how do i make a part variant that changes the model

[horrifiedbyeverything]

the mk2 lander can, for example, has a variant that turns it into a pressurized rover cabin

for context, i'm making a circular structural plate that should have a variant that turns it into a ring

how do i add a variant that changes the plate's model into the specified ring?

[ColdJ]

24 minutes ago, horrifiedbyeverything said:

the mk2 lander can, for example, has a variant that turns it into a pressurized rover cabin

for context, i'm making a circular structural plate that should have a variant that turns it into a ring

how do i add a variant that changes the plate's model into the specified ring?

It is to do with named objects in the heirarchy of the .mu model. If you look at the part variant module in the config while looking at the heirarchy in the 3D modeling program you will see that it hides 1 object while showing the other, then does the reverse for the other variant So you want 1 named object that is the plate and another that is the ring.

[horrifiedbyeverything]

19 hours ago, ColdJ said:

It is to do with named objects in the heirarchy of the .mu model. If you look at the part variant module in the config while looking at the heirarchy in the 3D modeling program you will see that it hides 1 object while showing the other, then does the reverse for the other variant So you want 1 named object that is the plate and another that is the ring.

and the variant in the config is something like this?

VARIANT
{
	name = plate
}
VARIANT
{
	name = ring
}

and the hierarchy in blender is like this?

plate
	plate.collider

ring
	ring.collider

[ColdJ]

@horrifiedbyeverything

Not the ones with the collider suffix. They are invisible in game and are what kerbals and other parts bump into. You want the mesh that you see in game to be named for those parts. Give me a couple of hours and I will write up a simple tutorial with pics and put it in my part making thread and tag you.

Here is the link.

 

Edited March 27 by ColdJ

[ColdJ]

Just incase it didn'y show up because I edited an existing. The link is above.