Hinges are broken in 1.9

[XLjedi]

@SQUAD  They don't free swing anymore... 

Locked = No

Motorized = No

On Power Loss = Free

...and the hinge no longer swings free like it did in 1.8.1.

Anyone notice anything else broken in robotics now?  I find these bugs in like the first five minutes of play time with 1.9.  Do you not have a fleet of 10-20 craft you test before releasing these updates?  Docking ports that are docked to "Own Craft" also still will not undock via action key.

https://bugs.kerbalspaceprogram.com/issues/24866

 

 

Edited February 16, 2020 by XLjedi

[XLjedi]

I'm pleased to report that a viable workaround was mentioned on my above bug report!

So at least my craft that rely on this can be re-certified for 1.9.0 missions.

They still need to fix the bug.  ...either that or just get rid of the motorized/unmotorized option since the workaround of setting motor power/size to zero results in a free-swinging hinge. 

Solution:  Set the hinge to:

• Motorized = ON
• Motor size/power = zero
• Motorized = OFF

Setting motorized back to OFF and then making sure the Locked is set to Free is not required, however if they do fix the bug in the future, this should insure that your hinges will continue to work as expected under either scenario.

Edited February 21, 2020 by XLjedi