Why won't my Kerbal respawn?

When I was going to land my rocket, the parachutes didn't work and the lander crashed and Bob Kerman died. I didn't know how long it would take for my kerbal to respawn so I waited for 2 months (in the game) for him to respawn but he didn't respawn.

I'm playing on sandbox with easy difficulty and I set it so that lost kerbals would come back.

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Best Answer

In KSP, the respawn time is based on real life time, not in-game time. The default time is 2 hours, though you can change it in the game settings down to 1 hour. If you have experience in tampering with the save and settings files, you could change it to 0 hours or something else via this method:

Make sure KSP is not running, and go to the ...\Kerbal Space Program\saves\NAME directory, where NAME is the name of the savegame.
Next, go to the GAME/PARAMETERS/DIFFICULTY/RespawnTimer parameter. The unit here is in seconds.
Change the number (default 7200) in any time amount you want! NB: If you try to change this in-game afterwards, it will reset, and you will have to do the process again.

I hope this helps in the revival of Bob!

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How do I get my lost KSP back?

If you want them back to life immediately rather than waiting, you can open your KSP game folder/saves/username/persistent. sfs with your favorite text editor, find ROSTER and change the crew members' statuses from state = 3 to state = 0 . This will instantly revive your Kerbals.

Why are Kerbals green?

Kerbals' awkward, sprawling walk may indicate that their species only recently evolved to the point of bipedal movement. They may have the green skin due to the fact that they may have to sneak up on their prey.

How tall are Kerbals?

Kerbals are a species of short, green-skinned aliens from the planet Kerbin, the third planet from its sun, Kerbol. They stand at around 71.2 centimeters (4'2"), and have an enormously tall head, taking up an estimated 1/3 of their total body mass.

How do Kerbals gain experience?

Each Kerbal can only gain the experience once per celestial body, so planting multiple flags or repeatedly orbiting a planet do not provide any further experience for the same Kerbal.

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