How do I make a Kerbin rover?

[Lekar]

I'm a bit of a noob to KSP, and this might seem really stupid, but I very much prefer ground travel over air travel since I have no idea at all on how to refuel or set up refueling stations. How can I make a rover for Kerbin? Whenever I try to the wheels clip into the ground and the vehicle doesn't move. I can sorta make it turn and thrash about by pressing A and D.

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Just realized the title says Kerban, smh.

Edited May 24, 2015 by Lekar

[Claw]

What am I doing wrong?

If you could post a picture, that would help us give you specific advice. Although I would say a very common starter problem is that often people use the ruggedized wheels, and those wheels are not (by default) oriented correctly in the SPH. If you look at the axle of the wheel, there is a wider side and a narrower side. The narrower side needs to point at the ground or the wheel will not work properly.

You can take pictures by pressing F1. That will dump a screenshot into the Screenshots directory, which you can upload to somewhere like http://www.imgur.com/ and link here by using [noparse][/noparse] tags.

EDIT: Just realized the title says Kerban, smh.

Fixed it for you. You can change the title by editing the original post and clicking "Go Advanced."

Welcome to the forum!

Cheers,

~Claw

[Lekar]

Hey! Thanks for the reply, I kinda rushed this out and put it on the launching station.

http://i.imgur.com/51rJDLR.png

I don't really see an issue here, maybe you do?

[Claw]

Yeah, it is hard to tell from that picture, but it looks like you have your wheels on incorrectly. You'll have to rotate them so the narrow part points downward. Since you're building in the VAB, you'll have to switch to mirror symmetry using 'R' when placing them, and make sure they are rotated.

I've attached some pictures to show what I mean. I replicated your rover. The first pic matches yours, and the second shows the wheels rotated incorrectly (the way it defaults in the editor). The third shows the correct orientation, and the fourth shows the result.

Cheers,

~Claw

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[Lekar]

What a simple mistake! This had me racking my brain for so long, thank you so much, it finally works!

In honour of you, I've named it the Claw Ground Vehicle MK. I.

[Claw]

Haha, awesome! I'm glad it's all sorted out. And I feel honored.

Cheers,

~Claw