Bundyfly Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I have honestly tried to figure this out and can't...how do I fire liquid engines? I can lift off with solid boosters and separate when they are depleted but then I cannot fire my booster engines. I feel silly asking because I am sure it is something simple that I am not doing. Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanaticalFighter Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Are you sure the liquid engines are attached directly to the tanks? Generally, you just press space till the stage for liquid engines, and then press shift to throttle up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexiSilva Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yeah, SRB's (the yellow rockets you started with) and liquid engines are very different:SRB's have fuel and engine in the same part, and they are unable to throttle down until they run out of fuel!Liquid engines require a fuel tank part. To use them, you press shift to throttle up, and then space to activate (when they are in staging.)Watch Scott Manley's* videos for beginners!(If you don't know, Scott Manley is pretty much KSP's Holy Saviour. He is so good at the game!)Good luck!With Love,LexiSilva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyrunner27 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Might want to check out the in-game tutorials they might be a bit old but they still work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonMan22 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Make sure your throttle is at 100% by holding shift and watching the throttle rise to the left of your navball. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirrobert Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Either you don't have fuel, or you did the oposite and have fuel but no engine. Solid boosters are a single thing, but liquid boosters need both an engine at the end and fuel tanks ontop of the engineOr you are using the plane fuel tanks (plane tanks have only liquid fuel. For a rocket you need the version with liquid fuel and oxydizer)Or you forgot to throttle up. Solid boosters don't need to be throttled because they always fire at 100%, but with liquid boosters you can deceide yourself how hard the engines burn. Shift throttle up, ctrl throttle down. Your throttle is the little bar on the left side of the navball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Most likely you forgot to throttle up. Happened a friend of my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork13 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Press shift to raise your throttle, then fire. Also liquid fuel boosters run on liquid fuel tanks. If all else fails, then use moar boosters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Kingdom Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Make sure that the engine is directly under the tank, you throttled up and have the engine in the right stage. Don't worry, I'm new too, and the kerbonauts never seemed to mind when my engines failed. Granted, they were dead, but you have to take the good with the bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Don't let the abundance of knowledge on the forum intimidate you, Bundyfly. There are no stupid questions here. Help is right around the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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