Mun

[TechnicalK3rbal]

I landed on the Mun, got into orbit, and realized I wasn't coming in at a good angle. (Far, deadly reentry) so i loaded my quick save on the surface of the Mun, and now my lander is BELOW the surface, and I can't click on anything on it, or even control it!

Help!

Note:I already restarted and reloaded the quick save. I'm willing to edit the save file of someone can tell me how.

Mods:

Far

Deadly reentry

tac life support

Intertstellar

And KW rocketry

[WAS]

Have you tried going through near targets with [ ] keys? I've seen similar with landing gear being sucked up by the Muns surface.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

No, I mean the ENtIRE lander is like 20 meters below the surface,

[JumpsterG]

Before advice: Make a backup of your save file just in case you accidentally make things worse.

I don't have access to current game files at work, but if you peek inside the persistent file (or the quicksave), you can find a VESSEL{} module with name = [YourCraftNameHere] (use ctrl-f to find it quickly). Below it there should be a bunch of orbital stats, including I think "alt" for altitude. I'm not sure what setting you should put it at, but raising the value up some should get it above the terrain. I haven't messed with these too much, but so long as you leave "landed = True", I believe it will set itself down on the surface on physics load. (but I could be wrong about that last bit!)

[TechnicalK3rbal]

I got it above the surface.. But now I can't control it and physics doesn't affect it.

.??

[TechnicalK3rbal]

It just floats there

[JumpsterG]

It just floats there

My first instinct is to laugh at the image of the poor Kerbal trying to figure out what's going on. Sorry for that!

I don't know the best way to go about it, but I would next try setting the "sit = ORBITING" and "landed = False". Just understand that it may begin falling from whatever height you set.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

Ahh well. It was Jeb. I just terminated it, and he respawned. There went 130 science.

[Kasuha]

I had to set up the "hgt =" parameter correctly when I had similar problems with my landed ship on Eeloo. You may try that.

[JumpsterG]

I had to set up the "hgt =" parameter correctly when I had similar problems with my landed ship on Eeloo. You may try that.

Ah. Didn't remember there being a "hgt" variable. That's what I get for trying to save file edit without the save file. (while simultaneously performing a data migration for business software... I think I've reached a new level in nerd today).

[codepants]

I used to have a similar problem, no mods related, I believe. I had graphics setting turned down. I put them back to default and it solved the problem -- didn't have to make a new save, never happened again.

In my case, I think it has something to do with the way the terrain is loaded on lower graphics settings.