Why cant dock this vessels?

[juvilado]

http://subefotos.com/ver/?78f477a35505b4cba39002d4be668300o.png#codigos

Hi, im trying to dock these ships for refuelling one of them, both have energy and same docking port, but never link together. What am i doing wrong?

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Edited June 5, 2014 by Vanamonde

[PlonioFludrasco]

In the pic, it can't be seen if one of the docking ports is mounted properly or not.

Anyway, try to line up those vessels better: they are massive, and docking magnetism could be too weak to properly align your ships. And remember to turn SAS off on both your ships: he doesn't like when magnetism tries to rotate the craft.

[juvilado]

[kidolvski]

It seems like the autonomous cores are clipped into the ASAS unit. Maybe that's the reason the docking ports don't work, maybe they're not placed properly.

[juvilado]

Well, both port have been already used, i undocked descending modules, so the problem might be in other place. I suspect

[juvilado]

A relation between massiveness, dock size and alignment....

[EdFred]

My guess would be they are just too small for the mass. Try the Clampotron Sr?

[juvilado]

Maybe Sr works, but then ill have to spend a lot of time rebuilding and relaunching ships... Sigh

[cantab]

Simple-ish way to confirm your ships aren't faulty:

Backup your persistence file.

Find the ships and remove their fuel, making them much lighter.

Try to dock.

If this works, then your problem is just that the ships are too heavy for the docking ports to pull them together. Your solution then is to line things up more accurately, making sure you approach on a straight line towards the target, not obliquely or at an angle as the pictures above show.

[juvilado]

Sounds good! Ill give a try this night

[Claw]

Well, it's really hard to see in the shadows of your pics.

If you had other docking ports attached for launch, they can fake you out if they are hooked up funny. I will take your word for it that they are on correctly with no parts clipped into it.

Those ports are pretty small for that size components. If you do get them to dock, they will likely bend if you apply thrust later. (Unless uoy're just refuelling). Because of their size, you'll have to be extremely precise with aligning them as you approach. Even Sr ports can have a hard time if you come in at just the wrong angle and a heavy ship.

I will say it's also possible the docking ports are glitched (it's known to happen). You can try this checking this thread, which covers docking and undocking bugs. It might help you verify/fix the ports if they are broken. (What Cantab is getting at.)

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/78863-FIX-Dock-Undocking-Bug-in-0-23-5

[juvilado]

Excuse me, im spanish, can you explain what do you mean with being clipped?

[EdFred]

Excuse me, im spanish, can you explain what do you mean with being clipped?

The docking port is partially inside of the part it is attached to, which can cause problems.

[juvilado]

They can be clipped, im afraid. Ill check this night. Thanks for all the tips

Edited June 4, 2014 by juvilado