3 Engine Modes?

[Fireheart318]

I've been working on an improved nuclear engine for the past few hours (don't tell my english teacher) and it's almost done. Just one problem, I can't get all three modes to work. It just goes from liquid fuel to intake air, skipping oxidizer. Help is greatly appreciated.

Code concerning switching:

MODULE
    {
        name = MultiModeEngine
        primaryEngineID = LF
        secondaryEngineID = OX
        secondaryEngineID = IA
    }
    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleEnginesFX
        engineID = LF
        thrustVectorTransformName = thrustTransform
        exhaustDamage = True
        ignitionThreshold = 0.1
        minThrust = 0
        maxThrust = 60
        heatProduction = 250
        fxOffset = 0, 0, 1.6
        EngineType = Nuclear
        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = LiquidFuel
            ratio = 0.9
            DrawGauge = True
        }
        atmosphereCurve
        {
            key = 0 800
            key = 1 185
            key = 2 0.001
        }
    }
    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleEnginesFX
        engineID = OX
        thrustVectorTransformName = thrustTransform
        exhaustDamage = True
        ignitionThreshold = 0.1
        minThrust = 0
        maxThrust = 60
        heatProduction = 250
        fxOffset = 0, 0, 1.6
        EngineType = Nuclear
        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = Oxidizer
            ratio = 0.9
            DrawGauge = True
        }
        atmosphereCurve
        {
            key = 0 800
            key = 1 185
            key = 2 0.001
        }
    }
    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleEnginesFX
        engineID = IA
        thrustVectorTransformName = thrustTransform
        exhaustDamage = True
        ignitionThreshold = 0.1
        minThrust = 0
        maxThrust = 60
        heatProduction = 250
        fxOffset = 0, 0, 1.6
        EngineType = Nuclear
        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = IntakeAir
            ratio = 0.9
            DrawGauge = True
        }
        atmosphereCurve
        {
            key = 0 800
            key = 1 185
            key = 2 0.001
        }
    }

 

[martinezfg11]

MODULE
    {
        name = MultiModeEngine
        primaryEngineID = LF
        secondaryEngineID = OX
        secondaryEngineID = IA
    }

The reason is because your secondaryEngineID is in there twice, so it just selects the IA mode.

You would have to look into the Wiki to see if there is a "tertiaryEngineID"?

Or you might have to write a plugin that somehow adds that to the existing module.

[nli2work]

each MultiModeEngine module supports 2 fuel modes. Maybe try multiple MultiModeEngines and make sure all the EngineIDs are unique. I suspect you'll have two fuel modes running simultaneously though.

[Fireheart318]

3 hours ago, martinezfg11 said:

MODULE
    {
        name = MultiModeEngine
        primaryEngineID = LF
        secondaryEngineID = OX
        secondaryEngineID = IA
    }

The reason is because your secondaryEngineID is in there twice, so it just selects the IA mode.

You would have to look into the Wiki to see if there is a "tertiaryEngineID"?

Or you might have to write a plugin that somehow adds that to the existing module.

I'm sorta new to this stuff. This is actually the first "successful" part I've created from scratch. How do you write plugins?

I'm not exactly familiar with KSPI's code (interstellar) but I know the engines there can use tons of different fuel types. There's gotta be a simpler way though

[Fireheart318]

3 hours ago, nli2work said:

each MultiModeEngine module supports 2 fuel modes. Maybe try multiple MultiModeEngines and make sure all the EngineIDs are unique. I suspect you'll have two fuel modes running simultaneously though.

I've set this up and I'm waiting for the game to load as I'm typing. It's loading pretty fast considering I've got around 20 mods installed including KSPI...

 

... it stopped at the better nuke. I don't think it'll work...

[SpaceCommanderNemo]

@Fireheart318 Did you ever figure this out? I'm trying to add a second afterburner mode and I'm hitting the same problem 

[Fireheart318]

On September 11, 2016 at 6:10 PM, SpaceCommanderNemo said:

@Fireheart318 Did you ever figure this out? I'm trying to add a second afterburner mode and I'm hitting the same problem 

Unfortunately, no. It requires Interstellar Fuel Switch which makes my brain hurt

[SpaceCommanderNemo]

3 hours ago, Fireheart318 said:

Unfortunately, no. It requires Interstellar Fuel Switch which makes my brain hurt

I actually found this: https://github.com/WarezCrawler/Guybrush101

It's a little buggy but the core is there. someone with some C# knowledge could probably flesh out the details and recompile it for the new patch. I haven't heard from the developer about their activity or intentions. Nevertheless, I've worked out that the core could be bundled (like firespitter) into a mod easily.