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Hah, yeah not too sure about that deployment now ><

I'm thinking probably panel upgrades at this point, radiators have more of a cross-bracing mechanism that might require their own mesh\rig. Legg. Just a stand-in animation with our new system (until we can detach the foot and have it align itself to the ground when collisions come in). Will...

Yup, took them off because I thought decorating parts at the root level like that would probably make more sense with actual EVA handle subparts. I did add a little access door as an option though :)

That would be pretty cool - loved KAS\KIS and playing around with things on the crew level in KSP. Watch this space!

If that was a light it would be hidden most of the time - it's just a port that alludes to how the bank may connect to something stacked on top of it :) Might not utilize those battery bays this early in dev so most likely they'll just be status lights for the battery bank as a whole

Battery bankin' Based on the earlier one, figured i'd approach the larger 2m wide battery (width of the single kitten capsule) using the cells to lead the design. Ended up with a battery bank concept that supports the player augmenting the part with four larger cells, or could potentially...

You betcha (well, big enough so they stack nicely)

Blocking out some inline batteries and the first set of small mountable spotlights 💡

Yep! I had a bit of wobble in my first iteration of the solar panel animation, but got rid of it so the track could play forwards and backwards cleanly without looking odd. If we can assign multiple animation takes to a single part in the future, we could easily add a more busy, dynamic...

Bit more dev on the PBR textures on the solar panels now that they're in-game and I can iterate quickly. By tweaking each cell's section of normal map you can "push" the face to catch light in different directions, alluding to the base crystalline structure that is inherently shimmery. Alongside...

About this big! :) And yep, would love to do something to sit within the trusses, i really love the look

Get brushin' 😽🪥

Progress! On to rigging :)

Part variants are the first thing I think about hah. It's nice to have options :) Finally got something together that works - first iteration of a folding, sun tracking solar panel. The design is based off the Soyuz-7K \ 7K-TM panels, nicely rectangular in the same aspect ratio of the...

On to big folding solar arrays next, alongside a look at how to design a universal truss system for the panels & everything else in the game. You got your wish hah Also had this render floating around, don't think I posted it anywhere. Some context for the scale of the boosters (and the...

Yeah we need to work out an animation system first before we can unfurl large panels. Ideally that'll go hand-in-hand with the docking port elements, the landing legs deploying, SM doors, all sorts. Not even sure it's PBR materials make sense at this stage; they're assigned as metallic in my...

Lil pile of batteries :) Not 100% happy with how to approach the solar PBR textures, or the truss holding it up. Ideally the truss systems will be housed in the structural atlas (alongside all the other structural pieces) and referenced in to any part that needs it. Will give it another...

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Fanmcy render from Discord, currently importing this into a meshatlas to be turned into a part. We need a bit more time to work out an actuator system before it can move and behave like it should, but should be in the game shortly :)

If they wiggle you've broken them :P They're essentially a fused metal latch that interlocks with another port using the petals as fingers, and the hooks on the inside of the petals as clasps. Suspended on those actuators, once contact has been made the mechanism pulls itself (and the other...