RCS help?

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

new problem:

This video should explain

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1417259/rcs%20wores.wmv

Here are the alpha parts, .craft is included.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1417259/awesome/New%20folder/Parts.rar

if anyone can figure this out i will be forever thankful.

also please no whining about mixed stuff. it is not a release it is a problem. in release all stuff will be fixed.

Old problem:

hi i cannot figure out the RCS thrust and effects. if i change X y changes. i am so confused.

For example lets say i want to have the effect off to the right 1, down 2, and turned 90 degress down then hav the thrust point straight down. what do i do?

[Feragorn]

Is this relating to a joystick or game mechanics?

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

in the part file for the parts. I cannot figure otu the numbers. i tried to figure it out by trying different combinations but i cannot figure it lol.

this sort of thing.

fx_gasJet_white = -1.9, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, rcsGroup0

// thruster orientations and thrust (X, Y, Z, Thrust)

thrustVector0 = 0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.0

[Straight Chillen]

// thruster orientations and thrust (X, Y, Z, Thrust)

thrustVector0 = 0, 0.0, 0.0, 10.0

Ok, basically thruster orientation specifies which way is 'up', with 'up' being the direction you want your thruster to push you. KSP uses Y up for the vertical axis. So lets say you have a basic little 2 nozzel RCS unit, with 1 nozzel pointed up & 1 down, your thrust vectors would be

thrustvector0 = 0,1,0, 10.0 (this one pushes you upward)

thrustvector1 = 0,-1,0 10.0 (this one pushes you downward)

now for the FX, the FX format is, pX, pY, pZ, uX, uY, uZ, FXGROUP; where (p) is is the position on the model you want to FX to start from(origin point), (u) is the 'Up' direction, This should be the same as the thrust vector. FX group dictates which thruster creates which FX, this is the number following thrustvector. So for the above example you should have something like this

fx_gasJet_white = pX, pY, pZ, 0, 1, 0.0, rcsGroup0

fx_gasJet_white = pX, pY, pZ, 0, -1, 0.0, rcsGroup1

Substitute pXYZ with the relevant coordinates from your model.

edited because i have the dumb

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

go0sh why the hell does it not just use freaking degrees for the angles......

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

also, in my unmodified RCS block the E and Q effects disappared @_@

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

added a video to explain visually. into the main post.

I will work no fut her untill this is figured out. there is nothign i can do :/

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

slight break through.

when the RCS attach_node is 0.0, -1.67, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 it Q and E effects work but whne it is 0.0, -1.67, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0 or anythign else it does not. however this tilts the model at a weird angle.... and does not align up any more. wtf?

[CardBoardBoxProcessor]

Rotation of the model was off for some reason when importing the .dae so i corrected and reexported. this fixed the rotation problems. so now with fixed code and mdel the Q and E rs keys effects work.

however now the effects arn;t aligned so need to figure those otu again :/ luckyl slew gave me the right numbers hop they work still.

Hmm default ASAS also seems to work fine. Wonder what the problem is :/