New to this, but have played about 20 hours. Have done the tutorials and are playing the game in sandbox mode as I just want to try different things. Kind of like "What does this button do?".
Anyhow, I have built the ship described in the tutorial about getting to orbit, so I know it's capable. I swapped out the Engineer for a Pilot of good skills, and yet that little button that would let the pilot fly the ship remains unavailable even after lift off and I have to try to pilot the thing into orbit manually. I do have the "Flight Assist" button available but that just makes the rocket go straight up.
How can I get my pilot to pilot the rocket into orbit?
I bet this pretty basic stuff, but it's frustrating me.
