How to Select Target Space Vehicle

[Apollo13]

When two orbiting vehicles are close together, is there a way to select a specific one?

Example, Vehicle A and Vehicle B are orbiting in close proximity to each other. I want to rendezvous with Vehicle B. From the launchpad, I hit the M-key, and the Orbit map is displayed. I then mouse-over the two vehicles; text is displayed showing both vehicles. However, when I left-click, I'm given the option to select only Vehicle A to "Set target" or "Switch to".

What key do I push so that I can select vehicle B? I tried [ and ]; no joy there.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Apollo13

[DChurchill]

It's a little wonky. You could enter one then use [ or ] to switch to the other. The [ and ] only work when you're actually in the ship and close enough to something else to switch. Or you could fiddle with mouse cursor placement till you get the one you want. There may be other options that I'm unaware of.

[Apollo13]

I've tried moving the mouse cursor all round before posting the thread. Using [ and ] to switch to the close-by vehicle, then using [ and ] to select the vehicle I want does not help me set the target for the vehicle on the Launchpad.

[TriggerAu]

I don't believe there is a way to do this simply. I can think of two alternatives:

1. Rename one of the vessels so its type is different to the other (ie. make one a probe and the other a station), then use the type filtering at the top of the map screen to hide the one you don't want
   
2. The other way is ti use a mod. There was an old one called haystack that listed and targetted vessels - not sure if it has been updated recently. or some of the others like Kerbal Engineer Redux have targetting functionality
   

Hope that is of use

[Apollo13]

Trigger,

Thank you. I'll give those two a try. The vehicles already have different names. But, I'll try both solutions.

Squad REALLY needs to provide an in-game solution for this, such as using [ and ] when in the Orbit view.

EDIT: Just tried the quick-and-dirty method, i.e., define it as a Probe, and select Probes from the Orbit view. Was able to easily select Vehicle B as target. I will look for the mod solution when I have a chance.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Apollo13

[Gus]

Just so you know, I think the ships have to be within 2 kilometers for the [ and ] keys to work.

[KerbMav]

The other way is ti use a mod. There was an old one called haystack that listed and targetted vessels - not sure if it has been updated recently. or some of the others like Kerbal Engineer Redux have targetting functionality

Kerbal Engineer wont help, rendevouz function closes the window as of 0.21

Trigger,

Thank you. I'll give those two a try. The vehicles already have different names. But, I'll try both solutions.

Squad REALLY needs to provide an in-game solution for this, such as using [ and ] when in the Orbit view.

EDIT: Just tried the quick-and-dirty method, i.e., define it as a Probe, and select Probes from the Orbit view. Was able to easily select Vehicle B as target. I will look for the mod solution when I have a chance.

And I was hoping you would give haystack a go so I had one mod less to try for compatibility with .21 ...