[v0.1.1.0.21572] After docking two (or more) ships in orbit, activation of any decoupler triggers a insta-kill.

[Jose Tortola]

• KSP Version: v0.1.1.0.21572
• Operating System: Windows 11
• CPU and GPU models: AMD 5900X - NVIDIA RTX 3090
• Description of the bug: As the title goes, once I've docked two or more ships in orbit, I cannot use any decoupler at all because that invokes the Kracken for an instant ritual destruction of the ship.

I've found this after taking this ship to Duna's low orbit (200km):

 

Everything worked well during all the trip. Every decoupler (SRBs and previous stages) worked as intended. But there I want to decouple both auxiliary ships (a lander and a returner) to dock them to the main ship's docking ports. And their TD-25 decouplers work.

Once I've decoupled any of those ships and docked with the main ship, any other decoupler from any of the individual ships now combined won't work. Trying to separate the mid-stage (TD-37) or the side stages (AD-25) destroys the ship.

With the main vehicle, I can continue activating every single decoupler if no other ship until when any other ship is docked. In another try, I decoupled both ships before docking them to the main one

Then I can undock again the ships (via part's manager docking port's "decouple" action) and everything's fine. But every single time I have a "combined ship", if I try to activate any decoupler via staging or via part's manager this happens:

And then the ship and the undocked parts start to sink down like lead into the planet, as if they suddenly had zero orbital velocity.

But if you look close to the falling wreck, it seems like the decoupling happened. I mean, decouplers work, but they just destroy every single part (coupled or decoupled) after doing their job.

• Fixes / Workarounds: None (as far as I know)
• A list of ALL mods: None.
• Other Notes / Screenshots : Included in the description. Iguess the Kracken wants his toll.  But that results in missions that require on-orbit redocking may be unfeasible.

Edited March 19, 2023 by Jose Tortola

[Tazooka]

I found that this message isn't actually accurate. If you go to the tracking station, the vessels are still alive and controllable  (or at least in my case)

[Jose Tortola]

4 hours ago, Tazooka said:

I found that this message isn't actually accurate. If you go to the tracking station, the vessels are still alive and controllable  (or at least in my case)

You're right. Despite of the "autodestruction message", if I go back to Kerbal Space Center and then to the tracking station, I can select the combined vessel and control it.

The message appears allways when the ship is a combined ship, once undocked each individual ship can use its own decouplers as intended.