Is the autostrut locked on engine Plate due to a mod, or native to the plate?

[Jestersage]

Is the autostrut locked on engine Plate due to a mod, or native to the plate?

[Superfluous J]

I thought it was locked on the plate in stock but I just tested it and I can set autostrut on the plate and the engine attached to it, and they were both defaulted to "disabled"

This it's on my stock install.

[Jestersage]

What about reloading a craft that have engine plates (and engines beneath). Is it still locked?

[Superfluous J]

3 hours ago, Jestersage said:

What about reloading a craft that have engine plates (and engines beneath). Is it still locked?

TIL the VAB lies.

When launched, the part directly above and the part directly below the plate get locked to grandparent.

Intended or not it's annoying for sure.

I also found a bug. If you revert and remove the engine plate but keep the same 2 parts they remember, and are still force locked to grandparent. If you delete them and replace them with the same parts, those new parts won't be locked.

I'll need to make 100% sure before logging a bug report.

[Jestersage]

Yes, that is my observed behavior, so before someone tells me ModuleManager changed some physics, I did assume it was intended stock behavior.

So I guess the answer is: bnad or not, it's intended.