The Open Part Mod - Week of 4/25 project started

[StarVision]

Week 2 Project - On time-ish

Friday 4/25 at 6pm pst and ends Friday 5/2 at 6pm pst

Create a radially attached probe body designed for controlling spent stages

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ElectricCharge consumption =0.02777778

5 units of ElectricCharge

Reaction Wheel Torque = 0.5

SAS Module

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The first thing you should probably be doing is gathering ideas/inspiration.

This is something I put together in 30 minutes. This week there isn't much of a guideline as the part could be many things. Get creative!

Some ideas/inspiration. Google images is great for this.

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[SpaceK531]

I know just what I am going to do and I hope nobody else thinks of it

Thanks for the update!

[CaptainKipard]

Nice idea. I always have to stick a probe core inside a 6S compartment for this purpose.

People will need to be particularly careful with part orientation for a radial probe body since that determines what the navball shows.

[Moon Goddess]

Concept Art

I may be tackling something more than my limited texture skills can handle.

[StarVision]

Nice idea. I always have to stick a probe core inside a 6S compartment for this purpose.

People will need to be particularly careful with part orientation for a radial probe body since that determines what the navball shows.

I hadn't thought of that, I'll make note of it in the OP. I guess people just have to make sure that "up" is actually up. Also, kind of Off-topic, but I love your signature, and I've kind of adopted the same style for my own.

Edited April 26, 2014 by StarVision

[tygoo7]

Interesting. I'll have to get started on this tomorrow.

[Moon Goddess]

Any Blender expert want to throw me some advice on how to make a curve?

The pipe in the end needs to curve 90 degrees

[CaptainKipard]

http://vimeo.com/57255080

[Talisar]

It looks like you and I are running plays out of the same book, Moon Goddess

[Jim-Lovell]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my radial probe. Here is it:

But in edit mode:

I created it in Sketchup and imported it into Blender and it looks fine in Sketchup.

Can someone help me please ?

PS: I apologize for my mistakes, I am French

[blackheart612]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my radial probe. Here is it:

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/565318Capture1.png

But in edit mode:

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/516105Capture.png

I created it in Sketchup and imported it into Blender and it looks fine in Sketchup.

Can someone help me please ?

PS: I apologize for my mistakes, I am French

You can trace your curves with simpler lines. Sketchup uses a lot of vertices for single line curves that sometimes can be traced with about 2-4 lines. Also, on some small parts, instead of using the circle tool, you can use polygon tool. just type the sides you want, then s, then enter (i.e: 6s + enter). After you do your best to make it simple in sketchup, you can go decimate it in blender (add modifier).

[Jim-Lovell]

Thanks you blackheart612. This is what I have now:

There are 3 faces refusing to merge, what can I do ?

And I test it in KSP without texture and it wasn'toriented up, what I did wrong ?

[blackheart612]

what do you mean by those "faces refusing to merge" and wasn't oriented? Screenshots?

[DMagic]

There are 3 faces refusing to merge, what can I do ?

And I test it in KSP without texture and it wasn'toriented up, what I did wrong ?

I think you're probably ok with 900 triangles, you don't need to worry about getting rid of every extra face, it might be more trouble than it's worth.

As for orientation, up in Blender is unfortunately not up in Unity, the z- and y-axes are switched. My solution to this is to always export my models as .fbx files to import into Unity (which defaults to 0.01 scale, so make sure to fix that). The Blender .fbx exporter has the option to swap the z- and y-axes (I think it is selected by default) so that everything is oriented properly. You can also try rotating the entire model 90^o on the x-axis (and applying it with Ctrl-A?) then put the Blender file directly into Unity.

[Jim-Lovell]

Picture is better than words:

I haven't changed its orientation in KSP, this is its default orientation.

[blackheart612]

Maybe orient it in unity (change the mesh's position and rotation)? I'm not really a terribly good modder.

[StarVision]

Picture is better than words:

I haven't changed its orientation in KSP, this is its default orientation.

Try resetting it's location and rotation in Blender. Ctrl+A is the shortcut. Does it look like this in Unity? Also regarding importing it into Unity, I'd just make sure that it is pointing up (z+ in Blender), and then just import the .blend file.

Edited April 26, 2014 by StarVision

[Jim-Lovell]

It looks like that in Unity:

[DMagic]

It looks like that in Unity:

Is it supposed to be animated? If so get rid of the "always animate" options, get rid of the animator component, replace with an animation component (and if you're using Unity 4.3, don't, go back to Unity 4.2). If it isn't supposed to be animated get rid of the animation all together.

This could also be a part.cfg file problem. How are your nodes setup?

[StarVision]

It looks like that in Unity:

http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/883751Capture.png

Maybe I'm just used to doing it, but shouldn't it be in the PartTools gameobject? also make sure the gameobject is centered. I'm kind of grasping here. Do you mind posting the .blend file?

[darkside]

[Jim-Lovell]

It's not animated. Here is the .blend : https://mega.co.nz/#!5JsHlRRB!2RrmU2XxlhQg9byswvWvAOE8sD17SGUjd2O7KuB8fIs

[CaptainKipard]

Not bad @darkside. Maybe you could make it thicker so that it intersects small radius cylinders. One of the more annoying things about KER is that the PCB model just looks like it's stuck on wherever it's stuck on and not as if it's part of the construction.

[darkside]

Not bad @darkside. Maybe you could make it thicker so that it intersects small radius cylinders. One of the more annoying things about KER is that the PCB model just looks like it's stuck on wherever it's stuck on and not as if it's part of the construction.

It is actually thick, just not very good light here so thickness is not apparent.

[tygoo7]

My part so far after modeling for 30 minutes