Universal Storage II [1.3.1 and 1.4.5 - 1.7.0]

[Barzon]

He has the docking port from Vens Revamp, I think;

Edited October 29, 2018 by Barzon Kerman
Typo

[DeltaDizzy]

4 hours ago, AmpCat said:

I'm curious, what part do you have on the nose there?

The parachute docking port from Ven's stock revamp.

[Paul Kingtiger]

I've written a short dev blog showcasing how I balance Universal Storage II parts, available on my website:
http://www.kingtiger.online/balancing-universal-storage-ii/

[AmpCat]

Thanks for this upgrade to US, guys! I liked the first one, but found it a little clunky (for reasons I don't recall now) This upgrade is real nice.

You might've already addressed this, and I know it's relatively new, but it's missing many of the modules I was expecting, like some of the science experiments (mystery goo and Science Jr, for example), or fuel cells that run from LFO or the liquid hydrogen and oxidizer used in other mods. Perhaps some long range antennas, experimental storage unit, or other fun parts. Any plans to implement more modules? Nuclear reactors maybe? I'm already excited!

Also, a 1.25 to 1.875, or 1.25 to 2.5 tapered fairing would be sweet!

Edit: I just noticed I don't think I have any stock science modules for US2. Is this intentional, or did I miss something?

Edited October 31, 2018 by AmpCat

[Daishi]

2 hours ago, AmpCat said:

Thanks for this upgrade to US, guys! I liked the first one, but found it a little clunky (for reasons I don't recall now) This upgrade is real nice.

You might've already addressed this, and I know it's relatively new, but it's missing many of the modules I was expecting, like some of the science experiments (mystery goo and Science Jr, for example), or fuel cells that run from LFO or the liquid hydrogen and oxidizer used in other mods. Perhaps some long range antennas, experimental storage unit, or other fun parts. Any plans to implement more modules? Nuclear reactors maybe? I'm already excited!

Also, a 1.25 to 1.875, or 1.25 to 2.5 tapered fairing would be sweet!

Edit: I just noticed I don't think I have any stock science modules for US2. Is this intentional, or did I miss something?

Slow down, we're only human

Stock science is coming in a later update, but Dmagic Orbital Sciences has now been updated for US2 so you can get your other science fix with those parts. We did really envision this mod as a "framework" for other people to make wedges for, but apart from Dmagic that hasn't really been happening! So yeah i'll be trying to add more features when my short term jobs are done.  Antennae are already on the cards, but new shrouds take the longest amount of time so they're the last things on my mind right now

[AmpCat]

Just now, Daishi said:

Slow down, we're only human

Stock science is coming in a later update, but Dmagic Orbital Sciences has now been updated for US2 so you can get your other science fix with those parts. We did really envision this mod as a "framework" for other people to make wedges for, but apart from Dmagic that hasn't really been happening! So yeah i'll be trying to add more features when my short term jobs are done.  Antennae are already on the cards, but new shrouds take the longest amount of time so they're the last things on my mind right now

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound impatient. I'm just excited. This is a real great mod! Thanks for the great work.

[Gordon Dry]

Because I cannot apply this using Github - I have to do it this way.

A compatibility patch for GPOSpeedFuelPump, to be placed into
GameData\UniversalStorage2\Patches\GPOSpeedFuelPump.cfg

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[USFuelSwitch]]:NEEDS[UniversalStorage2,GPOSpeedFuelPump]
{
	MODULE
	{
		name = GPOSpeedPump
	}
}

 

Edited October 31, 2018 by Gordon Dry
simplified the patch

[Daishi]

1 hour ago, AmpCat said:

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound impatient. I'm just excited. This is a real great mod! Thanks for the great work.

No worries, thanks for being a fan

22 minutes ago, Gordon Dry said:

Because I cannot apply this using Github - I have to do it this way.

A compatibility patch for GPOSpeedFuelPump, to be placed into
GameData\UniversalStorage2\Patches\GPOSpeedFuelPump.cfg

@PART[*]:HAS[@MODULE[USFuelSwitch]]:NEEDS[UniversalStorage2,GPOSpeedFuelPump]
{
	MODULE
	{
		name = GPOSpeedPump
	}
}

 

Thanks Gordon, we'll roll that change in

[Kevin Kyle]

I seem to be missing some parts as well. I Have no idea why. I am assuming of course that there is a 1.875 cylindrical fairing just like the 1.25 and 2.5 size parts? A straight one, not a tapered one, right? Im new to universal storage so maybe im lost somehow but there isnt one in the VAB but I see the other 2 sizes I mentioned.

[Paul Kingtiger]

16 hours ago, Daishi said:

No worries, thanks for being a fan

Thanks Gordon, we'll roll that change in

Thanks Gordon, I've added that to the development version and it'll be included in the next release.

6 hours ago, Kevin Kyle said:

I seem to be missing some parts as well. I Have no idea why. I am assuming of course that there is a 1.875 cylindrical fairing just like the 1.25 and 2.5 size parts? A straight one, not a tapered one, right? Im new to universal storage so maybe im lost somehow but there isnt one in the VAB but I see the other 2 sizes I mentioned.

Hi Kevin, there isn't a 1.875 cylindrical fairing at the moment, but now we have the 5 bay service core I'm sure one will be added in the future.

[Kevin Kyle]

Ahhhh! OK, thanks. I guess all is well then. :)

[Gordon Dry]

I just recognized that the "Elekton" does not want to work - it says "Electrolysis unit: missing water" ...
Stationwide I got 594 of 606 units of water ...

Do I also have to patch the GPOSpeedFuelPump into those parts? Or is it something else?
There is no exception in the log ...

Edit:

Perhaps because the Elektron.cfg got FlowMode = STAGE_PRIORITY_FLOW for water and ElectricCharge? Water with lower 'w' ...

[Gordon Dry]

I will just replace the 'w' with a 'W' and see it that helps ...

GameData\UniversalStorage2\Parts\Processors\Elektron.cfg - line 65

Edit:

yep, helps.

Edited November 1, 2018 by Gordon Dry

[Gordon Dry]

Could you add dump excess valves to the processors? Like to be chosen from "Dump excess: oxygen" and "Dump excess: hydrogen" for the Elektron?
To make it not stop working when one recource is full.

[Gordon Dry]

Some suggestions:

• take CRP densities into account, actually Hydrogen and Oxygen have the same amount in their respective 1.25m wedges. I assume that's the same with all other parts.
  I don't know where to start to just do it and provide the numbers, because I don't know the calculation base - how much volume does a wedge have?
• Add a feature to the gas wedges: adjustable pressurizing - so Hydrogen becomes LiquidHydrogen. The wedge becomes a converter.
  • or you need to add a converter wedge part in single height directly above the (max. triple height) gas wedge.
    • Not a fixed pressure like in a CryoTank (with 200 bar or so), but some pressure that can be changed in VAB in 10 bar steps up to 300 bar (risky) and also in flight mode - when the tank got less than 50% amount - by an engineer level 3 with a wrench.
  • the higher the pressure, the more EC/s the tank needs for pumping flow. But nice values, not crazy numbers like 10 EC/s or so. Let's say at max. a 1.25m (liquid) hydrogen wedge triple height with 300 bar needs 2 EC/s just for holding the pressure. No more EC - the hydrogen goes excess dump until 20 bar, where no EC is needed anymore.
    • The more pressure, the more risk of boiloff (depends the content, should be at least hydrogen ofc but what about other gases?)
      -> either add own dedicated boiloff or make it compatible with CryoTanks boiloff and RealFuels boiloff. Let's say at max. a 1.25m (liquid) hydrogen wedge triple height with 300 bar needs additionally 1 EC/s to cool it down.
• as already mentioned above, processing parts like electrolysis should have an excess dump valve that can be changed in VAB and in flight mode to choose which of the output resources should be dumped to allow the other resource(s) to fill up.
  • Suggestion: For immersion and to make it a little harder, an engineer level 1 needs to do the change of the dump valve setting in flight mode. Needs just a wrench. Could be an optional difficulty setting.
• Add a few adapter parts, for example the cylindrical fairing 1.25m does not really fit below a Bluedog DB Gemini pod - but it can have a Gemini-like look. These parts also should have a texture switch.
• How about IndicatorLights compatiblity? Add some lights to the wedges. Perhaps also to the fairings.

 

Edited November 1, 2018 by Gordon Dry

[avarice167]

Hi Guys, 

Sorry for dumb question, but i cant attach/equip EVA X. May someone explain me how to equip it? 

US@, KIS and KAS are latest versions.

Thanks in advance

[DStaal]

On 10/30/2018 at 10:03 PM, Daishi said:

We did really envision this mod as a "framework" for other people to make wedges for, but apart from Dmagic that hasn't really been happening!

I'll admit I rarely see that happening with KSP mods - *functions* from other mods get supported, but parts seem to be stand-alone.

Also, creating a wedge for this mod would be intimidating - chances are it will look like a piece of cardboard junk next to your models...

[Gordon Dry]

GameData\UniversalStorage2\Parts\Fuels\OxygenWedge.cfg
line 204 insert:

+PART[USOxygenWedge]:NEEDS[Kerbalism]
{
    @name = USNitrogenWedge
	@title = Universal Storage: Nitrogen tank
	@tags = Universal Storage Wedge Cryogenic Nitrogen
	@description = Nitrogen resource storage, built in wedge format to be mounted to Universal Storage cores.  Nitrogen is stored cryogenically and this wedge contains insulated storage as well as cryogenic equipment and safety systems.  The nitrogen bottles may be refueled via lines, or the entire wedge can be removed on EVA and placed with new equipment or storage.  Four size variants are available.
	@MODULE[USFuelSwitch]
	{
		@resourceNames = Nitrogen;Nitrogen;Nitrogen;Nitrogen
	}
}

GameData\UniversalStorage2\Parts\Fuels\HydrogenWedge.cfg
line 208

+PART[USHydrogenWedge]:NEEDS[Kerbalism]
{
    @name = USAmmoniaWedge
	@title = Universal Storage: Ammonia tank
	@tags = Universal Storage Wedge Cryogenic Ammonia
	@description = Ammonia resource storage, built in wedge format to be mounted to Universal Storage cores.  Ammonia is stored cryogenically and this wedge contains insulated storage as well as cryogenic equipment and safety systems.  The ammonia bottles may be refueled via lines, or the entire wedge can be removed on EVA and placed with new equipment or storage.  Four size variants are available.
	@MODULE[USFuelSwitch]
	{
		@resourceNames = Ammonia;Ammonia;Ammonia;Ammonia
	}
}

A screenshot:

Edited November 1, 2018 by Gordon Dry

[AmpCat]

17 hours ago, Gordon Dry said:

I just recognized that the "Elekton" does not want to work - it says "Electrolysis unit: missing water" ...
Stationwide I got 594 of 606 units of water ...

Do I also have to patch the GPOSpeedFuelPump into those parts? Or is it something else?
There is no exception in the log ...

Edit:

Perhaps because the Elektron.cfg got FlowMode = STAGE_PRIORITY_FLOW for water and ElectricCharge? Water with lower 'w' ...

I was having the same problem with the Elektron (though I didn't see any errors), also my Fuel Cells didn't seem to be producing any water. I thought having an empty water tank would be an interesting way to store energy. Use excess power from solar cells to convert hydrogen and oxygen into water, then when in the shadow of a body, use the fuel cell to generate power. But.. it didn't work. No water produced, and no hydrogen and oxygen produced from the water (if I filled the tanks)

Then I gave up and just dropped in one of Nertea's small nuclear reactors. The 0.625m one fits neatly into a 3 high module bay.

[Gordon Dry]

12 minutes ago, AmpCat said:

Fuel Cells didn't seem to be producing any water

They work here.

I also used other tanks and the resource Water is produced.
The Elektron had just one character wrong in the config: "water" instead of "Water".

Edited November 1, 2018 by Gordon Dry

[dlrk]

I don't see a github, otherwise I would have submitted a PR, but the food wedge USI section should have "cck-lifesupport" added to the tags, show it shows up under the life support category

[maja]

@Gordon Dry Why don't you do a PR, instead of posting changes here, if you have them already done in your install? It's easier and quicker for a mod author to do "just" a PR revision then to find source file, scan through it to find propper place to insert a change etc. And there is also big chance, that the change will not be lost between another posts.

[Gordon Dry]

@maja check the OP and then tell me where to do the PR

[maja]

2 minutes ago, Gordon Dry said:

@maja check the OP and then tell me where to do the PR

My bad. You're right 

Edited November 1, 2018 by maja

[AmpCat]

Oh, another small, relatively simple part that would be handy would be a modular 'tray'. Something like a simple empty module that I could stack a bunch of stuff (like science experiments) on, save it as a subassembly, then click it into place when I need it. I've been cramming a bunch of science modules into a bay, then when I decide to swap to a different size I manually move them all. Kinda a pain.