Tutorials In "Deorbiting" there is no heatshield in the craft.

[Abelinoss]

Reported Version: v0.1.5 (latest) | Mods: none | Can replicate without mods? Yes 
OS: windows 10 | CPU: Intel i5 4690K | GPU: NVIDEA GTX 1070 | RAM: 16gb

This is currently no big deal, but crucial to fix for the For Science! update.

Even though there is no heating (or heating fx) yet, heat shields exist already. Yet the tutorial craft has no heat shield. This is not logical as PAIGE is convinced there is one and actively explains why you need one...

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by The Space Peacock
Bug still present in 0.1.5

[Spicat]

@Abelinoss, moved your bug report out of the archive.

[dansiegel30]

As they should have a new tutorial for collecting and using science, one would think that they would also re-visit the re-entry tutorials with re-entry heat being introduced in 0.2.  If the heat shield is missing in this tutorial when 0.2 is release, I will be convinced the devs system test nothing prior to release.  

[Vl3d]

Reported Version: v0.2.0 (latest) | Mods: none | Can replicate without mods? Yes 
OS: Windows 11 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070 | RAM: 32 GB DDR5

 

Vessel does not have a heat shield during the Deorbiting Tutorial, although it's specifically mentioned by PAIGE.

 

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Edited December 19, 2023 by The Space Peacock

[Vl3d]

To be merged:

 

[Abelinoss]

@Spicatthe bug remains in For Science. Please move out of archive and merge this one: 

 

[The Space Peacock]

@Vl3d @Abelinoss merged Vl3d's report

[WhereAreTheBathrooms]

Still occurs in For Science!. Would be very confusing for new players wondering what part of the command pod is the heatshield

[Capt. Hunt]

The mk 1 pod has an integrated heatshield.  Although I agree that it might be kinda confusing for new players.

[MechBFP]

5 hours ago, Capt. Hunt said:

The mk 1 pod has an integrated heatshield.  Although I agree that it might be kinda confusing for new players.

No it doesn't. It doesn't have any abalator at all.

[PicoSpace]

21 minutes ago, MechBFP said:

No it doesn't. It doesn't have any abalator at all.

Also it would be nice to see how much ablator we have on parts (or across the whole craft) at this point we are guessing there is any or not... (or I've clearly missed something vital).
Next would be to be able to adjust the amount as weight can be saved if you plan your re-entry vectors correctly.

Edited December 22, 2023 by PicoSpace

[MechBFP]

4 minutes ago, PicoSpace said:

Also it would be nice to see how much ablator we have on parts (or across the whole craft) at this point we are guessing there is any or not... (or I've clearly missed something vital).
Next would be to be able to adjust the amount as weight can be saved if you plan your re-entry vectors correctly.

You can see how much ablator is on heat shields by right clicking on them and you can adjust it. It is measured in tons.