Bug #8449
Fairings do not deploy if on the same stage with a decoupler and the root part above the decoupler
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Description
KSP Version: v1.1.0.1173 Windows 64-bit
What Happens: If a (interstage) fairing is on the same stage as one or more decouplers and the rootpart is "above" the decoupler the fairing won´t deploy by staging or action groups. If you change the rootpart to something below the decoupler or build the rocket from bottom to top it works as intended.
Mods / Add-Ons: All Stock
Steps to Replicate:
1) Build a rocket from top to bottom. Launch escape system, command pod, decoupler, some stuff, enclose that up to the command pod, set up an action group for a launch abort
2) press backspace
Result:
Fairing stays intact eventally holding the command module in place
Fixes/Workarounds:
- change the root part to a part below the decoupler
- deplay the fairing before firing the decoupler
- enclosing the rootpart ompletely with the fairing also seems to work, but who builds a fairing around the LES?
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ar3VVqD.png[/img]
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmhZg-fDF4E
Craft:
https://kerbalx.com/herrmue/Standard-Crew-Transporter-IHS
(on this craft neither the launch escape nor the ejection of the main stage functions in the standard configuration)
System:
Geforce GTX560Ti
i5-3330 CPU
16 GB RAM
Win 10 Home 64Bit
I didn´t find this issue reported before. My first Bugreport. I hope I didn´t mess up.
History
#1 Updated by KerrMue over 8 years ago
sorry, wrong bugtracker.
#2 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Needs Clarification
#3 Updated by psycho_zs almost 7 years ago
- Status changed from Needs Clarification to Updated
- % Done changed from 0 to 10
- Version changed from Not Applicable to 1.3.1
- Platform Linux, OSX, PS4, XBoxOne added
I can confirm this. Especially for interstages, it is impossible to properly stage a fairing with decoupler simultaneously. Part on fairing's open end is detached and fairing will not deploy.
With this setup:
[ ] < tank | ^ | < engine | = | < decoupler [ ] < fairing
Or this:
| < LES, fairing concludes here /=\ < decoupler |[ ]| < payload | = | < decoupler (not activated in this stage) [ ] < fairing
( have to stage fairing first, then stage LES with its decoupler, otherwise fairing will not deploy )