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[1.12.x] Cryogenic Engines: Liquid Hydrogen and Methane Rockets! (August 13, 2024)


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11 hours ago, Nertea said:

This adds, in a nutshell, a second, less cryogenic fuel to the mod - Liquid Methane - and 10 new engines to make use of it. LCH4 is less dense and less awkward to work with than LH2 but doesn't quite have the efficiencies. It's a good middle of the road. 

Wow. Amazing update and great work, as always. :o

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Raptor Shuttle!!! 

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MonoProp OMS finishing Orbital Insertion Burn.

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The main tank still had oodles of d/V left, I just didn't feel like testing beyond LKO, or with heavy payloads

 

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6 minutes ago, VCamProbe said:

How do I go about changing oxidizer to lox for these engines? More specifically the methane engines.

It depends.

Do you want the resources changed to be more like the IRL, if so, you should get RealFuels

If you just want the resource to be displayed as LOX instead of Oxidizer, I think there is a simple patch that can be used.

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i have no idea what the patch should be though. I am utterly clueless when it comes to code :confused:

 

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1 hour ago, Spaceman.Spiff said:

It depends.

Do you want the resources changed to be more like the IRL, if so, you should get RealFuels

If you just want the resource to be displayed as LOX instead of Oxidizer, I think there is a simple patch that can be used.

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i have no idea what the patch should be though. I am utterly clueless when it comes to code :confused:

 

I figured it out, If I just go to the cfg files I just change where it says 

MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleEnginesFX
        thrustVectorTransformName = thrustTransform
        engineID = allosaur
        runningEffectName = fx-allosaur
        exhaustDamage = True
        ignitionThreshold = 0.1
        minThrust = 0
        maxThrust = 1850
        heatProduction = 287.8342734
        fxOffset = 0, 0, 0
        EngineType = LiquidFuel
        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = LqdMethane
            ratio = 3
            DrawGauge = True
        }
        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = Oxidizer
            ratio = 1

And replace the section

        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = Oxidizer
            ratio = 1

With 

        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = LqdOxygen
            ratio = 1

Still trying out different ratios but that should convert it, Only downside is from what I have seen I need to go into each file one by one to change it for each engine.

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1 minute ago, VCamProbe said:

And replace the section

        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = Oxidizer
            ratio = 1

With 

        PROPELLANT
        {
            name = LqdOxygen
            ratio = 1

Still trying out different ratios but that should convert it, Only downside is from what I have seen I need to go into each file one by one to change it for each engine.

I think you may need LOX defined somewhere. Let me see if I can find the patch

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2 minutes ago, VCamProbe said:

Let me know, It works like this in game for me but idk if it breaks anything yet 

Here’s a better solution, MM patch by @Clamp-o-Tron

 

@RESOURCE_DEFINITION[Oxidizer]
{
  @displayName = LqdOxygen
}

This should make oxidizer appear as LOX without changing anything. 

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Hey guys excellent additions with the methane engines, really enjoying them (especially with waterfall!!). Although i think i may have encountered a small bug. Is anyone else having trouble with the new "Harrier" Engine? whenever i use it my craft enters a roll and spins out of control. the thrust centering may be off.

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14 hours ago, mxi_steel said:

Hi when will the methanr engiens have lfo compatibility 

There is an optional patch you can install from the Extras folder (it's also in CKAN if you use that) which converts all the engines to use liquid fuel instead of cryogenic fuels.

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1 hour ago, Why485 said:

There is an optional patch you can install from the Extras folder (it's also in CKAN if you use that) which converts all the engines to use liquid fuel instead of cryogenic fuels.

i downloaded it but it seems the methane engines still run methane 

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