TAC in hexcans..

[ColKlonk2]

Anyone game for TAC recyclers in hexcans, Maybe TAC can make these in the mod. These are the 0.75m cans 

You know how tech advances in leaps and bounds... by the time you've finished the prototype, somebody already has a smaller version working.

Nifty when you're looking at space, and weight savings.. and you cannot crawl though the original stuff (Free IVA  )

Edited June 20, 2023 by ColKlonk2

[JadeOfMaar]

@ColKlonk2 Did you do these textures yourself? They're pretty nifty. Indulge yourself and release this as its own mod and have it recommend or require TAC. CKAN users will quickly notice when doing a fresh install. I want to make two recommendation though:

• Make an obvious distinction between tanks and converters. Took me a moment to realize that "Pure H2O" and "CO2" are tanks but what you're saying is only about converters. I want to be able to tell immediately or from a distance, and when the text is out of view, like change the orange accent to another hue or have another body pattern.
• Prepare a tank for whatever the TAC greenhouse mods might want to use like Minerals or Fertilizer. Title it "Nutrients" or "Supplements" maybe. The greenhouse mods likely won't update to use that tank, but this is your mod so you should be the first to find it interesting and useful.

[ColKlonk2]

They're all recyclers.. I should have made it more obvious... but it was a bit late.
The idea was to try stick as close to stock, without interferring with FreeIVA... so the 'clipon' recycler.

They're modifications to the TAC hexcans, and probably require TAC to work (I haven't bothered to check without TAC), but it works anyway.
I copied/edited the current small TAC recycler CFG files into a hexcan, and 'transferred' the DDS files, with modification (orange)..
Hang on a mo.. I'll paste an example cfg file.

Edited June 21, 2023 by ColKlonk2

[ColKlonk2]

Here's one cfg file.

Minor changes ( //***KLONK***), of the original round TAC recycler applied to the Hexcan model.

texture = HexCan000, ThunderAerospace/TacLifeSupportRecyclers/Carbon //***KLONK***

.. with the new DDS texture (CARBON) added here. CFG files in the same directory.

 

I haven't bothered to go into all the details yet, as I just wanted it working. 

PART
{
    MODEL
    {
        model = ThunderAerospace/TacLifeSupportHexCans/Models/HexCan
        position = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
        scale     = 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
        rotation = 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
        texture = HexCan000, ThunderAerospace/TacLifeSupportRecyclers/Carbon //***KLONK***
    }
    // --- general parameters ---
    name = HexCanKlonkCanCarbon //***KLONK***
    module = Part
    author = Klonk, Col //***KLONK***

    // --- asset parameters ---
    scale = 1
    rescaleFactor = 0.5
    specPower = 0.3
    rimFalloff = 3
    alphaCutoff = 0

    // --- general parameters ---
    node_attach =       0.0, 0.0, -0.2,   0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1
    node_stack_top_01=  0.0, 0.0,  0.166, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0
    node_stack_top =    0.0, 0.75, 0.0,   0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0
    node_stack_bottom = 0.0,-0.75, 0.0,   0.0,-1.0, 0.0, 0

    attachRules = 1,1,1,1,1

    // --- editor parameters ---
    TechRequired = electronics
    entryCost = 500
    cost = 35
    category = Utility
    subcategory = 0
	bulkheadProfiles = size0, srf
    title = #autoLOC_TACLS_00183 //Klonks Carbon HexCan, 0.75m
    manufacturer = #autoLOC_TACLS_00154 //Klonk Works with Thunder Aerospace Corporation //***KLONK***
    //              small= 0.75m, normal= 1.5m large= 3m
    description = #autoLOC_TACLS_00184 //A 0.75m long resource canister for Extracting CO2.
	
	tags = #autoLOC_TACLS_00189 //tacls life support waste CO2 wastewater container hexcan cck-lifesupport

    // --- general parameters ---
    mass = 0.03
    dragModelType = default
    maximum_drag = 0.2
    minimum_drag = 0.3
    angularDrag = 2
    crashTolerance = 12
    breakingForce = 400
    breakingTorque = 400
    maxTemp = 2900

	MODULE
	{
		name = TacGenericConverter
		ConverterName = #autoLOC_TACLS_00246 //Carbon Extractor
		StartActionName = #autoLOC_TACLS_00247 //Start CarbonExtractor
		StopActionName = #autoLOC_TACLS_00248 //Stop CarbonExtractor	
		tag = Life Support		
		GeneratesHeat = false
		conversionRate = 3.06		
		INPUT_RESOURCE
		{
			ResourceName = ElectricCharge
			Ratio = 0.039783051310155
		}
		INPUT_RESOURCE
		{
			ResourceName = CarbonDioxide
			Ratio = 0.001703210064733
		}
		OUTPUT_RESOURCE
		{
			ResourceName = Oxygen
			Ratio = 0.001713537562385
			DumpExcess = false
		}	
		OUTPUT_RESOURCE
		{
			ResourceName = Waste
			Ratio = 0.000001209166498
			DumpExcess = true
		}

		UseSpecialistBonus = true
		SpecialistEfficiencyFactor = 0.5
		SpecialistBonusBase = 1
		ExperienceEffect = ConverterSkill
		EfficiencyBonus = 1		
	}
	RESOURCE
	{
		name = CarbonDioxide
		amount = 0
		maxAmount = 226
	}
	MODULE
	{
		name = ModuleCargoPart
		packedVolume = 160
	}
}

 

[ColKlonk2]

Applied on outside of ship, away from FreeIVA parts.