Save file editing of object in flight

[MatterBeam]

Hello.

I have trouble landing a spaceplane in the desert.

It's current velocity is about 100m/s, so it is slowly falling. I could easily land it if the desert floor wasn't littered with bumps that make my craft flip.

Where do I edit a quicksave file to reduce its velocity to 50m/s or so?

VESSEL {

pid = a1961a1121cf4577b6181f424ddd46a4

name = Station Shuttle

type = Ship

sit = FLYING

landed = False

landedAt =

splashed = False

met = 864.550038784742

lct = 122091084.322915

root = 0

lat = 2.01855549127024

lon = -111.769801970143

alt = 717.351708243252

hgt = 45.9329

nrm = -0.0334309,0.2065284,-0.9778692

rot = -0.2411707,0.1964671,-0.6859016,0.6578574

CoM = 0.006344036,-8.927647,0.009856114

stg = 0

prst = False

ref = 4280428893

ctrl = True

cPch = 0.152

cHdg = 1.034

cMod = 0

ORBIT

{

SMA = 302306.269455272

ECC = 0.98710836258898

INC = 2.09991698226246

LPE = 285.997116899176

LAN = 26.3310660480428

MNA = 3.1398379826351

EPH = 122091948.932954

REF = 1

Edited March 12, 2015 by TruthQuark
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[Deutherius]

I could be wrong, but AFAIK the game calculates your velocity from your orbital trajectory at all times (even when your Pe is at the planet's core), so what you want to change would be under the ORBIT part. I'd be lying to say I know what and how, though.

I presume you have insufficient lift to remain in level flight to bleed off velocity, so I present a different solution (cheaty as well, but you don't seem to have a problem with that ): press alt+F12 to bring up the debug menu and hack gravity (you can do that when the game is paused for convenience). Let your spaceplane cruise in the atmosphere to lose velocity. When you feel confident enough to land, unhack gravity and go for it.

[Jimbimbibble]

You can also get hyperedit, which has an option to modify velocity. If you want to do it with the save file I think you would change the eccentricity closer to, but still less than 1. I could be wrong though and the edit will splatter you into the ground, so try at your own risk.

[MatterBeam]

I could be wrong, but AFAIK the game calculates your velocity from your orbital trajectory at all times (even when your Pe is at the planet's core), so what you want to change would be under the ORBIT part. I'd be lying to say I know what and how, though.

I presume you have insufficient lift to remain in level flight to bleed off velocity, so I present a different solution (cheaty as well, but you don't seem to have a problem with that ): press alt+F12 to bring up the debug menu and hack gravity (you can do that when the game is paused for convenience). Let your spaceplane cruise in the atmosphere to lose velocity. When you feel confident enough to land, unhack gravity and go for it.

I used TimeControl to pause the game, Hyperedit to delete horizontal velocity and Hack Gravity for a soft landing.