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Looks like this did the job. My gametime was still moving slow as a snail but no more random RCS thrusting. Thank you all for your help

You're totally right, the NavBall clearly indicates a yawing motion. Can't believe I missed that . Although I set it to [W]. Next time it happens I'll check my docking mode to see if that registers any input or if it changes anything. And I'm not near-sighted so I'm not accidentally leaning on my keyboard. The lack of problems when zoomed in made me think that it had something to do with visible part count (since my station has quite a lot of parts) but I can't figure out a connection between high part count and control input. I always have a PS3 controller plugged in for my Rocket League games. It's fairly new so I can't imagine this being a problem but I'll make sure to unplug it next time I play and start messing about around my station and see what happens. My constructions are fairly symmetrical but not in such a way that my CoM stays in the same place when burning reaction mass. So I place 2 sets of RCS thrusters (so 8, with a maximum momentum arm) on every dockable craft where I can't guarantee a static CoM. And I always dock with SAS on since I often dock parts that need to be aligned very meticulously (such as external propulsion modules) Maybe? I didn't like the standard configuration so I reconfigured a lot of the controls... If all else fails I can try to revert them to the original configuration although I'll need to learn how to play all over again I'll let you know how it all plays out but real life has my calendar filled for the coming days so it might take a while Thanks a lot for your valuable input people!!! Appreciate it a lot!

As far as I can remember I only encounter the problem within physics range of other crafts. I often timewarp until I'm about 100m way. I never overshoot though and I won't go faster than x2 or maybe x5 in the last kilometer or so. But I doubt that has anything to do with it since the erratic behavior just suddenly pops up in the middle of a maneuver. The craft does not assume a specific orientation, if I wouldn't intervene it would just spin faster and faster until internal stresses would break it apart (although I don't think KSP calculates such internal stresses, but anyway....). So to describe the full scenario: I launch I get to space circularize in such a way that I get an encounter with my target warp loosely until I'm at 5km warp at max x5 until I'm at 1km, max x2 until 200m open DPAI select docking port I want to control from select docking port I want to target start RCS-puffing my way towards the craft but before I can reach it... the craft starts pitching at its max pitch rate I disable RCS go to Tracking Station select my probe and go back to it orient my craft again and continue docking This goes on for a while until I finally dock. As mentioned this issue does not occur when I'm all the way zoomed in on my probe.

I never work with trim on spacecraft since mine are [snip] symmetrical. But trim has passed my mind before as well but unfortunately killing any possible trim did nothing. Docking from IVA with DPAI is indeed very fun and is usually my preferred choice. However the majority of my space station are modules (thermal, electricity, fuel, science, ...) that are controlled by a probe. So IVA is a no-go. Most of the mods I have are not 1.5.1 compatible yet as far as I know, so I prefer to stay in 1.4.5 just a bit longer.

Hi all, I'm an avid and fairly experienced KSP-player. I've run into some issues that I can't seem to be able to solve. During docking it often happens that my RCS thrusters start firing uncontrollably in 1 certain direction. I can't be absolutely certain but it seems to be in pitch. I can't be certain because my control indicators show no input whatsoever. I'm not touching my keyboard or mouse yet my RCS is flipping my satellites like crazy. When I turn off RCS and bring it back on they are firing again. When I switch to my station that I want to dock with and switch back, the RCS will still be thrusting (no matter if I disabled them during the switch or not). The only way to get control back of my craft is by going into the tracking station, finding the satellite/probe/whatever and getting back to it. You can imagine this has gone wrong on numerous occasions since this issue usually happens during docking. (Yes, that means big booms, reloading previous saves and starting all over again. My neighbors asked me who I was fighting with so much) This happens nearly every time I dock and seems to increase in frequency as my station gets bigger (might be in my head though). It makes no difference if my SAS is turned on or off and does not seem to affect my reaction wheels. However, to add to the mystery, sometimes this random rotation happens during other stages of a mission but then this IS visible in the control indicators AND influences my reaction wheels as well. Here as well the only option is to go to the tracking station and getting back to the craft. I have no clue what's happening, I can't find any obvious errors in the console and don't have any outdated I/O-devices on my PC. I'm runnning 1.4.5, my installed mods are - Chatterer - Blackheart Stickers - Environmental Visual Enhancements - Firespitter _ IDFlags - Kerbal Engineer - Kerbal Joint Reinforcement - Tweak Scale - Docking Port Alignment Indicator - Planet Shine - SCANsat - Scatterer - Surface Lights - Kerbal Alarm Clock Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Furthermore, an image says more than a thousand words, so here are over 300000 words: By the way, I did some further testing. Things seem to go a lot better if I zoom in on my craft and I don't see my station. This means docking fully based on the DPAI. Not ideal but a valid workaround. However you can imagine I'd like to actually see what I'm docking with, so if there are any ideas I'd love to hear them. Thanks!