Deploy Parachute Option?!

[Zentaki]

So i noticed right from the first time i played the game as i used to go to input setup to do my thing and get the game as confortable as i can get it.

There is this command input for deploying parachute under kerbal inputs.
And it simply does nothing!! Seriously? devs did put that out?

I don't want to use mods, as the game suggests implementation of it, cleary.
But i am not sure if i'm doing something wrong or devs really did this out.

One question for the devs,if they did not, how hard it is to just had put a parachute on kerbals just to use the function that is already there?

The use would be so simple, get kerbal in the air -> jump out of the plane -> press the designated button for parachute -> parachute just opens

I can't really see any reason why it is not working, i kind feel betrayed. C'mon KSP!!

[Elementus]

you might be too high and/or going too fast for the parachute to deploy

[Zentaki]

Originally posted by Elementus:

you might be too high and/or going too fast for the parachute to deploy

So can you confirm that the kerbal parachute is working properly? No use of mods!

Can you tell me what condition are? and there is anyway to configure the kerbal's parachute?

I have to stress that i am not talking about the spaceship's parachute!

There are some doubts about the whole process. In EVA mode, the RCS must be on or off to fire the parachute? I imaging that it must be off as the command input is under normal kerbal's control and not under EVA inputs.

If you can give me numbers, would make things easier to test it. As the game does not show anything about those parachutes except from the input settings. If there is a way to mess around these parachutes properties i would like to know.

thank you.

[Elementus]

to use the parachute you need to be less than 10000m above the ground, have a level 3 kerbal, rcs turning off, to activate the parachute press P or right click the kerbal and select open parachute, you can edit the properties of the parachute the same way you can edit the ships parachutes

[Zentaki]

Originally posted by Elementus:

to use the parachute you need to be less than 10000m above the ground, have a level 3 kerbal, rcs turning off, to activate the parachute press P or right click the kerbal and select open parachute, you can edit the properties of the parachute the same way you can edit the ships parachutes

Thank you so much!

Same way as the ship? i am lost about this. But at least now i know i can find, just not sure where exactly. The ships parts is very straight forward, i see the part-> i click it and menu open. For the kerbal parachute i have never seen the part to mess it around.

Just to state, i did jump from plane below 4000m, tryed to deploy the parachute but nothing happened. I am not sure about the speed it was! has any restriction about the speed for the chute to work?

[Zentaki]

Ok i finally run many tests ^^

I can't find any option to tweak kerbal's parachute.

I found out the prime condition to use kerbal parachute. Kerbal must be at lvl 1(1 star). Thats all.

Probably the altitude must not be too high, i did not prove that(not really the matter).. However the parachute worked from/below altitude 6000m is confirmed.

Kerbal center does not need to be lvl 3. Not sure if it must be lvl 2. My tests was run with kerbal center lvl 2.(i guess it only must have lvl to activate EVA mode).

So that is that!

[Elementus]

You can edit the parachute parameters by right clicking on it, the lv of the kerbal centre does not matter it's the level of the kerbal you are controlling that matters

[Zentaki]

Originally posted by Elementus:

You can edit the parachute parameters by right clicking on it

This does not make any sense. I am not talking about the ship's parachute. The kerbals can only be seen on the crew window. There is not way to find the kerbal's parachute to click it.

Are we at the same page here? If so please be more accurate. Because just teling me to click it will not help.

[Manwith Noname]

EVA...inevitably fall...panic...right click.....*SPLAT*

[Zentaki]

Originally posted by Manwith Noname:

EVA...inevitably fall...panic...right click.....*SPLAT*

lol
That is instructions to deploy the parachute. Only is if kerbal lvl is 1+.
What i did ask is how to tweak the parachute parameters. Like you do in the edit mode right clicking the corresponding part.

Just giving slugsh answer will not help at all. If there is such a way to tweak the EVA mode's parachute for the kerbal, tell me how to get to this options. And if there is a condition for the option to be visible you have to tell that too.

The option appear where? and when? what are the prerequisite if any?

[Mor'finn]

You can tweak parachute parameters in-flight by right-clicking kerbal.

[Elementus]

Originally posted by Zentaki:

Originally posted by Elementus:

You can edit the parachute parameters by right clicking on it

This does not make any sense. I am not talking about the ship's parachute. The kerbals can only be seen on the crew window. There is not way to find the kerbal's parachute to click it.

Are we at the same page here? If so please be more accurate. Because just teling me to click it will not help.

If the Kerbal can use a parachute you will see it on their back during an EVA

[Zentaki]

Originally posted by Elementus:

Originally posted by Zentaki:

This does not make any sense. I am not talking about the ship's parachute. The kerbals can only be seen on the crew window. There is not way to find the kerbal's parachute to click it.

Are we at the same page here? If so please be more accurate. Because just teling me to click it will not help.

If the Kerbal can use a parachute you will see it on their back during an EVA

So it is not in the edit mode. Thank you for clearing that out.

[Zentaki]

I have just one request for the devs, to show a message when ppl are trying to use the parachute from EVA mode, that you need lvl up the kerbal to use it if it is not leveled already.

That would have saved all the trouble. :)

There is a message that shows up when you try to use the parachute with RCS on(for the kerbal that already has the lvl and the parachute on its back), saying that it cannot be used when the RCS is on.

And now that i think of it, i should have noticed the kerbals with or without the parachute on their backs. Silly me.

Thank you.