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 about 10 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 about 10 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 about 10 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.