Larger Vehicle Assembly Area??

[sulobaid]

Is there an add on for a larger Vehicle assembly area, or at east taller? I find that if I build a vertical staging rocket to get to the mun I run our of space to easily work on the upper part of the rocket

[Kimberly]

If you select the root part, you can drag the whole craft upwards or downwards. It'll clip into the ground if need be, so vertical space shouldn't be an issue. I can't imagine what kind of monstrosity you're building that is taller than the VAB, though!

[Whirligig Girl]

They made the VAB even more gigantic in the latest release, I think the VAB is big enough now.

[DChurchill]

I had an Apollo style rocket that wouldn't fit in the OLD VAB, but the new one is plenty big. How bid is this thing that you're building?

[sulobaid]

Its not really that my rocket is too large for the building, but it is too tall for the camera to comfortably work around the very top of it. What would be really useful is if there was an up and down camera pan, instead of always circling a focus point

[Winter Man]

Scroll wheel, dude.

[Mr Shifty]

Its not really that my rocket is too large for the building, but it is too tall for the camera to comfortably work around the very top of it. What would be really useful is if there was an up and down camera pan, instead of always circling a focus point

To elaborate, you can pan up and down with the mouse scroll wheel. And you can zoom in and out if you hold down the Shift key and use the scroll wheel.

[sulobaid]

ah, I dont have a scroll wheel, ive been just using mousepad and keyboard

[somnambulist]

ah, I dont have a scroll wheel, ive been just using mousepad and keyboard

Page Up/Down will scroll vertically in the VAB. But really invest in a mouse with a scroll wheel.

[astropapi1]

Obviously you didn't play on the old VAB/SPH. Boy those things were small.

[LeadMagnet]

ah, I dont have a scroll wheel, ive been just using mousepad and keyboard

Page Up/Down will scroll vertically in the VAB. But really invest in a mouse with a scroll wheel.

No scroll wheel, then you're missing out on some "mouse button 3" action!!

I've never understood why the VAB has a roof at all in build mode. Although, it is very rare that I come close to the ceiling.

[Winter Man]

I've never understood why the VAB has a roof at all in build mode

Stops the rockets getting wet.

[RoboRay]

No rain without clouds.

[Guest]

But we hear birds. Nobody likes to find birdie doo-doo in their capsule.

[Winter Man]

Didn't say rain. There could be a massive tidal wave caused by the obscenely dense Mun.

[Capt'n Skunky]

If you select the root part, you can drag the whole craft upwards or downwards. It'll clip into the ground if need be, so vertical space shouldn't be an issue. I can't imagine what kind of monstrosity you're building that is taller than the VAB, though!

PROTIP: You can hold SHIFT while clicking on any part to drag the craft, not just the root part.

Cheers!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[allmappedout]

But we hear birds. Nobody likes to find birdie doo-doo in their capsule.

I heard originally that the VAB didn't have a roof, and it wasn't until they put one on that they even considered the external seat part being used. The kerbals were too scared of being pooed on!

[RoboRay]

I think closing the door would do more to keep waves out.

[Kimberly]

PROTIP: You can hold SHIFT while clicking on any part to drag the craft' date=' not just the root part.

Cheers!

[b']Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

Thanks!

[HeadHunter67]

No rain without clouds.

I don't know about you, but I've got clouds!

[Burninate]

No rain without clouds.

I have to add:

The VAB is 526 feet (160.3 m) tall, 716 feet (218.2 m) long and 518 feet (157.9 m) wide. It covers 8 acres (3 ha), and encloses 129,428,000 cubic feet (3,665,000 m3) of space.[6]

The building has at least 10,000 tons of air conditioning equipment, including 125 ventilators on the roof supported by four large air handlers (four cylindrical structures west of the building) to keep moisture under control. Air in the building can be completely replaced every hour. The interior volume of the building is so vast that it has its own weather, including "rain clouds form[ing] below the ceiling on very humid days",[7] which the moisture reduction systems are designed to minimize.

Located on Florida's Atlantic coast, the building was constructed to withstand hurricanes and tropical storms with a foundation consisting of 30,000 cubic yards of concrete and 4,225 steel rods driven 160 feet into limestone bedrock.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_Assembly_Building

[Klaranth]

I am not so much having trouble with height, but building sideways gets me in trouble. Any chance they can turn the VAB into Spandex?