How-to launch from the launch pad UI?

[numerobis]

The wiki is no help. How does this UI work?

I would like to launch the Insanatron 15k. What do I do? I figured I'd click on it; nothing. Double-click. Nada. Drag it over to the other side; zilch. Drag to the launch icon; nyet. Click the launch icon; launches the ion probe (unsurprisingly).

Am I missing something obvious?

[Edit: yes, I'm missing a mod. Clicking is the thing to do, but if there's a missing mod, clicking silently fails.]

Edited October 12, 2013 by numerobis

[adinfinitum]

I guess first click on the Insanatron 15k, the little tab next to it should turn green and the name and description should show up over by the mission flag. If it's got a probe core, then it's good to go, if not, make sure at least one kerbal is in a control pod. Then just press the green launchpad button above the flag, and you should be good to go.

If that doesn't work then I'd just try launching it straight from the VAB instead of going to space center view and clicking on the launch pad. It might just be bugging out on you right now.

[numerobis]

Gragh. It's user error.

I had uninstalled a mod the Insanatron used.

It would be nice if the result was a "no, silly, this ship is broken" message rather than simply ignoring me.

[adinfinitum]

That would be nice, especially since it seems to know enough to not try and load the ship up on the pad if it's missing something

[rpayne88]

That is exactly how you use it. It should give your an error message saying "ship could not be loaded because it was missing the following parts: (insert part names here.)"