Attachment Node Location

[SiliconPyro]

I made a very simple nosecone as my first part, but the attachment node is wrong. It's up in the center of the part. I used the part.cfg from a stock nosecone and just modified some description stuff. Is there a value in the part.cfg that controls where that node goes, or is it something in Unity before I export it?

Here's what is happening:

[a__gun]

In the .cfg file there will be something similar to this:

node_stack_top = 0.0, 0.374, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1
node_stack_bottom = 0.0, -0.374, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1

the first three numbers are the x,y,z co-ordinates of the node and the next few numbers are the direction it attaches in. The final number is the size of the node (0,1 or 2).

[SiliconPyro]

Awesome, not sure how I missed that. So how do I know what value to use? What I mean is, do Blender our Unity have an easy way of finding that offset?

Edited February 16, 2014 by norcalairman

[a__gun]

I can never remember which is which! Your best bet is to change a value, load the game, see where it is, change the file, reload from the dev menu and repeat until its in the right place

[SiliconPyro]

Got it! In Unity I added another object. Then I moved its center point to the location where I wanted the attachment node. It worked perfectly. The x,y,z match up perfectly to the part.cfg as well. Thanks for your help.

[swamp_ig]

I can never remember which is which! Your best bet is to change a value, load the game, see where it is, change the file, reload from the dev menu and repeat until its in the right place

Might be a bit faster to add a new game object in unity, and then tweak the location until it is right. The node coords are in the local space of the part (which might not be the same as the model if there is rotation and scaling involved)