gsuberland

Ah, that makes sense - it was trying to produce fuel and oxidizer with nowhere to put it.

There are two stepper motors (left and top) that drive wheels which are pressed against the ball. On each side of the device there are brackets containing small ball bearings that hold it in place, while allowing for complete freedom of movement. Think of it like the old mechanical mice, except the wheels turn the ball instead of the ball turning the wheel. You could quite easily build something like this with an Arduino, some lego, and a couple of cheap stepper motors.

I'm trying to build a generator part that takes liquid fuel and oxidizer, and produces electricty. I'm using ModuleGenerator to take the fuel as INPUT_RESOURCE and produce electricity using OUTPUT_RESOURCE. Here's the full config: PART { //General Parameters name = GSTek_Generator module = Part author = gsuberland // --- asset parameters --- mesh = model.mu scale = 1 rescaleFactor = 1 // --- node definitions --- // definition format is Position X, Position Y, Position Z, Up X, Up Y, Up Z node_attach = 0, 0.0, 0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0 // --- FX definitions --- // --- editor parameters --- cost = 2500 category = Utility subcategory = 0 title = Mk.I Electric Generator manufacturer = GSTek Industries description = Generates electricity by burning liquid fuel and oxidiser through a small internal turbine. // attachment rules: stack, srfAttach, allowStack, allowSrfAttach, allowCollision attachRules = 0,1,0,0,0 // --- standard part parameters --- mass = 0.07 dragModelType = default maximum_drag = 0.1 minimum_drag = 0.1 angularDrag = 1 crashTolerance = 11 maxTemp = 2800 MODULE { name = ModuleGenerator isAlwaysActive = false requiresAllInputs = true startEventGUIName = Start Generator endEventGUIName = Stop Generator INPUT_RESOURCE { name = LiquidFuel rate = -1.0 } INPUT_RESOURCE { name = Oxidizer rate = -1.0 } OUTPUT_RESOURCE { name = ElectricCharge rate = 5.0 } } } When I use it in game, it appears and I can activate it, but it does nothing - I get "Efficiency: 0.00" on the right-click menu for the generator, despite it being directly stuck to a fuel source. No fuel is used, no electricity is produced. Any ideas as to why this is happening?