Throttling hinge control??

[conqueringspace]

Been scouring the internet for hours looking for a solution, to no avail. Nothing on these forums either!
How can I actively control hinges, for example using 1 and 0 keys to push them open and closed?
I'm able to toggle them to max and min angle, but there's no ability to throttle them.

Thanks!

[Snark]

Hello, and welcome to the forums! 

12 hours ago, conqueringspace said:

How can I actively control hinges, for example using 1 and 0 keys to push them open and closed?

Axis groups, my friend. 

You won't be able to do it for any-arbitrary-key (e.g. it won't work for 1 and 0), but it will work for keys that are bound to control axes (e.g. pitch, yaw, roll, translate up / down / left / right / fore / aft, main throttle, wheel steering, wheel throttle).

Here's an example to try in the editor:

1. Place a hinge.
2. Open the action groups UI.
3. Click on the hinge to select it (so it's highlighted in blue, and its various actions appear in the right-hand column of the action group UI).
4. Look at the bottom of the left-hand column of the action group UI.  There's a section labeled "Axis Groups".  This is what you want.
5. Click on, for example, "Translate U/D" (that's the axis that is bound to the I and J  K keys by default).
6. Note that when you do that, the list of available things on the hinge changes.  Instead of saying things like "Toggle Hinge" or "Toggle Lock", now it says things like "Target Angle" and "Torque Limit (%)" and so forth.
7. Click on "Target Angle".
8. Note that when you do this, the middle column gets populated with "Target Angle".  It has some extra controls on it that you don't need to bother with right now, just leave them at their default settings.

...And that's it.  You're done.  If you launch that ship, pressing the I and J  K keys will make the hinge open and close.  Holding down I causes it to start opening, holding down J  K causes it to start closing.

How to understand what you just did:

• In step #3, you picked which part you want to control
• In step #5, you picked which buttons you want to control the part
• In step #7, you picked what about that part you want the buttons to control

Does this help?

Edited July 30, 2019 by Snark
K, not J. Sheesh.

[conqueringspace]

Awesome, that worked!
Except that the controls were I and K for me rather than I and J.
Thank you so much!

[Snark]

7 hours ago, conqueringspace said:

Except that the controls were I and K for me rather than I and J.

Derp.  Yes, of course, I and K.  Long day, I was tired.