[RSS + RO + NF] No solar power

[MatterBeam]

Hi.

On the first solar panels STS-1 and STS-2, that do not come from Near Future but from Realism Overhaul, I am getting zero electric charge production.

The solar panels' state is full exposure, but the charge production is 0

What could be the problem?

How do I remove or modify the 'realistic' solarpowercurve and replace it with something that works?

Edited September 24, 2015 by TruthQuark

[NathanKell]

Ven's Stock Revamp has an issue where the transforms are inverted. Try rotating.

If it still fails, upload the craft file.

Note that power generation is *very* low by stock standards, on the order of 'flow 0.05' or lower--*certainly* lower deep inside an atmosphere.

[MatterBeam]

Ven's Stock Revamp has an issue where the transforms are inverted. Try rotating.

If it still fails, upload the craft file.

Note that power generation is *very* low by stock standards, on the order of 'flow 0.05' or lower--*certainly* lower deep inside an atmosphere.

Is there any way I can modify this?

[NathanKell]

Modify what?

Solar panels don't produce less EC/tonne than stock, as it happens, they just need to be larger (but they're lighter). And higher-tech solar panels produce more watts per square meter, up to about ~200W / m^2 for high tech stuff. That goes hand in hand with the rest of RO's electricity rebalance; RO actually makes 1 EC = 1 kilojoule (and thus 1 EC/sec = 1 kW), unlike the unitless stock KSP stuff. So everything has real draws and real generation.

[MatterBeam]

Modify what?

Solar panels don't produce less EC/tonne than stock, as it happens, they just need to be larger (but they're lighter). And higher-tech solar panels produce more watts per square meter, up to about ~200W / m^2 for high tech stuff. That goes hand in hand with the rest of RO's electricity rebalance; RO actually makes 1 EC = 1 kilojoule (and thus 1 EC/sec = 1 kW), unlike the unitless stock KSP stuff. So everything has real draws and real generation.

I'm early in the tech treem and I still have small solar panels... but they're producing absolutely zero charge. Putting four of them to power even the smallest avionics core and two antennae... and I'm losing power.

I'd like to know if there's a setting somewhere that makes solar power production 'deep in the atmosphere' less realistic and more playable.

[NathanKell]

If they're producing zero charge that's a bug. Can you post screenshots and a craft file?

[MatterBeam]

If they're producing zero charge that's a bug. Can you post screenshots and a craft file?

Tested in orbit, and confirmed that they produce up to 0.2 'units' per second in direct sunlight. Ground solar panels produce a value too small to measure.

So it's more a question of the first solar panels being incredibly weak, requiring at least 3 of them in orbit facing the sun to power the smallest Avionics core...

[NathanKell]

They are, indeed, very weak, and the early cores are power hungry. You should get decent panels in Improved Instrumentation and even better ones in Electrics, and use the Agena core, it has a low-power mode. (Or better yet, the Early Controllable Probe and then the Ranger, then Surveyor or Ranger III...). Different avionics units have different power draws and use cases.