Why is not possible to save in subassembly with command pod

[Pawelk198604]

For example if want design CSM and LM separably

Edited August 27, 2014 by Claw

[ShawnPhillips]

The root part for the sub-assembly need to be able to stack to something. If you start with a structure part for example then attach the command pod to the structure part you should be able to save as a sub-assembly.

[Alshain]

You can save a subassy with a command pod, you just can't save it with the root part (the first part you place)

[Overfloater]

Of course you can, if you start with the docking port by which you're gonna connect the Lunar Module.

If you start with the capsule, and connect parts to both ends of it then you can't save it. You need one end to be attachable.

So start with the docking port and build the rest of the ship underneath it.

Edited August 27, 2014 by Overfloater
Holy ninjas...! O_O

[problemecium]

^ What Overfloater said. It's not that it's the command pod or the root part, it's that you had stuff attached to both ends. If you take off either the stuff at the top or the stuff at the bottom, you can save it as a subassembly.

My hypothesis is that you started with the command pod, added a docking port on one end, and then added an engine on the other. My suggestion is to remove the docking port, save the rest as a subassembly, then start a "new" ship with the same type of port and stick the rest back on the bottom, making the docking port into the root.

[chaos_forge]

If you're into mods, another option is to install the always useful SelectRoot. Then just make the docking port the root part, and save.

[Levelord]

Another option is to install the always useful SelectRoot. Then just make the docking port the root part, and save.

This mod. I cannot live without this mod now, SQUAD needs to implement this simple but necessary tool into the main editor come 0.25.

[Claw]

Moved to gameplay questions.

Carry on,

~Claw

[Red Iron Crown]

If you're into mods, another option is to install the always useful SelectRoot. Then just make the docking port the root part, and save.

This. Subassemblies were an exercise in frustration before I started using this mod, then I started using them all the time.

[Kasuha]

The best way to build a subassembly is attached to some placeholder. Then you tear it off that placeholder, save as a subassembly and it is ready to be used. You can save even subassemblies with no free attach points this way, ready to be attached radially.

[Boomerang]

This. Subassemblies were an exercise in frustration before I started using this mod, then I started using them all the time.

I'll second/third/whatever this. If you're serious about building things via subassemblies, SelectRoot is necessary unless you want to have to start each build with your root part in mind and always leaving an open node on it. It's also useful for temporarily setting a different root part so that you can pull apart a craft in ways that would otherwise be difficult.