Unmanned craft

[technion]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to send my lander craft into space unmanned, with a view to docking with a larger ship and transferring staff. The lander works perfectly with one of the probes at the head.

However, I'd thought that if I simply added a lander can to that craft, it would allow me to launch an unmanned lander. It lets me configure the ship that way by just removing the Kerbal, but as soon as I hit "launch" it puts someone in there. Is there a way around this?

[lukaszett]

Try launching by clicking directly on the launchpad instead of using the button in the vab.

It'll open up a menu in which you can chose if you want to man a craft.

[Kasuha]

In the VAB there are three blue buttons at the left part of the top of the screen. The rightmost of them opens the crew window and allows you to set up the crew that will be used for the next launch. It is not stored with the ship, though, so you need to set it up every time.

[3mon]

In the VAB there are three blue buttons at the left part of the top of the screen. The rightmost of them opens the crew window and allows you to set up the crew that will be used for the next launch. It is not stored with the ship, though, so you need to set it up every time.

This. Also be sure to assing (or in the OP's case, unassing) the pilot the last thing before launch, as changing any part on the ship will reset your crew settings.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

In the VAB there are three blue buttons at the left part of the top of the screen. The rightmost of them opens the crew window and allows you to set up the crew that will be used for the next launch. It is not stored with the ship, though, so you need to set it up every time.

After you do this, make sure you don't add parts, this resets the crew configuration.

[technion]

Thanks for that guys. Looks like I kept making the change and then resetting it!