Ever have a Kerbal just stand there, dazed?

[tater]

So I managed to land a munar rover. Wow, hard to control...

Long story short I went over a crater edge, and cartwheeled down. Rover mostly OK, but the driver was scraped off. Now he's standing there, can switch to him, but not do anything. The rover drives without him, and since I'm on a hill, I'm literally using poor Aldzer as a chock for the rover.

Any suggestions?

Edited September 4, 2014 by tater

[tater]

I quit and restarted game. Have total control of the rover. If I right click poor Aldzer, I see his EVA Propellant level. That's as interactive as he gets.

[Blind Dead McJones]

You can try reloading a save. Have you gone in and returned before posting this?

The other option is quickload, which it may or may not be too late for you to do. This is why I recommend that everyone should use quicksave periodically even if they wanna do a no-quickload run.

Either way, this sounds like a bug and should probably go to the tech support section of the forum.

[tater]

I have never done any saves other than what the game does. I exited, and came back. Same. When I switch to map view, it is not focus on his location, but the center of the Mun.

The save part relative to him looks like this:

PART {

name = kerbalEVA

uid = 4047618955

mid = 2714164039

launchID = 110

parent = 0

position = 0,0,0

rotation = 0,0,0,1

mirror = 1,1,1

istg = 0

dstg = 0

sqor = -1

sidx = -1

attm = 0

srfN = None, -1

mass = 0.09375

temp = -19.17863

expt = 0

state = 0

connected = False

attached = False

flag = Squad/Flags/hexagonCircles

rTrf = referenceTransform

modCost = 0

crew = Aldzer Kerman

EVENTS

{

}

ACTIONS

{

}

MODULE

{

name = KerbalEVA

isEnabled = True

state = Idle (Grounded)

step = 1.208333

packExt = False

lightOn = False

flags = 0

EVENTS

{

PlantFlag

{

active = False

guiActive = True

guiIcon = Plant Flag [1]

guiName = Plant Flag [0]

category = Plant Flag [1]

guiActiveUnfocused = False

unfocusedRange = 2

externalToEVAOnly = True

}

MakeReference

{

active = False

guiActive = True

guiIcon = Control From Here

guiName = Control From Here

category = Control From Here

guiActiveUnfocused = False

unfocusedRange = 2

externalToEVAOnly = True

}

OnDeboardSeat

{

active = False

guiActive = True

guiIcon = Leave Seat

guiName = Leave Seat

category = Leave Seat

guiActiveUnfocused = False

unfocusedRange = 2

externalToEVAOnly = True

}

RenameVessel

{

active = False

guiActive = True

guiIcon = Rename Vessel

guiName = Rename Vessel

category = Rename Vessel

guiActiveUnfocused = False

unfocusedRange = 2

externalToEVAOnly = True

}

}

ACTIONS

{

}

vInfo

{

vesselName = Aldzer Kerman

vesselType = 9

rootUId = 4047618955

}

[tater]

Made a copy of the above in support.

[Aethon]

It's a known 'thing' (don't know if its a bug or not) but has never happened to me. There's a fix for it. Someone'll be along...

[Taki117]

Have a look at this thread.

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

Specifically it looks as if the game thinks your poor kerbal is a part, and not a kerbal.

[tater]

Yep, edited the save and it worked out fine.

[Vanamonde]

If it happens again, try knocking him over with the rover or another kerbal. Sometimes it resets a stuck kerbal when he automatically stands up again.

[wasmic]

Have a look at this thread.

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

Specifically it looks as if the game thinks your poor kerbal is a part, and not a kerbal.

That's how Kerbals work - they are parts. The command chair is practically a docking port for Kerbals.

[Wanderfound]

If it happens again, try knocking him over with the rover or another kerbal. Sometimes it resets a stuck kerbal when he automatically stands up again.

That is a very Kerbal solution.

[KingPhantom]

i had that once a long time ago. i didn't know this forum then... so i edited the save by my own becaue it's easy readable...

it tied the "know over" solution but this doesn't work for me. it doesn't matter how fast you drive. the kerbal will stand still

[Oafman]

If it happens again, try knocking him over with the rover or another kerbal.

Agreed. There's little chance of this fixing the issue, but it might make you feel better

[tater]

If it happens again, try knocking him over with the rover or another kerbal. Sometimes it resets a stuck kerbal when he automatically stands up again.

It was the first thing I did, actually, maybe I didn't hit him hard enough (when I circled around to put the rover near him to see if I could board, I braked insufficiently hard, picture above ).

[Claw]

The command chair is practically a docking port for Kerbals.

The command chair is, in fact, a specialized docking port that only kerbals can dock to.

Cheers,

-Claw

[Wanderfound]

The command chair is, in fact, a specialized docking port that only kerbals can dock to.

Heavily tempted to start muttering about "engage docking mode" next time I sit down somewhere.

[ColdWarrior000]

My Kerbals are always high. They watch too much Pott Manley on interplanetary trips.

[Reactordrone]

The command chair is, in fact, a specialized docking port that only kerbals can dock to.

Cheers,

-Claw

Well that explains why you can transfer EVA propellant between Kerbals when they're sat down then.

[RW-1]

If it happens again, try knocking him over with the rover or another kerbal. Sometimes it resets a stuck kerbal when he automatically stands up again.

Now there is the standard Kerbal answer - just hit him with something and he'll work!

[Engineer of Stuff]

When a Kerbal falls out of a Command Chair, he is classified as "debris". To fix this, go to his save and change it so he is on EVA.

[GigaG]

I once tried to hit a Kerbal with another Kerbal when I had this issue (I think it was knocking Jeb into Bill after they fell out during the crash-landing of a Minmus rover that I had used RCS to make into a flying carpet.) I soon Hell Krakened.