Press f to climb out does not work

[Flying dutchman]

After a lot of blood sweat and tears i finally have my crew rover and return rocket next to each other on the surface of eve. The kerbals have to climb a ladder to get on the bed of the rover to board it. The first kerbal worked just fine. I pressed f to climb on the bed and all was well. But when the second one tried this pressing f did nothing. It still said "press f to climb out" but pressing f dit absolutely nothing at all.. 

 

 

What do i do?

[bewing]

Just use W -- F is mostly just a shortcut. 

[Flying dutchman]

3 hours ago, bewing said:

Just use W -- F is mostly just a shortcut. 

When i use w the kerbal falls on the ground when i use f the kerbal doesn't

[bigcalm]

I've seen this on previous versions and it might be the same thing - is the rocket moving over the surface?  If it is, 'F' to climb out will not work.  You will either need to stabilise your rocket (possibly a short hop somewhere else?) or wait for it to stop sliding over the surface, only then will 'F' to climb out work.