KSP 0.90 destroyed the mobile science lab?

[Farex]

Greetings!

KSP Version: 0.90.x Windows 32-bit, operating on W7x64

What Happens: The mobile science lab is broken regarding science analyses and boost, cleaning out things is working fine

Mods / Add-Ons: All Stock, except for AlarmGlock, Engineer, Texturereplace for heads and suits

Steps to Replicate:

1) Build a craft that includes the mobile science lab, science stuff like Goo, Jr. or Thermometer

2) Add crew, put two Science-Kerbals into the lab and place your craft anywhere you like (mun, duna, eeloo, orbit - doesn't matter)

3) Do science

4) Review your samples and you will see that the science lab analysis bonus for transmission will either give you +0% or +1%

Do you know if it actually affects the amount of science you are awarded of if it is just affecting the display in the dialog?

>>>> Yes, it affects the amount of science you get, hence rendering the process data in mobile lab completely useless.

Result: Update 0.90.x added in the EXP-System for kerbals and it seems the scientist-bonus destroys the mobile science lab bonus.

I tested it with several kerbals that have different levels. The result stays the same.

Edited January 19, 2015 by Farex
More Info.

[Padishar]

Do you know if it actually affects the amount of science you are awarded of if it is just affecting the display in the dialog?

[Farex]

Ah, of course this info is needed. Edited the original post.

Yes, it affects the amount of science you get.

To be completely clear: It is absolutely useless to process data in the mobile lab.

[Padishar]

I will test this later, but, just to be sure, can you try it with the craft on the launchpad and check it still gives the wrong science (this will be much quicker/easier for reproduction purposes)?

[Farex]

When I get home I will do this and provide Screenshots, too.

[Alchemist]

Maybe it is supposed to do so. I've just launched my Duna mothership with all the crew (4 scientists, 2 engineers and Jeb) being level 3 and it doesn't even propose processing data in the lab.

On the other hand, it really looks like they have diminished the effect of the lab processing, making it much less useful anyway. The biggest number I've seen in 0.90 is +7% on what has 50% base transmit... Yeah, that's 15% boost same as on level 3 scientists. Wasn't it like 50% transmit boost before?

[KerbMav]

Undocumented feature/nerf?

[Farex]

Greetings again!

I now can provide Screenshots for proof. There are two Scientists with level 2 in there, I checked if that matters and put two pilots level 0 in the lab - no difference.

Edited January 20, 2015 by Farex
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[vexx32]

I'm not sure what's going on here, because the handful of times I've used the Lab, it's given me 30%-50% increases on multiple different experiment types.

[Farex]

I'm not sure what's going on here, because the handful of times I've used the Lab, it's given me 30%-50% increases on multiple different experiment types.

Yes, that's how it was since 0.23.