How to use the action group "Stage"

[Tassyr]

So I've been looking- is there a way to make "Stage" set it so that something activates at a certain point? I.e. at stage 'four' say, the last one that launches a probe, it toggles the solar panels and such? I tried but I can't figure that out.

Edited July 16, 2013 by Tassyr

[stupid_chris]

No, it works with the press of a button. The "stage" group is assigned to the space bar. This means, each time you'll press space, it will trigger the action group.

[Tassyr]

Dang. I was _REALLY_ hoping for a 'fire at stage x' function. Ah well.

[stupid_chris]

Heh, not yet sadly. Maybe at some point it will come.

[Dunbaratu]

No, it works with the press of a button. The "stage" group is assigned to the space bar. This means, each time you'll press space, it will trigger the action group.

But you hit the spacebar each time you drop a stage. If you have multiple stages, which one do you mean by the stage action group?

[Kimberly]

But you hit the spacebar each time you drop a stage. If you have multiple stages, which one do you mean by the stage action group?

There is only one "stage" action group, and the action group will trigger every single time you change stages.

[Epic DaVinci]

Dang. I was _REALLY_ hoping for a 'fire at stage x' function. Ah well.

Well, hope is not lost, if you have 9 or less stages on your ship, you could in theory launch just using the keys 1-9 instead of hitting space. This way, on stage 4 for instance, you can trigger extra functions as well as the normal seperation / engine ignition actions that happen when you stage.