LY05 Landing Gear Offset Problem

[phunk]

As soon as I offset this part a little bit, it snaps farther than I want to move it, and cant get back to its original position. Anyone know a workaround?

This is where it started:

This is as low as the offset tool will let me move it:

Edited April 28, 2015 by phunk

[sal_vager]

There's an invisible grid which parts snap to, you can disable it by toggling angle snap mode with the "V" key, giving you much finer control

[phunk]

There's an invisible grid which parts snap to, you can disable it by toggling angle snap mode with the "V" key, giving you much finer control

I should have mentioned that I tried that. It allows me to move it smoothly, but the range it still limited.

Also tried changing between local and absolute offset.

[sal_vager]

The space bar will reset any offset or rotation added with the gizmos, and there's a limit to how far any part can be offset, dependent on the size of the part.

Can you explain what is happening in more detail and how it differs from 0.90.0 please.

[phunk]

The problem is that the limits on the offset tool seem way off. To reproduce an example:

1) Go to the SPH

2) Drop any cockpit (I've tried a couple cockpits and tanks with similar results)

3) Attach an "LY05 Steerable Landing Gear" to the bottom

4) Select the offset mode and click the landing gear

5) Click the green arrow (don't drag, just a single click).

When you click the arrow, the part will jump upward to the lower limit of it's offset range. Hit space, click the arrow, hit space... you can see it jump back and forth, and the offset tool can't offset it to anywhere between those two positions. Can't offset just a small amount from the starting position.

Not sure if it differs from 0.90, the problem is happening with a new part.

[sal_vager]

Looks like the part is snapping to within the bounding box of the parent, there's a limit to how far we can move stuff which is a shame, is pressing space resetting it how you want though?

[phunk]

Looks like the part is snapping to within the bounding box of the parent, there's a limit to how far we can move stuff which is a shame, is pressing space resetting it how you want though?

I've edited the thread title, as this seems to be a problem with this specific part.

Resetting it doesn't fix the problem, the problem is that I wanted to offset, but the amount I wanted was outside the range it allowed. Seems broken that the offset range doesn't even include the starting position.

[Wintersdark]

I've had this problem with a multitude of parts Ina variety of situations since the upgrade. Basically, the range you can move parts in is offset from the original location of the part by a substantial amount. Its clearly a bug, because the whole allowable range doesn't include the parts starting location.