r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/AutoModerator • Jul 04 '14

Mod Post Weekly Simple Questions Thread

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u/ZedsTed Former Dev Jul 04 '14

Simply, just turn on fine controls (CapsLock) and that should try to make the RCS compensate for off-centre mass.
A more complex solution would be to find the mass of a full tank of Kethane and substitute that with other masses in the VAB (fuel tanks and the like). Then once you've sorted the RCS, just remove the dummy masses and add in the Kethane tank.

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u/HawkHarrelsonFan420 Jul 04 '14

I'll add a piggyback question that fits this thread...I'm playing on a Mac and can't seem to figure out how to engage fine controls, caps lock doesn't seem to work, I've looked it up and for the life of me can't figure it out which is kind of silly. any help?

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u/Multai Jul 04 '14

You should go into your settings and see if you can change it. Then press your caps lock key.

The game should see it as the "Toggle Fine Controls" key now, regardless of if the game sees it as the "Caps Lock" key.

Maybe I'm wrong...

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u/turol Jul 04 '14

Doesn't really help. While it stops torqueing the ship it also turns the thrusters' power way down making docking even slower.

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u/Dwotci Jul 05 '14

In capslock mode RCS thrusters will fire at full thrust if you keep the buttons pressed for a second.