Broken Solar Panel Issue

[Qwotty]

The Bug:
When the Kopernicus mod is installed, solar panels deploy automatically in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The toggle options for the solar panels are missing, and you can't control their deployment. Additionally, they seem to have lost all function as well. It is obvious as of writing this that Kopernicus and/or its dependencies have something to do with it, as without them, the solar panels work fine, but those mods are needed to add new stars using Infinite Discoveries, and there does not seem to be any working fix as of writing this that allows for both working solar panels and the stars. Editing and removing the SolarPanels.cfg from C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Kerbal Space Program\GameData\Kopernicus\Config both seemed to have no changes that would make any effects. The solution to this in 1.12.5.3190 or any other game version seems to be elusive even though multiple posts in different places have been made about this. 


KSP Log:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dp_4BgC0U5IwNW-6YwBqUUNAXui5zgAt/view?usp=sharing

 

[jimmymcgoochie]

I’ve seen others reporting issues with solar panels and Infinite Discoveries. Try uninstalling that and see if that helps?

[Qwotty]

7 hours ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

I’ve seen others reporting issues with solar panels and Infinite Discoveries. Try uninstalling that and see if that helps?

I already pinpointed the issue to being outside of that but thank you for the suggestion. Perhaps you did not read the "Kopernicus and/or its dependencies have something to do with it, as without them, the solar panels work fine" part clearly enough. It seems to have nothing to do with Infinite Discoveries. And I cannot even find others reporting that issue you were talking about anyway. This bug is most likely even older than that mod if anything.

[Scarecrow71]

Are you using any planet packs beyond Infinite Discoveries?  I ask because I have an install of 1.12.5 that has KSRSS (with Kopernicus, of course), and I'm not seeing this issue with the solar panels.

How did you install Kopernicus?  Through cKAN, or CurseForge, or manual download?  Have you tried verifying the integrity of your files?  Uninstall Kopernicus and reinstall?

[Qwotty]

9 hours ago, Scarecrow71 said:

Are you using any planet packs beyond Infinite Discoveries?  I ask because I have an install of 1.12.5 that has KSRSS (with Kopernicus, of course), and I'm not seeing this issue with the solar panels.

How did you install Kopernicus?  Through cKAN, or CurseForge, or manual download?  Have you tried verifying the integrity of your files?  Uninstall Kopernicus and reinstall?

I am not at the moment as of writing this, and Infinite Discoveries is the only thing like that installed ("with Kopernicus, of course", like you said), so it's not something like that, I wouldn't think. I got it through CKAN, and have even tried installing different version other than through CKAN. I have totally tried things like verifying the integrity too, but even uninstalling and then reinstalling Kopernicus is not seeming to do the trick. This issue has been narrowed down to stemming from installing Kopernicus Planetary System Modifier through CKAN, that of which also requires installing Module Manager 4.2.3, ModularFlightIntegrator 1.2.10.0, and Harmony 2.2.1.0 as dependencies. Without it, the solar panels function normally. Even a KSP Community Fixes patch addressing this particular issue did not fix it. 

Every time I remove Kopernicus and its dependencies, the solar panels work fine again, and vice versa. Therefore, the problem is there somewhere. But, still, it is hard to know what it is. Especially after, quote, "editing and removing the SolarPanels.cfg from C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\Kerbal Space Program\GameData\Kopernicus\Config both seemed to have no changes". 

Something somewhere is obviously obnoxiously overriding the solar panel behavior, but with the clues provided as of writing this, it is like trying to look for an unlocatable Kerbal lost in deep space with no cozy comms connection back the KSC — and that is what makes the fact that as of writing this my only issue with my Kerbal Space Program setup is this bug all the more infuriating. Something within what gets installed when CKAN installs Kopernicus and its dependencies into the game is what is doing this, and a deductive process of elimination done through removing mods proved that outright. So, the question is what changes the solar panel behavior and how to reverse that while still keeping Kopernicus and the stars and such that it gives. 

[Scarecrow71]

Have you tried other planet packs instead of Infinite Discoveries?

[Qwotty]

On 9/13/2024 at 6:46 AM, Scarecrow71 said:

Have you tried other planet packs instead of Infinite Discoveries?

We have indeed and were previously utilizing the Outer Planets Mod planet pack before with a similar install, and it was working fine then, like it is now as of writing this, thanks to help from you, like how you said you were "not seeing this issue with the solar panels". You helped us get the issue figured out and problem solved through your asking. You see, just like you, we were using Kopernicus on an install of 1.12.5, and that worked fine, but during the time that the initial post was made, we had installed Kopernicus wrong. How so, you may ask?  By picking an install of Kopernicus that was not the "Kopernicus Expansion Continued-er Stock Configs" in particular specifically. The golden key is to install "Kopernicus Expansion Continued-er Stock Configs" as opposed to the other options. Doing so with a clean install solved the problem. Before that, we were noticing that installing Kopernicus the other way as opposed to what is abovedescribed kept resulting in the same problem with solar panels. The problem has therefore thusly been troubleshooted down to the root cause after meticulously being thoroughly investigated, and now the solution is available here to assist other Kerbal Space Program players with this bug.