Stage Light Stuck on Purple, Space Bar Does Nothing

[Leonidas]

I follow the first tutorial for a simple rocket: control module, fuel tank, engine. The tutorial seems satisfied. I take it out onto the launch pad, press the space bar, and . . . nothing. The space bar does nothing.

The rest of the game works fine, as far as I can tell. I can start the engine manually, by right-clicking on it. But I can't do much activating individual components.

Edited October 20, 2014 by Leonidas

[Claw]

Hmm. I don't know if this is something due to the tutorial that isn't letting you launch it.

Try pressing MOD+L (ALT+L if you're using windows). See if that unlocks it for you.

Welcome to the forums!

~Claw

[Leonidas]

Hmm. I don't know if this is something due to the tutorial that isn't letting you launch it.

Try pressing MOD+L (ALT+L if you're using windows). See if that unlocks it for you.

Welcome to the forums!

~Claw

This problem isn't just in the tutorial. I just used that as an example to clarify that there are no design issues. I've tried alt-L, and it doesn't seem to do anything.

The only strange thing I did was to remap some of the keys, to move WASD over to the keypad. Maybe that's the problem, but there's no option to reset the keys to defaults.

[Scarecrow88]

Stage light showing purple indicates that the stage has been locked, which is why the space bar isn't doing anything. Normally you would lock and unlock a stage using ALT-L as stated by Claw, but if you have re-mapped your keys it looks as if you may have locked it by accident.

[soulsource]

On Linux, the MOD-Key by default is mapped to the right Shift key, so it would be RShift+L in that case. Also make sure that time warp is off. It happened to me several times that I left it on 5x by accident and then wondered why the controls aren't working.

In case you are using Remote Tech: The stage light also goes purple if you have no radio signal.

[AlexinTokyo]

Staging is also locked if the mouse cursor is over the staging icons on the left of the screen.

[Leonidas]

It eventually reset itself. I still don't know what caused it, but it's fixed now. I would reset the flag on this thread, but I don't see an option for it.

[LordFerret]

How to change Unanswered to Answered

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/85063-How-to-change-Unanswered-to-Answered

Edited October 20, 2014 by LordFerret