How do you save ships?

[DavidW]

I'm struggling to figure out how to save a vehicle so I can reuse / modify it later. If I create a new rocket in the VAB and then do anything other than launch I lose my work, also if I complete a launch then next time I go to the VAB I have to start from scratch.

I've tried the save button in the VAB (2nd of the three icons in the top right). The dialogue contains 3 input text boxes (* Workspace Filename, *Vehicle Name, * Description) and an empty region on the right titles "Existing Saved Workspaces | Select to Overwrite". My guess is this should show saved vehicles?

The 3rd icon (Load Workspace) has a bunch of default vehicles but none of them are my vehicles.

The first icon deletes the current  vehical

Any ideas how to fix this? I installed via steam so perhaps there's a fs permission problem or something? I've restarted the game a few times to no avail.

 

 

[Vanamonde]

I wish I could give you advice but I find the current save system quite baffling, too. 

[WiS3]

Yes the save system is very confusing and broken
The Workspace field is what make vehicles unique so they don't get overwritten, the Vehicle Name is just for display and does not matter when saving.
For every rocket/version use a new Workspace name and you should be fine
 

Edited January 10, 2024 by WiS3
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