Docking Ports won't connect on Space Station

[-NTrN-DarkHawk]

Hey,

I've been working on my Space Station in Kerbin Orbit and wanted to add a tube to connect the two outer halfes of the Station together. The big Part in the middle won't allow any transfer of crew or resources so I need to add the tube part. Its really just some structural tubes and a docking port at each end. when I wanted to dock the tube it docked on one side. I then used the EVA construction option to aligne the second port but it just doesnt want to dock. I tried wiggeling the Station with the SAS but that didnt help.

https://imgur.com/a/NVqCPjc

Do you guys have any idea what causes that or how I could fix it?

Thanks
DarkHawk

[Vanamonde]

Can you take some pics in better light? Are you sure the docking rings are facing the right way out? 

[-NTrN-DarkHawk]

@Vanamonde I added better pics to the link. The ports are facing the right way and I'm 99.9% sure they're attached to the right node.

[Vanamonde]

Looks like you're trying to make a loop? Only one of the connections will be secure and the other will be weak. It's a limitation of the software. 

[-NTrN-DarkHawk]

I thought that was possible. How are you supposed to make a ring station then? And what exectly do you mean by weak connection?

[-NTrN-DarkHawk]

Ok, Idk what just happened but it worked now. just disconnected the whole left part of the station and tried only docking the lower port and connect the other one with struts. When I docked again both ports were connected. I guess the way I did it first wasn't the ideal way.

Edit: Well it's not moving anymore but only one of the ports seems to register docked and I cant transfer crew. Recources work for some reason.

Edited March 13, 2023 by -NTrN-DarkHawk

[Vanamonde]

It's possible. Just not very strong.

[jimmymcgoochie]

KSP can’t do loops in the part tree- you can’t attach a two parts together with two decouplers/docking ports. There’s a mod somewhere that can do this but I haven’t really used it much so it may or may not help you.