Skipping stages at launch?

[willsor]

Hi,

I am fairly new to the game, loving it so far! ;D

I am facing a problem with my ships though, whenever I try to launch, it just misses out stages 10 through 8 completely. Pressing space just doesn\'t ignite any engines, they just literally do nothing

Can anyone explain why this is?

Also I have another question, when you\'re in the vehicle assembly building, in the list of stages on the right hand side, what does it mean when a part has a little green asterisk * in the corner of it\'s icon?

Thanks

I uploaded my ship so you can see if it happens when you use it. (don\'t mind the name hehe )

[BillWiskins]

I\'d guess that those stages contain parts that don\'t \'do\' anything when the stage is activated - things like struts, or fuel lines?

[UmbralRaptor]

Welcome to the forums!

The debug window (alt+F2) shows a structural failure as the ship loads. It looks like the ship broke partway up, and those lower stages are no longer connected/controllable. This is fixable with struts, lower weight, or using multiple connections to spread the weight over a larger area.

The green asterisks mark parts that have been moved away from their default stage. (And so will shift around if you hit the Reset button below the staging bar)

[willsor]

Thanks, UmbralRaptor

Didn\'t know about that debug window at all, thanks for the heads up.

I thought those asterisk\'s would be to do with not working properly, but stuff I\'ve moved around makes sense.