Any mods that can auto-dock?

[Zerxal]

Like, you select a docking port on your ship and the ship you want to teleport to, and it docks it? Any mods like that out there?

[MacLuky]

mechjeb does that. well sort of. You can cheat menu your ship to rendezvous and have mechjeb do the docking for you

Edited March 6, 2017 by MacLuky

[Tex_NL]

Why not have MechJeb fly the launch and rendezvous before autodocking? That way it's a little less 'cheap'
However you must keep in mind MechJeb can't do magic. It can not do what you can't do manually.

But of course the best way is to use MechJeb as a teacher. Look what and how it is doing and learn from it. Then try to do it yourself.

[Tyko]

Have you tried Docking Port Alignment Indicator? not auto-docking, but makes it a heck of a lot easier - like down to a 3 on the 1-10 KSP difficulty scale from a 9 doing it by eye only.

[Guest]

i have quit ksp for weeks because of docking

 

[CobaltWolf]

On 1/16/2018 at 5:04 PM, Mudkip909 said:

i have quit ksp for weeks because of docking

I'm sorry.

[Tyko]

On 1/16/2018 at 2:04 PM, Mudkip909 said:

i have quit ksp for weeks because of docking

 

That's too bad... there are many helpful people on the forums who would be happy to provide some guidance. Where are you getting stuck?

[WuphonsReach]

On 3/6/2017 at 3:22 PM, Quarkz said:

Like, you select a docking port on your ship and the ship you want to teleport to, and it docks it? Any mods like that out there?

MechJeb + DPAI

First off, use the RCS Build Aid add-on to make sure that your ship is balanced when using the RCS thrusters to translate along the X/Y/Z axis.  So if you have four RCS at the nose and four at the tail, right-click one of the set that is fartherest away from the center of mass (CoM) and adjust the thrust limit downward until the big orange circular arrow and the smaller orange arrows go away.

Second, you need enough RCS power for MechJeb docking to be efficient.  Too much or not enough will cause it to have trouble during the final docking.

Third, pack along lots and lots of mono-propellant.

Fourth, getting close to your target requires:  Matching the plane of your target, doing a Hohmann transfer at the right time, and then zeroing out velocity relative to your target at the closest approach.  MechJeb has the Rendezvous Auto-Pilot module which will do this for you.

Fifth, you need to get lined up with your docking port.  Start by right-clicking on your vessel's docking port and use "control from here".  Then right-click on your target docking port and use "set as target" (if the target vessel has multiple docking ports, use the left/right buttons in DPAI).  At this point, you can try turning on MechJeb's auto-pilot.

Alternately, use MechJeb's Smart A.S.S. and pick "TGT" then "PAR-".  That will orient your craft to be lined up with the docking port.  Now you can just use I/J/K/L and H/N keys.  The flow for docking is to get on the right side of the target vessel (green bars, not red bars), have a CVEL (closing velocity) close to zero at a CDEST of around 30-50m.  (H/N keys push you towards/away from the docking plane.)  Then use I/J/K/L to line up with the axis of the docking port.  Once lined up, use H/N to start moving towards the docking port (or turn on MechJeb A/P at this point).