Help With Node

[Countrykris]

I have re-sized a stock part and wanted to add 2 more nodes on the side. Having problem with it attaching right. The top and bottom nodes work fine even attaching to the side nodes but I can't attach the side nodes to the side of the same part.

// --- node definitions ---
// definition format is Position X, Position Y, Position Z, Up X, Up Y, Up Z

node_stack_right = 0.27, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0
node_stack_left = -0.27, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0

node_stack_top = 0.0, 0.53, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0
node_stack_bottom = 0.0,-0.53, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0

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

attachRules = 1,0,1,1,0

Edited June 8, 2013 by Countrykris

[angusmcbeth]

Hiya Countrykris

will it attach if you turn off part clipping in debug?

[Countrykris]

No it wont, I tried that first.

[angusmcbeth]

Sorry Kris I have absolutely no idea. Good luck with this buddy. It all looks fine to me.

EDIT:but then again, I'm new to this, I'm sure there is someone who will know.

[EndlessWaves]

Game bug/limitation unfortunately, I'm not sure of the exact conditions but basically the node system won't let you make the initial attachment on anything other than one axis, I believe it's the two defined last in the config file.

It should be fixed eventually as the stock six-way hubs suffer from it but I don't know of a workaround in the mean time.

[Greys]

To say that differently, despite rendering as a sphere, nodes have a direction, if when the directions don't match up things get really fricken annoying

The numbers in a node definition are x-coord, y-coord*, z-coord, x-rotation, y-rotation, z-rotation, node-size

*i may have the y in the wrong order.

Nodes are very fiddly business and you'll probably spend hours pounding your head against a wall trying to figure out why adjusting x rotation makes it point left instead of down, but that's what we have to work with.