Not enough electric charge even when there should be enough?

[Andrew Hansen]

Hey everybody,

This is my first thread on the KSP forums. I'd just like to ask about something weird that's been happening lately to me, and what mods you guys think could be causing it. Below is a screenshot:

As you can see, I clearly have enough electric charge, but when I right-click on the module, it says I don't. And just like when you normally run out of electric charge, I can't control my vessel at all. (By the way, the only reason it shows some electric charge was used was because SAS was on and was sucking up a bit of power).

Anyway, I have quite a few mods installed, so I'm going to attempt to only write the ones down that I think could be related to the problem.

I have:

• Universe Replacer
  
• FAR
  
• Ioncross Crew Support
  
• B9 Aerospace
  
• Deadly Reentry
  

Even some of these I really doubt, like B9 Aerospace, FAR, and Deadly Reentry. I've tried removing one at a time Universe Replacer and Ioncross Crew Support, and each time the problem didn't happen. But then again, I still haven't figured out how to successfully reproduce it each time. One thing I should mention is that KSP is using about 5 gigabytes of RAM, and crashes because of that sometimes. When I remove Universe Replacer, then it works great (because it uses less RAM). But I just don't think that "not enough electric charge" could be related to the amount of RAM.

Thanks in advance for your help!

UPDATE: I think the problem only happens when I use a probe core for control... if that means anything.

Edited October 15, 2013 by Andrew Hansen

[Andrew Hansen]

No replies?

[astropapi1]

Might be ICF or DR. Those are made for .20 and might be doing something weird with the new version.

[m4v]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug in stock KSP, had it happened to me a couple of times when I wasn't using any mod.

Edited October 16, 2013 by m4v

[lajoswinkler]

It happens to me all the time, regardless of what's in charge of the flight. For example, I've got a 4000 unit battery which stays full, and my 3-Kerbal pod is depleted. The battery is just below the pod. Very annoying.

[Andrew Hansen]

Thanks for your replies! Now that I think about it, I believe I also remember something like this happening in stock KSP. Anyhow, it doesn't really happen that often, so I think I'm good. I consider this thread answered (although I can't "answer" it).

[Sean Mirrsen]

It's definitely a stock KSP problem, and happens with alternator-equipped engines that are fired at a throttle where they are running, but not generating enough power in absence of other power production sources.

The easiest way to notice it is by using a jet engine with a probe core. If you don't set the throttle to at least 1/3rd before starting the engine, your probe core will deactivate despite there being power everywhere, because the jet will not rev up sufficiently to start producing power.

[Andrew Hansen]

It's definitely a stock KSP problem, and happens with alternator-equipped engines that are fired at a throttle where they are running, but not generating enough power in absence of other power production sources.

The easiest way to notice it is by using a jet engine with a probe core. If you don't set the throttle to at least 1/3rd before starting the engine, your probe core will deactivate despite there being power everywhere, because the jet will not rev up sufficiently to start producing power.

That makes total sense... I was doing just that! I'm just wondering... is this bug already reported? If not, I'll make it happen on stock KSP and then report it.

EDIT: Or maybe it'll be fixed once 0.22 comes out. I'll wait.

Edited October 16, 2013 by Andrew Hansen