Ion Ramscoops

[Slye_Fox]

There's gonna be a 2.5m cap (not made), 2.5m in-line (destiny), 2.5 cap (retro), 1.25 cap (no name yet), 0.625m cap (not made) & radial (not made) versions.

Code wise, I haven't got it working right yet.

It's supposed to work like the air intake, but only work when there's not atmos.

[Slye_Fox]

Okay, I go the code working almost the way I want it to.

The only thing left (other than aesthetics) is getting the intake to only work while outside the atmos, which I have no idea how to do.

[OrbitusII]

You can do a check for the atmospheric pressure to make sure it's less than or equal to zero, if true then do the resource collection. Check the wiki for the syntax on getting the atmo pressure, I don't know it off the top of my head.

[Captain Sierra]

New models looking badass man.

[Slye_Fox]

You can do a check for the atmospheric pressure to make sure it's less than or equal to zero, if true then do the resource collection. Check the wiki for the syntax on getting the atmo pressure, I don't know it off the top of my head.

I'm having trouble finding any info.

[OrbitusII]

It's Vessel.staticPressure (I think Vessel is capitalized...). From here: http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/API:Vessel

Keep in mind that staticPressure yields a Double instead of a Float or Decimal.

[Slye_Fox]

Erm.... I have no idea how to use any of this info.

[OrbitusII]

Oh, so you're not actually writing the plugin. I guess it sounded like you were. This should still be useful information for anyone who does want to work on it at least.

[Slye_Fox]

what plugin?

[OrbitusII]

Herpdy derp... There I go, making wild assumptions again. It sounded like you were planning on using a plugin to collect resources instead of just using stock configs. In that case I'm not sure how to make collection require an atmosphere of 0.

Sorry for the confusion! This looks really cool so far, keep at it.

[Slye_Fox]

Here's my code;

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleResourceIntake
        resourceName = Hydrogen
        checkForOxygen = false
        area = 0.001
        intakeSpeed = 1
        intakeTransformName = intake
    }

    RESOURCE
    {
        name = Kethane
        amount = 0
        maxAmount = 5
    }
    RESOURCE
    {
        name = Hydrogen
        amount = 0
        maxAmount = 5
    }

    MODULE
    {
	name = ModuleGenerator
	activateGUIName	= "Deploy Ramscoop"
	shutdownGUIName = "Undeploy Ramscoop"
        INPUT_RESOURCE
        {
            name = ElectricCharge
            rate = 10
        }
        INPUT_RESOURCE
        {
            name = Hydrogen
            rate = 1
        }
	OUTPUT_RESOURCE
	{
            name = Kethane
            rate = 0.1
        }
    }

[Mekan1k]

This code will.... Create the material in any atmosphere if the scoop passes through it, and that scoop is open and has enough power. But it still needs atmosphere.

[Slye_Fox]

This code will.... Create the material in any atmosphere if the scoop passes through it, and that scoop is open and has enough power. But it still needs atmosphere.

I know, as I previously stated; I need some help changing that.

[Mekan1k]

I asked for help from Snjo, and he recommended that we look at the code of his plugin, and then adapt it for your use. I posted the question here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/50341-Is-there-code-in-ksp-to , and hopefully within a day there will be a solution. If not, we would need to write a custom plugin.

Any pics of the new parts in-game? Even if they do not ram-scoop, they could still generate material and look cool while they do it.

[Slye_Fox]

Not really, need someone who'd willing to do the UVmaps & textures.