[1.9.*, 1.10.*, 1.11.*] DockRotate - lightweight robotics - rotational control on docking ports (plus NodeRotate, make any part rotate)

[peteletroll]

New release!

This fixes a NodeRotate related bug. Please upgrade!

Edited May 15, 2019 by peteletroll

[peteletroll]

I got a bug report about current DockRotate version incompatibility with KJR Continued. I tried a fix, could anybody please help by testing this new dll with KJR Continued?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0f3rbg58td8lh9/DockRotate.dll?dl=0

Thanks in advance!

[Beetlecat]

With all of these brand-new BG expansion robot parts, my mind immediately drifted back to DockRotate--not the least of which because of the awesome sounds you incorporated. It's one of the first mods I've re-added to my new career setup.

As with Chatterer, wheel sounds, etc. Much of KSP's atmosphere is wildly improved with some audio cues. Any notion of what it would take to plug some sounds into the new parts? I've not looked into their files much yet. 

Edited June 13, 2019 by Beetlecat

[peteletroll]

8 hours ago, Beetlecat said:

Any notion of what it would take to plug some sounds into the new parts?

There's a soundClip entry in the ModuleDockRotate and ModuleNodeRotate cfg. It doesn't appear in the cfg files in the distribution, but you can see it in the savefiles.

By the way, the DockRotate sound is stolen from Infernal Robotics 

[Beetlecat]

3 hours ago, peteletroll said:

There's a soundClip entry in the ModuleDockRotate and ModuleNodeRotate cfg. It doesn't appear in the cfg files in the distribution, but you can see it in the savefiles.

By the way, the DockRotate sound is stolen from Infernal Robotics 

Heh. You can see how much of an IR user I was...

That definitely seems the like the better tree to bark up. TY!

[Miracle Magician]

I think, whether this mod will gain further compability with KJRnext because of the new robotic part state API in 1.7.2?(https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/184025-wip-kerbal-joint-reinforcement-next/ seems to be mentioned in the "Info For Developers" section)

As far as I've seen currently this mod just excludes all the docking ports from KJRn (Welp... Actually I can't confirm this), making crafts more wobbly.

 

 

[peteletroll]

1 hour ago, Miracle Magician said:

I think, whether this mod will gain further compability with KJRnext because of the new robotic part state API in 1.7.2?

@Rudolf Meier and I have been working on this for a while. Most of the work is done, I just need some time to properly test it before release.

1 hour ago, Miracle Magician said:

As far as I've seen currently this mod just excludes all the docking ports from KJRn

You're probably referring to KJR Continued here.

[Miracle Magician]

Hmmm... Maybe I'm using an outdated version of KJRn

 

Edit: OK, I have big stupid... I added ModuleDockRotate to KJRn's exclude file, not knowing it is just meant to fix incompatibility with KJRc

Edited June 18, 2019 by Miracle Magician

[Psycho_zs]

Hi!

Any chance of finishing restricted mode? (no rotation controls for snapped docking ports, only auto correction)?

[peteletroll]

3 minutes ago, Psycho_zs said:

Any chance of finishing restricted mode?

I experimented a little with this, I just have to remember to finish it...

[spritefun]

Thanks for the update, @peteletroll!!!!!

[peteletroll]

KJR Next integration successfully tested. Expect release soon™.

[peteletroll]

New release!

Full KJR compatibility, both Continued and Next.

Added some explicit cfg parameters for sound control, see the included cfg files.

Many thanks to @Rudolf Meier for his help!

@Psycho_zs, I'm working on restricted control and autoalign at docking.

Edited June 19, 2019 by peteletroll

[peteletroll]

@Psycho_zs, I have a test version of autoalignment with disabled controls. Do you want to test an experimental release?

[Psycho_zs]

Cool! It's in current master I presume? I will try it within a day.

[peteletroll]

2 minutes ago, Psycho_zs said:

It's in current master I presume?

Yes, I can send you a recompiled version if you need.

There's the new module parameters autoSnap and hideCommands.

Edited July 10, 2019 by peteletroll

[Psycho_zs]

1 minute ago, peteletroll said:

Yes, I can send you a recompiled version if you need.

Maybe a pre-release? Github allows tagging as such.

[peteletroll]

1 hour ago, Psycho_zs said:

Maybe a pre-release?

AFK now, I'll make a prerelease in a couple of hours.

[peteletroll]

@Psycho_zs, I published a pre-release here. If you use the debug dll you will have access to autoSnap and hideCommands from the PAW for easy testing. Let me know if it works for you, and if you need changes. Have fun!

[Psycho_zs]

Some controls are still visible in PAW.

Ports have:

captureMinRollDot:NEEDS[DockRotate] = 0.99904822
snapRotation = true

DockRotate.cfg has:

autoSnap = true
hideCommands = true

What does autoSnap do exactly? In one attempt with autoSnap=true in config I've got 179 degrees, but in other attempts with debug version and both switching autoSnap back and forth, I always had round numbers.

[peteletroll]

@Psycho_zs, what's the snapOffset value?

Currently hideCommands disables the rotation commands: rotate CW, CCW and snap.

[Psycho_zs]

6 hours ago, peteletroll said:

what's the snapOffset value?

30, same as in realism config.

[peteletroll]

And which controls you want to keep? None at all, not even rotation enabled/disabled?

[Psycho_zs]

Yes, full realism. Snapped ports autocorrect to the nearest snapOffset to simulate docking latches.

[peteletroll]

@Psycho_zs, I prepared a new prerelease here.

This still have PAW entries visible, but I'd like to know if the rotation activation and angle works as expected. If it doesn't, please send logs!