Parts & Vessels Jet engines must be throttled down to 0 before being able to be disabled

[DibzNr]

Reported Version: v0.1.4 (latest) | Mods: none | Can replicate without mods? Yes 
OS: Windows 11 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | GPU: RTX 2060 | RAM: 40GB

 

This is a very annoying bug/mechanic introduced in 0.1.3 that affects all jet engines, to deactivate a jet engine now it must first be throttled down to 0 and then can be shut off, whereas before it could be immediately shut off regardless of what throttle it was at, this makes building VTOLs even more difficult than it already was, as the only way to work around this is to set the engines to switch to independent throttle when you want to shut them off so that they throttle down on their own, which is very unintuitive and clunky.

Edited September 6, 2023 by Anth12

[linuxgurugamer]

What about rockets?

[viciouslove]

I really hate this bug because I was having a blast making VTOL. Also there used to be a "Toggle Engine" button and now it's just Activate Engine or Deactivate Engine.

[theunkn0wn1]

Reported Version: v0.2.0 (latest) | Mods: none | Can replicate without mods? Yes 
OS: Windows 10 | CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | GPU: RTX 2070S | RAM: 32GB

The Panther engine does not respond to either the parts menu deactivate button nor the action group deactivate action.

This causes issues for SSTOs that use the Panther engine, as they flame out at high altitudes.

When more than one Panther is on the craft, this can cause the craft to torque when one or more panthers flame out before the others, causing the craft to enter an uncontrollable spin.

 

 

Included Attachments:

SSTOMK1.json

[The Space Peacock]

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