EVA Jetpack controls

[mossman]

How are you supposed to control the kerbal jetpack during weightless EVAs? According to the controls settings menu WASD and left shift/control should work, but those keys do nothing, even though my character is both flying and has 100% jetpack fuel.

[Endeavour]

You also need to press the 'r' key to put it on jet pack mode.

[mossman]

Thanks, that wasn\'t very obvious.

Also, how can you set to change the camera\'s position without having the kerbal follow it?

[crekit]

I can\'t make the kerbal change position if I try to! other than rotating around and pressing C for a random alignment that is. What are yall doing?

[mossman]

The kerbal will change his orientation to face away from the camera during weightless EVA when the jetpack is on whenever you\'re actively thrusting; I\'d like some way to thrust while the kerbal isn\'t facing the same direction the camera is and I\'m not sure if it exists.

[MaxMurder]

Map the RCS pack thrust to the numpad. You will be able to use the pack without reorienting the Kerbal.

[Vostok]

instead of RMB, I\'d like to see Q and E for rotation, with out the orientation snap for the camera, only the direction snap. But a tutorial, similar to the VAB and flight tutorials would be good for new players.

EDIT: that should have been LMB, not RMB

[okbillybunnyface]

instead of RMB, I\'d like to see Q and E for rotation, with out the orientation snap for the camera, only the direction snap. But a tutorial, similar to the VAB and flight tutorials would be good for new players.

Yeah, I like this control method as well. The current controls restrict me to a static 'up' and 'down' which feel really weird when my ship is at some crazy angle. o_o

[Endeavour]

While on the jet pack, you can use left mouse to spin. Quickly turn off the jet pack to have your kerbal spinning forever.

[Vostok]

While on the jet pack, you can use left mouse to spin. Quickly turn off the jet pack to have your kerbal spinning forever.

I know this. The point is, the rotation re-orients itself as soon as you try and do anything useful. What I was suggesting was to have only direction auto orent, instead of rotation. This way, you could perform EVA \'upside down\' relative to the camera.