Weirdness: Missing In Action

[Wanderfound]

I've got a bit of strangeness.

I recently had an airplane lose control at Mach 3, turn sideways and crack up. Valentina and Bill managed to bail out of the cockpit at around 500m, then soften the impact with their jetpacks. Both of them survived.

They'd been separated a bit during the crash, but they were close enough together to shift control between them with the bracket keys. So, I switched to Bill, planted a flag to commemorate the crash, and recovered him. Then I went back to the tracking station: no Valentina. I switch to the flag: again, no Valentina anywhere nearby.

Going to the Astronaut Complex, Valentina is listed under the lost Kerbals tab. But whereas the previously memorialized Kerbals are all described as "killed in action", Valentina is "missing in action".

Anyone run into this before? Gameplay mechanic or bug?

[Rhomphaia]

Missing in action appears when you have the difficulty option "missing Crew respawn" on. If it is off they are listed KIA. If you change mid game the status of the previously lost Kerbals does not change.

Edited May 31, 2015 by Rhomphaia

[Geschosskopf]

So basically, it means that Val got tired of waiting around and started walking back to KSC. She'll show up there shortly.

[match]

So basically, it means that Val got tired of waiting around and started walking back to KSC. She'll show up there shortly.

She is gonna be maaaa-aaaad!

Check to see she isn't listed as debris. She may have ragdolled out there in the boonies.