crew report from ghosts

[g.koster]

I believe I found a bug

I got one of the missions to test a lander can in suborbital flight.

so I toke a probe attached a lander can and some rocket.

so as you can't do it differently I opened the right clicking menu on the can en tested it. then I so I could do on an empty lander can a crew report. it worked.

So crew report from a ghost.

[SpaceLaunchSystem]

Yep. That's a bug I experience all the time. It's been in the game since at least 0.24.

[dryer_lint]

It's not a bug, it's a "feature"!

You see, it's really the probe taking the crew report. The only reason it needs a lander can is because the lander can has the clipboards inside.

Yeeeeaaaahhh.

[problemecium]

Yep. I've frequently retrieved crew reports from ships that haven't ever even had a crew aboard. I guess as long as there could be crew, R&D is happy.

Maybe there's a test dummy in there...

[daniel l.]

I think that when there is no crew on board thecrew report should be called "Mission Control report" Meaning that mission control is making use of the instruments and other doodads onboard to experience what a real crew would.

[magnemoe]

It's not a bug, it's a "feature"!

You see, it's really the probe taking the crew report. The only reason it needs a lander can is because the lander can has the clipboards inside.

Yeeeeaaaahhh.

Pretty much, you need an probe or kerbal to control the ship, you can however do crew report from pods who never have been maned.

[aleis]

"To our science sponsor. Crew report reads as follows. 'Nothing to report'"

[KerbMav]

The report is not generated by the crew, but by the part itself.

There is no test for whether a capsule is manned or not - something like the science lab processing routine has or the command function that gives control over a vessel.

Science reports lack this test as only the crew report requires a crew present - all other science equipment works as long as you have control of the vessel, either by a manned capsule or a probe core.

So probably an oversight that has not yet been corrected.

[Xannari Ferrows]

Beaten to the punch... oh well, might provide some primary information anyway.

}MODULE
{
	name = ModuleScienceExperiment	

	experimentID = crewReport

	experimentActionName = Crew Report
	resetActionName = Discard Crew Report
	reviewActionName = Review Report

	useStaging = False	
	useActionGroups = True
	hideUIwhenUnavailable = True	
	rerunnable = True

	xmitDataScalar = 1.0

Nothing that mentions Kerbals having to be in the can.

[justidutch]

Are you saying that Hal isn't part of the crew?

[gmpd2000]

Are you saying that Hal isn't part of the crew?

"I'm sorry, Jeb, I'm afraid you can't launch that."

[keeper]

Probes should be able to make reports. maybe not "crew" reports though...

[tater]

Probes should have cameras anyway.

[samstarman5]

I am hoping that with the resource collector, a probe can use that to collect soil samples. I support AI-piloted missions. Kerbals are best left on the ground where they can commit less mayhem.

[RocketPilot573]

Not even a bug, more like a design oversight with the game.