Trouble with Attachment Nodes and Animations

[TranceaddicT]

I've taken the CommTech EXP-VR-2T antenna from RemoteTech and repurposed it via an MMconfg to act as an extender.

Things went well and I've duplicated the part and given it an attachnode at the top.

Here it is attached to a probecore with a RA-2 Relay Antenna attached. 

Unfortunately, when I extend the part this happens:

Is there anyone savvy in the ways of fixing it so the attachment node (and attached part) extend WITH the animation?

Here's the code for the MMconfig:

// 	 **********************************************************************************
//	***			File:	AS_Antenna_Extender.cfg
//	***		  Author:	TranceaddicT
//	***	Contributors:
//	***	 Description:	Repurposing an animated antenna as a structural extender
//	***	 	 License:	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
//	 **********************************************************************************

+PART[RTLongAntenna3]:NEEDS[RemoteTech]:FINAL
{
	%name = deviceExtender
	%author = TranceaddicT

	!mesh = DELETE
	MODEL
	{
		model = RemoteTech/Parts/LongAntenna3/model
	}

//	attachment rules: stack, srfAttach, allowStack, allowSrfAttach, allowCollision
	%attachRules = 1,1,1,1,1

//	 node rules: x, y, z, angx, angy, angz, size
	%node_stack_top = 0.0, 0.15, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0

	%TechRequired = Start
	%category = Structural
	%title = UL-101 Radial Extender
	%manufacturer = Unlimited, Ltd.
	%description = A plesant discovery after an engineer glued a pencil to the end of a CommTech EXP-VR-2T and started poking the Mission Controller from across the room.
	%tags = build connect construct extend structur support

	!MODULE[ModuleRTAntenna] {}
	!MODULE[ModuleSPUPassive] {}

	MODULE
	{
		name = TweakScale
		type = free
	}

	@MODULE[ModuleAnimateGeneric]
	{
		%actionGUIName = Toggle
		%allowManualControl = true
		%actionAvailable = true
		%eventAvailableFlight = true
		%eventAvailableEditor = true
		%eventAvailableEVA = true
		%evaDistance = 5
	}
}

 

[SpannerMonkey(smce)]

Yup thats exactly what will happen,  when you attach any other part to an animated part, either by surface or stack attach, you are not actually connecting to the part you think you are , in essence you are connecting all objects to the the base, all node positions are derived from the root.

The same thing happens if for example you attach something to at cargo bay door, the door will move while the attached object  will remain fixed. 

There's no point pursuing this as many have been down this road before you to no avail ( for me it was somewhen in 2013),  you are of course free to join those who have tried and failed.

There are ways around this by using plugins but otherwise it's not going to happen, we really wish it would but it doesn't

 

 

 

[TranceaddicT]

@SpannerMonkey(smce) Thanks for the info.  I thought it might work in light of InfernalRobotic's sliding thingys.  Drat.