KSC Speedbumps

[Mr.Rocket]

I have a continuing problem while trying to visit the closest monolith, just north of KSC. I wanted to go and visit it by rover. I've tried a few times with more than one rover, but everytime, there seems to be a bump that miraculosly flips and destroys the rover. It's almost like a huge wall or speed-bump. Does this happen to anyone else? Is it just a bug? I've tried going slow, fast, and even trying to go around it by going by the beach, but all have ended in failure. Any help is appreciated.

[Geschosskopf]

Pics would help, so we'd know where to look. But I don't have any problems in that area.

[Mr.Rocket]

I've never uploaded an image, but i'll try. You could probably find it without an image. It's about halfway between the runway and the monolith just north of KSC, and my rovers seem to hit a bump, if they survive one, sure again, there comes another?

[700NitroXpress]

You could always just build a really small rocket with a parachute on it and some landing legs and just fly over to it. Problem solved.

Or, try using the aircraft landing gear and a jet engine.

[Vanamonde]

I seem to recall hearing that this might have something to do with your terrain settings. I myself have never encountered the problem, and I drove to that monolith yesterday.

[Sirrobert]

No, there's nothing there.

Are you using physics warp? That might screw over the rover, physics warp does weird things sometimes.

Use http://tinypic.com/ to upload

[700NitroXpress]

I just made a simple rover and drove over to it, nothing went wrong.

[Scarecrow88]

Avoid any bumps altogether.

[Motokid600]

If your using warp then that's your issue. I get the same effect. Sometimes its so dramatic that the rover hits the "bump" and gets propelled backwards at the same speed I was moving forwards lol.. it is.. strange.

[Jagun]

Physics Warp is a double edged sword. You never know when it's gonna come flying back at your face.

[DisarmingBaton5]

I haven't ever noticed anything.

[Andersenman]

I had this occasionally at low terrain settings. When it happens, I get it all the time when driving across terrain edges regardless how sharp the edge. Made exploring the Mun a nightmare passing across ridges and bumps. I had to have a big torque wheel module on my tiny rover standing by on action group so I could instantly arrest the rover's attitude when it flipped.

Regarding your speedbump, see images:

This is about 1000 m northerly from the launchpad's center. At Terrain setting "Low", a gap in the ground can be observed.

Once you have managed to cross it (bumpy physics), you will keep walking half sunken into the ground. Don't even ask what it does to a rover's wheels.

At Default and High Terrain setting, the problem is not present.

This thread would perhaps best be moved to the BUGS section.

Edited December 2, 2013 by Andersenman

[LemonHaze]

I'm currently having the same issue. No physics warp whatsoever, its literally just as Mr.Rocket describes, for some reason it just suddenly flips with considerable force, almost like the terrain altitude is slightly different at the edge of the KSC zone. So far I've encountered this issue approaching KSC's Northern and Western edges. Using Rovemax M1 wheels within their described limits. Even if you can fly over it, the game is in Alpha and solving these bugs makes for a better end product. Best guess is its not user error, probably a glitch (might only occur while using the Rovemax M1's? will test further...).

[Cerberus738]

I've encountered this too. i don't remember what my terrain settings were on. i've switched between high and low so many times (just messing with settings to see different effects). but yes. the first time i found it one of my kerbals died right beside the monument. but after a second attempt and going really really slow i got close enough to plant a flag. i've found it other places on kerbin too. haven't really noticed it on other bodies. except the sink holes. the wheels/legs just disappear below the ground and attempting to move causes explosion. lol it seems anywhere the terrain has a seam in it causes crazy things to happen with rover wheels.