Feedback #3543
Craft with high mass has seemingly no effect on planetary bodies
Description
I'm not really sure if this can be considered a bug or not so putting it in the feedback category.
I edited a probe core into orbit around Gilly and dialed up its mass to greater than that of Kerbol (2E31) so see if that would affect Gilly but I saw no change in Gilly's orbit.
The persistence file is attached.
While it is unlikely for a craft to achieve this mass without editing files I thought I'd report this anyway.
Platform listed as "any" despite being tested in Windows (x64 version, stock) because the observations are likely a result of the underlying physics calculations.
History
#1
Updated by Ruedii over 9 years ago
Updated by This is due to how physics are managed in the game. Planets and moons are on rails and only planets and moons are treated as having significant gravity. I know it's a cheap method, but it works fairly well, as normally such situations aren't created.
#2
Updated by quietghost over 9 years ago
Updated by - Status changed from New to Not a Bug
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
And there is no changing the way the physics is done in the game.