Walking on Moons

[GrubbyZebra]

i'm at the point of smashing my computer in frustration. Why is it every time I'm trying to walk on an inclined surface on Mun or Minmus my kerbal gets about 3 steps then slides uncontrollably down the slope? They aren't falling or tumbling, but sliding on their feet until they finally hit something that causes the ragdoll physics to kick in. It's happened since I started playing in 1.1.2 and haven't been able to figure it out. Thoughts?

[Vanamonde]

I haven't seen that happen. How steep are these slopes? Do you have any mods installed? 

[bewing]

In stock, there is a maximum slope that a Kerbal can stand on. Beyond that, they will start to slide, yes. If they start to slide too fast, they will fall down -- and continue to slide.

You can jump up the slopes -- that can sometimes work for a little while to get you a little altitude up a slope that you cannot walk up.

But yeah, otherwise you're down to your RCS jetpack.

Or as Vanamonde said -- mods can cause additional problems.

 

[Gianni1122]

13 hours ago, bewing said:

otherwise you're down to your RCS jetpack.

I also suggest RCS. With mostly small thrust inputs, you can get around no problem. It might take some practice so be sure to autosave.

[GrubbyZebra]

On 12/19/2016 at 7:13 PM, bewing said:

In stock, there is a maximum slope that a Kerbal can stand on. Beyond that, they will start to slide, yes. If they start to slide too fast, they will fall down -- and continue to slide.

You can jump up the slopes -- that can sometimes work for a little while to get you a little altitude up a slope that you cannot walk up.

But yeah, otherwise you're down to your RCS jetpack.

Or as Vanamonde said -- mods can cause additional problems.

 

I guess it was the slope angle that was getting me. I mistakenly assumes if my rover could drive up it, my kerbal could walk up it. Got to looking at the nav ball and some of the slopes were >40 deg. Lesson learned, thanks for the help!