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Bug #5004

Contract to deliver ore to Kerbin does not count water landing as landing

Added by Kasuha almost 9 years ago. Updated about 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Severity:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Gameplay
Target version:
-
Start date:
05/15/2015
% Done:

100%

Version:
Platform:
Any
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
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Description

When the ship meeting all requirements landed in water, the "Land your Ore on Kerbin" did not check. Landing on ground worked.

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History

#1 Updated by Geschosskopf almost 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Need More Info

Not a bug. "Landed" has a specific meaning in the game, meaning the ship is on soiid ground. Being in the ocean is called "splashed down". So if you are required to be "landed", then coming down in the water will not work.

#2 Updated by Kasuha almost 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Need More Info to Confirmed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

Providing more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing

'When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing," "touchdown" or "splashdown" as well.'

Clearly, landing in water is also commonly called 'landing', making the contract ambiguous. It should be either clearly specified that water landing does not count (since when coming from space, particular place of landing is usually irrelevant) or better, the game should accept ore delivery both on land and in water.

#3 Updated by sal_vager over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 10 to 100

Resolved in build 1028 by the contract stipulating the vessel must be on the land.

#4 Updated by TriggerAu over 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed

#5 Updated by Kasuha about 7 years ago

Please note that players are still getting confused:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/5p1gtm/til_that_land_means_land/

In my humble opinion, the contract should be to deliver the ore on the surface. Any kind of surface.

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