Reaction wheels between tank and engine blocks fuel flow?

[oljhinakusao]

Is this new in 1.2? I've tried with both the 1.25 and 2.5 diameter reaction wheels and they both seem to block fuel flow from the tank above to the engine below.

Here's a photo showing the fuel flow overlay.

this also happens when the rw is between two tanks. The engine drains only from the tank above it, not using the one above the rw.

If the game changed that reaction wheels block fuel flow, is there a work around to this besides placing the rw above all the tanks?

PS. Only mod I have is Kerbal Engineer, and I'm also playing on a coal-powered laptop.

Edited December 7, 2016 by oljhinakusao

[Foxster]

Just tried it with your craft and it flies fine for me. 

The fuel overlay does show the fuel reaching the top of the Skipper as per your picture but that doesn't mean it is not getting to the engine OK. When I put on two tanks with the reaction wheel between them then both tanks drained. 

You might have a problem with the reaction wheel part. Mod issue?

 

[oljhinakusao]

I'll try with a clean install and post back but the only mod I have is KER and even without it the issue persists. At least I know it's on my end. Thank you!

[oljhinakusao]

Ok so it is on my end. Clean install and with just KER it works fine. Thank you Foxter!

[Superfluous J]

That picture shows that fuel is flowing from the tank to the engine. I don't know what to tell you, my screen looks the same with the same setup, and the engine ignites just fine (when I slap a probe core on top and launch it)

[Sharpy]

First off, the overlay is correct - it shows flow to 'part's origin'. Which, for Skipper, happens to be its top attach node.

Here, skipper attached to a girder, then moved and rotated away using the translation and rotation tools:

Then, there are parts that can block crossfeed on demand (decouplers, docking ports) and parts that have no crossfeed, with this fact clearly denoted.

Here, a heatshield. Note the orange text below its parameters in description.

Great most of parts - in particular, reaction wheels - allow fuel crossfeed and can't block it.

Check 1) if the RW has that orange 'No Fuel Crossfeed' note, 2) you didn't disable the tank (instead of green triangles next to fuel and oxidizer, red X-es).

If neither is the case, then... uh, seems like your installation of KSP is broken.

[oljhinakusao]

Thank you for all the responses. Yes it would seem my install of KSP was at fault. Re-installed and it works fine. Thank you!