[1.12.x] TAC - Life Support v0.18.0 - Release 19th Sep 2021

[JPLRepo]

@jebalicious @Skarlinger
So the current issue is Detailed Explanation: Solar Panels wont work on other vessels when they are not the selected vessel

so kopernicus solar panels are not working with TAC LS for any vessel except the active vessel yeah?
Could be something kopernicus has done. Will put on the list to investigate.

[Skarlinger]

@JPLRepo Indeed mate.  Have tried going through all the logs etc my self but I haven't got the knowledge to decern the issue yet.  Hope its an easy fix regardless.

 

Cheers!

[Phantom775]

Hi there! it appears the person before me posting had the same/similar issue i did. All my crewed vessels have sufficient power - but whenever i unload that vessel, the solar panels just stop working until it is reloaded. I have Kopernicus installed also, using OPM and Minor Planets expansion. I'm using stock solar panels on the vessels that are having fits, if you need any further information i'll be happy to provide anything i can to assist you.

[attosecond]

Can also confirm Kopernicus to be the culprit... have a heavily modded game that worked great, and decided to swap out Astronomer's Visual Pack for the newer (and sweet looking) Parallax. Kopernicus is a requirement, and as soon as I installed it I noticed the vessel electric charge issue. Tagging@R-T-B on this, since he's leading the charge on bleeding edge Kopernicus and may be willing to look into fixing it so TAC-LS electric charge behaves properly for unloaded vessels.

Edit: also opened a bug on the Github repository

Edited November 16, 2020 by attosecond

[Phantom775]

Another thing i've noticed is that the TAC-LS button on the side occasionally just goes away, and comes back. not sure if this related to our other issue however.

[scottadges]

Hoping to connect the dots with a few threads related to solar panels using Kopernicus Bleeding Edge and TAC-LS in KSP 1.10.x. 

Around the same time as these posts in the TAC-LS thread (Nov. 12th - 16th 2020), over in the Kop-BE thread, R-T-B fielded questions related to solar panels & TAC-LS:

Specifically, he suggests:

"You can revert to the 'stock' solar code by deleting solarpanels.cfg from the config folder of Kopernicus.  Do be advised this only works for single star systems, as the stock code is not aware of more than one star."

Has anyone using TAC-LS tested this and does this resolve the issue of EC on non-selected vessels?

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by scottadges

[Raptor_1596]

Is there a way with stock TAC LS or another mod which will show accurate times for your resources including recycling/growing and not just what you have stored?

[gulegule]

7 hours ago, Raptor_1596 said:

Is there a way with stock TAC LS or another mod which will show accurate times for your resources including recycling/growing and not just what you have stored?

I use this mod: 

It has a time readout that shows how long until a resource is depleted/filled at current consumption.

 

 

[Phantom775]

Seems like this may be 'our' update. https://github.com/R-T-B/Kopernicus/releases/tag/UBE-release-50

[Auriga_Nexus]

Whatever happened to the mini algae farm that was in the Kerbal Planetary Base Systems form factor? I can't seem to find it anywhere on my parts list or my tech tree. There's a greenhouse module in that form factor under the "Hydroponics" Tech, but no algae farm. 

Trying to figure out if it was removed from the mod or if I just screwed up something somewhere and am missing it. 

[histalonia]

12 hours ago, Auriga_Nexus said:

Whatever happened to the mini algae farm that was in the Kerbal Planetary Base Systems form factor? I can't seem to find it anywhere on my parts list or my tech tree. There's a greenhouse module in that form factor under the "Hydroponics" Tech, but no algae farm. 

Trying to figure out if it was removed from the mod or if I just screwed up something somewhere and am missing it. 

Look under "Automation" in the tech tree, its a tech 8 robot icon just above the lowest tech line for power.

Edited December 13, 2020 by histalonia

[Isildurd]

Good afternoon, no solutions for kopernicus and TAC solar panels to work for unloaded ships? I play with Kerbal Galaxy and sadly :(version 1.9.1

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by Isildurd

[JPLRepo]

On 12/28/2020 at 6:47 AM, Isildurd said:

Good afternoon, no solutions for kopernicus and TAC solar panels to work for unloaded ships? I play with Kerbal Galaxy and sadly :(version 1.9.1

 

TAC doesn't have solar panels?

If you mean Kopernicus mod - which changes all parts that use ModuleSolarPanels (The stock solar panels) - to it's own version of solar panels. Then yes.

Seems Kopernicus no longer does this by basing it's solar panel code from the stock code. It renames the module and applies two modules to the part.

So I have a fix in progress for this for next version that hopefully I will get out this week some time.

 

[JPLRepo]

On 11/1/2020 at 5:27 AM, gulegule said:

I see this exception repeatedly if I activate a recycler module while in the VAB:

[EXC 21:59:19.833] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
	BaseConverter.HasSpecialist (System.String effect) (at <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0)
	BaseConverter.GetCrewEfficiencyBonus () (at <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0)
	BaseConverter.GetEfficiencyMultiplier () (at <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0)
	BaseConverter.FixedUpdate () (at <c1858a3f77504bd1aaa946fdccf84670>:0)
	UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
	ModuleManager.UnityLogHandle.InterceptLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
	UnityEngine.Debug:CallOverridenDebugHandler(Exception, Object)

 

Sorry I missed this post. I have tried this with the water recycler, sabatier, etc. with and without resources. Tried activating them all in the VAB and I get no errors.

 

[JPLRepo]

On 10/20/2020 at 12:14 PM, dresoccer4 said:

hey there. i just got this mod and am having a fun time learning it.

quick question though: i just went on my first mission which was to stay in orbit for 12 days. i threw in a single life support hex can and blasted off. i began to fast forward in time after i was in orbit, when all the sudden i got a message saying my Kerbal died of air toxicity  why did this happen?

i read the instructions thoroughly before use and it says:

• Filling up with waste resources (Carbon Dioxide, Waste, Waste Water) has no effect. Any excess is dumped overboard, and you lose the opportunity to convert them back into good resources.

This conflicts with my dead Kerbal's understanding of how it all works. Thanks for any help!

You ran out of Electric Charge. Which is required to circulate the air in the capsule.

[JPLRepo]

V0.17.0 Published. See OP for links.

    Re-compile for KSP 1.11.x.
    Fix Kopernicus Solar Panel background processing.
    Added EVA construction capabilities to all 0.625m, 1.5m and 2.5m TAC-LS parts.

[Messeno]

hi I would like to use both the tac and the USI life support, are the mods compatible?

[JadeOfMaar]

8 hours ago, Messeno said:

hi I would like to use both the tac and the USI life support, are the mods compatible?

You can possibly turn off USI's need for resources and keep just the habitation function if you like that part of USI. If you cannot do this then you cannot have two life support mods installed. They are redundant (with complete overlap of what they're meant to do) and mutually exclusive. Mixing them makes needless excessive work for you and can cause problems for the mod makers, that the mod makers won't touch with a 10 foot pole.

[PTNLemay]

Hey, I'm new to TAC and was wondering about a few things.

My last playthrough was using USI Life Support, which I found fun.  But the annoying part was how complicated it was to become self-sufficient.  USI fits into the broader MKS pack, and the issue with that one is that it has like... 17 different kinds of ores.  So while the Life Support is quite straightforward (mostly just supplies and mulch).  Feeding the machines that renew your food takes forever to set up.  

I've got Nertea's parts (which come with the Fish Tank and Greenhouses) and I'm hoping to keep the resupply as simple as possible.  Like,  using the stock ore to feed the greenhouses directly (or at least feed them in a more straightforward manner than in MKS).  Is there a combination of mods that lets you do this?

 

Oh and thank you to the mod-maker for making these and for keeping them updated.  It's very much appreciated.

[N_Molson]

Hello,

Sorry if already posted, that 45 pages thread is massive...

Also I'm not 100% sure this is TAC LS related, maybe more a 1.11 thing, but still might be of interest...

When using the EVA MMUs (aka jetpacks), the thrusters drain all resources the Kerbal is carrying. With TAC LS it means it drains food, water, oxygen (and of course EC)... Really quite an inconvenience. Any idea on how to fix this ? Thanks.

[PocketBrotector]

On 1/24/2021 at 1:36 PM, N_Molson said:

Hello,

Sorry if already posted, that 45 pages thread is massive...

Also I'm not 100% sure this is TAC LS related, maybe more a 1.11 thing, but still might be of interest...

When using the EVA MMUs (aka jetpacks), the thrusters drain all resources the Kerbal is carrying. With TAC LS it means it drains food, water, oxygen (and of course EC)... Really quite an inconvenience. Any idea on how to fix this ? Thanks.

I think this is a stock bug that also affects other mods. It should just be a display bug in the resource panel, not actual resource consumption. I've entered a report on the Squad tracker here, and it's discussed on the Snacks thread here. 

[N_Molson]

Thanks for the reply,

Yes after more testing it does not affect the actual amount the Kerbal has on him, definitively a display bug.

[VCamProbe]

So when I want to go to another solar system using my GU mod, the kerbals I have on like moonbases and whatnot will die when I have to warp at like 10 mil speed to make it to places, my question is, is there a way to make it so kerbals dont die but instead go into a hybernate mode or something?

 

[Friznit]

1 hour ago, VCamProbe said:

So when I want to go to another solar system using my GU mod, the kerbals I have on like moonbases and whatnot will die when I have to warp at like 10 mil speed to make it to places, my question is, is there a way to make it so kerbals dont die but instead go into a hybernate mode or something?

 

There's a setting in the Difficulty options for TAC-LS to do just that

[VCamProbe]

On 3/9/2021 at 9:06 AM, Friznit said:

There's a setting in the Difficulty options for TAC-LS to do just that

How would I change these settings mid-game?