PS4, landed safely but unable to recover, fixed by "unset target"

[GrouchyDevotee]

PS4, Enhanced edition, default controls, normal career mode.

Rescued a Kerbal in orbit but couldn't recover the vessel after I had landed, I got stuck unable to press the drop down "recover vessel" above the altitude indicator with the cursor, it would drop down but I was unable to activate it.

Then I tried opening the options menu to recover, but it wouldn't work either... couldn't save, load, go to the tracking station, or return to the space port from this situation.

Did this whole routine a couple times.

Then I tried the mission again and I don't know what made me check to ensure that I had "unset target" before de-orbiting and this hasn't happen since I've been checking.

Also,

While rescuing yet another Kerbal in orbit around the Mun, I wound up unable to save, the save pop-up appeared, asked me what name to save under, but wouldn't get past the press X "to over right", seemed locked into this but the options menu 'resume flight' got me clear and flying again... seems I had the thermometer window open, and I had a manoeuvre node set up for a burn.

I'm not sure if I did something odd with the controller, I'm still mashing randomly trying to use the old scheme... but I have not had any save issues since I've been making sure to have no targets set, no drop down windows open, and no manoeuvre nodes set.

Anybody else find this?

Edited February 13, 2018 by GrouchyDevotee

[ChrisH_XCV]

I've had the same issues recently aswell. I've just tried what you suggested and for me ensuring no manoeuvre was left has fixed it.

 

[Link1894]

For me when this glitch happens I try time warping and it will some times work not all the time unfortunately, and I notice that the unable to save glitch for me always starts around year 5 I have 3 save files that I put a lot of effort into it and the game will not let me save (my first save won’t even let me load it and when I tryies to I just crashes ) my main save file (that in currently playing) has 3 bases one on mimmus one on Duna and one on Ike and I also have a space station orbiting kerbin and a few satellites and I want to do so much more with the save but I just can’t if anyone who works there and there reading this please try to fix the glitch I really like the game but every time I go far I have to restart.

[GrouchyDevotee]

On 2/23/2018 at 2:16 AM, Link1894 said:

 

 

On 2/23/2018 at 2:16 AM, Link1894 said:

I notice that the unable to save glitch for me always starts around year 5 I have 3 save files that I put a lot of effort into it and the game will not let me save

That definitely happen to me on the old version.

I've read some place here in the forums that it might help if;

-you clean up the saved Aircraft/Spacecraft files ( delete the ones you aren't using to make the file as small as possible ).

-you go into the load saved file and delete as many of the saved games as you safely can, ( again trying to get rid of old files and make the save file as small as possible ).

-I don't know if this actually helps, but it "seems to", when saving close all the extra windows you can, fuel status, parts drop down windows, science experiments, even turning off the radio net display and only having the active spaceships you are using toggled in the tracking station.

-when turning off the game after saving, back out to the main menu before closing the game.

I'm on a PS4, with the Enhanced Edition, I see that the first console patch for Enhanced has been released hopefully some of these save file problems will be cleared up.