Persistence File Editing

[NebulaNine]

I have had my share of attempts on space stations, fueling stations, and massive satellites but they always rip apart with orbital construction. Would I be able to edit the persistence file to move one of my constructions directly to the desired point in space without the destruction of orbital construction? If so, how?

[sal_vager]

This is very possible NebulaNin

You will first need to get a small craft into the right place, then you can put your station on the pad and copy the orbit data from the small ship over the top of the stations own data, then you have to delete the small craft from the persistence file.

sit = ORBITING

landed = False

landedAt =

splashed = False

met = 556.580000012098

lct = 9667.80007336014

root = 0

lat = -0.550539968017429

lon = -4.67088907171494

alt = 72637.6428841492

hgt = -1

nrm = -0.7350789,0.6779199,-0.009140099

rot = 0.2926292,0.6716138,0.6224809,-0.2753555

CoM = 0.0001699946,-2.714736,-0.003200742

stg = 3

prst = False

eva = False

ORBIT

{

SMA = 673198.115996006

ECC = 0.00101944092077329

INC = 0.557024339420382

LPE = 226.246938183056

LAN = 354.476956624322

MNA = 0.609901900073695

EPH = 10224.3800733722

REF = 1

OBJ = 0

}

This craft is in a low orbit around Kerbin, you will have to change the stg value to match the value of the craft on the launchpad, don;t forgrt to back up your persistence file before trying this

[NebulaNine]

Wow! Thanks for the practically instant help and clear advice. I just have one problem, I have tried to open the persistence file but I then realized that it is an SFS file. Is there a certain program or converter that I can use to gain access to my persistence file?

[maltesh]

It's an ordinary text file, though you have to be careful to use a program that will preserve the carriage returns. I typically use Notepad++ to edit it.

[sal_vager]

I always forget something.....

Maltesh is right, the program you use is important, and the file is just plaintext, notepad and notepad++ are fine, as is just about any editor except wordpad.

Wordpad will mess up the file and render it unreadable by KSP.

[NebulaNine]

I got it to work, now just a matter of launching my slave frigate into munar orbit! Query is answered thanks to the KSP community!