replace a solar panel

[onlinegamesz]

Hello,

I made a kethane lander with a lot of solar panels and landed on the mun, but the problem is I went EVA and my kerbonaut destroyed 4 of the 6 solar panels (I think he was drunk), is there a way I can replace or repair the solar panels without having to launch the lander again?

Thanks

Edited October 18, 2014 by onlinegamesz

[Tank Buddy]

There is not currently a right-click menu like on rover wheels to repair solar panels. Unfortunately for you, there is no way to repair them without editing the craft file or replacing your lander. Sorry to disappoint, but I hope I helped.

[Sirrobert]

For asfar as I know, there is no way to repair solar pannels. You'll need to send a new one

[J0hnsmine]

If you have the KAM (Kerbal Attachment Mod) send down a probe with a ton of panels and have a kerbal attach the panels to the original ship, it should work if it does not bug out.

[Mokmo]

Only way i know is to change the line for each solar panel in the persistance or quicksave file from "broken" to "retracted". Normally it should work as nothing else changes between these statuses.

(Of course always backup your persistence file before attempting something like this)

[onlinegamesz]

There is not currently a right-click menu like on rover wheels to repair solar panels. Unfortunately for you, there is no way to repair them without editing the craft file or replacing your lander. Sorry to disappoint, but I hope I helped.

If you edit the craft file, will it also replace or add the parts on the kethane lander on the mun?

If you have the KAM (Kerbal Attachment Mod) send down a probe with a ton of panels and have a kerbal attach the panels to the original ship, it should work if it does not bug out.

You mean Kerbal Attachment System? if so I will try that then.

[J0hnsmine]

Apologies. I knew something about that acronym was wrong.

[onlinegamesz]

Ok what now?

I connected the probe with the kethane driller, but when I do right mouse button on the solar panel I can only do retract/extend solar panel.

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[Kerbal01]

Isn't that what you wanted to do in the first place?

[Johnno]

I think 'connect the probe to the miner' was meant to just power the miner, rather than move over the panels. I've yet to use KAS but you may potentially be able to dismount panels and move them with a crane or something, and mount on the miner, but I wouldn't know how, just that I've seen people talk about moving stuff about.

If you're not beyond persistance file editing I'd suggest that route.

[entaran]

IF you use KAS, just drop a basic ship next to it covered in power generationa dn connect via a winch in docked mode. Problem solved.

[HoY]

If you Literally want to install new panels on your drill rig, KAS is the right way to go. But not KAS the way you would normally use it. With the newest version there was new code with the plugin that people have started using to be able to remove and replace Any parts on any ship while on EVA. You can literally take the old solar panels off, stick them to the probe, then take the new ones off the probe and put them on the drill rig.

There's a new mod being developed using the KAS plugin

I think it's called attachment pack, and its currently located in the addon development sub forum. Basically just adds new stock parts that you can Eva remove and replace anywhere.