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The docking port has been scaled up 250%. Does that have anything to do with it? The magnets don't seem to work either, or it is very weak. Please help, thanks!

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    11.7k KraZIvan

    I recently learned that using the first time warp helps to dock way faster. Also make sure your docking post does not have collisions turned off which I also learned the hard way will prevent you from docking

    4.6 years ago
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    5,769 SelectAKey

    yeah i tinkered some to 200% and the magnets are super strong but wont dock. there should be size slider instead of just the scale in tinker panel.

    4.6 years ago
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    4 xeus

    @zeropol hmm. So I'm guessing when you scale up the port, the magnet strength doesn't scale up to match. I did manage to dock it though, it took like 3 minutes on 6x fast forward. Usually I just touch the docking ports together and they instantly click. Weird stuff, hope it gets fixed someday.

    4.6 years ago
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    373 zeropol

    On Luna surface, I tested with 250% scaled up docking ports and only managed to have 70% docking. (without gravity to help, it would be probably impossible in space to dock with 250% scaled up docking ports)
    I think the "docking node" is blocked by the docking port itself because of scaling.
    like you it was sufficiently aligned

    4.6 years ago
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    @xeus If previous dockings in this game were easier then it might be a glitch. But yea normally it is difficult to get docking ports to connect. (At least in my experience)

    I really want them to make it easier for them to connect :/

    4.6 years ago
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    4 xeus

    @RealDavidB ah I thought I did something wrong, first time encointering this issue. My space station dockings usually go without a hitch. Is it supposed to be like this? It'd go a long way if docking went faster.

    4.6 years ago
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    Yea, docking in this game is painfully difficult because it takes so long to get docking ports to connect.

    (I'm assuming that's what the reason is anyway)

    4.6 years ago

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