Two Question about spaceship 'clipping' when going to warp?

[Divaglio3578]

I know that if you try to \'dock\' two ships together with lander legs or other parts and try to go to warp, the two ships will \'clip\' into or away from each other. So my first question is: Can someone put a name to this problem? I feel kinda stupid forgetting it, but I might as well find out. And second of all, what is the greatest distance that two ships can clip relative to each other? I think I heard it was somewhere around five meters

[Bluejayek]

I am not entirely sure what you mean, but when you go into a time warp past 2x, all ships go on rails and collisions are no longer simulated, meaning that the ships can drift apart. This may explain what you are seeing.

[Divaglio3578]

Oh, so if one ship is nestled inside another in orbit, and I go to +2x warp, the ships will phase through each other if all relative movement isn\'t cancelled out?

[Bluejayek]

As far as I know that is true.

[Divaglio3578]

Okay, thanks so much. Planning on building an orbital spaceship carrier that allows for ships to fly into its hanger, and use a Damned Robotics hinge to close hanger doors. But I guess if they\'re put on rails, Id have to be sure to completely remove relative velocity

[Bluejayek]

Yeah. I don\'t want to know what might happen if you try to drop off rails when they have partially drifted through the door!

Cool project though