Bug #3893
Rockomax Brand Decoupler explodes or clips upon staging if translated close to upper part
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Description
KSP Version: v0.90.0.705 Beta Windows 32-bit [OS Windows 8.1 64-bit]
What Happens: Rockomax Brand Decoupler clips upwards into the fuel tank, or in some cases explodes, when staged, if translated too far up.
Mods / Add-Ons: All Stock
Steps to Replicate:
1) Make craft that includes a large size fuel tank, an LV-909 engine, and a Rockomax Brand Decoupler.
2) Translate the decoupler upwards until it touches or almost touches the fuel tank above the engine but does not clip into it.
3) On the launchpad, stage the decoupler.
Result: Decoupler clips upwards into the fuel tank, or in some cases explodes.
In the VAB, the engine looks like it fits comfortably inside the decoupler, which hides the mismatched fairing since the LV-909 is a small engine and the decoupler is a large part. However, instead of a clean separation, I think the game is interpreting an extreme part clipping scenario and then behaves against the player's intuition.
Fixes/Workarounds:
In the VAB, translate the decoupler back down until symptom no longer occurs.
Other Notes/Pictures/Log Files:
- Images Link: <iframe class="imgur-album" width="100%" height="550" frameborder="0" src="//imgur.com/a/HMppi/embed"></iframe>
History
#1 Updated by Xavven almost 10 years ago
Sorry, here's a working link to the image album: http://imgur.com/a/HMppi
#2 Updated by Squelch over 9 years ago
- Platform Win32 added
- Platform deleted (
Windows)
#3 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Needs Clarification
#4 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago
- Status changed from Needs Clarification to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Closing this report out for now. If you find it is still occuring in the latest version of KSP please open a new report (and this one can be linked to it.) For best results, the wiki contains really useful info for when creating a report http://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/projects/ksp/wiki.
You can also ask questions about the bug cleanup in the forum here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/143980-time-to-clean-up-the-bug-tracker/ and tag @TriggerAu to get my attention