Dakota

Discuss this release here <-- This rocket denotes an issue or change that community members directly helped by sharing or suggesting it to our dev team. Thanks to all of you who send in bug reports and suggestions! Bug Fixes Construction Fixed: Game crashes when moving an assembly in the VAB with a nose cone as the anchor part and any non-single symmetry mode Fixed: Stack Separators placed below a vessel root part do not separate correctly causing destruction of the vessel Fixed: Clicking on the Orthographic Cube while holding a part or vessel deletes it while in the VAB Fixed: An exception is thrown when changing the Launch Assembly in the VAB, affecting the functionality of the Delta-V tools Fixed: Loading a vessel in VAB shows magenta cubes for a few seconds Environments Fixed: Black dots show on Jool when observing the planet from the surface [1] Fixed: Galaxy skybox does not rotate in some situations [1] Fixed: Stars are too dim when orbiting some celestial bodies Fixed: Lighting on vessels orbiting Kerbol at a semi-major axis of >=23,000,000,000 flickers EVA Fixed: Running a surface survey when planting a flag results in the Kerbal becoming uncontrollable [1] Fixed: Running a Crew Observation from the PAM on an EVA Kerbal does not show any animation Added new Kerbal Variety assets from the Exploration release to KSC Kerbals Fixed: Kerbal Rocket Pin haircut does not receive correct hair colors Flight & Map Fixed: Orbital drift compensation did not take axial tilt into account consistently, leading to additional drift near Celestial Bodies with axial tilt [1] Fixed: Orbital drift compensation decreases in quality over time [1] Fixed: Decouplers require two clicks to stage [1] Fixed: LT-5 "Bandioot" landing legs collapse to minimum length when any weight is applied [1] Fixed: Vessel and KSC icons on the map are too large, particularly when closer to the camera [1] Fixed: Switching to Mission Control when paused in flight hangs the game [1] Fixed: Shielded docking ports cannot be undocked after a reload Fixed: Shielded docking ports can dock when closed Fixed: Vessel collision with water often only destroys the first part Fixed: Heat shield automated fairings cause aerodynamic occlusion to parts near them Fixed: The vessel becomes active and the scene is switched automatically to flight view of the vessel. Fixed: Jet engines cannot be deactivated until throttled down to zero [1] Fixed: Surface teleport tool doesn't work in non-English languages Fixed: Surface teleport tool shows incorrect maximum altitude values for some celestial bodies Added new color theme to both A and B Intersect nodes on the Map" Adjusted colors and iconography associated with Intersect Nodes on the Map Fixed: Flight Report does not appear when crashing a vessel if the previously launched vessel had been recovered Added a delay before showing the Flight Report after a vessel crashes Fixed: The velocity readout in the Flight HUD only shows 4 significant figures FX and Audio Adjusted reentry VFX trigger points to more closely correlate with start of reentry heating Fixed: Heat shields do not show heat glow during reentry Fixed: Procedural wings do not show heat glow during reentry Localization Fixed: Missing localization of some terms in the Mission control screen Fixed: Missing spaces in some languages in several sections of the Part Info window in the VAB Fixed: Incorrect localization for Research Reports collected around Dres Fixed: Incorrect localization for Research Reports collected around Jool Menus and Settings Fixed: Using the Teleport tool with the maximum AP selected teleports the vessel slightly outside the target Celestial Body Fixed: Cheats menu can become locked into a box on the screen and cannot be moved outside its boundaries Fixed: Time Warp controls are still available when exiting to the Main Menu from within a gameplay session Fixed: Part poses for some main menu animations are incorrect Missions and Tutorials Fixed: numerous errors in mission text [1] Fixed: Mission debrief text is repeated in "Minmus Monument" mission [1] Added a waypoint to guide the player as part of the "Tertiary Dibs: Platinum" mission. Fixed: An orange arrow/marker persists on the map during the tutorial "Establishing an Orbit" Optimization Fixed: Several memory leaks when launching or loading vessels Parts and Stock Vessels Reduced atmospheric shock heating in the upper 45% of most atmospheres significantly Increased heat transport away from parts in the top 20% of most atmospheres Increased stack decoupler and separator thermal masses by up to 3x Increased unshielded docking port thermal masses by 1.5x, increased temperature tolerance to 800K Increased thermal mass of light procedural wings, stabilizers and control surfaces by 1.5x Increased thermal mass of medium procedural wings, stabilizers and control surfaces by 1.75x, increased temperature tolerance to 1350K Increased thermal mass of spaceplane procedural wings, stabilizers and control surfaces by 1.2x Fixed: Surface attached lights don't function when first launching a vessel [1] Fixed: Solar panels occlusion is not calculated correctly near and past Jool Improved: RSCM-01 "Sample Grabber" arm incorrectly deploys in many situations Fixed: Crater Crusher stock vessel has its solar panels incorrectly oriented Saving and Loading Fixed: The Burn Timer window does not show staging events after loading a save with an active maneuver Fixed: Vessels lose functionality if loading a save that was made outside of flight mode in certain situations Fixed: Reverting to VAB with multiple vessels on the runway causes one of them to become unuseable Science Changed the behavior of experiments that take time: they will no longer pause when leaving a valid research location and will instead enter a suspended state until you return to the original region, where they will restart without player input Fixed: The Science action button flashes for already-completed experiments [1] Fixed: Mission notifications appear in Sandbox mode [1] Fixed: Experiment crew requirements depend on the vessel's crew intead of the part's crew Fixed: Orbital Surveys do not work in Low or High Kerbol orbit Fixed: Using the Transmit All button in the Research Inventory re-transmits already completed experiments SUBMITTING BUG REPORTS AND FEEDBACK If you'd like to provide feedback about this build, there are many different ways to do so: Submit Feedback through the Game Launcher Suggest a Change on the Forums Join us on Discord to discuss potential changes Bug reports should be shared to: KSP Forums Bug Reports