Selecting targets is difficult at close range

[CiberX15]

I was trying to dock two ships in orbit but I really struggled with selecting the docking node on the other ship. I had gotten my ships to within about 500m apart, which was still outside the range at which I could select it in ship view. Even though I could see the square node indicating where the ship was, I couldn’t highlight or select it. I was well outside the range where the mouse could select individual parts, they didn't even highlight to give me the choice. And 500m was way too close to be able to select the craft in map view.

Optimally clicking the indicator node in ship view would give me the option to select the craft as a target, and even more optimally give me an option to open up the parts manager for the distant ship, and thus allow me to scroll through and select the part I want as my target.

Additionally it would be nice if right clicking on ships in the map view could do the same.

Additionally there may be a bug with selecting targets as 1 out of 3 times when I clicked select as target on the docking port, nothing appeared to happen? That could have just been user error on my part though. Maybe I didn’t see the rotate to target SAS option pop up the first time?

[Fermentation]

I would love to be able to open up a wireframe version  or simplified version rendering of the of the target vessel in a popup window and allow me to select a specific docking port.   In the future, you might be able to use that same window to show ship information (# of kerbals,  fuel available,  telemetry data

[Breuss]

 I already sent a message to the developers about this issue. I think it's worth repeating here. When 2 or more ships are nearby, then in the map mode it is unrealistic to select the vehicle you need as a target. Icons overlap each other. We need a drop-down list that will list all spacecrafts within a radius of, say... 10 km.

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Breuss