Identifying docking nodes?

[ThomsenX]

Hey all,

I've been following Bob Fitch's space station building videos over on YouTube, and occasionally he mentions editing docking nodes out of the persistent.sfs file (i.e. removing their docking ability, thus they become structural parts like any other) if he knows the modules will be permanently attached. Doing this greatly reduces lag.

Question is, with many identical docking ports on my space station, how can I know which docking module in the file corresponds to which docking port on my station? Also, are there any other things I should be aware of when removing docking nodes?`

Cheers,

- ThomsenX

[sal_vager]

Docking ports are fuel crossfeed capable, and this can be disabled.

You can use this to your advantage by disabling crossfeed on the ports you wish to remove, they will then be easier to find in the persistence file

[ThomsenX]

Docking ports are fuel crossfeed capable, and this can be disabled.

You can use this to your advantage by disabling crossfeed on the ports you wish to remove, they will then be easier to find in the persistence file

Magnificent idea! Will try this out at once

[PetahSchwetah]

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Edited January 28, 2022 by PetahSchwetah

[Vanamonde]

This how-to question moved to the how-to section, and all is right with the world once more.

[Taki117]

Wait, so you are telling me, if you do that, it will reduce lag and you can build bigger space stations?

From what I understand yes, because it's not having to load the docking ports as docking ports, I have never head of this process before (if someone has a link or tutorial it would be appreciated) but I believe the config edit removes the docking ports ability to dock, so KSP reads it as a structural member connected to another structural member.