KSP 1.1 Unplayable

[Voodoo8648]

I have a modded version of 1.1 installed. I copied my save file from 1.0.5. I copied all my mods over into 1.1, ran KSP and then replaced all the mods I could with 1.1 compatible mods.

The bugs / glitches im experiencing are as follows:

1. Can't exit tracking station

• Enter the tracking station, 
• select an existing ship and then fly it.
• after I return to the tracking station I am unable to select anything, fly anything or even EXIT the tracking station.
• I must force close KSP 

 

2. Exploding Ships

• When I fly an existing ship in space, (some) ships instantly explode upon rendering and the remnants spin wildly out of control.

3.  Pressing Escape locks up KSP

• Suddenly while flying I will flip from map view to ship view and the ship is invisible.  After pressing escape the pause menu did not display and I was then unable to rotate camera view. I could still goto map view, but many things were gone and blank. I could click space agency above the altimeter and that made the ship reappear, and able to rotate camera again, but anytime pressing Escape, it would break the game again
• Must force close KSP

The game is not playable as it is right now with the mods I have. Surprisingly I have experienced no crashed yet, which is ironic because 1.0.5 crashed about every 5th time I entered the rocket hangar / tracking station.

Edited April 28, 2016 by Voodoo8648
clarification

[ibanix]

Install a clean copy of version 1.1 and start from scratch, without mods  

Do your problems persist?

Yes -> file a bug report

No -> The problem is in a mod, or because you tried to copy from 1.0.5. 

"I want to do it my way and only play with my old save and mods" -> Live with your issues. 

[steve_v]

2 hours ago, Voodoo8648 said:

I copied all my mods over into 1.1, ran KSP and then replaced all the mods I could with 1.1 compatible mods.

Seriously, don't do this. You need to make sure your installed mods are compatible. All of them.
Any mod that includes code (and some part mods too) that hasn't been updated for 1.1 will fail to work correctly... if you are lucky. If you are not they will break the game in horrible ways.

Get rid of anything not explicitly compatible with 1.1 and try again. If issues persist follow the instructions in this post.

Edited April 28, 2016 by steve_v

[Voodoo8648]

Are you all suggesting that I start a brand new game everytime I decide to buy a new updated version of the game? What about the hundreds of hours spend on the old game??

[steve_v]

1 hour ago, Voodoo8648 said:

Are you all suggesting that I start a brand new game everytime I decide to buy a new updated version of the game?

Your save should auto-upgrade to 1.1, assuming it doesn't require any unavailable mods.
if it does depend on broken/outdated mods, you will have to wait for those to be updated to match the current game version, or ditch the save when the mods disappear. That's just how it is, it's the risk you take playing a modded game.
The 1.1 Squad update is not save-breaking, stock saves from 1.0.5 work just fine.
Check the threads for your mods too, nobody likes doing it but sometimes mod updates are save breaking.

Aside, you're still missing all of the required information to make this a real support thread - any useful investigation is going to need a mod-list with versions and log file, minimum.
Fair warning: If this info confirms my suspicions regarding the state of your GameData the response will probably be something like "You have incompatible versions of mods [foo,bar] installed, remove them."

FWIW, I like mods too - I probably spent 3+ hours testing the mods I want to use before starting a new career game for 1.1. The alternative to starting fresh was to wait for mod updates that might never happen, or spend even more time debugging all the broken things... and probably end up removing all the mods in the process anyway.
 

Edited April 29, 2016 by steve_v

[Voodoo8648]

Thank you Steve_V for the detailed and informative response. I understand. 

After playing with the game (and keeping all the original mods and upgrading all that could be upgraded to 1.1) the game seems to be running okay now o_0

I am still having a problem with the tracking station locking up but I will create a new (proper) support ticket for that issue. I will mark this thread as answered. Thanks!

 

[Mahnarch]

15 hours ago, Voodoo8648 said:

Are you all suggesting that I start a brand new game everytime I decide to buy a new updated version of the game? What about the hundreds of hours spend on the old game??

Wait... You're not paying money every time you update, are you?

Maybe that was a slip of the finger tongue.