Kerbal disappeared

[Neil Kermstrong]

For some reason Bill has literally vanished from the game, I don't see him in the map, I go to the astronaut complex and there are 0 lost (and 0 assigned), and he's nowhere with the available kerbals.

How do I fix this or bring him back?

[Serenity]

14 hours ago, Neil Kermstrong said:

For some reason Bill has literally vanished from the game, I don't see him in the map, I go to the astronaut complex and there are 0 lost (and 0 assigned), and he's nowhere with the available kerbals.

How do I fix this or bring him back?

If you have the option enabled for kerbals to respawn, they take a while to come back after they ''vanished''.

To bring him sooner i think you can do something from Alt F12 to bring him back faster,

and if you google a bit you can go to persistent file and change his status

I found this, i am 99% sure it works but...you know back up first.

Try this:

1.Open your persistent.sfs file with Notepad.

2. Find this section:

		KERBAL
		{
			name = Jebediah Kerman
			gender = Male
			type = Crew
			trait = Pilot
			brave = 0.5
			dumb = 0.5
			badS = True
			veteran = True
			tour = False
			state = Missing
			inactive = False
			inactiveTimeEnd = 0
			gExperienced = 0
			outDueToG = False
			ToD = 804399.44100609387
			idx = 0
			extraXP = 0
			CAREER_LOG
			{
				flight = XX
				XX = Die
			}
			FLIGHT_LOG
			{
				flight = 11
				11 = Land,Kerbin
			}
		}

3. Switch the state to "Available"

4. Remove any line with "Die" under CAREER_LOG and FLIGHT_LOG

Jebediah should be back, ready to die again.

Edited August 15, 2020 by Boyster

[Neil Kermstrong]

6 hours ago, Boyster said:

If you have the option enabled for kerbals to respawn, they take a while to come back after they ''vanished''.

To bring him sooner i think you can do something from Alt F12 to bring him back faster,

and if you google a bit you can go to persistent file and change his status

I found this, i am 99% sure it works but...you know back up first.

Try this:

1.Open your persistent.sfs file with Notepad.

2. Find this section:

		KERBAL
		{
			name = Jebediah Kerman
			gender = Male
			type = Crew
			trait = Pilot
			brave = 0.5
			dumb = 0.5
			badS = True
			veteran = True
			tour = False
			state = Missing
			inactive = False
			inactiveTimeEnd = 0
			gExperienced = 0
			outDueToG = False
			ToD = 804399.44100609387
			idx = 0
			extraXP = 0
			CAREER_LOG
			{
				flight = XX
				XX = Die
			}
			FLIGHT_LOG
			{
				flight = 11
				11 = Land,Kerbin
			}
		}

3. Switch the state to "Available"

4. Remove any line with "Die" under CAREER_LOG and FLIGHT_LOG

Jebediah should be back, ready to die again.

The kerbals respawn option is indeed on, and years have passed since he disappeared (in-game ofc)

And where is that file you said?

[Serenity]

9 minutes ago, Neil Kermstrong said:

The kerbals respawn option is indeed on, and years have passed since he disappeared (in-game ofc)

And where is that file you said?

Windows (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/saves/YourCareerName/persistent.sfs.

You can open it with any notepad, use the search function Ctrl+F to find his name/section you need.

Make sure you backup first the ''saves'' folder, it has everything inside, your crafts, your careers etc.

Some time ago i also used this, but its outdated so use with caution, was very useful and easy to use, not sure if it still works.

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2020 by Boyster

[Neil Kermstrong]

8 minutes ago, Boyster said:

Windows (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/saves/YourCareerName/persistent.sfs.

You can open it with any notepad, use the search function Ctrl+F to find his name/section you need.

Make sure you backup first the ''saves'' folder, it has everything inside, your crafts, your careers etc.

Some time ago i also used this, but its outdated so use with caution, was very useful and easy to use, not sure if it still works.

 

 

 

Yep the save file was saying he was dead (although it wasn't in-game and he wasn't respawning), I changed it like you said and now I am gonna test it.

Btw I think there's something really wrong with my game, because recently I also killed Jeb (accidentally) and the same thing happened to him.

I just loaded the previous save tho

[Serenity]

12 minutes ago, Neil Kermstrong said:

Yep the save file was saying he was dead (although it wasn't in-game and he wasn't respawning), I changed it like you said and now I am gonna test it.

Btw I think there's something really wrong with my game, because recently I also killed Jeb (accidentally) and the same thing happened to him.

I just loaded the previous save tho

Hmmm, in Main Menu, Settings, what number you have in Max Persistent Debris?

You might want to increase that a bit, so you have some room when crashes happen.

Also in Alt+F12->Cheats->Difficulty, is the Lost Crews Respawn checked?

Edited August 15, 2020 by Boyster

[Neil Kermstrong]

1 minute ago, Boyster said:

Hmmm, in Main Menu, Settings, what number you have in Max Persistent Debris?

You might want to increase that a bit, so you have some room when crashes happen.

Also in Alt+F12->Cheats->Difficulty, is the Lost Crews Respawn checked?

I did not change the debris thing and yes that setting is indeed checked.

Anyway, it worked, now Bill is finally between us again

[Mythos]

On 8/15/2020 at 7:37 PM, Boyster said:

Some time ago i also used this, but its outdated so use with caution, was very useful and easy to use, not sure if it still works.

I would not say it's outdated. KSP just did not change much since the last KML version, especially about the structure of a savefile. Of course it still works! 

[Serenity]

1 hour ago, Mythos said:

I would not say it's outdated. KSP just did not change much since the last KML version, especially about the structure of a savefile. Of course it still works! 

Thats awesome, it saved me a lot of time and risk free corrections/changes, glad to hear it still works!

Its a really useful tool