planetsurface

[Tuareg]

more of a support question. is there any settings to change which would stop the mun surface vibrating and the parts falling/sticking through it?

if no, what makes it difficult to fix?

[KvickFlygarn87]

What setting do you have Terrain Detail on? Can you provide screenshot of what you mean?

[Tuareg]

terrain details max render quality max, i give u a short video about it (15min to upload) but just try to drop a 2x2 struct panel or large docking port and it will likely fall into the middle of the mun

here the video is, you can see the surface shaking and the bottom of the station stick through the surface what sometimes causing the stuff being lanuched into the sky

Edited May 2, 2014 by Tuareg

[vexx32]

That's not normal stock behaviour... I've never seen that happen before.

[Tuareg]

That's not normal stock behaviour... I've never seen that happen before.

I dont have any mods installed, i play vanilla only

[Tuareg]

on kerbin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZl8WE-fsc

[Capt Snuggler]

yup i get this too. would love to know if its fixable.

[Tuareg]

my main problem with it is that i cant plan connection height for surface bases... i cant dock my rovers to bases

these are in level on the launchpad but crap on the mun:

[aeTIos]

That's gravity for you. Mun has lower gravity than Kerbin and thus your rover gets pushed up a bit due to the dampers.

[Tuareg]

That's gravity for you. Mun has lower gravity than Kerbin and thus your rover gets pushed up a bit due to the dampers.

??? check the picture and the video, the bottom of the buildings cant be seen, they are under the surface...

[Shna_na]

??? check the picture and the video, the bottom of the buildings cant be seen, they are under the surface...

The RCS tank is, indeed, slightly embedded in the surface. I've got to say, I've never seen this either. It may be to do with your settings. If you have them rather low, the chances are that the texture and collision model are out of alignment for one reason or another. If this is the case, the structure is not embedded in the actual surface. This is a likely possibility, as if any part is under the surface at all it causes the whole thing to fall through due to the way that the game loads parts and planet models. You see, the planet's surface is only a really thin layer of stuff you can actually touch. Above and beneath this is just a load of space. If anything clips through, it falls. It's the same for parts.

The lower gravity of the Mun means that your suspension is keeping the little rover higher than on Kerbin. The gravity of Kerbin means that the rover's weight (not to be mistaken for mass) increases, which means that the suspension bears more weight, which in turn means that it sinks further. On the Mun, this effect is reduced.

On the other hand, it may be that the part is somehow on a different level to the rover. If this is the case, it's a bug. This post is in the wrong place either way, for future reference you should put things like this in the "Support and Bugs" section. This part of the forum is reserved for suggestions and discussion regarding potential game features. Unfortunately, I can't help you here, but it should be reported to Squad so that they can fix it or explain why it is happening if it is not a bug.

[Tuareg]

may i ask a mod to move this topic to "Support and Bugs" pls? thanks

sadly anything other than wheels i land on a planet (even kerbin) they get stuck in the surface and sometimes even falling through it...

[raidernick]

I have the same issue with the ground vibrating like this, on both stock and modded installs at highest settings.