How often do you get new Kerbals in the astronaut complex?

[SmarterThanMe]

Just wondering. It's time someone else got a go other than Jeb, Bob and Bill.

[qazsedcft]

Until the Kerbal skills are more than just placeholders I'm not going to bother.

[JebNeedsHelp]

A lot. I've colonized a lot of the system. Almost 100 Kerbals each on the Mun and Minmus, 23 on Eve and 10 on Gilly, 24 on Duna and 20 on Ike, 8 on Moho, 25 on Dres, and 10 on Eeloo. Plus one poor Kerbal on Bop - I'm still working on landing the little guys on Jool's moons. And yeah, until I get a lot better at the game, they're all one-way trips.

I have a lot of fun seeing all the different names that get generated.

[Reactordrone]

My Jeb, Bob and Bill are all off world on missions at the moment so there's plenty of opportunities for the newer guys to fly.

[SmarterThanMe]

I've gone 7 Kerbin days without new guys turning up... Is this a bug?

[Cerberus738]

what do you mean turning up? you have to hire them from the astronaut complex. or rescue them from space.

[SmarterThanMe]

There are no Kerbals available for hire in the Astronaut Complex.

[SmarterThanMe]

Also, tried to create a new kerbal through Ship Manifest.. Got this error:

[Error]: [Applicants List Error]: Cannot Hire Geofwell Kerman as he is not an applicant

...I doubt that the problem is there, though.

[GoatRider]

They will also be auto-hired if all your current kerbals are occupied. Launch Jeb, Bill, and Bob, and then try to launch another- it will be occupied by a new hire.

[NecroBones]

I don't know the exact interval, but whenever I fast-forward by a few Kerbin-weeks to get to a new launch window, or interplanetary course correction, etc, I can usually check and find an entirely new list of recruits in the astronaut complex. You're free to hire as few or as many as you want there.

[Booots]

I'm also having this issue. I've gone about two Kerbin weeks without any new applicants. I'm a little picky about not hiring stupid astronauts (I use EL) and so I don't really want to just chance it by clicking the 'Fill' crew button. Same as SmarterThanMe I am using Ship Manifest and can't create astronauts with that either. Can anyone recommend a fix so that I can start my colonization mission finally?

EDIT: My current workaround: a python script that randomly generates Kerbals and lets me select which ones I want to hire and then outputs the appropriate persistence section. Crude, but functional.

Edited September 4, 2014 by Booots

[tsotha]

I don't think I've hired one yet. Seems like about one in ten contracts are rescue missions, and those guys go onto your roster.

[capi3101]

Same here; I haven't actually hired anybody since starting the new career save and I'm pretty much holding the guys I've rescued in reserve for permanent flag planting duties.

If nobody's showing up in your Astronaut Complex, that does sound like a bug. I might have to visit the astronaut complex myself next chance I get to see if the same thing's happening to me or not.

[DrMonte]

I've got plenty of them from space around Kerbin.

If your Astronaut Complex is not operational that might be a mod problem. Once I've filled ~30 spaces dome within minutes. They appear in packs of eight. I suppose you should have empty "free crew" window.

[Cerberus738]

I can hire all Kerbals available, exit the astronaut complex, go right back in and it's repopulated. I don't use much for mods though (KAS, alarm clock, nav ball+, KER, root select, rcs aid) so maybe that's the problem.