Project

General

Profile

Bug #1220

target sigils on navball are referenced to CoM instead of control part

Added by triffid_hunter about 11 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Severity:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Controls and UI
Target version:
-
Start date:
08/20/2013
% Done:

100%

Version:
Platform:
Any
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
Votes:
Arrow u r green
Arrow d r red

Description

The target sigils on the navball (and presumably the others too) are referenced to the vehicle CoM instead of the control part.

To reproduce:
1) construct a vehicle with a docking port whose axis does not go through the CoM (eg a radial port at one end)
2) rendezvous with another vehicle
3) select a target port on the other vehicle
4) select "control from here" on the radial docking port
5) observe that when the target sigil on the navball is aligned with the docking axis, the ports are NOT aligned- rather the vehicle's CoM is aligned with the target port

This forces us to do docking by eye rather than using the navball, making it impossible to do from IVA view.

The fix:

all sigils on the navball should be referenced to the current control part instead of vehicle CoM. This will probably only affect the target sigils.

relative position from root part.jpg (179 KB) relative position from root part.jpg screenshot showing correct relative orientation but not position Master_Tao, 08/02/2014 10:15 PM
3038

Related issues

Has duplicate Kerbal Space Program - Bug #4286: Mk2 Clamp-O-Tron Docking Alignment BugDuplicate03/17/2015

History

#1 Updated by Master_Tao over 10 years ago

3038

As of KSP 0.24.2 (Mac), this bug appears to be present; however, it's not the controlling vessel's CoM, but the root part that is used for the relative position. Orientation correctly follows the controlling part. Screenshot attached.

Relative position and orientation do correctly update for the target docking port.

#2 Updated by Anonymous about 10 years ago

See also #2851

#3 Updated by RexKramer over 9 years ago

  • Has duplicate Bug #4286: Mk2 Clamp-O-Tron Docking Alignment Bug added

#5 Updated by sal_vager almost 9 years ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 10 to 100

Resolved in build 1028

#6 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed

Also available in: Atom PDF