Merge Ships at the VAB?

[Guest Aaack]

Hey guys!

So I made a rover and it was sweet and tiny, very apollo program like.

Now I had to go over the top and made a heavy one with capacity for 10 kerbals + pilot or 11 + pod.

In ay case I have a rocket that can lift it and carry it to the Mün's base but I don't see any obvious place where I can merge a saved rocket and "add" it to the scene where's my current rover. I'm afraid to ask...

Is there a way to "append" a rocket to your current build? even editing some file?

Thank you in advance!

Edited July 19, 2013 by Aaack

[Superfluous J]

This is my #1 want for 0.21. I think if you're clever you can do it in the raw text files for the ships, but I have no clue how.

[DangerDave]

I believe the Subassembly Loader is what you want...

[NoMrBond]

I believe the Subassembly Loader is what you want...

Unfortunately SAL isn't being maintained any more so it's not officially 0.20 compatible

TheUndeadFish has replacement functionality available with Subassembly Manager though

[Temporary9]

Look at Subassembly Manager: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/subassembly-manager/

Upd.: wow, I'm ninja'd...

Edited July 19, 2013 by Temporary9
As soon distracted by something, someone will answer before.

[Guest Aaack]

Awesome! Thank you very much!

[Guest Aaack]

It worked beautifully!

And now my monster rover is ready....

[draeath]

I am predicting a failure at the thinnest part...

Might consider adding some struts to that

[Guest Aaack]

Actually it didnt break! but it did something I never saw before.

It bent, about 20 degrees inthe direction of the wheels. And pulled the whole rocket with it.

It's not very visible from that angle but it had tons of struts everywhere. After that weird effect and seeing that also I didn't have enough dvs to take it to the Mün I added a whole stage and MOAR STRUTS!

(also 4 linear RCS to compensate the unbalance, Ive no idea if ill be able to land that onthe Mün but it's on orbit now with enough fuel at least!)

Here's a detail of the struts.

Edited July 19, 2013 by Aaack

[SleepingDragon]

The design is most Kerbal