Flight Docking vessels destroys them

[schlosrat]

Reported Version: v0.1.3 (latest) | Mods: K2D2, SkipSplashScreen, Node Manager, Flight Plan, Lazy Orbit, Maneuver Node Controller, Micro Engineer | Can replicate without mods? No 
OS: Win 11 Pro | CPU: i9-9900K | GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | RAM: 32GB

 

So, I've managed to dock two small vessels in 0.1.3. One pair in a previous saved game, and one similar pair in a brand new campaign and save. The main difference between the new save and the old one was that in the new save, both vessels had coronet engines, but were otherwise similar to the earlier pair. Mk1 capsule, Clamp-o-tron Jr., 4 solar panels, 5 lights, two radial chutes (fat lot of good that did them!), heat shield and decoupler between the tank and the capsule, and a small reaction wheel control.

Immediately upon successful docking, I get a PAIGE popup telling me I've launched a vessel. The docked vessel disappears, and not too long after that it crashes into the ground on Kerbin. Unable to find the vessels in map view or flight view between when they dock and when they are reported destroyed. Poor, poor Valentina and Jeb! What a horrible way to go.

Expected behavior, a new combined vessel should be created from the two docked vessels and it should be in pretty much the same place moving at the same speed as the two vessels prior to docking. No crew should be harmed in the process, and no parts destroyed. Under no circumstances should Valentin's portrait be replaced with a white square. As the combined vessel is composed of two vessels that have both previously launched, PAIGE should sit down and shut up about the launch. If she wants to pipe up congratulating our two fine pilots on their immaculate docking maneuver, that would be OK, but otherwise, she should pipe down.

I'm able to partially replicate this in an unmodded game. In the modded game the behavior is catastrophically bad. In an unmodded game, you still get PAIGe telling you you've launched and one of the portraits will be white, but the combined vessel didn't disappear.

 

 

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Edited July 8, 2023 by Anth12