Ship building (repair) in space

[imWACC0]

I sent a large ship to Eve, but forgot to add any coms*. "That's OK, just send up a small ship with antennas, Bill can fix it!" Hooo Boy, was I wrong. First time using that function.

 

I came across two problems, in space,  that I just don't understand:

1) Pull a part off small ship, add to big ship. Bill goes flying off at up to 24 m/s (or the whole ship blows up).

2) Finally going home. Run out of go juice for main engine. "That's OK, I have two ion engines, Bill can just pull off the Atomic Rocket Motor and save some weight" Ummm...He can't pull the engine?

 

 I don't know half of the terms for this, so I can't search for it. Anyone know what's going on?

 

 

May your god go with you,

W.A.C.Co.

*forgot to make a save and had PC crash, can't just restart

[jimmymcgoochie]

Not all parts can be used for EVA construction- large parts such as the NERV are simply too big and bulky. It's also quite common to have strange forces applied to your vessels when EVA constructing, if your engineer is moving relative to either vessel then clicking to attach a part can clip it slightly inside it, potentially allowing it to briefly exert a force on the vessel it's being attached to before the game realises it's attached; though 24m/s seems pretty excessive for that. It's a good idea to have your engineer grab on to something like a pod or ladder to stop this from happening, and to dock/grab the two vessels together to stop them drifting relative to each other.

[imWACC0]

21 minutes ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

Not all parts can be used for EVA construction

though 24m/s seems pretty excessive for that.

...engineer grab on to something like....a ladder to stop this...

I knew they could not landed, but I thought in free fall it was unlimited.

Trust me, I was quite surprised by it too. But the ship would often blow up also.

I found that out, went back and added a few ladders. Had fun "walking" two of them down the BIG ship.

Edited February 22, 2022 by imWACC0

[king of nowhere]

@jimmymcgoochie explained it. I add that the eva construction can always be glitchy, though i rarely had stuff explode. but for safety sake, i suggest always saving the game before attempting it