How to Use the New Cheats Menu

[TheKosanianMethod]

I'm sure other people are wondering this.

Specifically, how do you use the "Set Orbit" tool? What is the "Semi-Major Axis", and what do MNA, OBT, LAN, and LPE do.

If you have a question about the cheats yourself, feel free to ask in this thread.

[John Cochran]

This is an old video by Scott Manley, but it ought to answer your questions about what SMA (Semi-Major axis), MNA (Mean anomaly), etc

 

[bewing]

SMA is (average of the Ap & Pe) + planetary radius. The Keplerian orbital parameters are at wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_elements

The angles are in degrees.

Unless you are planning to revert the flight, always do a quicksave and restore to "finalize" the state of the craft.

Contracts and milestones are updated at the moment you actually cross SOI boundaries, so Set Orbit bypasses that and you don't get credit for it.

 

Edited October 23, 2016 by bewing

[histalonia]

The trick will be:

LPE = Longitude of Periapsis [in degrees]

MNA = Mean anomaly, how far you are from Periapsis [in Radians].  (yep, all the other angles are in degrees, this one is in radians)