AIES and KW + RSS/RO: no engine shrouds

[Ippo]

Hi everyone,

as said in the title, I am using the full RSS + RO suite and I can't get any engine shroud on engines from either AIES or KW rocketry, while I get them with stock engines. I made absolutely sure not to install the no shroud config for KW (but that wouldn't explain why AIES doesn't have them too).

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

[NathanKell]

Well, AIES doesn't have them.

KW...not sure why they don't have them; maybe the RO engine configs default to no-shroud.

At any rate, the procedural interstage IMO obviates the need for autoshrouds (which often get in the way anyway). It's unlikely your stages will be exactly the same diameter as you engines anyway.

[Ippo]

>procedural interstage

wait, what and where? How did I miss that!?

O.O

[NathanKell]

Procedural Fairings has an interstage. You place the base (attaching the "floating" node to your engine, or, if clustered, the central node), set the base width and top width and height appropriately, and, if extra height is needed, set that. Then add fairing sides, and build your next stage below the interstage.

It's by far the most versatile part in PF, since you can *also* use it to make payload fairings (just place a nosecone on the floating node).

[Ippo]

Yes, thanks, I found it (I didn't see it before because I didn't have procedural fairings ^^).

my engines stick to it but I can easily solve it with an additional decoupler, and now it's awesome

[NathanKell]

Working as designed; the fairings do the decoupling.

You *are* using the floating node to attach it, right? Not one of the nodes on the interstage itself?

If you want to decouple the floating node without decoupling the side fairings, use KJR. It will change the behavior to that.

[Ippo]

Working as designed; the fairings do the decoupling.

You *are* using the floating node to attach it, right? Not one of the nodes on the interstage itself?

If you want to decouple the floating node without decoupling the side fairings, use KJR. It will change the behavior to that.

Guess who's dumb...

I *might* need to experiment with it a little more. Bear with me, I only tested it on a single rocket last night after midnight

OT: RSS is awesome! I'm *almost* ready for my first manned orbital flight