Is there a way to allow time acceleration during long burn?

[RainDreamer]

As title said. Is there a way to speed up those extremely long burn with ion engine and such? Either that, or a way to automate things and allow me to not having to babysit the craft during the burn would work too.

[theend3r]

As title said. Is there a way to speed up those extremely long burn with ion engine and such? Either that

Alt + regular warp = physics warp, but the maximum warp is 4x. There may be mods that edit that limit though.

...way to automate things and allow me to not having to babysit the craft during the burn would work too.

Mechjeb. This is probably the better solution. Even with 4x warp some nerva burns of mine took about half an hour in real time. If your ship is stable enough so it won't disassemble, Mechjeb can pilot it for you.

Edited December 7, 2014 by theend3r

[RainDreamer]

Hmm, that speed increase thing is nice to know.

Mechjeb is only for active vessel, right? Is there a way to like, automate things while I go back to space center and fly other craft manually? Mechjeb is also a bit overwhelming for me to use.

[theend3r]

Is there a way to like, automate things while I go back to space center and fly other craft manually?

That's unfortunately impossible. Get MJ, make a maneuver node, click Smart A.S.S. -> Node and it will hold the node heading for you. Then accelerate 4x using physics warp and leave it running. If you want to do something else on your PC you can alt+enter and alt+tab to keep the game running (just alt+tab doesn't work, it pauses the game). I'm afraid there is no other solution for extremely long burns.

The best solution though is to make a ship that gets you there in a reasonable time, something that is always possible in KSP.

[Starwaster]

As title said. Is there a way to speed up those extremely long burn with ion engine and such? Either that, or a way to automate things and allow me to not having to babysit the craft during the burn would work too.

Try Orbit Manipulator: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/70881

It does what you need.

[RainDreamer]

It does what you need.

Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[eddiew]

Time Control will also do the job nicely. Good for finding a balance of how fast your PC can handle, vs dodgy physics at high speeds causing unplanned disassemblies