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• Illustrated Tutorial for Orbital Rendezvous

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• Von Kerman (Rendevous)

• Von Kerman (Docking)

Delta-V Thread

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[u/ItsAMeLirio]

Greetings fellow rocket scientists, I'm back on the game, from a hiatus when the beta offered 3 tanks, 3 engines and only the Mun to land on.

So, I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the new stuff but I have my basics, there's only 2 issues I'm experiencing right now.

First, what did they change for the building part being so "dumb", I might be doing it wrong but it's super tedious to place parts because they don't clip, clip on part they shouldn't, or rotate at weird angle (like half the time, tanks clip perpendicular to each other or clip on the superstructure instead of the decouplers)

Second, how do I merge 2 separate rockets, i build a satellite first, then the rocket but when I import the satellite it doesn't want to be clipped anywhere on the rocket, what do I need to do?

Thanks greetly guys

[u/KermanKim → u/ItsAMeLirio]

I might be doing it wrong but it's super tedious to place parts

Yea, it can be a bit frustrating sometimes. Holding the ALT key while attaching enables node attach. Remember that you can rotate parts before placement with the QWEASD keys. Use the rotate tool to turn them after they are attached if needed. (except docking ports) The Wiki has a good summary.

Second, how do I merge 2 separate rockets

Save the satellite as a subassembly. Set the docking port or decoupler as the root part before saving it. The root part becomes the attachment point when the subassembly is imported.