Double Docking

[Mister Kerman]

Or triple docking. Or even quadruple docking!

My question is: If you allign 2 or more docking ports to meet an equal amount of recieving ports, and they are correctly placed in a way that they ought to be able to dock, will all of the docking ports make a secure connection?

Edited July 17, 2014 by Mister Kerman
Question Answered! Thanks guys!

[xcorps]

Connection yes. Secure, depends on the ship. Lot's of wobble to be expected unless you use a mod like Docking Strut.

[Claw]

They must align pretty closely for all of them to connect. If they all connect, the connection will be more sturdy than a single connection of the same port type.

Alignment is pretty critical though. One trick is to get it as close as you can and if it grabs incorrectly, undock the docked port. You can refine the alignment, then quick save and quickload. That will reset the ports and they will try to reconnect.

[Mister Kerman]

Okay cool. Thanks guys. I was thinking about it for the purpose of making space stations. I guess it'd just be best to wait until I unlock jumbo sized ones maybe.

[Oafman]

Maybe disable the magnets, allowing you more chance to line things up on each docking port

[Claw]

As far as I'm aware, you can't disable the magnets directly. But if you know a way, then I am interested.

[lammatt]

U dock it and then undock it,

It will be disabled for a brief moment

[Blind Dead McJones]

If you need to dock multiple ports together, I might suggest using a bigger port instead. Docking port Sr. makes a very strong connection and lining up one set of these is much easier than lining up several standard sized ports.

[Oafman]

Umm, don't you just right click on the port and Disable Magnet?

I've done that a bunch of times when I need to be precise

Oh wait, it might be an option in Lazor rather than stock

Edited July 16, 2014 by Oafman

[Claw]

U dock it and then undock it,

It will be disabled for a brief moment

I knew about this (it stays disabled until you back far enough away). I don't think you can do it any other way in stock.

Umm, don't you just right click on the port and Disable Magnet?

I've done that a bunch of times when I need to be precise

Oh wait, it might be an option in Lazor rather than stock

Yeah, that's probably a mod option.