transmitting with small panels&batteries?

[kurja]

Is there a way to transmit data from experiments, or science from a lab module, if the craft runs out of power during transmit? Ofc assuming there are electricity-producing parts that then refill the batteries. This seems to be a recurring problem that I have with probes and now with a station that lost most of it's solar panels in a rather embarrassing staging incident.

In an earlier version the rate of charging that rate of transmit did not increase in synch during warp, transmitting always happened at the same rate while charging did get quicker but this seems to have been fixed.

I do know of the infinite electricity option in altf12 menu, I'm asking if there's another way to tansmit in parts or something...?

edit--

Heh, it seems that cleaning experiments with a lab module still behaves the 'old way' during warp. And transmitting still succeeds at a high enough warp setting... A bit cheaty but it's there. Is there another way?

Edited October 30, 2016 by kurja

[ForScience6686]

You Can select partial transmit on the antenna,  but you will lose some  science in the process.   it will still drain your battery,  then transmit in small chunks as power is generated.

[kurja]

57 minutes ago, ForScience6686 said:

You Can select partial transmit on the antenna,  but you will lose some  science in the process.   it will still drain your battery,  then transmit in small chunks as power is generated.

Hm now that I think of it wasn't that the default behavior in earlier versions?