Partcount...or not?!

[superm18]

Hi all,

I try to keep my partcount to a minimum and my question is this:

When two parts are undocked, and the two parts where reinforced with struts, does the end of the struts that is left after the break count as a part? and if so, does both ends count (as in if the part i started the strut from "keeps" the part or is it the part i connected that get the part)?

Thanks in advance

[RoboRay]

I don't believe the end-points of a broken strut count as parts for physics calculations, on either end.

[CalculusWarrior]

Yeah, I once had the ends of struts hanging off my Duna lander, and I didn't detect any loss of performance there. I suppose the bottom end of the strut would count, but not the top; though that is just my reasoning.

[Tarsus]

If you attack struts to stack seperators then both end pieces get blown into space during separation. So the game must see each strut as 2 objects instead of 1 for physics other wise one end would simply vanish after the strut is broke.

[RoboRay]

That the object continues to exist visibly doesn't mean it's undergoing physics calculations.

[Tarsus]

But they are free floating in space

[maltesh]

Like radial decoupler scabs, strut scabs disappear the next time the craft is loaded.

[Tarsus]

Like radial decoupler scabs, strut scabs disappear the next time the craft is loaded.

Really? I didn't know that.