EVA Problem

[Apollo13]

I'm rescuing a Kerbal. When I'm close to the Kerbal with my rescue vehicle, I change to the kerbal's broken vessel. When I do an EVA, the kerbal clings to the vessel hatch for a moment, then is suddenly launched from the vessel at high speed. Even though the Kerbal is at the same orbital speed as the vessel to which she clings. Yesterday, this problem did not occur. Today, it does.

Ideas as to why this might occur?

Edited April 29, 2015 by Apollo13

[SmashBrown]

Im having a similar problem with valentina, whenever i eva her, she gets flung off into the distance

[Apollo13]

So, I decided to bypass the KSP broken functionality by editing the persistent.sfs file to make the kerbal's vessel landed, the kerbal available, and the contract completed (via ALT-F12). And, I'm OK with that, because the rescue would have been successful, given that I've done it many times.

Of course, for gameplay purposes, the "rescued" kerbal is out of play until the rescue vehicle lands safely and recovered

Edited April 29, 2015 by Apollo13

[Capt. Hunt]

this is a known bug, there's a patch for it here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/97285-0-25-Stock-Bug-Fix-Modules. Also, check to make sure the hatch isn't obstructed, sometimes that can cause this.

[Apollo13]

Capt. Hunt. Thanks. I already had that patch installed and it still occurred. Hatch was not obstructed.

[opiumskittles]

The patch did not help me either. I have a video of what happens too: