Why phys warp?

[KvickFlygarn87]

My Laythe scanner is in a 51/51 orbit (the atmosphere is at 50km), but yet I can only use phys warp. Why is this?

[Dooz]

Because Your in the atmosphere! Laythes atmosphere starts about 55km not 50km or 55,262 meters

Move your probe into a higher orbit before it decays.

Edited December 30, 2013 by Dooz

[KvickFlygarn87]

Ahem...

Also, I can go to Space Center without being stopped due to being in an atmosphere.

[JiWint]

Ahem...

http://i.imgur.com/Cs9qQFz.png

Also, I can go to Space Center without being stopped due to being in an atmosphere.

Ahem... http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Laythe

[Smidge204]

An orbit of 51km above Laythe is absolutely in the atmosphere, and that orbit will decay. Very, very, VERY slowly... but it will decay. If you look at the atmosphere gauge under the altimeter, you'll notice that the needle is not all the way to the left.

It's prevailing wisdom that you should be over 55km to be 100% sure you're not dragging in the atmosphere. 55,263 is the minimum altitude to get non-physical time warp.

=Smidge=

[Dooz]

Planetarium is Sometimes Not Truthful

I hyper Edited a Craft Into a Orbit Around Laythe 51 Km If You look Closely The atmosphere bar Is Slightly Moved And You can Quick save Space center In the Upper Atmosphere

[KvickFlygarn87]

Huh, odd. Maybe the devs wanna fix that. Anyways, the reason I was so low is that my magnetometer won't work any higher.

[Superfluous J]

I noted the same problem on Duna, IIRC. I think it's just old info that they never updated when they finally decided on the actual planetary statistics.

[TheDarkStar]

Planetarium is Sometimes Not Truthful

http://i.imgur.com/HvHR2iB.jpg

I hyper Edited a Craft Into a Orbit Around Laythe 51 Km If You look Closely The atmosphere bar Is Slightly Moved And You can Quick save Space center In the Upper Atmosphere

The numbers are never quite exact because of floating point rounding. The closer to a circular orbit, the worse the accuracy is. It's a thing built into the Unity engine.

[Superfluous J]

The numbers are never quite exact because of floating point rounding. The closer to a circular orbit, the worse the accuracy is. It's a thing built into the Unity engine.

We're not talking about the orbit markers. We're talking about that info screen when you're in map mode with Eve selected, the button on the right. That's not a calculated number; it's somewhere in the game database and it's just wrong.