0.20: Installed new parts, now default parts don't load

[Bigred2989]

I put new parts in the parts folder and when the game loaded I opened the VAB to find it empty of everything except the parts I had just added to the game. Didn't lose anything from 0.19 because it's a separate KSP program now, but this would have killed very ship I had in orbit.

Edited May 24, 2013 by Bigred2989

[soranno]

I can confirm that putting in parts from damned robotics into the parts folder will cause this.

And this applies also to the ball-bearing part that is in the modular wheels mod, as it came from damned robotics to begin with.

as soon as you remove all the damned robotics parts, the build menus should return to normal.

That is of course... unless you have another mod that is causing the same problem

In that case try removing all mods and then adding them back one by one to find the culprit.

[Bigred2989]

The parts I added do use Damned robotics parts and it was causing the problem. Guess I'll have to use my 0.19 file to test this mod out. Thanks.

[dudecon]

The parts format changed slightly. You need to add text, as follows, to make the old .cfg files work with version 0.20:

PART

{

<all the existing .cfg stuff goes here>

}

So, basically, right at the very beginning the word "PART" in all caps, and then enclose the whole body in curlybrackets. Should work fine after that!

[Bigred2989]

The parts format changed slightly. You need to add text, as follows, to make the old .cfg files work with version 0.20:

So, basically, right at the very beginning the word "PART" in all caps, and then enclose the whole body in curlybrackets. Should work fine after that!

I'll wait for the plugin developers to fix this.

[soranno]

really want that damn bearing to work so I gave it a try, and the result was the same error.

after editing the config file looked like the following, have I made the adjustment correctly?

PART

{

// --- general parameters ---

name = DRBallbearing

module = MuMechServo

author = r4m0n (code) || Damnyoujapan (model)

// --- asset parameters ---

mesh = cylinder.DAE

scale = 1.0

texture = Rotatron.png

specPower = 0.1

rimFalloff = 3

alphaCutoff = 0

// --- node definitions ---

node_attach = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0

node_stack_bottom = 0.0, -0.05, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0

node_stack_top = 0.0, 0.25, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0

// --- editor parameters ---

cost = 50

category = Utility

subcategory = 0

title = Ballbearing

manufacturer = Damned Robotics

description = Essentially a Damned Robotics Rotatron with its MHD drive guts ripped out... it doesn't rotate stuff, but stuff can rotate on it. Provided with permission in TT modular wheels pack v0.03+

// attachment rules: stack, srfAttach, allowStack, allowSrfAttach, allowCollision

attachRules = 1,1,1,1,0

// --- standard part parameters ---

mass = 0.1

dragModelType = default

maximum_drag = 0.2

minimum_drag = 0.2

angularDrag = 2

crashTolerance = 15

maxTemp = 3000

breakingForce = 999

breakingTorque = 999

// toggle parameters

rotateJoint = True

rotateAxis = 0, -1, 0

keyRotateSpeed = 20.0

rotateLimits = False

jointSpring = 0.0000001

jointDamping = 0

onActivate = False

rotateKey = left

revRotateKey = right

fixedMesh = Base

servoName = New Rotatron

}

[bouski]

really want that damn bearing to work so I gave it a try, and the result was the same error.

after editing the config file looked like the following, have I made the adjustment correctly?

PART

{

// --- general parameters ---

name = DRBallbearing

module = MuMechServo

author = r4m0n (code) || Damnyoujapan (model)

// --- asset parameters ---

mesh = cylinder.DAE

scale = 1.0

texture = Rotatron.png

specPower = 0.1

rimFalloff = 3

alphaCutoff = 0

// --- node definitions ---

node_attach = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0

node_stack_bottom = 0.0, -0.05, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0

node_stack_top = 0.0, 0.25, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0

// --- editor parameters ---

cost = 50

category = Utility

subcategory = 0

title = Ballbearing

manufacturer = Damned Robotics

description = Essentially a Damned Robotics Rotatron with its MHD drive guts ripped out... it doesn't rotate stuff, but stuff can rotate on it. Provided with permission in TT modular wheels pack v0.03+

// attachment rules: stack, srfAttach, allowStack, allowSrfAttach, allowCollision

attachRules = 1,1,1,1,0

// --- standard part parameters ---

mass = 0.1

dragModelType = default

maximum_drag = 0.2

minimum_drag = 0.2

angularDrag = 2

crashTolerance = 15

maxTemp = 3000

breakingForce = 999

breakingTorque = 999

// toggle parameters

rotateJoint = True

rotateAxis = 0, -1, 0

keyRotateSpeed = 20.0

rotateLimits = False

jointSpring = 0.0000001

jointDamping = 0

onActivate = False

rotateKey = left

revRotateKey = right

fixedMesh = Base

servoName = New Rotatron

}

it doesn't want to work did you have any success ??