SAS won't turn off after docking ship to itself.

[Bacon_00]

So I have a ship + base that I'm trying to send to the Mun. Once I'm in orbit around Kerbin, I need to undock it and redock it into a different configuration so as to be able to drop some empty fuel tanks that would otherwise be stuck between the command module and base/lander module.

But, once I redock into the new configuration, I can't turn SAS off, and thus can't do anything but orbit the planet.

I also can't seem to use SAS on the "lander" portion of the ship when it's disconnected from the main section. I have SAS modules on both halves of the ship.

I have HOME installed, as well as RemoteTech. I'm using 3 RemoteTech dishes on the base portion of the craft, but otherwise the ship is from stock parts.

Any clarification of what's going on here would be helpful, although I'm thinking that it's a bug, because not being able to turn SAS off is a bit of a game-killer, hahaha.

[Panichio]

Is it possible to not turn on SAS before docking? Or does it automatically enable itself when docked?

I'm not familiar with RemoteTech, but there might be an issue with that, and for some reason it wont let you toggle SAS because it thinks the ship isn't controllable. At least just the SAS. Try relaunching, but this time don't use the RemoteTech dishes, and see what happens. If that doesn't work, maybe try removing the plugin from the plugin folder and see if it helps. The problem is probably something else, but I think this is worth a try, seeing that RemoteTech can make things uncontrollable if it wants.

(Uh oh, look at my post count. Something baaaaad is going to happen with your ship now! )

[Bacon_00]

Well, I solved the problem of the SAS not turning off. If I just back out to the Tracking Center and then back to the ship, it fixes itself.

However, now that I landed on the Mun, I'm having a different problem. When I undock the top part of the ship from the base/lander, the engines no longer work. Everything is turned on and shows green, however, the ship cannot take off. If I keep it docked to the lander, the throttle and engines work fine, but if I undock it and try to leave the base behind, the engines don't work. Anybody have any ideas? Also, backing out to the space center and back again doesn't fix this one =/

[Panichio]

Ah, of course. The tracking station n' back fixes most problems. With your current problem, I would think that maybe there's no pod on the lander piece? Can't really give you much help without a few pictures.

[UNSC]

You might have had timewarp at 5x, so it is easy to not notice that you didn't turn it all the way off. I do that all the time.

[capi3101]

Forgetting to activate the stage happens to me occasionally. You could try that (though you probably oughta quicksave first just in case that ain't the problem).

[Jason Patterson]

After undocking do your engines still make noise and consume fuel when they're active and throttled up? If so, hit F3 and figure out which part is blocking the engine's thrust.