Can't right-click on docking port in-flight

[jeancallisti]

the title says it all : I have a stuffy spaceship and the right-click on the docking port is obstructed by some other parts, especially structural girders. How could I right-click on it? My goal is to undock it.

I've searched the forums but my search was inefficient because the results are masked by a bug in the VAB from 2014 preventing people from right-clicking on stuff, and by topics explaining how to use docking ports.

 

Edited August 10, 2016 by jeancallisti

[Warezcrawler]

First of all, you are in the wrong forum since this is for add on releases.

Second. The way I do it is to move the camera view in between and even through the vessel until i find a zoom and angle which allows me to interact with the part.

This work in cargobay as well.

[Nightside]

If you are looking for a mod solution, Part Commander is a big help for cluttered ships. Haven't tried it in 1.1.3 yet though.

Otherwise you might be able to put the docking actions in an action group.

 

[DStaal]

Another useful mod in this situation is Camera Focus Changer - if the part is obstructed from view, often being able to re-center the zoom will help.

 

[Acea]

Shouldn't this thread go to Technical Support forum?

[Snark]

Moving to Gameplay Questions.

This can be a general problem with "can't click on thing because it's buried in a nest of other parts."

Two solutions that spring to mind, neither of them perfect:

• Don't build your ship so that vital, have-to-click components are buried somewhere unclickable.    (Obviously this doesn't help you if you've already launched the ship.)
• Zoom in until the camera is inside one of those obstructing parts, so that you can see the component in question and can click on it.  (Unfortunately, this doesn't always work-- the game will only let you zoom in just so far, so in cases of having a very small ship with small components, you may not be able to zoom in far enough to get inside the obstructing parts.)

[jeancallisti]

Sorry for posting in the wrong forum. I was reading an old thread and didn't notice I was still in this specific subforum.

Thanks a lot for all the help. I never imagined there were so many different possible solutions. I'll try asap.

 

[Blaarkies]

18 hours ago, Snark said:

Moving to Gameplay Questions.

This can be a general problem with "can't click on thing because it's buried in a nest of other parts."

Two solutions that spring to mind, neither of them perfect:

• Don't build your ship so that vital, have-to-click components are buried somewhere unclickable.    (Obviously this doesn't help you if you've already launched the ship.)
• Zoom in until the camera is inside one of those obstructing parts, so that you can see the component in question and can click on it.  (Unfortunately, this doesn't always work-- the game will only let you zoom in just so far, so in cases of having a very small ship with small components, you may not be able to zoom in far enough to get inside the obstructing parts.)

@jeancallisti, THIS^ And also this little thing: Hold down the wheel-button on your mouse(middle-button it was back in the day)...while holding that down, move the mouse around. You will see the camera itself rotates left/right/up/down(without circling around the craft). This can give you an edge in finding those parts, but it's also useful for docking massive ships that have a center of mass(camera center as well) far away from the pointy docking port edge