VAB UI Lockout and active contract reset after loading craft with invalid parts

[bmyers831]

Hi all,

I looked around for this thinking somebody had to run into it but could not find anything so here you go.

I just ran into this one during a career which would have been a huge bummer had I not had a save game backup. It occurred for me after loading a craft that was labeled "locked due to missing or invalid parts".

I distilled the bug down to some simple steps in STOCK ksp .90 and a video of it occurring. This happens in stock or modded installs.

1) create new career

2) accept some contracts

3) in VAB, build something.

4) save, quit.

5) move a part that you are using on that craft out of the gamedata folder (I moved the entire mk1 pod folder)

6) reload KSP, go back to VAB, load that craft.

7) UI lockout. Buttons highlight but nothing happens.

8) Task manager- end task.

9) reload KSP. The contracts are no longer active but the advances they gave you remain in your funds.

Don't discount this one. If you had a contract that was hard to come by, with ships in flight heading toward these objectives, you will now have to wait for the contract to respawn. It looks like file corruption and could be frustrating.

I first ran into it after updating a mod. I was hoping I could load the ship and delete the part and if I could not then I could live with rebuilding it... but I didn't expect my career file to go bad on me.

See it in action

Edited February 17, 2015 by bmyers831