No jetpacks on Stranded Kerbals

[heswah]

I have recently started a new play through and i accepted a couple of rescue kerbal from orbit mission. 

i rendezvous with wrecked vehicle in orbit and when i take control of it i EVA Kerbal inside but am unable activate his jetpack in order to fly to rescue vehicle. 

Am i missing something.  

[Streetwind]

Welcome to the forums

Could you make a screenshot of the Kerbal in question with its rightclick menu open and post it here, please? (You can use imgur.com and link to it)

Edited December 30, 2020 by Streetwind

[heswah]

https://imgur.com/a/pZnf8Qg

 

Is this bug?

 

[bewing]

Yes, something is wrong there. All rescue victims are supposed to have both a jetpack and a parachute. Did you get your game from Steam? Have you done a file validation?

 

[heswah]

thats what i thought. nah i haven't validated yet. but i did try to push the kerbal in rescue ship so he could grab it with no sucess. lol

[heswah]

i validated game file and problem still persists  

may have to start over 

[Superfluous J]

Don't start over! If you have a jet pack in the rescue ship, the rescuee can grab the pack out of the ship's inventory it from pretty far away (7 meters?) It's really easy to do especially if you're able to get stationary next to the Kerbal.

Source: I EVA'd without a jet pack and found out after I'd let go of the ladder

Also, it's possibly not a current version bug, but an upgrade bug. If you took the contract in 1.10 maybe they don't have jet packs in 1.11. Just a guess, but it happens to your own Kerbals so maybe it happens to rescues too.

Edited December 30, 2020 by Superfluous J

[Bej Kerman]

1 hour ago, heswah said:

https://imgur.com/a/pZnf8Qg

 

Is this bug?

 

1.11 changed how Kerbals work. Now their jetpacks and parachutes are inventory items that can be removed

[heswah]

he never had it in his inventory at all i have replayed the mission about 10 times and same outcome every time. 

i also have another of the same type of mission going as well and the same thing. neither Kerbals have jet packs in inventories.

i also just accepted mission last night and went straight for it. so its not from an older version.

Edited December 30, 2020 by heswah

[bewing]

 

3 minutes ago, heswah said:

i also just accepted mission last night and went straight for it. so its not from an older version.

Are you using mods? Because that sounds like a mod conflict problem then.

[heswah]

Just now, bewing said:

 

Are you using mods? Because that sounds like a mod conflict problem then.

no i'm not using any mods 

[heswah]

I was able to transfer jet pack from one craft to another when they were 4 meters away and completed mission this way. It didn't feel like it was suposed to be that way

 

 

thanks for all your help I  might race another playthrough  to the point of getting these mission just to see if it is consistent. will let you guys know.

[Spricigo]

 

45 minutes ago, heswah said:

i have replayed the mission about 10 times and same outcome every time.

 Trying to redo the mission the same way over and over will probably just get you more frustrated. Either get some breathing and then come back to see if there is something else you are missing or just go for a different plan.

My take at it is: the game is cheating you, cheat it back.

1. rendezvous with the with the wreck
2. don't EVA
3. return with the rescue craft without the stranded kerbal 
4. go back to he tacking station, find the wreck and hit the fly button (green rocket)
5. make a quick save (hold F5)
6. open the debug toolbar (ALT+F12 on windows)
7. find [set position] under [cheats] and use it to move the wreck to the surface
8. If it put the craft inside the ground just load the quick save (F9), increase the value in [altitude] and try again.

Hopefully, it only happens with contracts generated before the update as @Superfluous J suggest. But at the very  least it allow to progress in your game untilyou  get a definitive solution.