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Face McShooty Feb 5, 2017 @ 8:45am
The Klaw Help!!
Seriously, I can't figure out how to use this thing. Everything I try to test it it never works. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. It has power and it arms and disarms but it will only do that. Help please.
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Face McShooty Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:04am 
It doesn't extend down? Like a crane? I thought it did. Thats what I've been trying to do. Its status is always locked so it won't even do the grabbing action.
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George Kerman Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:07am 
Right click on it - then click on "Arm". You have to arm it first. Best to have that option as an action group at some point. Once you arm it, then it can grab stuff. To be noted - if you disarm, you will lose into space the attached object - careful with that (obviously you can reattach to it easily if you got RCS). Also right click - control from here and aim camera could help.
Last edited by George Kerman; Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:09am
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Face McShooty Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:09am 
Yep I've done that. Still nothing. Even armed it wont grab anything.
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Bubba Fett Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:09am 
Think of the claw as a docking port that will connect to almost anything rather than just other docking ports.
Once you've docked with something you'll be able to unlock the joint and swing your ship in line with the com of whatever you've clawed. You can then relock it so that when you push with your ship it doesn't turn. (because your thrust vector is now in line with the COM)

Try part 2 of the Asteriod Capture tutorial if you want to play around with a claw in space.
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George Kerman Feb 5, 2017 @ 9:25am 
I was trying to find the previous thread where we discussed this but the main idea is as follows:
You approach with 0.5m / s or so and you touch the object with the claw. If it didn't attach, activate RCS and push forward slightly (forward if you control from the claw or a pod similarly oriented). On the second touch you have significantly higher chances to attach if the first attempt didn't succeed. Obviously, if you rotate your craft with the RCS tools and approach at the right angle, you wouldn't need this trick to make it work. It has to work this way or there is something completely off and we need screenshots.
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