AlamoVampire

it isnt MechJeb that caused this, as, mechjeb got me to a rendezvous, it was once I was in docking range, or rather nearing docking range that all hell broke lose, but, to answer you guys on how I do it w/out mech jeb, the answer is simple: I have only done so ONCE w/out it, and then, it was a royal cluster fail of screaming past my target vessel and not being able to zero out velocities, which, necessitated getting mechjeb lol. But, again, the glitch has NOT reproduced itself YET since I now have 2 cruise and fuel stages docked to my target vessel, just need 2 more then off to Jool. I will launch a test save and try a manual docking again to see if it duplicates w/out mechjeb on either vessel and report back success or failure or something in between.

had something similar, also from steam, but, I usually launch from an icon on the desktop as opposed to direct from steam, but, I do keep steam ON for updates and what not. For me, Id get to about 500 meters down to as close to 250 meters then suddenly the target vessel accelerates away and as it hits 5km distance, it suddenly warped to half way around kerbin. MechJeb and Lazor Docking cam from Romfarer are my 2 mods atm.

NICE!! to the one above me

just an update to any who may be following this, the second cruise/fuel stage has been docked on upping it to now 300 parts and like 200 tons give or take... this is just getting ugly, a final product shot will show up at some point also, during this most recent docking, I did not observe the odd behavior mentioned in the op

battery power was not the issue, had 4 giant solar panels out + 4 of the 400 rechargables on the thing. I do use launch to rendezvous, but it always ignores me and goes into a full circle orbit, which I find odd, but, it seems to work, usually. After waiting about 10-15 minutes from that cluster bang of a mess, I relaunched into a 212 x 212km orbit, and it worked like a charm. cruise stage 1 now docked, part count is going up, gonna hurt frames badly at some point lol. only 2 mods I use are Mechjeb and romfarers lazor docking cam, and both never seem to conflict... edit: while, yes, at this moment, I managed to finally dock part 1 of 4 of my cruise stage engines and tanks, I will leave this as unanswered to get more input from as many people to see if this is a bug or what not.

got a new horrid mission. Okay, I do not understand this one. Until today I have had no real issue with docking anything with the help of MechJeb. Today, I launch an interplanetary ship core with no real issues. I get it into a 100 by 100km orbit no sweat. I go to launch the first of 4 cruise stage fuel/nuclear engine components and all hell breaks loose. The thing gets into orbit just fine, I get it into the same 100 by 100 km orbit just fine. As soon as it finishes its final burn to circularize I engage the rendezvous planner and autopilot, it goes to work, matches the inclinations just fine, sets up a Hohmann Transfer just fine, and starts to close for an intercept. The odd and hateful hell is when I get to about 20km out, the targeting sensors come on and show my range and even turn on the target relative velocity indicators like normal. The thing starts to do its burns and what not, and then I see it, my relative speed is not decreasing even with my rockets exhaust pointed right AT my target, its increasing, but, my distance is closing, so I figure, its just a glitch in the display. I get to 500m then 450, then 400 and so on, then it happens. The target suddenly is increasing in distance from me, 450, 500, 1km and so on, then at 5km from me, it suddenly warps to a million or MORE KM ahead of me. I hit the button to get closer and this idiotic dance repeats, this time, I get to about 200m distance then the target whizzes away and I am left with no fuel and a strong desire to cry, because at this point I have spent 2 HOURS trying to dock 1 of 4 modules to a ship.

Okay, I do not understand this one. Until today I have had no real issue with docking anything with the help of MechJeb. Today, I launch an interplanetary ship core with no real issues. I get it into a 100 by 100km orbit no sweat. I go to launch the first of 4 cruise stage fuel/nuclear engine components and all hell breaks loose. The thing gets into orbit just fine, I get it into the same 100 by 100 km orbit just fine. As soon as it finishes its final burn to circularize I engage the rendezvous planner and autopilot, it goes to work, matches the inclinations just fine, sets up a Hohmann Transfer just fine, and starts to close for an intercept. The odd and hateful hell is when I get to about 20km out, the targeting sensors come on and show my range and even turn on the target relative velocity indicators like normal. The thing starts to do its burns and what not, and then I see it, my relative speed is not decreasing even with my rockets exhaust pointed right AT my target, its increasing, but, my distance is closing, so I figure, its just a glitch in the display. I get to 500m then 450, then 400 and so on, then it happens. The target suddenly is increasing in distance from me, 450, 500, 1km and so on, then at 5km from me, it suddenly warps to a million or MORE KM ahead of me. I hit the button to get closer and this idiotic dance repeats, this time, I get to about 200m distance then the target whizzes away and I am left with no fuel and a strong desire to cry, because at this point I have spent 2 HOURS trying to dock 1 of 4 modules to a ship.

that is one big ship zeke!

Laj you poor poor soul. there is 0 difference between science and technology, the one cannot exist with out the other. you seem incapable of believing that we as a species cannot progress beyond what we have now, and that is so fundamentally flawed it is hilarious. The natural laws as we understand them today, the physics we understand today is evolving beyond what understand today. What it will be tomorrow is different than what it is today. What we can accomplish in 1 year or 10 years or 100 or a thousand years will NOT be chained by what we know today. THAT is what YOU need to accept. You must accept that things will change, our knowledge will expand and we will find NEW natural laws that permit such things to exist. This is the last I will acknowledge you, as discourse between you and I can not serve any purpose because you fail to grasp at what we as species will one day be able to do. Safe voyages in this wondrous game, and may you one day see what I see and have the faith that I have in humanity that we will one day see technology that we can only dream of today.

Sean: I think the ideals we see in Star Trek are something we should by all means strive for, because honestly, if we are to survive as a species, then, well, that sort of society we see in Star Trek is something we MUST achieve, and doing any less, or saying that glorifying it is a bad thing <at least that is the vibe I am getting, if I am wrong, redact this entire post sir, with an apology for the failed interpretation> then, we are already doomed. The technologies postulated and fantasized about in Star Trek and all its children series are very possible with some having come to pass in one form or another already. I will never back down in such a debate as this when it is important that we do not cower from such ideals, but stand up and embrace them fully. To be fair in my saving those whom nature would demand to die statement, I refer to those who would by some misfortune of birth defect or premature birth, that would, if left to natures own devices would die, those by the dictates of natural law should die, which, unless I have gravely missed something, is what it appears that lajoswinkler would think should die, by his own argument that natural law cannot be circumvented. Given that medical technologies and treatments are what they are today, that natural law is being routinely circumvented with potent medications and long stints in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, which, by and large is a GOOD thing that this is happening. Where I personal stand beyond this on this very charged subject, will, for decency sake, remain private, as ones views on such a subject can and will lead to very ugly debates that can and will get out of hand because of how passionate we all are. Now, with the above said, I say again, that, the ideals postulated and presented in Star Trek are nothing to be ashamed of or spoken of in hushed tones, but are something we all should try to achieve, and one day, those ideals very well may come into reality, as for those technologies, replicators, phasers, warp drive, transporters, deflector shields and so on, we lack the fundamental knowledge right now, as we sit here to make it happen, but again, if you believed lajoswinkler we will NEVER have the fundamental knowledge to make such things happen, which, is naive at best, and harmful at worst. Will we see some iteration, absolutely. How do I know? Because face it, we are an ingenious species, we WILL make it happen. Hell, we can photograph LIGHT ITSELF WHILE IT MOVES. I think we can achieve anything we set out minds to! Behold Femto-Photography: skip to 2:00 if you dont want to listen to him chat http://www.ted.com/talks/ramesh_raskar_a_camera_that_takes_one_trillion_frames_per_second.html

well, so far, the proudest ive been is landing a small unmanned rover on Duna, furthest I have ever been, and in a stroke of unimagination I named it Kuriosity, probably too excited after landing it XD

6 kerbal EVA, wonder if they had fights on who got to go in last

well, my most horrible mission? well, tried to dock this mess: it kept flying apart during launch, IF it did not do that, it well, was uncontrollable during docking, had to abort and revert the whole mission. those cans on bottom of those truss's were for support in atmosphere.

Laj, you make me feel soo sorry for you, you really do. You seem so limited, so shackled. I will grant you 1 thing. Not all things are possible TODAY. BUT, who are YOU to say what cannot be done in 10, 20, 50, 100, 1,000 years? Are you so unimaginative to think that humanity will never find the understanding to make what YOU think impossible to become as common place as a trip to London from New York City is today? Are you so limited as to think that just because we lack the knowledge today that we will ALWAYS lack the knowledge? It is seriously people like you who fought soo hard against some of our species greatest minds because they thought what was impossible to THEM was going to remain such. Expand your mind, expand your ideas, then, see what we can do. natural laws say man cannot fly, that we cannot exceed the speed of a rifle round, yet, we do so DAILY. Natural law said we cannot reach beyond Earth, but we have, and we continue to do so. Natural law once said we could not live longer than 30-40 years, but now, we have those who have seen 100 birthdays or MORE. Natural law says SOME must die at birth, yet we routinely save those who NATURE would demand die. Nature is NOT our stopper, it is unimaginative people such as you who try to stop us.

star trek is indeed a grand vision for what could be. there is NOTHING that says that in 300-400 years we as a species will achieve a similar society where we strive for personal enrichment, where the greed and failings of our society today are a thing of the past. not a bloody thing says something like that can not be. and to you laj: you are pitiful, I feel so sorry for you that you are so limited in what you believe is possible. there is NOTHING, not a blasted thing that is impossible. It was impossible for a single person to fly ALONE across the ATLANTIC OCEAN, but, Charles Lindbergh proved that it was NOT impossible, but POSSIBLE, now, we fly from America to Europe DAILY. It was IMPOSSIBLE that the world was anything BUT flat, turns out, it was IMPOSSIBLE to be anything BUT round. It was IMPOSSIBLE for a television signal to be broadcast across the Atlantic, now, we can broadcast from NYC to Sydney Australia. It was IMPOSSIBLE for the noble souls of Apollo 13 to make it home, but, they made it home ALIVE. The ONLY thing that is impossible is ONLY impossible while we THINK it is. The INSTANT we decide that we want something or to do something, it becomes only a question of WHAT WILL IT TAKE? They said we could not survive in space, and now, we do so daily now dont we. You are closed minded and flawed beyond reason, there is nothing we cannot do, nothing.

My new addition to my Kerbal International Space Station. Some Stats: 127.44 Tons, 5 Crew <currently, room for several more>, 186 parts, 15 open docking ports at this time. not related to the image, but, silly question, ive opened whack-a-kerbal and it complains i have no target, even when I select something...

yup, what they all say is right. but, heres a list: 1. add either an ASAS (Advanced SAS) or an SAS 2. more batteries, solar cells, thermal generators 3. larger probe core 4. check your Center of Gravity, its a button at the bottom of the VAB on the lower left side of the screen, can show Center of Mass or Center of Gravity, Center of Thrust and one other thing, but for the life of me cannot remember its name hope that little list helps, oh, and welcome to the fun!

yup placement is key. I had a rocket go all 10 on the richter scale on me and shatter. reverted to VAB and hit 8x symmetry and placed 4 sets of struts. it looked as if dr frankenstein got a hold of my rocket, but it was very solid and launched just fine. hell, check this out: middle of that ugly mess is a capsule, and 'ontop' is part of my station, but notice all the struts. wobble like a sausage it did, but never broke. btw, it flexed everywhere BUT at the capsule

it is closed minded people like you that would stagnate humanity and keep us shackled to this planet. What we see in Star Trek is a grand vision for what COULD be. Will it shake out to be exactly like that? Who knows, but to blatantly claim that we will never see technology that is like that, is well, foolish. Flight was nothing more than fantasy and something reserved for insects and birds until 2 very brilliant men in Ohio said: you know what? that looks kinda fun, bet we can do that! and guess what? WE DID. Jules Verne made wild claims in the 19th century about space travel, and MANY people thought as you now do that it would never happen and could NOT be done, and what have we done? Stepped foot on the moon, sent probe after probe after probe beyond this planet with 2 very nearly out side the reach of OUR STAR, again, something that a CENTURY ago was IMPOSSIBLE. Do not sell humanity short by claiming something is NOT possible. Hell, look at 20,000 leagues under the sea, impossible technology of underwater ships that stay down there for long duration. oh wait, we do that on a daily basis in the various Navies of the world or the various Scientific submersible vehicles used. They once said it was impossible to touch down on the bottom of the sea, and we sent a sub down to the bottom of the marianas trench and down into Challenger deep. They said man cannot travel faster than sound, that it was impossible to exceed the barrier of sound and we have world air speed records that show that it is possible and back in the day Chuck Yeager did just that, broke MACH 1. They said man cannot drive faster than the speed of sound, and yet: The official land-speed record (measured over one mile) is 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mi/h) (Mach 1.020), set by Andy Green (UK) on 15 October 1997 in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, in Thrust SSC. source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/2000/land-speed-(fastest-car) Soon, there will be an attempt to break 1,000 MILES PER HOUR on the GROUND, will it succeed? Who knows, but, NOTHING is impossible. The day we stop and say something is not possible is the day we stop trying. The day we say we can not go one step further is the day we as a whole have given up. There is no goal that we cannot attain, nothing we cannot do if we put our minds to it. Humanity cannot nor shall it ever be shackled to a limit that some would impose on us, because it is in our very nature to progress, to strive for that next hill, to seek what we do not know. It is not in our nature as humans to say that what we have is enough, that we know enough. Never will the day come when we and our curiosity is satiated and we allow ourselves to stagnate, it is not in our nature. We are the curious, we are the intelligent, we are the ones who have stood up and said we do not know enough, that we want to learn more, that we MUST learn more. We are the people who will push humanity forward into territory never before conceived outside of science fiction and dare to make it a reality. We will never sit down and let questions go unanswered. We do not know what we cannot do, not because we have not done enough, but because we have not stopped to say that we cannot do something. We may not now know how to achieve what the authors of science fiction so readily give us, but we will one day find a way to make those fantasies a reality. That is our responsibility as sentient beings on this planet. It is our duty to step forward and say to each other and then into the stars and heavens above that we will not be denied our place in the cosmic chorus, for we will one day know how to sing you our songs of progress and that day will come sooner rather than later!

yup! just click on your kerbalnaut as if you are trying to select him as a target or a control from here action, you will see: Plant Flag

that looks suspiciously like NASA technology, to what mod do we owe that pleasure?

gonna be blunt: a true, actual warp drive is not magic at all, it is simply beyond our meager capabilities and understanding of any form of physics at this time. In time it will be no less magical than our smart phones are to us today or our ability as a species to go to the ISS or fly from New York to LA or to London or where ever. It is shocking the amount of stuff that Mr. Roddenberry predicted with the original Star Trek. Hand held communicators at the time were 'sci-fi magic' but today: The communicator of science fiction: the communicator today: or if you like, from ST-TNG the humble PADD: to today's IPAD: as you see, what you so readily dismiss as magic, is more than possible, it WILL happen. Right now, people say we cannot exceed the speed of light. this, for now, is true, but that is ONLY because we do not yet know or can even fathom the physics needed or the technology needed to make this possible, one day, we will, and we will look back and say, how did we survive with out it?

I hate the lag at SOI transitions, its caused me more time in deep space than I intended!! thing I love? Its a space game that lets me live out my deepest NASA-esq fantasies as a little green man, whats not to love about that?

that it is! Welcome to your new addiction!

Honestly here: I have not yet made it passed Duna, but, I gotta say, the rule on no mods for this challenge is not fair. there are 2 mods that I think are honestly a must, because they make this game easier and can conserve valuable fuel. MechJeb <and considering that they are apparently NOT going to include something like this at all: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Planned_features which is a horrible loss if you ask me, see bottom in red> and Romfarer's Lazor Docking Camera. If you do not know what I am talking about, look at this picture: this pic is off of google images: its the Picture in Picture you see about middle - lower left of screen, it along with MechJeb makes docking simpler. to compare that docking cam, this is what NASA uses: that is the real thing from NASA. IF NASA uses autopilot and docking cam's I think its fair that we do, especially the autopilot when you consider the extreme physics of reaching the far outter edge of the system of Kerbal Space Program