Action Groups?

[GraviTykillz]

could someone plz give me a short tutorial on how to use action groups?

Ive built a lot of rockets with some small success. now im tryin to build some planes and I need to be able to toggle my first set of engines off, and then rockets at altiude. something so simple..but..well just help plz

this has a small detachable stage/station I hope to be able to put into orbit

Edited August 7, 2013 by GraviTykillz
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[Tripzter]

You have to go to action groups while building the ship and configure what each action group will do. For example you want action group 1 to turn on all engines, action group 2 to turn on half of the engines and turn off the other half etc. You have to manually select each engine and configure it.

[GraviTykillz]

Thanks!!!! that works

[Tiron]

You have to go to action groups while building the ship and configure what each action group will do. For example you want action group 1 to turn on all engines, action group 2 to turn on half of the engines and turn off the other half etc. You have to manually select each engine and configure it.

Actually, if you placed the parts with symmetry, the action group will select all parts in that symmetry group. Just beware if you detach it, leave it floating for a moment, and then put it back (presumably after changing something ahead of where it was mounted). It knocks down to a single unit while it's floating and if it was assigned to an action group, when you put it back only the single part that was floating will still be in the action group: all the additional ones placed via the symmetry mode won't be. It's really annoying, but easy to fix: You just have to reassign the parts to the action group.