Zeke's Personal Craft Repository - Zokesia Skunkworks

[zekes]

[quote name='Mad Rocket Scientist']Ah, but Majorjim might.[/QUOTE]

I know for a fact my turrets require wobbling around (hitting all directions) to get them to un-stick sometimes, they go all the way around but just hitting rotate won't turn them, you have to kind of manhandle them around but they'll go 360 for sure. Just not smoothly.

[andrew123]

[quote name='zekes']I know for a fact my turrets require wobbling around (hitting all directions) to get them to un-stick sometimes, they go all the way around but just hitting rotate won't turn them, you have to kind of manhandle them around but they'll go 360 for sure. Just not smoothly.[/QUOTE]

Only my heavy tanks require such improvised measures, same with your tanks.

Smooth rotation is possible, but we sometimes don't have enough time to smooth it out before release. We have a lot of stuff in real life.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

If you can't make a feature work properly, why have that feature in there at all?

[Majorjim!]

[quote name='Mad Rocket Scientist']Ah, but Majorjim might.[/QUOTE]

Nope I don't have it.

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[quote name='zekes']I know for a fact my turrets require wobbling around (hitting all directions) to get them to un-stick sometimes, they go all the way around but just hitting rotate won't turn them, you have to kind of manhandle them around but they'll go 360 for sure. Just not smoothly.[/QUOTE]

At the very least, the no offset mod is a godsend for part reduction.

[Azimech]

[quote name='TheCanadianVendingMachine']If you can't make a feature work properly, why have that feature in there at all?[/QUOTE]

That's a bit harsh.

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[quote name='Mad Rocket Scientist']Hey, do you have takecommand (puts kerbals in command chairs automatically) installed? I've heard that it makes hinges and bearings more wobbly.[/QUOTE]

Correct. But only if you install a kerbal in the seat.

[HR][/HR]
Yeah turrets are troublesome things. I have a stock light tank which is a bit different because kerbals can climb in & out through the turret. Was hell to get it working, and without No Offset Limits installed, utterly impossible to build. And even now the turrets sometimes get stuck. It's just the nature of KSP physics.

[imgur]AKA9o[/imgur] Edited November 26, 2015 by Azimech

[Columbia]

Wondering, but how? I find it useful for aesthetics, sure, btu not really part count.

At the very least, the no offset mod is a godsend for part reduction.

Edited December 6, 2015 by Columbia

[Bubbadevlin]

The amount of scaffolding you can eliminate with infinite offset is amazing, you could lower those tanks to probably like 300 parts

[Azimech]

Indeed.

[gag09]

You can do that stock by selecting the offset tool and switching to the action group menu.

[TheCanadianVendingMachine]

[quote name='Azimech']That's a bit harsh.[/QUOTE]

How is it harsh? If you can't get a feature to be workable, why have it at all? That's like saying a calculator doesn't need to add [I]perfectly[/I], if it can get in the ballpark (+/- 3)

[selfish_meme]

[quote name='gag09']You can do that stock by selecting the offset tool and switching to the action group menu.[/QUOTE]

It has a distance limit, no offset limits removes the distance limit.

[Majorjim!]

[quote name='Bubbadevlin']The amount of scaffolding you can eliminate with infinite offset is amazing, you could lower those tanks to probably like 300 parts[/QUOTE]

This exactly. I have nearly halved part counts rebuilding a craft using it.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Yikes, the OP is a BBCode trainwreck.

[Lundmunchkins]

Why are all of the BB codes and etc. broken?

[War Eagle 1]

2 minutes ago, Lundmunchkins said:

Why are all of the BB codes and etc. broken?

The new forum update is the cause of it. That said judging by how Zeke raged on a thread about how people are disliking the new forum, he may or may not be back to fix it

[worir4]

On 11/23/2015, 1:54:23, Frozen_Heart said:

That OP layout is beautiful.

Oh, the irony.

Don't worry Zekes, I'm sure with skills like yours you can fix it in no time. Also the broken OP doesn't mean that your craft are not cool, because they are. 

Edited December 2, 2015 by worir4

[MedwedianPresident]

I demand BBCode! Look what its removal made to the OP! This is as bad as murder!

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

5 hours ago, MedwedianPresident said:

I demand BBCode! Look what its removal made to the OP! This is as bad as murder!

You mean like this: Italics Bold Or any of the other BBcode which still works in the editor?  Maybe you just demand table bbcode.

[He_162]

OP layout... RIP 11/27/15

[Columbia]

On 11/27/2015, 9:34:54, Majorjim said:

[quote name='Bubbadevlin']The amount of scaffolding you can eliminate with infinite offset is amazing, you could lower those tanks to probably like 300 parts

This exactly. I have nearly halved part counts rebuilding a craft using it.

 

Wait what? How?

[Majorjim!]

1 hour ago, Columbia said:

 

Wait what? How?

Huh? You use the no offset mod dont you?

[Columbia]

9 minutes ago, Majorjim said:

Huh? You use the no offset mod dont you?

Yes, for making cockpits with struts and other stuff, but I don't really find it useful for part reduction.

 

[Bubbadevlin]

Well basically think of this, every time you use a cubic octagonal strut or something to space a part out, or add shape, you could just use infinite offset and eliminate that part. To be honest it is not that useful for stuff like planes and rockets, but it is INCREDIBLY useful whenever you are making bearings, custom shapes (like tanks) or other random stuff. I know my walker would be like 1500 parts without it....

[Majorjim!]

Just now, Bubbadevlin said:

Well basically think of this, every time you use a cubic octagonal strut or something to space a part out, or add shape, you could just use infinite offset and eliminate that part. To be honest it is not that useful for stuff like planes and rockets, but it is INCREDIBLY useful whenever you are making bearings, custom shapes (like tanks) or other random stuff. I know my walker would be like 1500 parts without it....

This is correct. However, I have found it incredibly useful for both rockets and aircraft. It is useful for every single one of my builds. I am in the process of remaking every old craft using the mod. I can reduce the part count by at least 120 parts (the fewest I have saved on a build).

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

14 hours ago, Columbia said:

Yes, for making cockpits with struts and other stuff, but I don't really find it useful for part reduction.

 

There is probably 50 parts of scaffolding inside my SS1.