tjhowse

I've found a bug in 2.0.8: If you have the ascent autopilot disabled, but automatic staging enabled, then switch to controlling a vessel with unfired stages, it will immediately spend all stages. Here's the thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/31731-Unwanted-sepratron-firing?p=391607

I have worked it out. Mechjeb's ascent guidance was disabled, but the "Auto-stage" option was enabled. I disabled auto-stage and now the issue has gone. Very weird. Should I report this bug in the mechjeb thread?

It seems to happen whenever I take control of anything. It immediately stages all the way down to zero.

I have a pair of escape pods on my space station, consisting of a command pod with parachutes and enough sepratrons around the edge to de-orbit the module with a crew of three. When I first took control of the station after the update, all of the sepratrons fired and put my station into a wild spin. Not to be deterred, I flew up a new pair of escape modules to replace them. I flew my tug over to the delivery rocket and docked with the stack. When I undocked from the delivery rocket, the new sepratrons fired! Sending my tug spiraling off into the abyss with two escape pods attached. I'm fairly sure this is an artifact of the staging changes in 0.20. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, and how to fix it? Thanks, tjhowse.