"Extend"/"Retract" Antennas

[Guest]

Most of the time I play sandbox mode and just add antennas for a better look. I mentioned, when I wanted to extend the antennas during flight, sometimes there was a "Extend"/"Retract" button in the RMB menu and sometimes not. What´s causing this?

Edited December 16, 2014 by Guest

[The_Rocketeer]

When in warp, a lot of the buttons from the RMB menu disappear. At a glance, I'd say this is the reason - you were probably in warp at the time you noticed it.

[The Yellow Dart]

There are also bugs with right click menu buttons. I frequently lose access to the thermometer's log data button, and I think I've had the same happen with antennae before but I'm not positive on that.

[Claw]

I have figured out that most of the "right click menu bugs" can be attributed to KSP/Unity thinking you're holding down the Modifier key (ALT in the case of Windows). If you tap on the ALT key a couple times, that resets the problem.

That might not be your problem, but it can help if what The Yellow Dart offers is true.

Cheers,

~Claw

[Empiro]

Kind of in the same vein, but has anyone found a good way to keep the antennas extended? I've found that if you decide to transmit data using them, they'll retract after you're done.

[xub313]

Kind of in the same vein, but has anyone found a good way to keep the antennas extended? I've found that if you decide to transmit data using them, they'll retract after you're done.

Set isOneShot = true in the part.cfg. You can still extend/retract with the right click menu, but it won't auto deploy when you transmit.

[Guest]

When in warp, a lot of the buttons from the RMB menu disappear. At a glance, I'd say this is the reason - you were probably in warp at the time you noticed it.

Thats not the problem, I checked it out.

I have figured out that most of the "right click menu bugs" can be attributed to KSP/Unity thinking you're holding down the Modifier key (ALT in the case of Windows). If you tap on the ALT key a couple times, that resets the problem.

That might not be your problem, but it can help if what The Yellow Dart offers is true.

Cheers,

~Claw

Thanks, I'll try it out next time and change the prefix then.

[LordFerret]

As I do with solar panels, I tend to put 'toggle' COM antennas in an action group... it makes my life easier not having to try and deal with right-clicking.