I accidentally fired Jebediah, how do I hire him back?

[Gaspa79]

So I accidentally fired Jebediah, and even though he's immortal, I can't seem to get him back =(. Is there any way to edit the save file to get him back? I searched the forums but found nothing =(. Thanks!

[Draalo]

It should be possible to edit a save game to get Jeb back. I dont know how to, but:

Try loading a quicksafe with ALT-F9 - you ll get a list of all quicksaves ever made in that session. Maybe your 2nd-last  (3rd...) quicksave will still have Jeb.

 

Good Luck

Edited May 11, 2016 by Draalo

[Superfluous J]

1. Backup your persistent.sfs file
2. Open it in a text editor
3. Search for "ROSTER". You should go to a line that has ROSTER on it and nothing else, and 2 lines down should have the word "KERBAL". 2 lines below that will be "name = Jebediah Kerman". If you don't see that, keep searching until you do.
4. A bit below Jeb's name you will find a line "type = [SOMETHING]". I'm not sure what that [SOMETHING] is but it'll probably be Fired or Terminated or something similar.
5. Change that line to read "type = Crew"
6. Save and exit, and load up your game.

With any luck, Jeb will be waiting to go.

EDIT: Here's a snippet of a persistent.sfs file where Jeb is active crew:

...
	ROSTER
	{
		KERBAL
		{
			name = Jebediah Kerman
			gender = Male
			type = Crew
			trait = Pilot
			brave = 0.5
			dumb = 0.5
...

 

Edited May 11, 2016 by 5thHorseman

[Gaarst]

If what @5thHorseman said doesn't work, you can similarly try to edit the "state = [something]" line to "state = Available". This is what I use to revive Kerbals, but I'm not sure firing works the same way.

[Claw]

Fired kerbals are deleted from the roster. You'll have to copy his roster entry from another save. Just be careful to make sure you get all the opening and closing braces, and don't leave extra lines in your save.

Cheers,
-Claw

[Superfluous J]

1 hour ago, Claw said:

Fired kerbals are deleted from the roster. You'll have to copy his roster entry from another save. Just be careful to make sure you get all the opening and closing braces, and don't leave extra lines in your save.

Cheers,
-Claw

How is this affected by roster order in the file? I remember I once re-ordered people in the file and it totally screwed up who was where. People who'd never flown were in ships heading for other planets those who had been in those ships were sitting in the Astronaut Complex.

Was that changed some time in the past few versions (I think I had this in like 23.5 or something) or must you re-add jeb at the bottom/top of the list to maintain order?