Adding Payloads to Shuttle Bay

[Pope_Gregory_IX]

Hi!

I have created a shuttle-like craft which I can successfully get in to orbit and glide in to land back at KSC. The issue I'm having is with adding payloads to the bay.

I've created a test payload (basic satellite with solar panels, probe core, ion drive engine and RCS...), which I'm trying to attach to docking ports inside the cargo bay. I saved the satellite itself as a subassembly.

The problem is, when I load the satellite from the subassembly menu, I have a node on the RCS fuel tank, but not on the docking port (see picture), so I'm unable to load the satellite in to the bay in a way that I can later undock in space. The picture below is a result of some fiddling where I was trying to do it without the probe core on the subassembly.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious?

Cheers,

Adam

Edited January 29, 2015 by Pope_Gregory_IX

[SaturnV]

Subassembly can have only one node on their root part, IIRC. Can't recall where I saw this tip.

You can reroot your payload to the docking port.

Edited January 29, 2015 by SaturnV

[Alshain]

Another tip. When constructing payloads, start with a "dummy" docking port as the root. Then put your real docking port attached to that and build up from there. When it comes time to create a sub assembly, grab the real docking port and detach it from the dummy and drop it in the subassembly area. This will ensure the docking port has the node.

[Pope_Gregory_IX]

Fantastic! Thanks, both.