New Parts: SC-GEN-MCB - Modular Cargo Bays
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Set of parts with similar setup to the MFT parts.
Will have a central cargo bay segment, which may be repeated to increase length of the cargo bay. Will include end-caps that are optional/repositioned depending upon the current part setup. Will include animated bay doors where appropriate
Current variants:
- Standard cylindrical
- Mk3 / Series-E (though not usable with series-E as it is built of non-configurable parts).
- Half-cylindrical open frame bay. Will include jettisonable fairings for during ascent. Could be used for in-line drop-tanks or HTOL rover delivery.
Things to figure out:
- How to handle animations?
- Manual/plugin based -- would be limited to very simple animations
- Part/compiled -- could use any pre-compiled animation, but how to allow dynamic swapping of the animations during run-time?
- Could potentially add a 're-init animations' method to the animation control module. It would discard current references and re-acquire based on its config values. Would require consistent naming for all animation names or dynamic changing of the anim name based on part setups.
- Airstream shielding mechanics. Can interlink with the SSTUAirstreamShield module and allow it to contain all logic, but will need to add a 'cargo-bay-is-open' type flag to it for when shielding should be disabled.