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So with the help of you guys, I landed my first ever rover in this game and I have landed it on Duna. Now My rover doesnt have any connection back to kerbin, so I am planning to create a relay network that allows the rover to communicate with kerbin. Now what I simply want to know is that if I time-warp really fast will the rover be destroyed or something?? Learning from veterans I have seen that time-warp can cause alot of trouble. I really dont want that to happen with my rover. 

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It tends to vary with the wheel suspension settings and the mass of the rover. All I've gotten lately when coming out of warp is a bounce.

If you're not focused on the vessel when you warp. then nothing will happen to it. Of course, then the interesting part comes when you do focus on the vessel, because the same thing will happen: physics kicks in and "things happen." The best thing to do is quicksave (F5) often , which gives you a chance to try it again.

There was a mod called "World Stabilizer" IIRC. I don't know if it has been maintained, however.

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There are two types of time warp

 

1) On rails: This disables physics and is mostly safe for your vessels. The only way to destroy a ship with this is having an orbit with a periapsis so low that you crash with a planet.

2) Physics warp: This will sometimes spell doom on your ships and rovers, depending of the situation. For example, a rover in Eve will most likely break with warp x 4. Same rover in Minmus will be intact.

 

Also, your rover waiting in Duna will be ok if you are in control of another vessel elsewhere. It might be in danger if: you regain control of it (enabling physics) or another vessel you control is close to it (2.5 Km or less).

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On 11/3/2019 at 8:34 PM, StrandedonEarth said:

It tends to vary with the wheel suspension settings and the mass of the rover. All I've gotten lately when coming out of warp is a bounce.

If you're not focused on the vessel when you warp. then nothing will happen to it. Of course, then the interesting part comes when you do focus on the vessel, because the same thing will happen: physics kicks in and "things happen." The best thing to do is quicksave (F5) often , which gives you a chance to try it again.

There was a mod called "World Stabilizer" IIRC. I don't know if it has been maintained, however.

How do you change the wheel suspension setting? I have seen many other people change the wheel suspension but I can't seem to find an option to do so. 

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