Using stock heat system

[Blackline]

Hi there,

For my mod RealBattery I would like to implement a heat-up system when dis/charging my battery and reduce charge rates. Many mods use their own heat system, like KSPI-E wasteheat.

Is it possible to use the stock heat system (internal, part, skin temp + all the Flux)? any tutorials/mods to learn from? 

Thanks!

Edited November 2, 2016 by Blackline

[Crzyrndm]

part.AddThermalFlux(kilowatts)
part.AddSkinThermalFlux(kilowatts)
part.AddExposedThermalFlux(kilowatts)
ModuleCoreHeat.AddEnergyToCore(double energy)

You most likely only want the first of those, but for completeness... (As I understand it: skin / exposed are for aero/reentry, module core heat is for thermal generation where you want to be able to insulate it from the parts around and exhaust the majority direct to radiators)

Edited November 3, 2016 by Crzyrndm

[FreeThinker]

One big problem of the Stock heat system is that it won't work well, or not at all durring high time warp, that why I kept the KSPI Thermal and don't relay on stock which is only works well for launches.

[Nertea]

The stock heat system is perfectly adequate for small thermal fluxes (few hundred kW) at any timewarp, and for very large fluxes at high timewarp when working inside the core heat system. It really depends on what you want to do. 

You should first determine is what kind of fluxes you will generate, and when you will be generating them. This will inform your choice of how to work with them and whether to work inside core or internal heat systems. Chances are you want to work within internal, which is, like @Crzyrndm said, accessed with part.AddThermalFlux(kW). It's simple enough. 

[Blackline]

Thanks for clarification regarding warp and supposed heat mechanic. but I think I have to go with the core heat module, because I want to be able to stop radiators from cooling my stuff too much, and tempGoal seems to be the perfect functionality for this purpose. 

But since I can't get my batteries' heat system to work properly, are there any mods out there using the moduleCoreHeat? I can't find anything.