so... um, these missions

[WolfVonhinslik]

I love the fact that you added missions, not I can actually strive for something. But Im not understaing how some of these work. This for example. http://i.imgur.com/HYybbVF.png

Im testing a few parts as a job, but the green checks move around, even even when I have them all green, by the time I land, they arnt anymore and nothing happens.

How the hell do you finish these?

[Manius Julius Prime]

The only thing I see as an issue is hitting their goals and those goals don't stick. Which is odd. However, I am happy with the changes overall.

[Doof]

You need to get all the required conditions met before you activate the engine you need to test.

You need some other engine, or some boosters to get you to the requested altitude and spped BEFORE activating the LV-t45

It says in the contract details; "To peform the test, activate the part through the staging sequence when all test conditions are met."

hope this helps you mate.

[Manius Julius Prime]

Ahh... See I didn't figure that one out. thanks.

[WolfVonhinslik]

For example tho Doofage, the Test Mk16 says to open them at 21000m - 27800m and I did that (I had all other requierments achieved as well) but they just turn blue and done open, its loo high for the shutes.

This is pretty annoying.

[El Rushbo]

I'm gonna have a fun one then, I have to test the large SRB over 20k up. I'm normally dumping those around 10k up.

[AttentiveColon]

You have to test (stage) the specified part when you have all the conditions met simultaneously.

So for the mission you have selected in your photo you need to stage and fire the LV-T45 rocket engine while you are in the Kerbin SOI, Flying in atmosphere, at an altitude between 14700m to 24300m while traveling between 70m/s to 270m/s (all at the same time). If the mission says you need to land you need to land that means you need to land on the kerbin surface (not in the water) safely (you don't need to recover the specific part). If the mission says you need to splash down then you have to do a water landing. So you just need to make sure you meet all of those conditions in the same flight, you can't do the mission goals across multiple flights.

Does that make sense?

[Doof]

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

For example tho Doofage, the Test Mk16 says to open them at 21000m - 27800m and I did that (I had all other requierments achieved as well) but they just turn blue and done open, its loo high for the shutes.

This is pretty annoying.

Haha, I dunno, I have just accepted a similar contract myself, but have not attempted it yet, I'll let you know how it goes, you never know, if you met all conditions and it didn't work, it may be a bug and should be reported.

[WolfVonhinslik]

Originally posted by Doofage:

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

For example tho Doofage, the Test Mk16 says to open them at 21000m - 27800m and I did that (I had all other requierments achieved as well) but they just turn blue and done open, its loo high for the shutes.

This is pretty annoying.

Haha, I dunno, I have just accepted a similar contract myself, but have not attempted it yet, I'll let you know how it goes, you never know, if you met all conditions and it didn't work, it may be a bug and should be reported.

Thanks man, Ive been dying for them to add missions and money. I hated being able to strap on 9000 parts onto a ship and not care

[Poothoottoot]

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

For example tho Doofage, the Test Mk16 says to open them at 21000m - 27800m and I did that (I had all other requierments achieved as well) but they just turn blue and done open, its loo high for the shutes.

This is pretty annoying.

You may need to turn up the deploying altitude through the tweakables by right clicking the 'chutes.

[WolfVonhinslik]

See wierd.. I activated the shutes and had the engine activated already, yet still nothing, I dont get it.
http://i.imgur.com/HZd0g7t.png
and
http://i.imgur.com/qf6BZag.png

[RMJ]

I dont have this test button people is talking about, no matter where i click on the parts.

What i have found that works is if you have to trigger an engine you already trigger, even when its running, just move it to another stage and then activate it, even though its already active.

I mean its not bad for a first pass, but the whole way mission tests are done needs some work. Its a bit rough this. im sure mods will come around tweaking it.

[Doof]

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

See wierd.. I activated the shutes and had the engine activated already, yet still nothing, I dont get it.
http://i.imgur.com/HZd0g7t.png
and
http://i.imgur.com/qf6BZag.png

Try deploying the chutes when you are decending back to Kerbin, not on the ascent, might work.

[Doof]

Originally posted by RMJ:

I dont have this test button people is talking about, no matter where i click on the parts.

There is no test button, you just activate whatever part is to be tested through the staging interface at the right time.

[AttentiveColon]

Originally posted by El Rushbo:

I'm gonna have a fun one then, I have to test the large SRB over 20k up. I'm normally dumping those around 10k up.

For that one you can have the specified SRB as your central stack then attach two more of those SRBs radially. Then just have the starting command capsule or the stayputnik probe body (if you have it unlocked yet) on top of the central SRB, put 4 radial parachutes on the central colum and a small mk16 parachute ontop of each radial SRB and your command pod.

For the flight have the two radial SRBs in your first stage. The central SRB in your second stage and the parachutes in your final stage. That is it. Then you just need to launch and make sure to fire the second stage as soon as you are within the altitude range. Do a little steering so you end up coming back down close to Kerbal Space Center and on the land. Those parachutes will slow down your rocket enough to not break anything as long as you don't land directly on the bottom of the rocket (tilt slightly right before landing) and as long as you have the three SRBs level with eachother so the impact is spread across all three SRBs equally. If you do it right you will complete the mission and not lose a single part. Just make sure you land as close to Kerbal Space Center as possible. The further away from KSC you are the less you get back for recovered parts.

Most of the part testing missions can be done without losing a single part. Excluding the missions using decouplers unless you do some very specific and skilled vessel switching making sure to keep the seperated parts within the limited distance it takes for debris to despawn and not letting any part get destroyed (obviously).

[AttentiveColon]

Originally posted by WolfVonhinslik:

See wierd.. I activated the shutes and had the engine activated already, yet still nothing, I dont get it.
http://i.imgur.com/HZd0g7t.png
and
http://i.imgur.com/qf6BZag.png

You already had the engine activated. You need to activate (ie:stage) the rocket engine when you meet all the required conditions. It doesn't count if you already have the engine activated and then meet all the required conditions.