JoeSchmuckatelli

I think this is what I think happened. The COL, which had been close to and behind the unfueled COM shifted in the VAB after I rotated it. The automatic nature of it made me suspect the VAB was assigning the lift to the thud rocket, but it sounds like it'sa 90 degree snap to verticali n the VAB thing... I just clicked the plane and it went from horizontal to vertical in an instant.

I built a spaceplane in the SPH that looked like it should fly. Put 'Thud' type engines on it so I could maneuver in space. With all fuel removed from the rocket engines, the COM and COL looked good for atmospheric flight. Plan was to use rocket boosters to get to space, the thuds to help line me up on my trajectory, and then a long glide path back down to my destination. However, once in the VAB, my COL shifted to a point near the Thud rockets - well behind and above my COL (were I in level flight). You can imagine my flight char... okay, there were no flight characteristics - the plane didn't fly. I got it into space, and only killed a few fish when I crashed into the ocean. Is there a rational reason behind this - or is this a quirk of the game? I figured that once the Thuds were out of fuel, and the plane back in the atmosphere - I figured the COL would shift to where it showed me it was in the SPH with all fuel empty from the rockets...

Please, don't use your 'logic' on me. I am convinced if I keep building rockets with planes on top - it will eventually work. Now into my 23d hour of building testing and crashing 'plane on top of rocket designs' I am bound to stumble on that one soon! In other news, I continue to invest in the lottery!

No, no mods yet. I'm wondering if it did not have something to do with reverting the flight. I just don't know - it gets frustrating. I get 3-4 way symmetry options during the build to crash phase, then suddenly I don't on the same craft, in the see-if-I-can--tweak-this-to-crash-later phase.. I've been building my spaceplanes in the SPH to see how they will perform after separation - then trying to mount them (much comical-ness) in a manner that will let me get really high, then glide for a long way. I'm literally very early in career mode with only the basic aircraft parts available. Still, having some successes.

No screen. I literally cannot select any symmetry settingso other than single or parallel... They don't show up.

Whenever I load a spaceplane into the VAB - the available symmetry options go wonky after a while. Trying to put a three engine rocket to propel my plane into the upper atmosphere - but I keep getting only two or one point of symmetry available. This is even after saving the plane in the VAB and having had three point symmetry available - it disappeared after a failed flight and the revert. Ideas?

Well - the problem is getting there in a timely fashion. Certainly, I can sit in front of the monitor for the fifteen to twenty minutes it would take to fly - presuming my squatty little plane has enough juice to get there. But whenever I try to speed up time, my plane gets all wonky - even with stability on and me being in essentially level flight at a constant speed. Something about hitting the period changes the plane's behavior. I just don't have the science available in career mode to keep upgrading enough to make a big enough plane for this to make sense. Guess I have to go back to rocketry.

Oops - well I went to the rocket launch pad and they showed up - on the far side of the planet as well. Pfft. Still haven't gotten into orbit - looks like my little jet is in for a long flight.

Just started playing a few days ago - have built a jet I can actually fly and land, and have been doing the 'fly here get a crew report' missions - except now I have an active mission that will not show markers. I do have active markers (on the other side of the planet) for a completely different mission, so it's only the markers for this specific mission that are missing. Ideas on how to get them to show up? (I've quit the game and restarted and the missing markers are persistent). Thanks.