new user linux 1.0.5.1028 ??? crash and burn

[james_kerman]

well, was well, successfully used the trial for about a month to make sure i wouldn't crash and burn, got to minmus! great. got 1.0.5 very not good! cant return to kerbin, i have read that build 1028 fixes this, checking screen of linux KSP gives 1.0.5.0. the buildID.txt file has this >>

 

build id = 01028
2015-11-10_18-03-24
Branch: master

 

is there in fact a solution or do i have to use 0.9 until 1.1 is out?

 

 

[sal_vager]

Hi @james_kerman, what exactly is the issue you are experiencing ?

[james_kerman]

ok its very simple, beginning career mode two contracts leave atmosphere and orbit, and of course return sucessfully, done this many times in demo no worries, in 1.0.5 reentry results in hitting to ground/sea at 290 m/s the chute gets destroyed nomatter what hight i enter at . the orbit is 77,000 by 72,000 in a MK1 command pod , overheat is NOT the problem, i have read about this and it seemsthatbuild 1028 may or maynot resolve this i appear to have that.

i am considering keeping the upper stage attached and useing the remaining fuel to try slowing but this strikes me as desperation.

 

any advice ??

 

[sal_vager]

Okay, well, first thing is don't come in too low, I assume you can make orbit, set a periapsis of about 30km.

Second, don't carry too much mass, you won't need a heat shield until you're retuning from an orbit of around 500km or more.

If you're still too fast, it's a bad Physics.cfg, delete it and let KSP generate a new one, that will reset the physics values for stuff like heat to the defaults.

Oh and KSP won't find the file if you're starting from another folder, if you're using a shortcut on the desktop make sure the KSP folder is set as the "working directory" in the shortcut/link, otherwise KSP will look on the desktop and your physics will be broken.

Ideally, run the KSP.x86 or KSP.x86_64 directly to be sure.

The chute icon background will turn red to show when it's unsafe to deploy, but you should slow down enough for the chute icon to turn grey again long before you reach the ground.

If you deploy it too soon the chute on the icon turns red to show it has been destroyed.

Hope this helps.

[james_kerman]

Yes it worked!! thank you! fantastic! brilliant! etc....