Stock Part Config: Surface Attachment = Allow for Stock Delta-Deluxe Winglets

[Goddess Bhavani]

This feature request is really hard to put in text but those of you who have used low tech parts would notice you cannot attach stuff to the Delta-Deluxe Winglets, and may force you to build a boxier looking craft as a result.

Here's a simple OV-10 Bronco replica as an example:

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Scroll through the gallery above and you'll see some comic irony - the fragile Basic Fins can be used as basic hardpoints, but the Delta Deluxe cannot be used to support the tailplane of the aircraft.

Setting Allow Surface Attach = 1 makes for a much sleeker and true to life appearance for this aircraft's tail assembly, as per the image below.

It's not a big problem but thought for consistency's sake in community craft sharing, I thought it would be nice if future KSP updates could incorporate Surface Attachment = Allow for this part.

[Captain Sierra]

I endorse this part tweak (it has since made it into my list of custom tweaks).

[Starwhip]

I also endorse this change. There should be a thorough reconsideration of attachment rules for parts.

[mythbusters844]

I also agree with your tweak. For those wondering how to change the Delta Deluxe to allow surface attachment, find the Delta Deluxe's part.cfg at GameData\Squad\Parts\Aero\wingletDeltaDeluxe\wingletDeltaDeluxe.cfg, open it with your favorite text editor, and change the line that reads "attachrules = 0,1,0,0,1" to "attachrules = 0,1,0,1,1" (no quotes).

Alternatively, if you're not opposed to mods, you can use this ModuleManager config to do the above without touching your precious stock files:

@PART[winglet3]
{
	@attachRules = 0,1,0,1,1
}

All you do is get ModuleManager, copy the above code, paste it into a text editor, and save it as a .cfg file in your GameData directory.

Please tell me if this doesn't work. I'm still kind of a noob at ModuleManager and I haven't actually tested this to see if it works, but there's no reason why it shouldn't.

Edited June 15, 2015 by mythbusters844

[Goddess Bhavani]

I remember in Beta and before I would use the Basic Tail Fin for T-tailed designs but now the Tail Fin had been changed to an all-flying design similar in shape to the F-15 Eagle's horizontal stabilizer. Without TweakScale to construct filler parts, it's difficult to use the Tail Fin as a static support structure.

Ironically too, other parts can be attached to the current Tail Fin even if it's inappropriate to do so, being an all-flying control surface.

So now the Delta-Deluxe is one of the few low-tech stock parts that look decent as a vertical stabilizer.

[Azimech]

Agreed.