Help! Bob's stuck in mid-fall!

[StrandedonEarth]

I started a new save, upping my challenge level to hardcore (FAR, DRE, TAC, not reverting or quicksaving (at least, not yet)) and on my first Mun landing, Bob got stuck while EVA'ing around his lander (perfect landing, BTW) collecting science experiments. He's in ragdoll mode apparently after slipping/falling off a radial tank and getting stuck against the core. He won't move, and won't use RCS. He just won't move. The lander doesn't have a probe core so I can't move it while Bob is on EVA to shake him loose. He should have lots of life support but power will run out on him first. He's on suit power so it doesn't even matter that I haven't researched solar panels yet. The only thing I can think of is sending up a rescue mission to try and knock him loose, his power ought to last long enough. I restarted KSP and that didn't work either.

Any other ideas for freeing him?

Here's a pic of his predicament:

Edited May 4, 2014 by StrandedonEarth

[kenbobo]

ok download hyper edit ONCE and choose him- ship lander- set to current- land/drop ONCE

[Capt. Hunt]

You might want to start by turning off his suit lights. That might save some charge.

[Claw]

If he's ragdolled and not just stuck, try this thread.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/75586-Master-Thread-Unresponsive-Kerbals-in-EVA

[Taki117]

This may sound weird, but Time warp a bit. Kerbals have 12 hrs of life support on their own, so 5x should do it. Since Physics isn't calculated during Time Warp he should just fall through your tank. Might want to be a bit careful when coming out of it though.

[cantab]

I'd be happy to call this a game bug and edit the save file. I had a similar thing once and just found the Kerbal's altitude and changed it to be higher. Loaded up and he dropped down onto the ship and bounched clear. If you change the state you might be able to take control with the EVA pack too.

[Hodo]

This is actually one of the reasons why none of my craft now have it so my crew when they EVA have to walk over gaps in the ship. They clip and fall through to often, even in the stock KSP. It is one thing I wish they would fix sooner than later.

[StrandedonEarth]

Thanks for the suggestions folks. Time warp didn't work so I edited the persistence file by truncating the lat and long to the hundredth decimal place which moved him about 100m clear of the lander, where he fell and landed and was able to move! The mission has now been completed successfully.