How to edit my quicksave file to restore my glitched MIA crew?

[Mitchz95]

My game glitched while timewarping and two of my on-mission Kerbals somehow got marked as MIA. I'm trying to bring them back via save file editing (marking them as "Assigned" rather than "Missing" in the roster, and correcting the mission's crew count to 3) but it doesn't seem to be working. Is there anything else I can do? The mission is kinda screwed without them.

Edited September 11, 2021 by Mitchz95

[jimmymcgoochie]

1. Set them to "Available" to get them back in the roster.
2. Put them in a pod.
3. Cheat the pod to beside the existing mission, transfer them over via EVA.
4. Return the pod to the launchpad or delete it.

[antipro]

11 hours ago, Mitchz95 said:

I'm trying to bring them back via save file editing

Don't you have an automatically created backup file that has been saved before the glitch?

Edited September 11, 2021 by antipro

[Mitchz95]

5 hours ago, antipro said:

Don't you have an automatically created backup file that has been saved before the glitch?

All I see are "persistent" and "quicksave".

[antipro]

19 minutes ago, Mitchz95 said:

All I see are "persistent" and "quicksave".

I mean in the folder \Kerbal Space Program\saves\"CAREER NAME"\Backup
The backup folder contains some backups named "persistent" and "quicksave" but also names you entered sometimes.
Looking at their date creation or their name you should find the one before the glitch.

Edited September 11, 2021 by antipro

[Mitchz95]

17 hours ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

1. Cheat the pod to beside the existing mission, transfer them over via EVA.

How do I do this?

6 hours ago, antipro said:

I mean in the folder \Kerbal Space Program\saves\"CAREER NAME"\Backup
The backup folder contains some backups named "persistent" and "quicksave" but also names you entered sometimes.
Looking at their date creation or their name you should find the one before the glitch.

There are five quicksave files, all of them from after the glitch. No persistents.

[jimmymcgoochie]

@Mitchz95 Press Alt+F12 to open the debug menu, click “cheats” then “set orbit”, select the craft you want to move beside at the bottom using the arrows and it should put you right next to it.

[Mythos]

When you change the kerbals to "Assigned" in the roster, you also have to go to the flightstate, your vessel, and then the part where they should be in. You need to have one enty "crew = Jebediah Kerman" and a separate additional "crew = Bill Kerman" for each one.