Help with creating a custom asteroid grabbing unit

[Angelo Kerman]

Hey all,

I've been scratching my head on how to properly set up a 3D model so that it works like the stock asteroid grabbing unit. I can see that there is a ModuleGrappleNode that is used along with a ModuleAnimateGeneric, like so:

MODULE

{

name = ModuleGrappleNode

nodeTransformName = ArticulatedCap

deployAnimationController = 1

nodeType = size1

captureRange = 0.05

captureMinFwdDot = 0.866

captureMaxRvel = 1

}

MODULE

{

name = ModuleAnimateGeneric

animationName = Deploy

startEventGUIName = Arm

endEventGUIName = Disarm

actionGUIName = Toggle Arming

}

I have tried creating a collider for the ModuleGrappleNode to work with but I don't know if there is anything special about how I should set it up. Do I need a part trigger of some sort? Any tips on how to make a custom grabber?

Thanks for the help!

[nli2work]

works very much like Docking Nodes. +Z is the direction to attach. You don't want a collider on the grapple node. collider will prevent anything from getting close enough for the grapple node to grab. Grapple node will attach to anything that comes in slow enough and close enough, so you need an animation to put a collider in front of it or retract it into something else.

[Angelo Kerman]

works very much like Docking Nodes. +Z is the direction to attach. You don't want a collider on the grapple node. collider will prevent anything from getting close enough for the grapple node to grab. Grapple node will attach to anything that comes in slow enough and close enough, so you need an animation to put a collider in front of it or retract it into something else.

Ah that's my problem! I had a collider on the node and it was preventing the grapple module from working. Thanks for the help!