Is MechJeb working correctly?

[maceemiller]

If I've missed this in the Forums, please moderator delete OK, I've stayed away from mods in my time on KSP, yet after many failures at trying to reach other planets (Eve to be exact) I decided to try MechJeb 2 2.4.2.0 and yes, I can get it all on the screen etc. I created a custom window as all I want MechJeb for is to give me the planetary phase angles. I can see these but even when Eve is roughly 51 degrees behind me, it doesnt show the negative angle, it just shows as 309 degrees?

I've watched videos on YouTube (namely Scott Manley) and they all show a negative angle when behind? Am I missing something or doing it wrong?

Thankyou in advance

[Red Iron Crown]

That's a case of differing conventions in phase angle. Manley et al are using the convention of phase angle ranging from +180 to -180 degrees, MechJeb is using the convention of it ranging from 0-360 degrees. You might notice that 309 degrees is 360 - 51, so the angles are the same, just being displayed differently.

[InterCity]

As Red Iron Crown said, MechJeb works correctly. It's well maintained by author and honestly, what would the community do without it?

[Vanamonde]

Moved to add-on help subforums.

[maceemiller]

Thankyou for your replies. I understand now thankyou.