The Department of Placing Things on Other Things (stock welds) (new crew tank added!)

[little square dot]

The Department of Placing Things on Other Things is pleased to announce that this year has seen more things placed on other things than ever before. That said, this is no time for complacency, as there are still many things, and I cannot emphasize this too strongly, NOT on top of other things.

But we must not allow ourselves to become too despondent, for we must never forget that if there was not one thing that was not placed on another thing, we would be less able to freely place things upon the things on which we would like to place them.

Preamble aside, I present to you the first generation of welded parts from the DoPToOT; tough as yogurt and built to last some time, I present to you:

PPD-30 Crew Tank

A cozy space for four space-faring kerbals. Comes complete with a working hatch, lights, and IVA.

(I forgot to remove the power module for the screenshot. The crew tank ends where solar panels begin=)

Solar Power Module

A 2.5m in-line power generation unit. mmmmm… yummy.

The Porthole

This place-anywhere, light-emitting porthole adds a ton of life to your spacecraft and dreary moon bases… they’re comforting as heck. (light can be toggled)

The Compassionate Clamp-O-Tron

A Clamp-O-Tron docking port with four built-in spotlights. This is a docking port that cares.

The Hubby Truss Series

Originally conceived as an aesthetic alternative to the Rockomax Station Hub, the Hubby Truss series of truss-based hubs will absorb twice the punishment of its predecessor while being slightly more compact and looking twice as awful. This series features extra attachment nodes under the truss adapters for easy placement of odds and ends such as batteries, science-y stuff, or whatever else tickles your fancy. The hubs emit a wee bit o’ light, eliminating the need to add spotlights everywhere.

The Trussy Hub Series

In response to strong demand for lower part counts and stronger trussiness, we’ve welded the standard station hub to truss adapters in a variety of configurations. These hubs have built-in fibre optics that cause them to emit a subtle glow that’s sufficient to eliminate the need for supplemental lighting.

The Well-Adapted Truss

A long truss sandwiched between two 1m adapters, designed to keep your part counts under control.

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(Do whatever you like, but play nice and share... or else.)

Edited October 10, 2013 by little square dot

[Mekan1k]

I like the idea of a docking port that 'cares'

[DerekL1963]

Why would anyone post something that they don't have time to do right?

[HeadHunter67]

Sounds like some useful parts here. I'm sure you'll have pictures up soon for those who have difficulty remembering what a docking port surrounded by four spotlights looks like.

[little square dot]

Why would anyone post something that they don't have time to do right?

I work in a university teaching hospital and we had an abnormally high volume of patients last night. I'm very sorry that I spent a short break uploading some .cfgs that took hours to make, for no reason other than to provide a few parts that folks might find to be useful.

I thought that it would be nice to have them up for the weekend crew, but I really should learn that style always trumps substance.

Normally I wouldn't be so put-off by stupid comments, but I have no tolerance for idiocy when I'm stressed. I mean seriously dude, are you expecting an apology? Should I be awash in feelings of guilt for having let you down?

The pics will be up within the hour. I fixed a few of the files to make the parts more aesthetically pleasing, and I added a fully functional, nifty-lookin' crew tank (hitchhiker IVA), and a 48 panel 2.5m power module. =)

[little square dot]

To anyone who downloaded this last night, I inadvertently uploaded the wrong docking port .cfg, so I do apologize if your compassionate clamp-o-tron was a total jerk. All is fixed now.

[PolecatEZ]

Any chance at a mod pack merger with ReStock? Nice mod you got there...I would love to assimilate it

There was another guy that also did some work along these lines, I'll have to find his as well.

[Commander Zoom]

Love the Compassionate Clamp-o-Tron. The Well-Adapted Truss is pretty spiffy too.

[Krevsin]

This is a really neat mod. The Compassionate Clamp-O-Tron works incredibly well. I need to try out the crew module, but the rest works just lovely.

[Galane]

PolecatEZ, a merger of DoPToOT, ReStock and UbioZur Welding would be most awesome.

[Sochin]

Really good idea, nice and downloaded.

[Mihara]

...Waitwaitwait.

Are you sure your solar panel ring actually works? I tried welding panels into a ring previously, and found that it would only accept solar power from one direction, i.e. there was a side of the module that would produce no power when turned to the sun even though there were solar panels on it.

[Supernovy]

I had a similar problem with jettison modules, where only one would work. Using multiple identical partmodules (sorta) solved it.

If that's what's happening, that's an awful lot of partmodules.

[Mihara]

If that's what's happening, that's an awful lot of partmodules.

Well, no more than you would get by placing that many individual solar panels...

Actually, looking at the config, it's cheating. There's one ModuleGenerator in there instead and solar panels are inert.

P.S. I do wonder, though, if it's practical to have a solar panel ring made up of four individual part segments, each of which has a solar panel of it's own. That's still a lot less parts than you would get by plastering the entire ship in solar panels, but should generate electricity properly.

[WinkAllKerb'']

some nice idea around welding And great use of lights.

[DerekL1963]

Normally I wouldn't be so put-off by stupid comments, but I have no tolerance for idiocy when I'm stressed.

It's neither idiocy nor stupid to point out a job half finished. That you uploaded the wrong part merely re-enforces my point.

[smurphy34]

Thanks for doing this mod, and thanks for uploading what you have and updating when you have the time. You have been an order of magnitude faster than the forums "server update" was.

[HeadHunter67]

It's neither idiocy nor stupid to point out a job half finished.

No, it's simply rude - not to mention, spectators shouldn't criticize work while they lay back and let someone else do all the pushing.

But I'm sure you feel you've done something important by offering your opinion.

[Northlandsplasher]

Hey little square dot,

Thanks for sharing your work. I'm sorry that some people feel that a small oversight, by someone who means well but also has to deal with real life, requires sarcasm instead of a polite note addressing the issue. Of course the addition of assets to a game/simulation should always come first. (sigh)

Once again thank you for your work, pics to be posted soon(ish)

[pjschurr]

I'm feeling strangely compelled to make an ornery space donkey.

[little square dot]

Congrats on being the first to get the reference! =D ...or at least the first to mention it.

Anyone who digs Monty Python is automatically alright with me.

[little square dot]

I'm feeling strangely compelled to make an ornery space donkey.

Don't you DARE.

[Supernovy]

P.S. I do wonder, though, if it's practical to have a solar panel ring made up of four individual part segments, each of which has a solar panel of it's own. That's still a lot less parts than you would get by plastering the entire ship in solar panels, but should generate electricity properly.

For a single-part cubesat perhaps? Intriguing. I may pursue this myself.

Oh, you mean making that solar module out of four functional solar panels. I can see this working, but maybe not with current model nodes - all the sun catcher transforms will have identical names.

[little square dot]

It's neither idiocy nor stupid to point out a job half finished. That you uploaded the wrong part merely re-enforces my point.

As headhunter said, your comments are rude, and rudeness is an expenditure of energy absent the possibility of a positive return.

It therefore indisputably stands to reason that rudeness is always stupid and/or idiotic, unless wasting energy and causing conflict is your idea of intelligent behaviour... in which case you're acting like a freaking genius.

Being that I much prefer to keep things light-hearted, if you feel the need to continue being grumpy, please berate me via pm.

Actually, looking at the config, it's cheating. There's one ModuleGenerator in there instead and solar panels are inert.

Yeah, it bothered me to have to do it that way, 'cause it feels a tad cheat-y, but the amount of power generated is similar to what a full broad-side of sunlight would give you, and given the omnidirectional nature of the solar array it's really only cheat-y in the dark... but we can just pretend that the module is full of other electricity-birthing things.

some nice idea around welding And great use of lights.

Cheers good sir.

Being that I taught myself to weld by disecting one of your configs' date=' give yourself a pat on the back! =)

Once again thank you for your work, pics to be posted soon(ish)

I look forward to seeing those pics!

Many thanks to headhunter, polecatez, smurphy34, sochin, krevsin, commander zoom, and everyone else for your kind words. More parts to come!

(...although I certainly won't endeavour to weld 48 panels to anything else... t'was painful.)

Edited September 30, 2013 by little square dot