FlightGlobals.getStaticPressure(vessel.transform.p osition)

[FreeThinker]

FlightGlobals.getStaticPressure has changed fundamentally. Originaly it returned the fraction of 1 atmosphere, now after KSP 1.0,

FlightGlobals.getStaticPressure(vessel.transform.position) return the presure in KPascal / m2. that means it is a factor of 100 higher!! I used this getStaticPressure on several places, they they though though I was in an atmosphere of 100000 KiloNewton, causing all kind of extreme effects.

Anyway, you have been warned.

Edited May 1, 2015 by FreeThinker

[Crzyrndm]

Slight correction, pressure is measured in Kilo-Pascal or Kilo-Newton / m^2 (pressure is force per unit area) not Kilo-Newtons

1atm == 101.3kPa

Edited April 30, 2015 by Crzyrndm

[Diazo]

There is an inbuilt converter also in case this changes in the future.

FlightGlobals.getStaticPressure * PhysicsGlobals.kPaToAtmosphere will return the current pressure in Atm instead of kPa. (From memory, the name may be slightly off.)

D.

[FreeThinker]

In the past I multiplied it with 101.3kPa to get the actual presure. I used it to accurately calculate the static presure of the engines, to calculate the real thrust, now all of that no longer works.