(FYI) Changing INTERNAL of an already launched command pod => NRE

[Justin Kerbice]

This may be useful to Squad if they want to improve their code:

changing internal space (just the name used in part config, in INTERNAL{} block) of a vessel which is already launched, going to tracking station makes impossible to do any action (recover/dispose/go to) to a selected vessel and log files contains:

(1st relevant exception)

ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Argument is out of range.

Parameter name: index

at System.Collections.Generic.List`1[internalSeat].get_Item (Int32 index) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at KnowledgeBase.CreateVesselCrewList (.Vessel v) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at KnowledgeBase.OnMapFocusChange (.MapObject target) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at EventData`1[MapObject].Fire (.MapObject data) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at PlanetariumCamera.SetTarget (.MapObject tgt) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at SpaceTracking.SetVessel (.Vessel v, Boolean keepFocus) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at SpaceTracking+ .MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

(Filename: Line: -1)

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at KnowledgeBase.UpdateVesselInfoList (.Vessel v) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at KnowledgeBase.FixedUpdate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

(Filename: Line: -1)

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at KnowledgeBase.UpdateVesselInfoList (.Vessel v) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

at KnowledgeBase.FixedUpdate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

(then lot's of same NRE)

[Padishar]

This may be useful to Squad if they want to improve their code:

changing internal space (just the name used in part config, in INTERNAL{} block) of a vessel which is already launched, going to tracking station makes impossible to do any action (recover/dispose/go to) to a selected vessel and log files contains:

(1st relevant exception)

Does it have a different number of seats by any chance? Editing anything in the save file needs to be done with great care and a good level of knowledge about the internal workings of the game is necessary or the save will almost certainly break (always keep backups). Trying to defend against arbitrary, breaking edits of the game's save files (in a way that doesn't just delete the vessel because it is corrupted or not allow you to load the save at all) would be an almost impossible task and there are far more important things for the devs to work on.