It just occured to me... Pressing T...

[Cmdr. Arn1e]

is now the equivalent of getting your Kerbal to actually put his hands on the controls... as funny as this sounds, do you think this has been the way it's been all along, or a new thing? (I know what it is in RL, but how will you be RP'ing it? or not?)

I've certainly had a few moments when I've wondered "Do the kerbals in my ships have absolutely no sense of self-preservation at all?"

I look forward to reading your varied ideas

[Crimson Sunrise]

is now the equivalent of getting your Kerbal to actually put his hands on the controls... as funny as this sounds, do you think this has been the way it's been all along, or a new thing? (I know what it is in RL, but how will you be RP'ing it? or not?)

I've certainly had a few moments when I've wondered "Do the kerbals in my ships have absolutely no sense of self-preservation at all?"

I look forward to reading your varied ideas

Well, since I've only played sandbox so far, that's the way SAS is supposed to work in that 'snap' setting: Just hold the current position. A great improvement over 0.25's SAS, that insisted in snapping to the Prograde vector.

[The Jedi Master]

I can ride my rocket with no handlebars... no handlebars... no handlebars...

*ahem* Sorry.

I think there is an autopilot, but it's so complex the kerbals need a special training program to learn how to make it work.

[Kowgan]

I imagine this on the comic side:

To activate SAS, one must press the big "SAS" button on the command pod. But only Pilots know how to do it.

"After many tests, Engineers and Scientists doesn't seem to recognize any "SAS" button on the presented pods. Although they could easily hit the "RCS" button, right beside the previous one."

[MGCJerry]

I kind of thought about that too, but from my understanding mission control 'pilots' the rockets during launch for the most part. I imagine this change as mission control telling them "Now its your turn to hold the vectors". I also imagine that the kerbals can't see the vectors only KSC does, only as the pilots become more skilled they can figure out the maths and hold the requested vectors when told to...

KSC: "Kerballed Kerman (no XP), Hold prograde."

Pilot Kerballed: "kuu kwhat? kwhat kutton kis kat?"

KSC: <muffled> He doesnt know how to figure that out yet</muffled>... "Nevermind pilot, we will take care of it ourselves."

*radio clicks off*

KSC Board Room: "That's why we should have sent Jeb (full xp). He can figure all that out, we just have to tell him to hold whatever vector and he can".

I play in the sandbox, and the SAS change notes were scaring me. But seeing how they are now implemented, and how they work in sandbox I like the changes. A lot. Lets see how well my kerbals can hold a vector when a stack has one engine thrust limited to 80%.