Control from here -- from in the VAB??

[Loren Pechtel]

I'm trying to launch a rover.  I built it in the SPH, then added the rockets in the VAB.  The game of course wants to default the control to the rover rather than the booster.  It's taken many reverts to get it right and a couple of times I forgot to reset the control with dramatic results.

Is there any way to reset this in the VAB?  Rerooting it to the probe core that will actually fly the rocket doesn't help.

[DD_bwest]

hmm not sure if this works but try rerooting to the probe core, then select everything but the core to seperate the entire vehicle from that core.  then delete the probe core, select a new one and reattach the rest of the vehicle.  it may change the base part.

[Loren Pechtel]

16 minutes ago, DD_bwest said:

hmm not sure if this works but try rerooting to the probe core, then select everything but the core to seperate the entire vehicle from that core.  then delete the probe core, select a new one and reattach the rest of the vehicle.  it may change the base part.

Sounds like it might work.  The last one is away for now, I'll try that when my mining base is up and it can be sent to other worlds.

[DD_bwest]

26 minutes ago, Loren Pechtel said:

Sounds like it might work.  The last one is away for now, I'll try that when my mining base is up and it can be sent to other worlds.

okays, if not you could try essentially the same by saving the unattached part as a subassembly.  then click new vessel to start fresh, choose the probe core and reattach the subassembly

Edited January 15, 2017 by DD_bwest