Custom modules for solar panels in MOLE, WBIDualAxisSolarArray and WBIModuleMirroredSolarPanel don't seem to play well with the background simulation. Unless you want to add hardcoded support for those, here is a MM patch replacing them with stock modules in the two offending parts.
The drawbacks of this solution are pretty minor and purely cosmetic : for WBIDualAxisSolarArray, the first pivot is always tracking the sun even if the panel is retracted, and for WBIModuleMirroredSolarPanel the part mirroring feature is gone.
// Use stock modules instead of WBIDualAxisSolarArray for dual-axis sun tracking
@PART[WBI_SolarBatteryModule]
{
-MODULE[WBIDualAxisSolarArray] {}
-MODULE[ModuleDeployableSolarPanel] {}
//Y-axis of SARJ is the pivot
//Z-axis of suncatcher2 points to the sun.
MODULE
{
name = ModuleDeployablePart
pivotName = SARJ
secondaryTransformName = suncatcher2 // same as raycastTransformName in a ModuleDeployableSolarPanel
trackingSpeed = 0.25
isBreakable = false
showStatus = false
}
//Y-axis of SolarArrayPivot is the pivot
//Z-axis of suncatcher points to the sun.
MODULE
{
name = ModuleDeployableSolarPanel
animationName = Deploy
pivotName = SolarArrayPivot
raycastTransformName = suncatcher
windResistance = 5
trackingSpeed = 0.25
isBreakable = true
retractable = true
resourceName = ElectricCharge
chargeRate = 24.0
}
}
@PART[WBI_SkylabSolarPanel]
{
-MODULE[WBIModuleMirroredSolarPanel] {}
// Hacky way to hide the unused "SolarPanelMirror" model so there isn't any ugly clipping
node_stack_disabled = 0.0, -1000.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0
MODULE
{
name = ModuleJettison
jettisonName = SolarPanelMirror
bottomNodeName = disabled
allowShroudToggle = false
}
MODULE
{
name = ModuleDeployableSolarPanel
isTracking = false
raycastTransformName = suncatcher
pivotName = suncatcher
animationName = Deploy
retractable = false
isBreakable = true
impactResistance = 8
resourceName = ElectricCharge
chargeRate = 6.0
}
}
Custom modules for solar panels in MOLE, WBIDualAxisSolarArray and WBIModuleMirroredSolarPanel don't seem to play well with the background simulation. Unless you want to add hardcoded support for those, here is a MM patch replacing them with stock modules in the two offending parts.
The drawbacks of this solution are pretty minor and purely cosmetic : for WBIDualAxisSolarArray, the first pivot is always tracking the sun even if the panel is retracted, and for WBIModuleMirroredSolarPanel the part mirroring feature is gone.