SuperTrev Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I haven't had a chance to use them in this play through yet, but I love the way everything looks. I voted for the end game option in the poll, but I think any of the options would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 From the quick tests I did on Sandbox mode, I've found that the Z-Pinch Drive is quite hard to maintain powered at peak capacity. I believe this is by design to encourage use of capacitor banks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toric5 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) is it correct that i need 20 of the massive radiators from heat control to run a nuclear salt water engine at full throttle? and 100 for the beamed-core AM engine? also, any plans for KER compatibility with the AM engines? KER always shows 0 DV because you cant fill AM tanks. Edited March 21, 2017 by toric5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 22, 2017 Author Share Posted March 22, 2017 On 3/14/2017 at 2:56 PM, GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca said: From the quick tests I did on Sandbox mode, I've found that the Z-Pinch Drive is quite hard to maintain powered at peak capacity. I believe this is by design to encourage use of capacitor banks? I think that there is a typo in the generation, shouldn't be using more than 100 Ec/s On 3/20/2017 at 5:59 PM, toric5 said: is it correct that i need 20 of the massive radiators from heat control to run a nuclear salt water engine at full throttle? and 100 for the beamed-core AM engine? also, any plans for KER compatibility with the AM engines? KER always shows 0 DV because you cant fill AM tanks. It's intended but maybe not correct at the moment. Those two engines should generate exorbitant amounts of heat, but the actual number remains to be fixed. New version of HC will add radiators that dump up to 8 MW per radiator so it'll be easier. With a beam core AM reactor, a good chunk of your ship will need to be radiators. And yeah I hadn't thought of that problem. Next version will have AM in the tanks in the VAB and it'll be cleaned out when you launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 16 hours ago, Nertea said: I think that there is a typo in the generation, shouldn't be using more than 100 Ec/s According to my build of the mod, the Fission Z-Pinch uses up ~1000 Ec/s and the Fusion Z-Pinch (The one I was previously referring to) uses ~5500 Ec/s. If you say it's too right, thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciencek Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 4 hours ago, GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca said: According to my build of the mod, the Fission Z-Pinch uses up ~1000 Ec/s and the Fusion Z-Pinch (The one I was previously referring to) uses ~5500 Ec/s. If you say it's too right, thought... This tracks with my build of the mod, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 I just said this is a bug, yeah... if you want to fix it, go to z-pinch-fission-375-1 and change the ratio under ElectricCharge to 17.92211538, and go to z-pinch-fusion-375-1 and change the ratio under ElectricCharge to 38.43925875. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toric5 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 will you add xenon and argon to the atmospheric scoop? that way, instead of having to land on the surface to extract it, you could make, for example, jool or eve diving craft to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 hours ago, Nertea said: I just said this is a bug, yeah... if you want to fix it, go to z-pinch-fission-375-1 and change the ratio under ElectricCharge to 17.92211538, and go to z-pinch-fusion-375-1 and change the ratio under ElectricCharge to 38.43925875. By the way, my apologies if I sounded a tad accusative, my bad - sometimes it's hard to express oneself correctly on the web. I'm glad to see the work you've done so far. Keep it up, 'cause it's good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 On 3/23/2017 at 5:35 PM, toric5 said: will you add xenon and argon to the atmospheric scoop? that way, instead of having to land on the surface to extract it, you could make, for example, jool or eve diving craft to get it. I could, starts to get the UI crowded though. On 3/23/2017 at 5:46 PM, GabrielG.A.B.Fonseca said: By the way, my apologies if I sounded a tad accusative, my bad - sometimes it's hard to express oneself correctly on the web. I'm glad to see the work you've done so far. Keep it up, 'cause it's good! No worries, sometimes I get ticked off because of the Mk4 thread ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverickSawyer Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) Here's another engine design you could work on in a later update to the FFT pack... Magneto Inertial Fusion Drive Rocket Edited April 3, 2017 by MaverickSawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nertea Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 4 hours ago, MaverickSawyer said: Here's another engine design you could work on in a later update to the FFT pack... Magneto Inertial Fusion Drive Rocket *chuckles* https://github.com/ChrisAdderley/FarFutureTechnologies/milestone/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I wasn't going to say anything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djohaal Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Oh boy I didn't know of this thread's existence. More crazy stuff to test! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Kadet Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 i need this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warsoul Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Nice Jobs ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasta013 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Nert - been a while coming but I've actually got these parts loaded in a career to see how they play and I've just started getting to them. I will have more feedback in the coming days regarding their uses/bugs but just from the early results I would like to say a gigantic... THANK YOU! I'm playing on the Galileo Planet Pack (yeah, big surprise it's all the rage...) and these parts are shaping up to be extremely handy. There's several reasons why. First and foremost are the distances to the furthest reaches. The outermost planets, Hox and Leto, both have massive orbits requiring a significant amount of either fuel or time to get there. These engines help solve the fuel issue so that I don't have to deal with the extended times it would require. The outermost planets aren't the end though. In the most recent update a sort of borderline sub-stellar L or low M Class star was added that is within travelling distance, albeit with stupid times and fuel requirements which this mod one again helps to address. Plus, it's giving me things to work towards on the high end finally without being stuck completely with having to go toward warp drives as a peak technology. As always - Thanks again man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhdev Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 On 2/9/2017 at 5:49 AM, Kombat engineer said: How about range tweakable(and animated) telescopic antennas.For instance you are planing to send a rover to duna(ala curiosity) and want to include a survey/relay sat but the relay dish is large and heavy but you want to have a light and compact sat(to fit more science on the rover) so you want a telescopic antenna that acts as a direct and relay.(Switchable) Take the 15 GM relay dish for example with a telescopic antenna you could tweak it to 5,10 and 15 GM and the antenna would extend to 10%,50% and 100% of its max size/range allowing for more compact and pretty sats(No more large round dishes on a relay cube-sat.). With today's tech a VASMIR drive using laser based power beaming and pre seeding the trajectory could work. This concept would not require a large scoop and the propellant can be timed so that it is travelling slightly slower than the ramjet hence not causing a bottleneck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Mensch Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Any thoughts of adding a lightship engine? http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/surfaceorbit.php#id--Laser_Launch--Lightcraft Basically, there's a big parabolic mirror with waist vents to allow air in; the mirror is then shot by a pulsed laser, causing the air to superheat into plasma, propelling the launch vehicle forward. When the laser isn't firing, more air flows in through the waist vents. Admittedly, I have no idea how you would implement the ground-based laser in KSP, but it seems like a neat, futuristic solution for heavy lift (since your boost stage is basically just a giant mirror). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elidnas Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hello Nertea. I have just recently got into KSP and I am enjoying it immensely. I have downloaded all you Near Future Tech mods, the station parts mod, and the Mark IV spaceplane mod. You are without a doubt the president of my KSP install, I love all your mods. Every ship or spaceplane I build has something from your packs. In fact, all my spaceplanes look the same as I only use the Mark IV due to my love for huge spaceplanes. Landing them always ends in some sort of disaster though as they tend to be seriously heavy. I am trying your Far Future Pre-release. I am sure I will be impressed as I always am with your mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratickus Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Is anyone else having issues with the Z-Pinch engines not showing up in either the Tech Tree or the Editor? I have the latest release from GitHub and all the other parts show up fine. I have reinstalled twice, though I'm not ruling out user error. Just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this or if it was just me. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Dry Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 The CRP 0.6.6.0 you provided is different from the CRP 0.6.6.0 I downloaded at the CRP thread. Different: LqdHe3 LqdHydrogen XenonGas Added: Antimatter LqdDeuterium And the "all-known" difference in the CommonResources.cfg regarding Borate, each time a mod has CRP included it's either "B" or "Br" Did I miss a dev version or did you add/change the stuff? And how about these changes and compatibility to other mods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaa253 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Stratickus said: Is anyone else having issues with the Z-Pinch engines not showing up in either the Tech Tree or the Editor? I have the latest release from GitHub and all the other parts show up fine. I have reinstalled twice, though I'm not ruling out user error. Just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this or if it was just me. Cheers, I am at mid career point and have not unlocked any far future engines yet but, I do see them showing up in the R&D Facility in the Tech Tree (CTT version). One in Experimental Nuclear Propulsion and the other at Advanced Fusion Reactions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helaeon Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 (edited) On 5/9/2017 at 2:19 AM, Stratickus said: Is anyone else having issues with the Z-Pinch engines not showing up in either the Tech Tree or the Editor? I have the latest release from GitHub and all the other parts show up fine. I have reinstalled twice, though I'm not ruling out user error. Just wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing this or if it was just me. Cheers, I'm having the same issue. I have a huge huge part list though so not ruling that out. I'll pop in if I can figure out the result. From Kaa253's response I'm expecting it's a mod conflict or maybe MM config causing an issue. If anyone has any ideas I'm also not seeing the Z-pinch engines in sandbox. SOLUTION: Use the release Nertea linked a while back (it's also in the OP), not the github repo. I have a feeling it has to do with the ChargedEngines module that is in-progress. Edited May 14, 2017 by helaeon Found Solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphorim Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Loving the far future propulsion tech. One question though: is there any plan to add some far future electrical generation tech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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