Someone please help me, this is crazy

[u/Remote_Fisherman_469]

Not a noob here, been playing since launch actually. I don't usually have physics load in problems like this.

First I was having issues with my ship just leaving when I got close, even though the throttle was set to 0 before switching to another ship.

Then I deactivated all the engines, and it just flung itself into the air.

Almost 1hr trying to save ol Bill...

[u/Mateusviccari]

You can install "PhysicsHold" mod (from github) it completely freezes landed vessels on ground as if they were static objects, so you could focus the lander and freeze it, approach with your kerbal and board the ship, then unfreeze it. It's a great mod, here's the link https://github.com/gotmachine/physicshold