VAB radial attachment won't attach

[Rabid_Monkey]

Hey all,

Rather than try to describe my problem, I have an image of it: (that sounded better in my head)

The red oval shows where the radial attachment doesn't have a green attach point like it should. I've run into this before and I don't think any of my mods are causing the problem since it does the same thing in the base unmod version. I've tried saving the storage container part as a subassembly but it doesn't help. I've also tried this with other things such as tanks with the same result. Is this just a bug in the editor or is there a trick to making it stick?

Edited January 29, 2014 by Rabid_Monkey
Answered

[Ravenchant]

That's normal. I assume that you built the parts in red starting with the Hitchhiker? If you want to save it as a subassembly, the radial attachment port has to be its root part. SelectRoot is invaluable for such occasions

[uui8457]

That has happened to me too many times, and it's very annoying. Why is it as it is? Does it have to be this way?

[Rabid_Monkey]

That's normal. I assume that you built the parts in red starting with the Hitchhiker? If you want to save it as a subassembly, the radial attachment port has to be its root part. SelectRoot is invaluable for such occasions

You, sir, are a steely-eyed missile-man. That did the trick, thanks!

[vexx32]

The game assumes you're going to reattach it with the same node that you originally disconnected. The feature you're looking for is simply not yet implemented.