What does "control from here" actually mean & how is it implemented?

[TBryson2]

It may sound obvious, (control from here), but how is it actually used? Iv'e seen it used in youtube videos, but never quite understood how it is being used

TB

[iamaphazael]

All it does is orient the navball and its icons so that they are correct with respect to whatever part you selected, mostly to make docking less confusing. So, for instance, if you have a docking port mounted at the "bottom" of your ship, or if you're using one of those inline ones where the port comes out the side, clicking on that part and selecting "control from here" will reorient the navball so that it's reflecting where that particular part is pointed, rather than where the main command pod is pointing. Also, the rcs translation controls will now work with respect to the new part, so if you press "i", for instance, your rcs will thrust in whatever direction that docking port is facing

[N_Molson]

As said above. Imagine you make a minishuttle with a cockpit at the fore and a docking port at the aft. You're going to have a pain to achieve docking, because you'll have to make it reverse ! But if you control things from the aft docking port, all nav tools will be configured in the right direction. Very handy. Basically, it changes the "point of view".

[Vanamonde]

It also seems to determine which piece you stay in personal control of after undocking part of an assembly. But then I also see saying that this doesn't work for them, so I'm not sure if that's consistent.

[TBryson2]

Thanks all! Ill give it a try tomorrow.

TB