Now that I'm playing with FAR and other mods, a much greater degree of precision is needed, thus going back to Engineer. Thank you for all your help. Is this limitation noted in a FAQ or help file somewhere? I looked for something like that but could not find it.

Either I've gone stupid or Engineer has. I only recently came back to the game from like, long before there was science, so maybe I just don't remember how things work. I'm trying to use Engineer's dV calculations to build a simple rocket. I need to see the cumulative dV for each stage, which as I understand it, engineer does. But when I try to view the craft's characteristics, it does not seem to notice all of the engines on this very simple rocket. Here is a screenshot: http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/53243610355743838/33F675AE004F694352DCE75EB3621B5E6D5EE1A7/ Please note the quite simple and logical staging sequence, and the fact that I have two LV-30 liquid engines with access to fuel. What is the problem here? I suspect that my problem is so simple nobody has ever bothered to post about it, but I am at a loss.