Nose to nose docked craft do not respect new direction of "active" capsule or engine

Soda Popinski

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Nov 15, 2025
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Game Version

2026.7.9.5018

Windows 11

What Happened​

Nose to nose docked craft do not respect new direction of "active" capsule or engine. This means if you do an Apollo style mission, and attempt to fire retrograde with the CSM engine for Lunar orbital insertion, it will instead face prograde.


What Was Expected​

I expected the "active" engine to point in the correct direction.

Reproduction Steps​

  1. Create an Apollo style craft or load up the savegame file attached
  2. Decouple and redock the top "CSM" to "LEM"
  3. Make sure the CSM engine is active, and the LEM engine is inactive
  4. Set SAS to Up, and watch the craft point Down isntead

Reproduction Rate​

Always

Additional Info​

  • Video/Screenshots: Image shows active engine pointing down when SAS is set to Up
  • Save File: 2 save files uploaded, one with craft in "launch" configuration before separating and nose to nose docking, the other savefile after docked.
 

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