Will Duna parachutes work better in 1.0?

[mikegarrison]

I recently had to work very hard (many save files and trial and error) to get a lander landed on Duna's highlands. What was most annoying was the way the parachutes broke physics (and because of that, my lander).

I'm fine with the idea that Duna's thin atmo means very little aerobraking and very little drag force from the parachutes. That's OK. So the obvious answer is to deploy the chutes early and often, while the lander is still buzzing along at high speed. And yet -- yank! The lander flies apart.

Now that's the bit where the physics are broken in a way that damages the game. Even though the lander is moving very fast, the air is so thin that there should be almost no force from the parachutes. And yet, the force is apparently enough to rip the lander apart -- even though if it did hold together, it wouldn't have been enough to slow it down much at all.

Will that be fixed in 1.0?

[Rath]

You just need to add drouge parachutes to slow it down befor the amin deployment.

Rath-Because why not copy Rune's ending thing

[Landge]

Some pics would help. I'm assuming you are using a drogue chute or two. It also helps to use your rockets to slow your descent before the main chutes fully open. If you still are having spontaneous disassembly try using 2 or more struts to hold the chutes to the ship better. Attach the struts to the structure surrounding the chute first then the other end to the chute's outer ring.

[mikegarrison]

You just need to add drouge parachutes to slow it down befor the amin deployment.

Thanks, but:

A) I did have drouge chutes; what killed the lander was when the XL chutes popped

After a lot of repeated trials I landed it eventually, mainly using just retro.

I'm not looking for tips on how to survive landing on Duna, but thanks for offering. I'm pointing out that the entire situation is completely non-physical. With such a thin atmo, there should be almost no drag from the chutes at 25km altitude no matter that I'm traveling at near orbital velocity or not. And the game models it that way, when it comes to the drag of an open chute.

But the shock of opening is what blows the ship apart, and there is no physical justification for that. It seems like the chute opening shock is tied to speed but not the density of the atmosphere. Or something like that, anyway. And that's what I'm hoping gets fixed.

[Vanamonde]

Parts and aspects of the game are being tested, revised, and balanced as we speak. There is no answer to this question possible at this time.