Anyone else had a stuck throttle? [SOLVED...]

[Akinesis]

Firstly, usual thing of 'this might be in the wrong thread'. My KSP is not stock, but I cannot track a mod that might cause this issue. So it's not a report, just asking if anyone else has had this.

I went away with work this week, so I installed KSP onto my laptop so I could cope with leaving my PC for a few days. I spent the free time I had creating a new Apollo-style lander for my upcoming Mun missions. I tested it, tweaked it and everything was dandy.

When I got home (today), I transferred the craft file onto my PC and fired up KSP. I went to test the vehicle on the PC, but the throttle was stuck at 10%. If I throttled up, down or cut it completely, it would fight me and return to 10%. I turned MechJeb on, and it fought that too. I took the vessel back to the VAB and reloaded it. Same thing. Tried another craft. Uh-oh... same thing. Tried an existing craft already in orbit. Oh noes - same damn thing! Deleted the file out of my VAB save folder - guess what, it didn't cure it.

Now, restarting my computer is the only way to *SOMETIMES* clear the fault. But I'm pretty sure the problem lies with the Mk2 Lander Cabin, for whatever reason. But I have no mod that directly links to that file. And I just re-installed that file, but it didn't cure the bug. And the problem has now transferred to all the other command vehicles. I've had this happen to me in 0.20, but I cannot remember how I cleared it. I've tried quick-loading and removing my most recent mods.

Anyone else know of this problem? It makes the game unplayable.

Mod wise, I'm not really using any same mod from the 0.20 version where I encountered the identical problem. It happened as soon as I transferred the file from my laptop to my PC. And, please, no 'this is why I play stock' comments. The only parts I have that are not stock is KAS, MapSat and CommSat. But none of these were fitted to the vehicle (the lander was made on my laptop, which is pure stock).

Many thanks

Edit: just tried a new game completely, and the problem exists within that, too

Edit 2: I've removed all my mods making the game stock, and the problem still persists. Hmmmm.

Edited August 29, 2013 by Akinesis

[MrPopcup]

did you try re-installing? i'm afraid it's the only solution, your KSP files may be corrupted and the only way to fix them is re-installing. so Re-install, check if the game works 100% with stock, then go to your craft you transferred, put it into saves -> VAB folder and try to launch it, if it launches just fine then it was KSP's files. if it exists then it's the craft file, IF the craft file has mods, try installing mods one by one, and test the game after every-installation. that way you will know what mod causes it if IT really does.

[SolarLiner]

Well, backup your saves and crafts, delete everything and download everything again.

Then do the following in order, and tell us at which point comes the problem:

- Run KSP, create save, open a random rocket and fly it.

- Place your saves back, open one of them, fly a random craft.

- Place your ships back, open a random one, and fly it.

- Install mods, one by one, with tests each install (long but worth it)*.

* I encourage you to use JSGME to manage your mods. It works perfectly fine for me with almost every mod added, and with that you can add/remove mods easily.

[Akinesis]

Oh my days.

Folks, I cured it. It hit me like a lightening bolt. When I came home today my study was tidy. Which meant the wife had been in here cleaning. So I looked over at my joystick a few moments ago...

The. Throttle. Was. Up.

And around the 10% position, too. I couldn't believe it. With a shaky hand and sweat beading up on my brow, I moved over and nudged the damn thing back down. When I looked back at my Navball, the throttle was sat steadily at 0. I gingerly held down shift and the needle moved up smoothly, with the jumping-issue gone. I've just loaded the file I made on my laptop. Would you believe it - it works like a charm.

All I will say is, if anyone has a gimp-of-the-forum award then sling it this way.

Thank you for the fast replies, people!! Now pardon me while I go and cower in my bath tub for at least an hour.... or until I've chewed the skin off my knuckles.

[Traches]

I was just about to post exactly that-- my joystick has done the same thing to me a couple times. Glad you found it!

[acealeam]

That happened to me too. For some reason, unplugging it isn't enough though. I have to remove it from the controls.

[MrPopcup]

Glad you found it!