How to make a part produce heat

[wizzlebippi]

What is the command for making a part produce heat? I've tried:

this.part.AddThermalFlux(Heat);

but it doesn't seem to do anything.

Thanks

[Crzyrndm]

Is it being called in the fixed update (physics) cycle? How much heat are you adding/removing per physics frame? Are you accounting for "change in temperature" being equal to "change in heat" / "thermal mass"?

Nertea is using part.AddThermalFlux for his active radiators so the issue is probably in its usage

[wizzlebippi]

It's being called in a fixed update cycle, and I am adding 400. I've tried as high as 500,000 but still nothing. As far as change in temperature vs change in heat/thermal mass, I'm probably not accounting for that.

[Crzyrndm]

Well at half a million kJ, you'd expect some (rapid) change. Is there any chance that section of code is not being reached (does it print a log statement)?

[wizzlebippi]

It appears that every other cycle there's an object reference error. That might have something to do with it. Is there any good way to debug with KSP?

EDIT: for some reason, the:

this.part.AddThermalFlux(Heat);

line is the source of the object reference error.

EDIT 2: I figured it out.

EDIT 3: Now that I'm targeting the correct version of .net, I can make a part overheat and explode. To give a warning before this happens, how do I add the overheat bar like the LV-N has?

Edited June 21, 2015 by wizzlebippi