Feature #3319
Have vessel focus remain on the "Controlled" part in the event of dissassembly
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Description
Selecting 'Control From Here' on a pod or probe in a spacecraft should affect which section remains the active vessel in the eventuality of the spaceship breaking apart or being damaged.
History
#1
Updated by Ted over 9 years ago
Updated by - Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
- Subject changed from When vessels break focus on the section containing the current control pod to Have vessel focus remain on the "Controlled" part in the event of dissassembly
#2
Updated by illectro over 9 years ago
Updated by I have an example of undesired behaviour - where a Deadly reentry failure has the focus follow the explosion of a minor part which happened to be the root of the vessel, rather than following the probe which had 'control from here' requested.
http://youtu.be/5cYM-kp1274?t=18m20s
#3
Updated by Squelch over 9 years ago
Updated by The default behaviour appears to be to focus on the section that has the most kerbals. This can be seen by building a craft with a probe core as the root part, and then attaching any number of Kerbal carrying parts later. Staging, or destroying a part will ignore where the craft is being controlled from in favour of following the Kerbals. This might not always be desirable, and needs a speedy switch vessel to maintain control of what should be the main vessel.
In most cases the controlled part is the section with the Kerbals, but not always. I support the controlled part being the focus until a manual switch is invoked.