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[quote name='FreeThinker']Great to someone is finally creating some updated tutorials. Perhaps I will put them on the main page.[/QUOTE] I am honestly quite surprised at the lack of attention for this mod when it comes to that stuff. Scott Manley's series doesn't really get into the really technical aspects, he just shows him doing cool stuff (as always). And there is one tutorial series I've found, but it's old, and the guy is just doing a lot of guess-work during the tutorial. I've been looking for an excuse to do some recording with my new rig, so I think this is a good opportunity. With all that said, any input on my problems with the generator / nozzles? ;)

Thanks for the help on the previous problem, everyone. The issue was indeed that the Gas Core is throttled way down for thermal power with the generator. I'd have never figured that out by myself... which brings me to...... TL;DR: Where are all these numbers coming from? Why does nothing add up?! Now I'm getting to play with (and get a headache with) a whole new set of toys. I got the magnetic nozzles and am trying to make them work. Now, I understand that they are intended to be a very low-thrust solution, especially at this tech level, but once again I'm having issues getting my generator to work properly. As you can see from the screenshot, I am using a dusty plasma to generate particles and electric to power the nozzle. I believe the reactor isn't running at 100% because the magnetic nozzle is only requesting 256MW CP, though I'm not sure why the magnetic nozzle is capped at that. Any hints there would be welcome. I see that the Dusty Plasma has 45% efficiency when used with magnetic nozzles, but 256 is not 45% of any of the numbers that I see, nor are any other values! Even more puzzling is that my generator thinks that 31% of 657 MW is 12 MW. The GUI shows that 40 MW is being requested, so it's not being limited by demand. Also, I'm not sure where that 40 MW number is coming from. Regarding magnetic nozzles, the table in the OP of this thread states that the magnetic nozzle needs 1% of its charged particle energy in electrical, so the (seemingly arbitrary) 256 MW CP should mean that it requires just 2.5MW in electrical charge. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Y43NnDz.jpg[/IMG] Again I've spent a good few hours going around and around trying to figure this stuff out. When I've got it all figured out I'm going to make some Youtube tutorials and / or bang some time into the Wiki so others don't have to go through this! Thanks again everyone, you're awesome.

[quote name='EnigmaG'] @soupmeister Gravity interfere with Gas Core.[/QUOTE] I've put it in orbit, and the generator is now running at 100%, but my generator efficiency is still at 10% with 16 radiators. Still getting 20MW out of a 2GW reactor. The helper in the VAB says I should be getting more like 25-30%. Radiators are running at 1690K and my reactor is at about 16000K. There *has* to be a way of getting more than 20MW beamed from this setup, especially with the insane core temp of the gas reactor.

[COLOR=#4D5763][FONT=verdana]I'm having issues with getting a reactor to run at full capacity and / or getting my generator efficiency up. Here's a pic of the setup: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/3OWYdbl.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#4D5763][FONT=verdana]The generator isn't running at full capacity for a start (not sure how to ramp that up... I thought putting a load on the system via a transmitter might do that, no go), so its core temp is low, but the temp is still very high compared to the radiators' temperature (radiators upgraded, currently at 412K compared to the generator's 7439K). I know it's not an upgraded generator yet, but I'm pretty sure I should be getting much higher efficiency than this in atmosphere. Any help would be appreciated![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#4D5763][FONT=verdana]Edit: Upgraded the generator to KTEC. As expected, it doubled it to a whopping 11% efficiency, getting 20MW out of a 2GW reactor. Still can't figure out why my reactor won't run at full capacity, and why my efficiency is so low.[/FONT][/COLOR]