Editing parachutes

[Erlien]

Hey guys,

On my mission to EVE, just before landing I did a quicksave just to be sure. Sure enough the craft landed on a hill, fell over the the mobile materials lab got destroyed. So I reloaded and found out that all my parachutes are really tiny and have basically no drag. Looking over the quicksave, I managed to find the parachute parts but I cannot figure out how to make them ...for example packed again so I can redeploy them. I've tried messing with it but so far to no avail, any save guru out there can help me? Thanks

Sample parachute code

PART
			{
				name = parachuteRadial
				uid = 269360885
				mid = 3478275315
				parent = 0
				position = 0.215501502156258,0.18628978729248,0.373259514570236
				rotation = 0.04975883,-0.9458407,0.1750885,0.2688003
				mirror = 1,1,1
				istg = 0
				dstg = 0
				sqor = -1
				sidx = -1
				attm = 1
				srfN = srfAttach, 0
				mass = 0.15
				temp = 14.08194
				expt = 0.5
				state = 1
				connected = True
				attached = True
				flag = Squad/Flags/default
				rTrf = parachuteRadial
				EVENTS
				{
				}
				ACTIONS
				{
				}
				MODULE
				{
					name = ModuleParachute
					isEnabled = True
					persistentState = CUT
					deployAltitude = 50
					minAirPressureToOpen = 0.01
					staged = True
					deployAltitude_UIFlight
					{
						controlEnabled = True
						minValue = 50
						maxValue = 5000
						stepIncrement = 50
					}
					minAirPressureToOpen_UIFlight
					{
						controlEnabled = True
						minValue = 0.01
						maxValue = 0.5
						stepIncrement = 0.01
					}
					EVENTS
					{
						Deploy
						{
							active = False
							guiActive = True
							guiIcon = Deploy Chute
							guiName = Deploy Chute
							category = Deploy Chute
							guiActiveUnfocused = True
							unfocusedRange = 4
							externalToEVAOnly = True
						}
						CutParachute
						{
							active = False
							guiActive = True
							guiIcon = Cut Parachute
							guiName = Cut Parachute
							category = Cut Parachute
							guiActiveUnfocused = True
							unfocusedRange = 4
							externalToEVAOnly = True
						}
						Repack
						{
							active = True
							guiActive = False
							guiIcon = Repack Chute
							guiName = Repack Chute
							category = Repack Chute
							guiActiveUnfocused = True
							unfocusedRange = 4
							externalToEVAOnly = True
						}

Edited April 10, 2014 by Erlien

[Kasuha]

Seems to be result of the new game ability to save in any situation, the parachute state does not seem to be saved correctly.

Important parts are:

					...
					persistentState = CUT
					...
					staged = True
					...
					EVENTS
					{
						Deploy
						{
							active = False
							...
						}
						CutParachute
						{
							active = False
							...
						}
						Repack
						{
							active = True
							...
						}

I guess the CUT state is wrong and you need to change it to some other state which will allow the chute to open. You may also need to allow the Cut or Deploy function, based on which state you choose.

[Erlien]

Yes my experimentation has shown that the CUT state needs to be change...but I've tried PAC, PACKED, REP, REPACKED and nothing worked. I've tried DEPLOYED and that did work but it was not the one I needed

[Kasuha]

Maybe start a new save, send some flight with a chute, make a quicksave and check how it gets saved. At the very least you should be able to get it to its original pre-staged state.

[Erlien]

That is a very good idea! Will try that and report back

[Starwhip]

That "state" flag seems very important... look into that.

[Erlien]

Ok so I've played around a bit and I have managed to do it.

The states you can set it to are:

STOWED (Before used of after repacked)

SEMIDEPLOYED (Before it deploys fully)

Deployed (Duh)

CUT (After it's used or destroyed)

Now, setting the state to STOWED puts the parachute back but you need to set the actions accordingly as well. Deploy needs to be set to True while the other two False. This however will just pack your parachute and make it unusable. You also need to find the "Staged" parameter and set it to False. This in my case opened the parachute straight away, as I was on the last stage...might work differently if you are not on the stage where the parachute is deployed.

Hope this helps someone in the future

[Claw]

This was posted before and has been reported as a bug. However, the post below clams it's an easter egg. I beg to differ, but it hasn't been addressed yet.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/74760-Parachute-bug?p=1068642#post1068642

edit: bug report

http://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/issues/2326

[Kasuha]

The states you can set it to are:

STOWED (Before used of after repacked)

SEMIDEPLOYED (Before it deploys fully)

Deployed (Duh)

CUT (After it's used or destroyed)

I finally got back to my PC.

There's one more state: ACTIVE (when staged out of atmosphere/in insufficient pressure)

Also deployed state appears to be in all caps ("DEPLOYED") too.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Kasuha