Broken Inline docking port?

[MaverickSawyer]

After the release of 0.23.5, I have observed that the stock inline docking port seems to have issues being attached via nodes. Has anyone else seen this? If so, what's the fix?

[Kasuha]

The only change I noticed on it is that its mass was increased from 0.125 t in 0.23 to 1 t in 0.23.5.

The rest is probably just some kind of generic editor change because I found myself having problems attaching various parts, usually in symmetry mode - the main part would stick but its symmetry copies stay red whatever I do until I place it without symmetry and then re-attach the whole assembly in symmetry instead.

[MaverickSawyer]

No, this is just inline, no symmetry. No idea why it's broken now, and the debug log has no flags.

[MaverickSawyer]

Anyone else having this issue? It's driving me crazy... My SSTOs rely on this part for docking, and without it, docking's not possible.

[MaverickSawyer]

OK, bumping this because I have reinstalled KSP and the problem persists. Can anyone figure out why the heck the inline docking port is not attaching via nodes? This is really bugging me...

[Mach_XXII]

I'm having this problem as we'll in stock and it only started in 23.5

[Grumman]

I have this problem with the small docking port. Try angling your field of view so you're looking across the attachment point instead of head on. Then, while the docking port is selected, hold the cursor in the empty space just in front of the attachment point.

[Taki117]

the issue might be that you are having unintended collision between the port and what you are attaching to. a picture of the issue would help.

[rtxoff]

Can you please clarify: "seems to have issues being attached via nodes" ??? What kind of issues?

And what do you mean with "being attached via nodes"?

[MaverickSawyer]

The inline docking port will not connect inline via the green balls, aka attachment nodes. However, it WILL attach via surface attach. For some reason, it just does not recognize the node attachments. :/

[jaredkzr]

It's working fine for me. There must be some collision going on between the two parts, try uploading a picture of the craft and will see if we can find out what's going on.

[BudgetHedgehog]

If it's any help, the node attachments are exactly the same as in 0.23.

[MaverickSawyer]

I've been having issues with the stock parts as well as mod parts. Allowing part clipping does NOT resolve the problem, so it's not a collider issue.

[draeath]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A moving picture is worth a thousand thousand.

[Adyx]

I'm also having this problem since the update. Take any pod/cockpit/probe and try to attach the inline docking port. It doesn't matter what other parts are in use, it just will not attach except radially. It appears to connect ( as in it snaps to the node and there's a click) but it stays red/transparent and it doesn't move with the rest of the craft. I'll try to get a picture up later if no one else has.

[Claw]

-Confirm you're running 0.23.5.464? Maybe there's a problem with 0.23.5.459 that most of us aren't seeing in 464.-

(Edit: I just checked .459 and it's fine.)

Well... Like others have said, a picture would help a ton. Here's why...

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Edited May 3, 2014 by Claw

[Frank_G]

The problem is not the inline clamp-o-tron... it is the tweakable everything mod. I encountered the same problem. Since i got rid of the mod, the inline clamp-o-tron works as intended again.

[BudgetHedgehog]

The problem is not the inline clamp-o-tron... it is the tweakable everything mod. I encountered the same problem. Since i got rid of the mod, the inline clamp-o-tron works as intended again.

Yeah, TE can mess with the inline port. Mainly because in stock, the docking port is not meant to be used, so any mod that changes that is going to have to hack around that. From memory, getting the port usable was a real pain for toadicus.

EDIT: found a link

I'm not sure what's going on here, but it's definitely to do specifically with adding the attachment node to the part. I don't have a fix yet, for a workaround until I do, edit TweakableDockingNode.cfg and comment out these lines:

//	node_stack_tdn = 0, 0, -.671, 0, 0, 1, 1
...
//	@MODULE[ModuleDockingNode]
//	{
//		%referenceAttachNode = tdn
//	}
...
//		TDNnodeName = tdn
//		AlwaysAllowStack = True

So the dockingPortLateral section should look like:

@PART[dockingPortLateral]:Final
{
//	node_stack_tdn = 0, 0, -.671, 0, 0, 1, 1

	@MODULE[ModuleAnimateGeneric]
	{
		%startEventGUIName = Open Shield
		%endEventGUIName = Close Shield
	}

//	@MODULE[ModuleDockingNode]
//	{
//		%referenceAttachNode = tdn
//	}

	@MODULE[ModuleTweakableDockingNode]
	{
//		TDNnodeName = tdn
//		AlwaysAllowStack = True
		deployAnimationControllerName = dockingporthull
	}
}

That will disable the attachnode functionality of TweakableDockingNode and allow the part to be placed. I'm looking into a fix, but it's not looking trivial at this point.

Edited May 3, 2014 by ObsessedWithKSP