Engine cannot activate while stowed.

[Wingnutt]

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4 puff engines attached to 2.5m RCS tank

Test on launch pad, pop protective fairing, all 4 engines can be activated, no problem.

revert to launch, launch EXACT SAME VESSEL WITH NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER.

reach orbit, pop protective fairing, 2 of the 4 engines wont fire "engine cannot activate while stowed"

This has messed up 5 times in a row, even after i try moving the engines around, redoing the fairing.. everything.. this is really starting to upset me.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Claw

[Claw]

Sorry you're running into this. Unfortunately it's a known problem. Quicksave and quickload after you've jettisoned the fairing and it should reset. Also, I edited your post.

Cheers,

~Claw

[Khazar]

I think that I found a solution or workaroudnd to this bug.

1. Set throttle to 0

2. Activate engine manually

3. Separate stage after engine is activated

I tried it couple times and it worked every time. I have couple vehicles that I know for sure that they get "engine stowed thing" if I separate stages regular way and they work if I use method I have described above.