RealChute: Auto-arm on staging doesn't work

[Madalone]

Hi all

I habe been doing a small realism upgrade (no, not the complete realism overhaul) of my kerbosmos and as a part of it installed RealChute. I _do_ like it very much, save for one issue: I can't get the chutes to arm on staging. However I set the autoArm flag (via the settings GUI or by directly editing RealChute_Settings.cfg), I always have to hit the spacebar twice (stage, then arm) or to deploy manually by right-clicking the chute. No big deal if the chutes are in the last stage, but quite cumbersome if I want to stage other events after chute deployment, e.g separating the science package from the capsule.

Am I missing something or is this the intended behaviour?

Thanks for Help!

Madalone

Environment:

Mac OSX 10.9.5

KSP 0.25.0

RealChute 1.2.5.2

I made a simple test vehicle (Mk1 Pod, Mk16 Chute in stage 0, FL-T200 tank, LV-T45 engine in stage 1) and let it fly.

Hit space (11:09:17) -> takeoff; hit space (11:11:22) -> nothing; hit space (11:11:28) -> chute arms and deploys. Log extract:

[LOG 11:09:01.991] Game State Saved as persistent

[LOG 11:09:01.999] Clouds: Volume Destroyed

[LOG 11:09:02.084] Clouds: Volume Initialized

[LOG 11:09:02.085] Clouds: Volume Enabled=True

[LOG 11:09:06.505] [prachute test]: ground contact! - error: 0.055m

[LOG 11:09:06.506] Unpacking prachute test

[LOG 11:09:06.807] Stagnation Pressure Coefficient Curve Initialized

[LOG 11:09:08.221] 11/07/2014 11:09:08,KerbalAlarmClock,WarpRates:8

[LOG 11:09:17.593] activating stage 1 - current stage: 2

[LOG 11:09:17.595] [liquidEngine2]: Activated

[LOG 11:09:17.596] [00:00:00]: Liftoff!!

[LOG 11:09:18.020] Tac.LifeSupportController[FFFB57A4][581.78]: New vessel: prachute test (effb1f57-55db-413d-9d48-a51faf7b9409)

[LOG 11:09:18.021] Tac.LifeSupportController[FFFB57A4][581.78]: New crew member: Jebediah Kerman

[LOG 11:11:22.880] activating stage 0 - current stage: 1

[LOG 11:11:22.880] [mk1pod]: Activated

[LOG 11:11:22.880] [fuelTankSmall]: Activated

[LOG 11:11:22.880] [parachuteSingle]: Activated

[LOG 11:11:28.138] [RealChute]: parachuteSingle was activated in stage 0

[LOG 11:12:53.293] [00:03:17]: LV-T45 Liquid Fuel Engine splashed down hard and was destroyed.

[LOG 11:12:53.295] [liquidEngine2]: Deactivated

[LOG 11:12:53.376] [00:03:17]: FL-T200 Fuel Tank splashed down hard and was destroyed.

[LOG 11:12:53.376] [fuelTankSmall]: Deactivated

[LOG 11:12:53.696] setting repack

[LOG 11:12:53.696] [RealChute]: parachuteSingle was deactivated

[LOG 11:13:05.068] Flight State Captured

[LOG 11:13:05.071] Saving Achievements Tree...

[LOG 11:13:05.071] Saving Achievements Tree...

[LOG 11:13:05.071] Saving Achievements Tree...

[LOG 11:13:05.084] Tac.TacLifeSupport[FFFB57A8][792.41]: OnSave: SCENARIO

[NathanKell]

Chris is about to release an update. I would wait until then, see if it fixes the problem, and if not post a support request on the real chute thread following this guide (as that is the only format Chris will accept, due to too many info-less requests).