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Is there a mod that makes heat management more important?


Empyrus

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So, i'm looking for a mod (or mods?) that make heat management more important.

Heat overall doesn't seem to be a concern in KSP (at the moment, though i don't think heat was ever an issue except back when Jumbo tank caused overheating for some weird reason). I made a test rocket with a cluster of four NERVs, and i needed to run them at full thrust for 25 minutes (using infinite propellant cheat) to get them to glow, and at that point activating radiators (medium TCS, one per engine) basically negated all the heat. That was disappointing, especially given those were active engines. Passive heat management should be a consideration: consider the ISS, which has radiator panels despite not having anything very hot (like a rocket engine or nuclear reactor). As it is, it seems the only real use for radiators are ISRU modules (and in MKS, the nuclear reactors).

I am not interested in new engines and things like Interstellar Extended adds, i try to keep things largely close to stock (current mod list is mostly quality of life things plus MKS/OKS).

I'm not looking for anything fancy, just something that makes adding thermal control systems to things like space station recommended if operating in sunlight, so that radiators would have some use beyond realistic looks for non-ISRU things.

I know there is a "more heat" mod that merely multiplies heat generation by engines but that doesn't address space stations and the like. But other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything like what i'm looking for. Or is there?

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