How do i charge the warp drive with ksp blue shift

[Cristian.]

Idk how to electric charge it can someone please tell me how to charge it?

[JadeOfMaar]

A blueshift warp drive system requires these things:

1. A warp core.
   The heart of the system. This consumes Graviolium and produces GravityWaves to feed the warp nacelles and rings.
    
2. A sufficient number of warp nacelle pieces or warp rings.
   These have warp factor ratings and consume GravityWaves to produce motion. Bigger warp nacelle pieces are more efficient than the smaller but don't take that to mean "always build big." Warp rings are far better than warp nacelle pieces.
    
3. A sufficient number of supplemental gravitic displacement generators or warp sustainers.
   The warp core alone isn't guaranteed to produce enough GravityWaves so you need more devices for this job. Their GravityWave production is behind their "Auxiliary Power" PAW button.
    
4. A supply of Graviolium and FusionPellets.
   The warp cores and the displacement generators hold a little of both but it's always good to bring a little extra.

ElectricCharge is not required by Blueshift warp parts, but is a secondary product of the generator functions. If you need lots of ElectricCharge then there are dedicated fusion reactors included and in the Electrical category, of course.

When you build up a ship, right-click any warp core part and check the values of Max Warp Speed and FTL Check. If you have good news and > 1 then you're good. If you get bad news and < 1 then your ship is too massive or you don't have enough displacement generators to meet the demands of the warp nacelles and rings. Blueshift warp ships are very mass-sensitive so you have to add displacement generators to compensate. But be careful... You can quickly become too heavy from just those.
 

Once you have confirmed a working warpship design and you launch it, you'll need to be more than 1x the body radius away from whatever body you're at, in order to fire up the warp drive. This is due to the fact that high gravity also causes warp and would fundamentally choke a warp engine.

Ignore the "engine tier" thing. That's something I did for myself.

Edited December 12, 2021 by JadeOfMaar