Altimeter seems to have gone boink

[LawnDartLeo]

Having had my fill of Munar landings I moved on to Eve. I've established a stable orbit over the planet but I have no idea how high I am AGL because my darn altimeter is reading altitude from Kerbin yet. So, my readings are in millions and millions of kilometers and not the few hundred that I estimate that I am.

Wha'd I break? How do I fix it?

Edited October 3, 2013 by LawnDartLeo

[blizzy78]

Does quicksaving and loading fix it?

[Xetalim]

Does pointing at your craft in map mode give you an altitude?

[LawnDartLeo]

Resolved. Never mind how. Nobody ever said Kerbins where the brightest crayons in the box.

[blizzy78]

Cool. And you can edit your thread starter to indicate that your question has been answered. :-)

[Alexandicity]

Sorry, there's an AGL altimeter somewhere? As opposed to an ASL one? I have a huge problem with this, to the point I ignore the altimeter completely unless I'm landing in the ocean... is there a way to get distance above the local ground level?

[merlinux]

Yes there is in IVA mode The radar altimeter tells the actual altitude relative to the ground underneath. If not mechjeb can tell it too, that is what I use as going in IVA mode can get annoying when doing landings ...

[LawnDartLeo]

Cool. And you can edit your thread starter to indicate that your question has been answered. :-)

And where is the radio button to do so?

Update: hey forum mods.... don't make advanced edit mode a requirement for flipping the answered/unanswered bit.

Edited October 3, 2013 by LawnDartLeo

[wasmic]

The altimeter goes boink? That's scientific progress!

[Rage097]

Sorry, there's an AGL altimeter somewhere? As opposed to an ASL one? I have a huge problem with this, to the point I ignore the altimeter completely unless I'm landing in the ocean... is there a way to get distance above the local ground level?

OBJECTION! Minmus's Saltflats/icelakes/whatever's keeping the mint icecream cold are at exactly sea level. Minmus is probably the one and only place you can trust the altimeter.