mr. engino Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Good to see an alternative to infernal robotics has been created! Now I can rebuild my spacecraft recovery rovers again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. engino Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Well, I tested this mod, and I was successful in making a chunky but functional (chunktional?) rover construction base! image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 New release! Clamp-O-Tron Sr. are fully supported now. They are really strong when coupled in the VAB/SPH, because they are connected by a triple joint (that's why they're harder to rotate). So, who's going to post a Serenity takeoff video first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 18 hours ago, mr. engino said: Well, I tested this mod, and I was successful in making a chunky but functional (chunktional?) rover construction base Your craft looks great, but I can't understand how it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. engino Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 2 hours ago, peteletroll said: Your craft looks great, but I can't understand how it works It's quite simple, actually! Behind the command module is a container where you add the required/assorted rover parts, in the middle is the robot arm mechanism. The mechanism is controlled via custom action groups, at least 2 for each axis of movement, which in this case is 3. Batteries and beams are placed opposite the joint in the hope they would counterbalance, but they don't. On the end of the robot arm is a winch, which you use to hoist up the main body of the rover, so that you can place the wheels on it with extreme precision; nobody wants a wobbly, uneven rover, after all! On the other side of the whole robot arm is a nuclear reactor, for both powering the robot arm, and also for balancing the whole thing. Lastly the entire thing sits on four heavy duty landing legs, with a 2x2 panel on the bottom as a last resort. Like I said, quite simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho_zs Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Congrats with new release! Is custom node selection going to make its way into your TODO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Psycho_zs said: Is custom node selection going to make its way into your TODO? Definitely maybe Seriously, the progress I made with sr. ports opens a lot of possibilities: I should be able to rotate any part joint now. DockRotate is very close to what I imagined it to be now. It will stay in small improvements/bug fixes mode for a while, and we'll see how much interest it gets from the community. Then it will maybe have a NodeRotate companion. Thanks for the interest, and please post pictures of your cool creations! Edited March 12, 2018 by peteletroll removed stuff that was for a different post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho_zs Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Offtopic: how does triple joint work? Is it just a triple-strength joint, or three actual joints, do they have geometric offset? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 @mr. engino, so you basically made a crane out of station hub nodes. They're HEAVY... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarethyuGamer Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Does this mod have, or will it have, a constant rotation mode? I really like building custom centrifuges, but getting them to rotate is finnicky even with mods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Psycho_zs said: Offtopic: how does triple joint work? Is it just a triple-strength joint, or three actual joints, do they have geometric offset? Tiny and small port couples have a single center to center joint*. Large ports have a stronger single joint when they're docked in flight, but three separate joints in a triangular configuration when they're coupled together in the VAB/SPH. * joint = Unity ConfigurableJoint 5 minutes ago, MarethyuGamer said: Does this mod have, or will it have, a constant rotation mode? I really like building custom centrifuges, but getting them to rotate is finnicky even with mods It doesn't now. See my reply to @Psycho_zs for an outlook to DockRotate future improvements. Edited March 12, 2018 by peteletroll typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJesuit Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 8 hours ago, peteletroll said: Definitely maybe Seriously, the progress I made with sr. ports opens a lot of possibilities: I should be able to rotate any part joint now. DockRotate is very close to what I imagined it to be now. It will stay in small improvements/bug fixes mode for a while, and we'll see how much interest it gets from the community. Then it will maybe have a NodeRotate companion. Thanks for the interest, and please post pictures of your cool creations! This is a great mod and what adds to its greatness is the ability to remove the mod and not break craft. A natural VERY stock alike extention to the main game. I'm still trying to get my head around making a lift myself, but it makes a stock based launch access tower with swing away ramp easily! Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 9 hours ago, MarethyuGamer said: Does this mod have, or will it have, a constant rotation mode? I really like building custom centrifuges, but getting them to rotate is finnicky even with mods It doesn't, and I honestly don't know if it will. Constant rotation interferes badly with time warp in the current module architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theJesuit Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 42 minutes ago, peteletroll said: It doesn't, and I honestly don't know if it will. Constant rotation interferes badly with time warp in the current module architecture. As a suggestion towards this... maybe a constant rotation that stops on timewarp then restarts so that the movement only occurs when the vessel is not on rails. Alternatively a KOS script could manage it but is cumbersome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Are there new docking ports in Making History? Do they work with DockRotate? I didn't buy it yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lekkimsm2500 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 There's only one new airlock, an inflatable one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 New release! Recompiled for 1.4.1, and added sound effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) New release! Better rotation angle precision. Edited March 18, 2018 by peteletroll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yargnit Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 One thought of a fix that could greatly increase the usability, can you make it only disable auto-struts that cross ports that are being rotated, instead of all auto-struts? On large craft having all auto-struts disable can mean instant death if not backed up with a significant amount of regular struts to take up some of the slack at least. I'd like to make arms that raise and lower docking clamps on my carrier for planes to attach to, but my carrier is 330m long, and would self destruct in about 1 physics tick without autostruts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 6 hours ago, Yargnit said: can you make it only disable auto-struts that cross ports that are being rotated, instead of all auto-struts? This was investigated here already, but it looks like there's no easy way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yargnit Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 What about a toggle to make it not disable auto-struts at all, and if checked we have to manually disable them across the parts or it (obviously) wont work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 @Yargnit, landing gears' autostruts can't be disabled manually. But I'm having some ideas I want to try out this weekend. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yargnit Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, peteletroll said: @Yargnit, landing gears' autostruts can't be disabled manually. But I'm having some ideas I want to try out this weekend. Stay tuned. I know, but it would work as long as we aren't rotating with landing gear struts running across the hinges. Edit, in case my description was too brief. The thought wasn't to change the default behavior at all, it was just to add another button in the parts right click menu that when enabled would skip the disabling auto-strut step when that port is rotated. So if you don't push the button nothing changes compared to now, but if you push it then you must manually remove the auto-struts that cross the port. I'd say most of the time the stuff I've built with this doesn't have wheels on both sides of the hinge so this would solve it completely. VTOL engines or moving docking ports/claws up and down are my biggest uses in gravity where auto-struts matter. Edited March 22, 2018 by Yargnit clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteletroll Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 @Yargnit, I'm trying to keep the usage of the module as simple as possible. Forcing the user to manage the autostruts manually seems a little too much to me. I'm trying some cross rotating joint autostrut detection code now, let's see if I can make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yargnit Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/22/2018 at 1:26 PM, peteletroll said: @Yargnit, I'm trying to keep the usage of the module as simple as possible. Forcing the user to manage the autostruts manually seems a little too much to me. I'm trying some cross rotating joint autostrut detection code now, let's see if I can make it work. I get that, and in an ideal world I 100% agree. I just think it's far better than not being able to work with auto-struts at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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