Having an issue with a hinge connection

[IceColdFear]

Hi all -

I'm pretty new to Space Engineers and I'm attempting to attach my rover to my main grid. I saw a tutorial on YouTube using a Hinge, Small Hinge Head and the Connector on Ship format. Everything in my conveyor system is green, however the Connector shows up as orange in my control panel. I've deleted it numerous times and made sure both pieces of the hinge are welded, but the connector is ALWAYS orange. Any help would be much appreciated.

[IceColdFear]

Also, when I do connect my rover to it, I can see the small grid of my rover but I can't move anything through that connector/hinge. I can post screenshots if anyone has a website that works with steam

[IceColdFear]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/BXKyNtF hope this helps

[IceColdFear]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/RvLs2HZ - Control Panel of the Connector, forgot to include.

[Pembroke]

Yes, that coloring is just how the Control Panel device listing tells you that "these devices belong to different grids". The grid where you accessed the control panel from is always shown as white. All other connected grids (like docked rovers and ships) are shown in other colors.

For example, here I opened the control panel from a device that belongs to my base. There's a ship docked to that base via a connector. In the control panel all the devices belonging to my base are shown as white, all the devices belonging to that docked ship are shown as orange:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3078190407

[Pembroke]

Oh, and it just occurred to me what the cause of the confusion here is: That Hinge block is a "grid separator" block!

Everything on one side of the hinge block is one grid. Everything on the other side of that hinge block is another grid. The game counts them as two grids. That's because they can move relative to each other. Your connector is on the other side of that hinge block. That's why it's orange.

Same happens if you use pistons or rotors. They, too, form grid boundaries and for the same reason: they can cause the parts to move relative to each other.

[IceColdFear]

So then how do I fix this so I can move stuff across from my rover? As currently I can't move anything into the storage container at the end, when I try to drag and drop it, the inventory grids greyed out. The only piece that isn't connected it seems is that hinge or the connector, and I can't figure out why. I want that connector to allow me to empty the rover.

[IceColdFear]

Well it seems ot be working as intended now. Thank you all? <3

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, looking at your images = That hinge placed into the "floor" seems not needed at all.

I too use hinge on one of my Recharging Stations but used to align with all connector positions because some cars are bigger or smaller than others so I need to adjust, like this :
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2140948445
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2215107723

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