Direction selector

The icons of the direction selector bar

The direction selector is a part of the GUI appears with activation of S.A.S. (if there are functions beyond the stability assist). It helps to orientate the craft to the desired direction by clicking on its icon if the available probe core or skilled pilot controls the craft. The icons of directions beyond the skill of the probe core or pilot won't appear on the bar of the direction selector. The directions matches with those can be found on the navball. If the maneuver is among the available directions, it can help to perform the orbital maneuvers planned with maneuver nodes too. There is also a Stability Assist icon on the bar, which is the base function of the SAS.

Prior to 1.6.0, the restrictions were valid in career mode only, in sandbox and science mode all functions were available! Now a setting is available to change this behavior.

Since 1.11.1, players not having the Making History expansion installed had all kerbals or probes capable of using all direction selectors. This was fixed in 1.12.2.

Here are the available functions:

Name	Cost	SAS level & capabilities
		0	1	2	3
		Stability Assist ()	Prograde/ Retrograde (/)	Normal/Radial Hold (/)	Target Tracking (/)	Maneuver ()
Probodobodyne RoveMate	800	Yes	No	No	No	No
Probodobodyne Stayputnik	300	No	No	No	No	No
Probodobodyne QBE	360	Yes	No	No	No	No
Probodobodyne HECS	650	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Probodobodyne OKTO	450	Yes	No	No	No	No
Probodobodyne OKTO2	1 480	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Probodobodyne HECS2	7 500	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RC-001S Remote Guidance Unit	2 250	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RC-L01 Remote Guidance Unit	3 400	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MK2 Drone Core	2 700	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MPO Probe	9 900	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MTM Stage	21 500	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
CH-J3 Fly-By-Wire Avionics Hub	5 200	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pilot level 0	0 XP	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pilot level 1	2 XP	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Pilot level 2	8 XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pilot level 3	16 XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pilot level 4	32 XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pilot level 5	64 XP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes