I guess I spoke too soon, I think I found another possible way.
Seems to revolve around this line - "resourceFlowMode = STAGE_STACK_FLOW_BALANCE"
Rapier Engine has this line included under both PROPELLANT sections (LiquidFuel & Oxidizer) and it pulls fuel from radial attached tanks without fuel lines.
There seems to be a way to enable crossfeed on surface attached parts. It is a little messy because it is a global setting in the physics.cfg file, that is normally set to false.
It allows crossfeed for any surface attached parts that have crossfeed enabled. So far it is the only way I have found to accomplish this.
Here is a Module Manager example to enable it.
I experienced the same issue with orbital research sometimes not working. A quick look into the MCContracts.cfg shows a small naming discrepency. Sometimes the PartGoal is listed as MCE.OrbitalResearch and sometimes as MCE-OrbitalResearch See examples below. The actual part name uses the dash instead of a period. Changing all instances to MCE-OrbitalResearch allows completion of the contracts. name = Exploration Probe To The Mun PartGoal { partName = MCE.OrbitalResearch partCount = 1 } name = Exploration Probe To Minmus PartGoal { partName = MCE.OrbitalResearch partCount = 1 } name = Launch Interstellar Orbital Probe PartGoal { partName = MCE-OrbitalResearch partCount = 1 }
In Game it matches the 1.25m parts, but they have it set in the config file to size5, so it will only dock with other CBM ports. It is also set very strong with a small reengage distance, so it is very hard to undock from.
I'd like to say thanks for these great mods. I am new to KSP, but find these mods to be of great quality and enjoy using them for many Kerbal Launches. I have a few questions about your Vega platform: Do you intend to add RCS and control capabilities to the AVUM module? Any plans for the VESPA multi payload module for it? Thanks, Cowboy_WY