Re-Entry

[leax256]

Well I was testing something and I noticed something off with the re-entry effects.

As you can see the re-entry effects dissappear once the tank is decoupled. Has this been discovered by anyone else yet?

[Canopus]

I just noted this yesterday. I was decoupling my service module and then noticed that my capsule lit up like magnesium candle while the SM was just glowing red.

[leax256]

I wonder if this is a bug or a "feature" since re-entry was just added.

[Wait- Was That Important?]

I can confirm this:

It's not just because its modded either, it's happened with stock but this is the only picture handy of the weirdness. Maybe it's a GPU saving thing, I get plenty of lag on simple reentry heat effects.

[KAO]

odd, I've never seen this. Whenever parts from my ships decouple they are still very much aflame

[Dasemay]

i think Re-entry needs a bit of a revamping. for one thing the textures are a bit off and is it really the best idea to use the lighting engine to map heat points?

[Tw1]

I was under the impression they did have effects on debris as well, but maybe not. The pic I was thinking of only shows the debris from this failed launch glowing red hot.

Testing rockets (and having them fail) yesterday, it seemed that only the active vessel got flames, when I tried switching between one falling part, and another.

[zekes]

I do not seem to have this problem....

[Fel]

Debris follows a different aeronautical model, doesn't it?

The whole "Staging while falling means the debris falls slower than you" deal?

[bonoginbomber]

Right now there isn't much of aerodynamic model, it's going to be one of the big changes in the next couple of updates

Also, I'm in the same boat as zekes. No problem with flaming debris for me. Has to be a bug.