Bug - going into IVA reorients the navball even if the crewed part is not a command module

[allmhuran]

Easy to reproduce bug:

Create a craft in, say, the SPH, with a probe core oriented forward.

Add a crewable part that is not a command module (eg, the mk2 crew cabin) to the ship. Orient it in a different direction from the probe.

Add crew.

Launch.

If the ship is not currently being controlled by the probe, right click on the probe and set "control from here". If you're launching from the runway, the navball should now be oriented with the chevron facing east (down the runway).

Switch to IVA view.

Switch back out of IVA view.

The navball will now be oriented as if you are controlling the ship from the crew cabin, even though the crew cabin is not a command module.

[steve_v]

I'll confirm this, as well as adding that it is extremely annoying and has destroyed several vessels.

[allmhuran]

Hrm, since this complete bug report with all steps necessary to reproduce is apparently not getting any attention here I tried to create an account to submit to the squad bug tracker, but the account activation email never arrived. Using gmail, checked spam, asked to resend several times, no dice.

Edited September 1, 2015 by allmhuran

[panzer1b]

This bug MUST BE FIXED!

It has already claimed the lives of ~10 kerbals......Try landing a dropship and then go IVA not realizing your mk2 pod is facing somewhere else, instant crash!

[TMS]

Hrm, since this complete bug report with all steps necessary to reproduce is apparently not getting any attention here I tried to create an account to submit to the squad bug tracker, but the account activation email never arrived. Using gmail, checked spam, asked to resend several times, no dice.

Made it for you.

http://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/issues/5393

Wouldn't get too excited. I get the impression that Squad don't directly interact with any of their public bug tracking functions (forum or tracker).

I think they move stuff quietly to their private tracker so, even if this was picked up, you wouldn't receive acknowledgement or know about it being progressed until you read the patch notes in two years time.

[allmhuran]

Roger, thanks all the same!