Question about part modding

[jdsutton]

I'm in the process of making my first KSP mod (first mod ever really), and I'm encountering some problems.

This is the part I'm making, it's just a simple launch clamp that will break away a bit more dramatically than the stock ones.

It looks fine in Blender and Unity, but when I use it in the VAB some weird rotation and scaling things happen.

As you can see, it looks normal in the part preview (top row middle icon), but when I try to attach it a few things happen:

-The clamp does not pivot at all toward the ship, although I was careful to check the .cfg file and set trf_towerPivot_name = obj_girdercap

-The girder itself scales horizontally instead of vertically and does not add additional sections as needed like the stock launch clamp does.

-The base seems to flip on its side no matter what I do, even though it is upright in my model and in the preview.

I'm using KSP part tools 0.20 for this, which is the most up to date version I could find. Obviously that might be causing some problems but I wouldn't know. I'm completely new to this, so if some more experienced people could give me their thoughts here I would be extremely grateful.

EDIT: Is a specific version of Unity required for something simple like this? I'm using version 4...

Edited August 7, 2013 by jdsutton

[KhaosCorp]

Your using the right PartTools, thats not your issue.

I have never made launch claps so not sure...but best guess is that you have the transforms controling certain clap functions are turned the wrong way. A screen shot of your unity hierarchy would probably let others (that know more about clamps) help ya track down the issue.

[jdsutton]

It's pretty much the same as in blender, but here's what it looks like in Unity:

[Supernovy]

Make sure you have set the right surface attach node in the config.

[jdsutton]

Just tried that, I must have done something wrong because every part failed to load and all my ships were deleted. At least I sort of figured out the rotation thing, it's a weird difference between Blender and Unity's rotation values.

Also: This may be a stupid question, but if I add a script to a part in Unity will it run properly in game? I'd like to make the base rotate but that doesn't happen with the way it's set up right now.

Edited August 8, 2013 by jdsutton