Scambled Asteroids

[Zosma Procyon]

Yesterday one of my 1138 class asteroid tugs rendezvoused with an asteroid and deployed its RCS mounts around it. Today, it looks like this. The asteroid changed shape for some reason, and now the tug and about half the RCS mounts are partially or entirely enveloped in the asteroid. I've been having this problem a lot lately, since I updated to the latest version of KSP. Is there a fix for this?

 

My only mod is Mechjeb. I am running KSP on a Macbook Pro with OSX High Sierra. I cannot try running without mechjeb because literally everything I have in the game has mechjeb, and will be instantly deleted if I remove the mod.

Edited November 25, 2017 by Zosma Procyon

[OHara]

The bug appeared between 1.3.1 pre-release and the final release.

If the asteroid existed in a save prior to 1.3.1 (final release) you can use the utility mod, referenced in the thread below, to restore your old shape. 

 

[Zosma Procyon]

7 minutes ago, OHara said:

The bug appeared between 1.3.1 pre-release and the final release.

If the asteroid existed in a save prior to 1.3.1 (final release) you can use the utility mod, referenced in the thread below, to restore your old shape. 

 

Okay I'll give it a shot.

[Zosma Procyon]

33 minutes ago, OHara said:

The bug appeared between 1.3.1 pre-release and the final release.

If the asteroid existed in a save prior to 1.3.1 (final release) you can use the utility mod, referenced in the thread below, to restore your old shape. 

 

How do I get the mod to work? I'm not very good with computers. I put the files into the Game Data folder, but nothing happened.

[OHara]

If possible, continue your last save-game in version 1.3.0, or 1.3.1 pre-release, and using that older version of KSP, until the bug is fixed.

The mod I mentioned is not meant for general use; it is part of utilities that Allista wrote for himself and other modders.  You will need to read his commends on the bug-tracker entry.   If you install Allista's ModuleAsteroidFix.dll, and then copy an un-damaged save from 1.3.1-pre-release or earlier into the 1.3.1 saves directory, then his mod should prevent the shape-changing.

Restoring the old shape in version 1.3.1 would require save-file editing, such as what was being  described by Rune, a long-time user who is relatively comfortable with that type of thing.

Edited November 25, 2017 by OHara