Add KSC marker to map

[TheCardinal]

One of the things i do is plant a flag at the KSC so i can guestimate when i should burn for reentry and land at the KSC. It would be very helpful for pilots if the location o the KSC is visible in the map view.

[evileye.x]

Waypoint Manager allows you to make custom waypoints. But also I use a flag at the end of runway as landing guidance system. 

[Pthigrivi]

Haha it's funny the really obvious things are easy to overlook. Totally agreed. 

[Champ]

I strongly support this suggestion

[Stoney3K]

Agreed, why not have the flagpole as a targetable object by default?

[BlkBltChemie]

Haha, just made a post on this about a week ago now!  Well you definitely have my vote; great minds and all!

Edited July 1, 2016 by BlkBltChemie

[Tex_NL]

2 minutes ago, BlkBltChemie said:

Haha, just made a post on this about a week ago now!  Well you definitely have my vote; great minds and all!

You're not the only one.
Anybody who has been a forum member as long as @TheCardinal could should know this gets suggested fairly regularly. I am pretty sure SQUAD is aware of this request but SQUAD being SQUAD they refuse to act on it.

[DaMachinator]

I can see KSC from space, mostly because I know where it is... if you don't know where it is it's hard to find. Nonetheless I support this idea.

[TheCardinal]

15 hours ago, Tex_NL said:

You're not the only one.
Anybody who has been a forum member as long as @TheCardinal could should know this gets suggested fairly regularly. I am pretty sure SQUAD is aware of this request but SQUAD being SQUAD they refuse to act on it.

Perhaps i could/should have known that. I didn't check the 327 pages of suggestions (sofar), i only checked the list of regular suggestions. Perhaps this should be add to that list.

[DarkHawkGames]

Would it be hard to mod in? That might be an idea

[Snark]

8 hours ago, DarkHawkGames said:

Would it be hard to mod in? That might be an idea

I know that RemoteTech adds a red indicator dot to the KSC to show that it's a signal endpoint.  Have never looked at the source code, don't know how big a deal it was to code.  I'm guessing not very.

It's a feature I love, precisely because I too would really like to have a KSC marker in the map view.

[Rocket In My Pocket]

Wouldn't it be easiest to mark the actual flag at the KSC as a "flag" named "Kerbal Space Center?"

I mean it's already a flag...why not just make it a "flag?"

[Tex_NL]

1 hour ago, Rocket In My Pocket said:

Wouldn't it be easiest to mark the actual flag at the KSC as a "flag" named "Kerbal Space Center?"

I mean it's already a flag...why not just make it a "flag?"

Any kind of object category would suffice. Just as long as the runway and launchpad are targetable objects.

[Megadeath]

Yeah, pretty sure I'm not the only person setting up flags at both ends of the runway!

[Stoney3K]

12 hours ago, Megadeath said:

Yeah, pretty sure I'm not the only person setting up flags at both ends of the runway!

Which has the annoying side effect of always cycling through the flags if you switch vessels nearby. (Once again, anyone give ONE good reason to be able to switch to a flag as the active vessel?)

Edited July 3, 2016 by Stoney3K

[Bloojay]

Give it to me know Squad.

[Kerbinchaser]

I strongly agree. It would be very helpful.

[magnemoe]

On 3.7.2016 at 4:24 PM, Stoney3K said:

Which has the annoying side effect of always cycling through the flags if you switch vessels nearby. (Once again, anyone give ONE good reason to be able to switch to a flag as the active vessel?)

I agree, cycling should not include derbies of flags.
 

[Tyko]

+1!

[pandaman]

On 03/07/2016 at 3:24 PM, Stoney3K said:

Which has the annoying side effect of always cycling through the flags if you switch vessels nearby. (Once again, anyone give ONE good reason to be able to switch to a flag as the active vessel?)

I use it to check on stuff between versions.  I planted flags near all the anomalies in one save and often open it up and activate the flag to look at the anomaly.  Yes I could have used a probe or  left a kerbal nearby, but I chose to have them mark the locations with a flag and come home for tea and biscuits.