Inline Spherical Tanks

[Guest]

I'm eyeing Talisar's tanks (I used them back in the day but they're not especially large) and I'm still waiting to see if Procedural Parts will ever be a thing again, are there any other mods that can do very large inline spherical tanks?

[Shadowmage]

Hmm... SSTU has some 'framed' spherical tanks.  Resizable to absurd dimensions.  Might not be exactly what you are looking for though.  Also known to not play very well with MFT/RF setups...

Standard 'open' spherical tanks are still on the TODO list (I have found it impossible to UV unwrap an entire spherical tank without nasty visible seams in the texture, which is what is holding those parts up...).

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Shadowmage said:

Hmm... SSTU has some 'framed' spherical tanks.  Resizable to absurd dimensions.  Might not be exactly what you are looking for though.  Also known to not play very well with MFT/RF setups...

I love how SSTU interacts with MFT, it allows me to make very compact LFO transfer stages.  Transitioning to hydrogen stages is going to be a shock.

Unfortunately framed is not what I'm looking for but thanks, really enjoying SSTU so far. I might end up just adding TweakScale to Talisar's Tanks. That might even be a thing.

15 minutes ago, Shadowmage said:

Standard 'open' spherical tanks are still on the TODO list (I have found it impossible to UV unwrap an entire spherical tank without nasty visible seams in the texture, which is what is holding those parts up...).

That makes sense.

Now you've got me wanting to write some general patches for my install to fix all these interactions and standardize on MFT (not a fan of limited tank types, too used to RO with Procedural Parts).

[DStaal]

USI's FTT has a few as well that might work for you.

[Shadowmage]

@regex

Would something along these lines be closer to what you were looking for?  (hiding the seams behind... actual seam geometry..., only the equatorial seam is actually needed) (quick mashed-up prototype, finished product would look better)

 

Edit -- could have 'caps' on both ends if desired... I would probably make both styles anyway...

 

Edited February 9, 2017 by Shadowmage

[Guest]

@Shadowmage Yes, definitely, with end caps in multiple sizes and the ability to remove endcaps... Your code already manages stuff like that. Trussed end-caps would be preferable IMO with some trussing around the tank but that's up to how much geometry you would want to model (or, I imagine, how much you want to scum from existing models, I'm not versed in modern 3D art workflows). Basically something that would look good as a fuel tank on one of NASA's long-ish concept spacecraft, you know the ones with the huge radiators, skeletal frame, and a fusion drive on the back end.  

2 hours ago, DStaal said:

USI's FTT has a few as well that might work for you.

I tend to stay away from the USI stuff, too chunky/cartoony and the colors aren't really agreeable to me.

[Nertea]

I've got this one (top right), @regex (alternate view). Not sure if that's what you're looking for. 

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3 minutes ago, Nertea said:

I've got this one (top right), @regex (alternate view). Not sure if that's what you're looking for. 

Damn, have I missed those in my install? That's pretty much perfect. Are those set up with Tweakscale? E: If not that's pretty easy, I'll probably MFT them anyway.

Edited February 9, 2017 by regex

[Nertea]

I haven't done anything with it, but I saw this in the TweakScale repo:

@PART[hydrogen-10-1] // HI-530 Hydrogen Tank
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = stack
        defaultScale = 10
    }
}

So it should be good to go. Tank does use a fuel switcher (and a model switcher for the white/foil look), so I'm not 100% sure how that will work. 

Edited February 9, 2017 by Nertea

[Guest]

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[Nertea]

Glad to be of service

[Shadowmage]

Indeed, Nertea always has the prettiest stuff

 

(I'll still work on the spherical tanks for SSTU, but it may yet take awhile to figure out the truss and end-caps stuff)