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Success guys! Thank you very much to all of you, Debemma has been rescued and joined my team :] Oh boy I had frustrating time catching her! Not sure if it is by default or I accidentally pressed F4 but I was not seeing my target even 500 meters away. Dont laugh but I even fully upgraded my tracking station thinking that it might be the problem lol :] I had 2 batteries on board but no solar panels thinking I will not need them being in such a low orbit, had 2.3 electric charge left when Debemma boarded my interceptor! :] I do feel quite confident now and will happily accept new rescue contracts.

Thank you very much for such speedy replies guys. My bad Aegolius13, I meant to ask if I needed to match target orbit after getting intercept markers close enough. I achieved that from higher orbit. That tutorial video is pretty much a copy of my current rescue mission but with oval orbit. Quite informative, thank you for that. I will give it another go when I get back home. I have a quick save like -T 6 mins on that 0.6 km intercept marker. Bewig, I didnt think of that! I assume it is safe for kerbal to orbit in EVA if you miss your first try? Thank you for your advise everyone. I will update on my attempt later today :]

I need some help rescuing stranded kerbal please. I have only succeeded rescuing kerbal once which was in high circular orbit but really struggling this time. This one is in very low oval orbit AP 88km and PE 83km and I am really struggling with target navigation due to fast orbit. Do I need to match target AP and PE orbit first before attempting rendezvous? I got 0.6 km intercept marker however, my orbit does not match target orbit and when close to it I do not have enough time to maneuver before I loose sight of my target. All of the orbital rendezvous tutorials I have seen show matched orbits, is this a requirement for successful docking/rescue? Many thanks

Majorjim, can you please explain what is your problem with KSP being available on consoles? Ever since February, you cant stop talking how bad was an idea to make this game available on consoles, how bad controls will be and so on. When port was done what was removed from PC version that upsets you? If you never played or planning to play KSP on consoles why does IGN score bothers you? Are you angry that console peasants will come and ask questions on these forums? If you do not own any console, why you even talking about it? Like I said before, I have KSP on PC and on Xbox one now. It runs on Xbox one with no problems and is just as good as PC version. I have no problems building, flying and managing every aspect of this game with xbox controller. One of the best games was made available to even more people but you have a problem with this. Why?

Long time KSP player and forum lurker here :] With my first post I just wanted to share my experience with KSP console so far. I have been playing KSP on PC for long time but as soon as KSP appeared on Xbox One I bought it straight away. Yep I now own 2 copies of the same game. So far I am enjoying Xbox One version as much as PC. I remember a year or so ago many people wanted to play KSP on PC with Xbox controller. These forums were full of proposed controller setups for that perfect game play. And you know what, nothing can beat controller in piloting the plane or keeping your rocket on course on Xbox One and I personally think that the controller is far superior in doing that. So this is my personal pros and cons list. Pros: Use of Xbox One controller with RT/LT pressure sensitivity which allows slow or fast banking and other slow or fast adjustments. Absolute pleasure to fly with. Couch gaming on big telly with PIP and all your Xbox friends. Almost instant recording & sharing of your KSP adventures and funny accidents. Cons: No mods. But the only one I really care is environmental visual enhancements and that is it. So far I have no major issues with building anything using the controller and I have not experienced any issues while flying, setting nodes etc. Buttons on Xbox One can be remapped via controller app. Big thanks to Squad and FT. Fantastic game!