Parachutes on other planets

[Companion]

My parachutes will only open in the Kerbin atmosphere, but I see pictures of other people landing on other planets with them. Anybody wanna tell me how?

[Felipe_Unique]

jjajaja to me it is the same

[trollmylove]

are you sure you have the staging step up right for them? and some parachutes deploy alot later than on kerbin due to having a thinner atmosphere. eve is the exact opposite though.

[maltesh]

Which bodies have you tried parachuting to? Personally, I've used parachutes on Duna and Laythe landings, as both have atmospheres.. Also, for parachutes to work, they have to be manually activated, typically by pressing space to activate the stage they're currently in. Are you making sure that the stage of your planetary parachute is somewhere it won't cause problems?

[Companion]

fixed, thanks