ballasts not attaching

[Nikolai]

Im trying to create a machine only with ballasts. However I find a lot of times that ballasts dont attach to each other. Here an example:
http://images.akamai.steamuserconte...626/4CDCAEAF5CA98CB7FC71E21A9FCA81FF3B05AB15/

All of these ballasts are supposed to be attached. Here is without armor:
http://images.akamai.steamuserconte...128/EC4E8E8141AC7B771F98D84C6AF47D78DE7E02C5/

You could say that there is a lot of weight. Well, there isnt that much but even if it was, the structure already deattached when i didnt even put the armor and it was just structure and wheels.

 

[TesseractCat]

Could you give me more description, I don't exactly understand what you're trying to tell me.

 

[jon_joy_1999]

I've found that ballasts only fix to the point they were attached to. If you want to link ballasts together you have to use braces to link them together

 

[Nikolai]

that could be true and a big problem. not sure if intended or not, but if intended then the ballast model is very confusing since it has "attach" points in all 6 faces.

 

[jon_joy_1999]

I've got a ballast test here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=503343290 you can see how they don't link together, but you can link them in other ways. this behavior is non-intuitive, but if you think of ballast as something that is expected to be near the bottom of a ship the not-linking-together makes sense.

 

[Nikolai]

I just didnt know that ballasts worked like that. Now that I know it I can "use" it.

The problem as I said, is that they have attachment points in all 6 faces and it would seem that it would attach to each face, like wooden blocks do.

I dont know if the behavior is intended or not but if its they should rework the ballast model to not mislead people.

 

[Von]

Thanks for the analysis guys, I'll pass this along and find out if they are intended to work in this way and if it is perhaps we can make it a bit more intuitive.

 

[Nikolai]

thanks you.