Kerbal Attachment System (KAS)

Kerbal Attachment System (KAS)

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Winch cables clip through models

TonkaCrash opened this issue ยท 3 comments

commented

Enhancement suggestion:

Origin of the winch cable looks to be where the spool of cable would be close to the center of the model. It should be moved closer to the hole as the cable will clip through the side of the model at not very large angles. Possibly also put a solid black surface at the cable origin so the cable just doesn't appear to be hanging in mid air.

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commented

It's not that easy as it may look. The winch and connector are physical objects, linked with a PhysX joint. If I simply move the origin, then the connector at zero cable length won't retract into the winch. Technically, a kinematic adjustment to the connector can be added to put it into the winch once the cable length is zero, but it will result in physical effects. Not a big deal when the attached mass is negligible, but can result in a disaster when something heavy is on the cable.

commented

You can close and delete this if you want. It was just something I noticed this morning.

commented

I'll better leave it here. One day a solution can be found.