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Offline Selectah

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POF stuff
on: November 10, 2005, 04:42:04 pm
Does anyone have a clue as to why POF models do a 180-degree flip when docking?

I've a POF that's driving me up the wall. Out of laziness I used the Olde Gas Platform model, and added some subsystems -- engines so it can move about and warp in/out -- and docking points/paths. Here's where the fun part comes in, see. Everything's fine, up to the point of docking. Whenever a ship docks with the girl darned platform, it does an instant 180-degree flip. Doesn't matter if it's the topside dock point, or the side dock point. The POF flips exactly 180 degrees around the dock point axis.

I've checked the POF with Aurora, PCS, POF Viewer, checked the MOI, the mass, the axis, the paths, anything I can think of, but it still exhibits said strange behaviour. What could be the prob? Is this a usual thang?

I simply don't get it.

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I'm losing it.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2005, 03:44:26 am by Selectah »
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #1 on: November 11, 2005, 02:30:57 pm
Phew.

I answered my own question. If someone from the admin team sees this thread, they're welcome to delete it.
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #2 on: November 11, 2005, 02:50:42 pm
kk. closed.
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #3 on: November 11, 2005, 07:56:52 pm
Reopenned at karajorma's request.
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #4 on: November 11, 2005, 07:58:26 pm
Unlocked at karajorma's request. Selectah, would you mind sharing with us your answer? It may help people in the future.
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #5 on: November 11, 2005, 08:02:20 pm
Little slow there steak. :p
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #6 on: November 11, 2005, 08:22:54 pm
There's like a 99% probability that he had the dockpoint normals backwards.  That's actually just about all I can think of that would cause it, and it wouldn't be too hard to get that backwards in setting them up by hand.
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Reply #7 on: November 11, 2005, 11:09:17 pm
He did. He posted it on GTD.
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #8 on: November 12, 2005, 02:24:35 am
Quote from: StratComm on November 11, 2005, 08:22:54 pm
There's like a 99% probability that he had the dockpoint normals backwards. That's actually just about all I can think of that would cause it, and it wouldn't be too hard to get that backwards in setting them up by hand.

That's what I suspected was the problem but I always think it best to get the answer when someone solves their own problem :)
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #9 on: November 12, 2005, 02:42:43 am
Quote from: Raa on November 11, 2005, 08:02:20 pm
Little slow there steak. :p

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Re: POF stuff
Reply #10 on: November 13, 2005, 03:28:51 pm
Quote from: Setekh on November 12, 2005, 02:42:43 am
*kicks wireless internet*

:p

Very interesting mental picture there, Steaky. ;)
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Re: POF stuff
Reply #11 on: November 14, 2005, 01:03:01 am
Stop spamming or I'll lock the thread :p

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