Garbled fuel lines and struts!

[deepspacecreeper]

Hello, I have an irritating problem on fuel lines and struts.

I strut my rockets and put asparagus fuel ducts, then save it as a subassembly. I then load the subassembly to check for garbled fuel lines. Then i always see the struts not able to attach to the right place. what remains is a bolt.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Edited September 9, 2014 by deepspacecreeper
Answered, Thanks!

[Red Iron Crown]

The struts are actually still there and working, but for some reason they sometimes don't show after attaching a subassembly. They can usually be made visible again by attaching the subassembly, then saving and loading the craft.

[deepspacecreeper]

It has not only visually disappeared. It REALLY disappeared. when i tried to launch such craft, some of the fuel lines didn't appear and the rocket went off center of mass due to asymmetric drain of fuel, resulting in a crash

Edited September 7, 2014 by deepspacecreeper
typo

[Red Iron Crown]

Ouch. I've experienced the garbled fuel line thing, too. Not sure if there's a workaround other than reinstalling them (and your struts too by the sound of it).

[deepspacecreeper]

I just don't know if I have any other way to solve that other than re connecting the struts cause I heavily cross strut my rockets. its troublesome.

Edited September 8, 2014 by deepspacecreeper

[capi3101]

There was an issue like this a few versions ago, when subassembly was still a mod and not a default feature of the game. Temstar had a fix for it then; you might see if something similar is happening in your case or not. If you don't want to do the work yourself, post a link to the subassembly file here and one of us can take a look at it for you (read: I'll take a look).

[Stratzenblitz75]

In my experience, copying the thing you want to save as a subassembly, then saving it causes the fuel lines/struts to get messed up. If you're copying the rocket, try saving it as a subassembly without copying it first. This solved the problem for me.

[Kasuha]

In my experience, copying the thing you want to save as a subassembly, then saving it causes the fuel lines/struts to get messed up. If you're copying the rocket, try saving it as a subassembly without copying it first. This solved the problem for me.

In other words: do not Alt+click on the part to turn it into a subassembly. Tear it off the ship using normal left click and if you need to put it back, load it from the subassembly you just created.

[Kryxal]

Better yet, save the file, save the assembly, load the file.

[deepspacecreeper]

There was an issue like this a few versions ago, when subassembly was still a mod and not a default feature of the game. Temstar had a fix for it then; you might see if something similar is happening in your case or not. If you don't want to do the work yourself, post a link to the subassembly file here and one of us can take a look at it for you (read: I'll take a look).

I tried it, and it worked! Temstar's solution works, but I didn't have to change the .craft file.Thanks very much!

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In other words: do not Alt+click on the part to turn it into a subassembly. Tear it off the ship using normal left click and if you need to put it back, load it from the subassembly you just created.

However this didn't work for me. Anyway thanks.

Edited September 9, 2014 by deepspacecreeper

[capi3101]

Glad to have been of assistance.