Radar Altimeter?

[tfabris]

In the KSP current release, stock no mods, is there a way to show the altitude on the staging screen as actual meters above cumulus granite, as opposed to meters above sea level?

[Rhomphaia]

there is one in most cockpit views, it's analogue though.

[Syhrus]

In the KSP current release, stock no mods, is there a way to show the altitude on the staging screen as actual meters above cumulus granite, as opposed to meters above sea level?

Most pods have a radar altimeter inside if you use IVA view, but if you want to read it from external views I don't think there is a way to display it without using mods.

[capi3101]

It's one I've never understood either...why every other gauge is accessible from the staging screen but you have to go IVA to get to a radar altimeter...

[tfabris]

Especially since landings without parachutes are pretty much only do-able in the Staging screen.

It's quite nerve-wracking to watch those numbers count down and not know which number is the one that hurts. :-)

[Dave Kerbin]

Especially since landings without parachutes are pretty much only do-able in the Staging screen.

It's quite nerve-wracking to watch those numbers count down and not know which number is the one that hurts. :-)

Why is it only do-able from staging? Powered landings are the one thing I use IVA mode for, as all the important items (navball, vertical speed, ground range) are there.

[tfabris]

I guess because the view from the cockpit for most of my lander designs means that my windows are pointing to the sky. I like to see the ground I'm heading for, and change my approach if I see that I'm heading for a steep slope.