[0.25] 6S Service Compartment Tubes - "Design smooth!"

[nothke]

Sorry guys, I left to play new career mode and didn't check if it works at all. Now I fixed it.

I always have 2 links, but now I though, nah, spaceport is reliable enough.. When, it just didn't warn me I can't upload .rar files, no errors. Everything looked ok =(

[Galane]

Do these aero shield stuff inside without FAR?

[enki]

They would need to be added to the \Kerbal Space Program\GameData\FerramAerospaceResearch\Plugins\PluginData\FerramAerospaceResearch\config.xml file toward the bottom something like this:

<string name="cargoBayTitle2">service compartment</string>

[Bezzier]

Sorry guys, I left to play new career mode and didn't check if it works at all. Now I fixed it.

I always have 2 links, but now I though, nah, spaceport is reliable enough.. When, it just didn't warn me I can't upload .rar files, no errors. Everything looked ok =(

Nothke, thanks for reuploading as a .zip. I know there are many people (myself included) who never want to download WinRAR or 7zip just to open a few files. Those formats make things inaccessible to me and those like me. That's probably why spaceport expects .zip as well.

[mrsinister]

I just wanted to say great job on this!

[nothke]

They would need to be added to the \Kerbal Space Program\GameData\FerramAerospaceResearch\Plugins\PluginData\FerramAerospaceResearch\config.xml file toward the bottom something like this:

It's already working this way with newest FAR. (noted in the changelog)

Do these aero shield stuff inside without FAR?

Without FAR, there is no need to aero shield stuff cause the stock aero method is very simple and drag doesn't work as it should be, I think there would be no difference in flight if you have stuff inside or not (except if that stuff are wings or control surfaces).

[HeadHunter67]

So simple, so necessary, so surprised that no one thought to do this before now! This is a great little mod and I'm glad you've done it. Can't wait to try it out.

Edited December 20, 2013 by HeadHunter67

[rhoark]

Do these aero shield stuff inside without FAR?

Nothing shields anything without FAR. In stock, everything, everywhere on the rocket adds drag at all times.

[Nereid]

Wow! What a great idea. :-)

[OrianCEV]

Changelog:

v1.1
- added new Firespitter version
- FAR now shields everything inside
- bay opening action group is now not functional (although it appears in menu)

They bay DOES open,you just have to do it in EVA.

[Nereid]

Just included them to my mods. Well done.

I would like versions without bays as an alternative.

[Boamere]

They bay DOES open,you just have to do it in EVA.

He knows that, he said that it doesn't open when you use an action group

also

(except if that stuff are wings or control surfaces).

Nothke, ksp's default aerodynamics mean that even wings and control surfaces work and cause drag inside objects (that's why scott manley's box flies) (it's dumb I know)

Edited December 20, 2013 by Boamere

[forsaken1111]

I have to say that these are fantastic. I have a science bay on my lander now which has a small ladder leading up to the doors. Lander looks nice and kerbal can climb ladder to retrieve science data for return to KSC later on, and I don't have crap sticking out all over the rocket.

[positivewun]

Nothing shields anything without FAR. In stock, everything, everywhere on the rocket adds drag at all times.

Nice sig man ... not many Space Chem people that are that proud <--- SPace Chem fan here too

[positivewun]

For me something is acting weird. The bay doors are always open! it's like the minute it loads up the doors swing wide. Ideas?

[SpaceGremlin]

These parts are amazing. They make a very elegant solution to battery and RCS studded rocket monstrosities. I'm trying to trim down my mod list, but this one is definitely staying.

[Railgunner2160]

For me something is acting weird. The bay doors are always open! it's like the minute it loads up the doors swing wide. Ideas?

Missing Firespitter most likely......

[MaverickSawyer]

Just got this a little bit ago... Have to say that this is now a member of my "must-have addons" list. It's perfect for all sorts of projects. (insert evil laugh here...)

[AppleDavidJeans]

OMG. Now something to hide those big, honking ugly parts in.

[positivewun]

Missing Firespitter most likely......

oh...

I thought firespitter was optional. Seeing I don't understand the flight part of the game i just skipped over that addon. Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it a go.

[Railgunner2160]

Firespitter may have started out as a aircraft parts pack, and is still well know for it's aircraft parts, It has since expanded and added new features as needed. Firespitter.dll handles things like animations, MFDs(predecessors to RastorPropmoniter), along with other assorted features that make it highly useful to other modders. In this case the 6S Compartments use the animation portion of the plugin....

Though some features have since become stock firespitter merely has replaced it's versions with the stock versions with certain tweaks(At least that's my understanding), In this case the most recent big feature that was replaced was the tweakables, Firespitter used to be the plugin that allowed tweakables in mods while we waited for them to be made stock.....

Edited December 22, 2013 by Railgunner2160

[acc]

the doors don't work right in flight.

the door animation jumps to open position and plays the close animation.

so its not possible to open the door in flight.

i just tested it with the 1m version.

still a usefull and nice looking part

[Railgunner2160]

Sounds like an error, I've seen this with other parts that forget what state their animations they were in. Usually occurs after you leave and come back, or after you reload a save....

Edit: Is the ship with the part in question one that was launched from a previous version of the mod????

Edited December 22, 2013 by Railgunner2160

[acc]

Nope, was a fresh built ship. and no, i just installed the latest version of the mod.

[Frostiken]

I'd love to see a version of these that are smooth instead of ribbed.

Anyway, brilliant idea, I love it. Great for packing experiments inside!