How do I access Kerbals in the files?

[Edlu Kerman]

So, I was looking for the four Kerbals (Bill,Val,Bob,Jeb) when the mysteriously were K.I.A. I am hoping to access the files  to bring them back to lie, but I can't find them.

[UmbralRaptor]

open KSP/saves/yoursavename/persistant.sfs in your favorite text editor, and do a search for those names. Note that you might have to edit in multiple places.

[Brownhair2]

Dangit ninja'd. IIRC I think they respawn no matter what your settings are anyway.

[Edlu Kerman]

Thanks

[Edlu Kerman]

13 minutes ago, UmbralRaptor said:

open KSP/saves/yoursavename/persistant.sfs in your favorite text editor, and do a search for those names. Note that you might have to edit in multiple places.

Though... I have a HUGE persistant folder. Where are the Kerbals in it?

[Brownhair2]

1 minute ago, Edlu Kerman said:

Though... I have a HUGE persistant folder. Where are the Kerbals in it?

Use ctrl+f and look for their names

[Edlu Kerman]

Just now, Brownhair2 said:

Use ctrl+f and look for their names

Kay think I found them

[Edlu Kerman]

11 minutes ago, Brownhair2 said:

Use ctrl+f and look for their names

WAIT... Editing that made my game in KSP dissapear, And I cannot press "Resume saved game" successfully anymore.

[Edlu Kerman]

1 hour ago, Brownhair2 said:

Use ctrl+f and look for their names

HALP

[Brownhair2]

Just now, Edlu Kerman said:

HALP

What did you do? Did you backup your save? Because if not, I recommend you undo whatever you did and make a copy of your save before you do anything else so you don't lose it.

[Edlu Kerman]

12 minutes ago, Brownhair2 said:

What did you do? Did you backup your save? Because if not, I recommend you undo whatever you did and make a copy of your save before you do anything else so you don't lose it.

I did backup a save a few days ago

[BlkBltChemie]

Here are a couple idea:

• If you edited the persistent file and now it does not work, do you have any recent quicksaves available?
  • If so, rename one to "persistent."  This should let you load the game again although it may be at an earlier time depending on how recent the quicksave is.
  • If you don't have any quicksaves (or if they are old), you may have to go back through the changes you made previously and try to undo them.
• Kerbal names come up in a lot of places throughout the save file as previously mentioned.
  • I prefer searching (Ctrl+F) for "Roster" first which is toward the end of the file.
  • Then, either scroll through or search for the particular Kerbals you want to edit.
    • Find the line where it says:  state = KIA/MIA/Assigned/Available
    • To bring them back, change to:  state = Available

It is always a good idea to backup the persistent file before editing just in case something goes wrong.  Here is a link to the KSP Wiki talking about Modifying Kerbals and what the different parameters are.

Edited July 12, 2016 by BlkBltChemie

[Edlu Kerman]

1 minute ago, BlkBltChemie said:

Here are a couple idea:

• If you edited the persistent file and now it does not work, do you have any recent quicksaves available?
  • If so, rename one to "persistent."  This should let you load the game again although it may be at an earlier time depending on how recent the quicksave is.
  • If you don't have any quicksaves (or if they are old), you may have to go back through the changes you made previously and try to undo them.
• Kerbal names come up in a lot of places throughout the save file as previously mentioned.
  • I prefer searching (Ctrl+F) for "Roster" first which is toward the end of the file.
  • Then, either scroll through or search for the particular Kerbals you want to edit.
    • Find the line where it says:  state = KIA/MIA/Assigned/Available
    • To bring them back, change to:  state = Available

(It is always a good idea to backup the persistent file before editing just in case something goes wrong.)

Okay. I did delete the "die" with getting them back

[BlkBltChemie]

1 minute ago, Edlu Kerman said:

Okay. I did delete the "die" with getting them back

Sorry, not quite sure what you mean by that.  In general, just deleting something in the file can cause problems; it needs to be replaced with something else.

[Edlu Kerman]

Just now, BlkBltChemie said:

Sorry, not quite sure what you mean by that.  In general, just deleting something in the file can cause problems; it needs to be replaced with something else.

What Imean is it also has a career record and I deleted the "Die" on the record

[BlkBltChemie]

1 minute ago, Edlu Kerman said:

What Imean is it also has a career record and I deleted the "Die" on the record

Ah I see, my mistake; to be honest I haven't looked that closely at the Career and Flight Log portions.  Everything up and running again?

[Edlu Kerman]

2 minutes ago, BlkBltChemie said:

Ah I see, my mistake; to be honest I haven't looked that closely at the Career and Flight Log portions.  Everything up and running again?

Well, no.

I de-installed and am re-installing.

I won't lose much.

[BlkBltChemie]

Bummer, sorry we couldn't get it working.

[Edlu Kerman]

1 minute ago, BlkBltChemie said:

Bummer, sorry we couldn't get it working.

Thanks, but I feel like it can't hurt to re-install.

Oh Wow. It didn't work

[Edlu Kerman]

2 hours ago, Edlu Kerman said:

Thanks, but I feel like it can't hurt to re-install.

Oh Wow. It didn't work

I got it to work!

[Mythos]

My KML - Persistence file editor could also help with editing and reviving kerbals.

[Snark]

Moving to Gameplay Questions.

[BlkBltChemie]

On 7/12/2016 at 3:58 PM, Edlu Kerman said:

I got it to work!

Glad to hear things are back up and running!

[Edlu Kerman]

55 minutes ago, BlkBltChemie said:

Glad to hear things are back up and running!