SRB Thrust Curve Mod

[MrMeeb]

When browsing the forums yesterday, I saw a mod that allowed two thrusts to be set on SRBs, one for when it's full, and one for when it's empty. The mod would then gradually reduce thrust to meet these sliders, behaving somewhat like a thrust curve. Now, I made the rookie error of not bookmarking it. Anyone know the mod? 

[Gaarst]

You mean Variable Thrust Limiter (unless there is another mod which does exactly the same thing).

[Enceos]

@MrMeeb There was a shuttle mod which had a little plugin bundled with it. The name was EngineThrustController, but it stopped working in 1.1

Felbourn says it has been a feature of the RealFuels for quite a while.

 

[MrMeeb]

20 minutes ago, Gaarst said:

You mean Variable Thrust Limiter (unless there is another mod which does exactly the same thing).

That was it! Thank you so much  

[nli2work]

or a MM patch to add thrustCurve to SRB parts.

[NathanKell]

@soundnfury

[heliobyte]

2 hours ago, nli2work said:

or a MM patch to add thrustCurve to SRB parts.

How would one go about using MM to add thrustCurves? What module would I need to the SRB part, and does adding thrustCurves not require other mods?

[soundnfury]

49 minutes ago, NathanKell said:

@soundnfury

Yeah, this sounds similar to but different from my Boosteriferous mod, which rather than having a linear slope between two values, has a step change.  Though I do plan to add more curve types, probably with tech unlocks.

[nli2work]

no, thrustCurve is part of ModuleEngine and ModuleEngineFX, controls fuel flowrate based on ratio of fuel remaining. You check for parts that use SolidFuel and add thrustCurve{} to it's engine module.

[Crzyrndm]

2 hours ago, nli2work said:

no, thrustCurve is part of ModuleEngine and ModuleEngineFX, controls fuel flowrate based on ratio of fuel remaining. You check for parts that use SolidFuel and add thrustCurve{} to it's engine module.

The difference with my Variable SRB limiter is that it makes that thrust curve editable ingame (yes I do use the thrust curve internally now, and it will *probably* work with SRB's that already use thrust curve...), although only by linear ratios across the burn

Edited May 3, 2016 by Crzyrndm

[nli2work]

34 minutes ago, Crzyrndm said:

The difference with my Variable SRB limiter is that it makes that thrust curve editable ingame (yes I do use the thrust curve internally now, and it will *probably* work with SRB's that already use thrust curve...), although only by linear ratios across the burn

Editable in game is awesome. linear interpolation is more predictable than specifying keys in the part config too. Win win!

[Skalou]

oh, we speak about SRB here too, i love them,

I really await this kind of mod, as quoted in the boosteriferous thread, here is what could be perfect in my opinion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/2jwc28/mod_idea_solid_fuel_thrust_profiles/

 

Edited May 4, 2016 by Skalou