Gaa! How do I get NAN in Vanilla again?

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

I've gooned up my launch for Minimus.  Way back when, I used to be able to use adjust orbital inclination with confidence. 

I keep fiddling with the maneuver nodes at an and dn - but I have either totally forgotten how to adjust the nodes or I keep passing through NAN without recognizing it 

- I remember a good tutorial on how to do it from way back when - but I cannot find it. 

 

Any help appreciated! 

[bewing]

NaN is technically a computational error in a program. A "well-built" program is never supposed to show a NaN to an end user, because a naive end-user will be expecting an actual number and then when NaN shows up "they will think the program is broken". So, the devs have "fixed" KSP so that it doesn't show NaNs anymore. Just get your relative inclination down to .1 degrees, and then if you really want perfection you can do a manual burn just before your node until your An/Dn begin to rapidly move around your orbit, then stop.

 

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

10 minutes ago, bewing said:

NaN is technically a computational error in a program. A "well-built" program is never supposed to show a NaN to an end user, because a naive end-user will be expecting an actual number and then when NaN shows up "they will think the program is broken". So, the devs have "fixed" KSP so that it doesn't show NaNs anymore. Just get your relative inclination down to .1 degrees, and then if you really want perfection you can do a manual burn just before your node until your An/Dn begin to rapidly move around your orbit, then stop.

 

I must be  missing where to see the relative inclination numbers - where do I look?  (I've seen the nodes 'move rapidly' part!)

 

Thanks!

[bewing]

2 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

I must be  missing where to see the relative inclination numbers - where do I look?  (I've seen the nodes 'move rapidly' part!)

 

You hover your cursor over the An/Dn marker to get the relative inclination.

[Klapaucius]

3 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

I must be  missing where to see the relative inclination numbers - where do I look?  (I've seen the nodes 'move rapidly' part!)

 

Thanks!

To add to what @bewing said, if you right click on it, it will keep the number displayed on screen so you can set up your maneuver node without having to switch back and forth.

Edited May 6, 2020 by Klapaucius
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[JoeSchmuckatelli]

Smh. I never knew that - or have forgotten. 

 

Thank you guys!