Bug #23688
Thrust Limit is not capped with KAL-1000 Controller
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Description
Description: KAL-1000 Controller can give engines negative or excessive thrust
Steps to Replicate:
1) Make a craft with some form of control, an engine (and fuel tank if required), and a KAL-1000 controller
2) Under action groups, assign thrust limit to the controller
3) Drag nodes until the curve goes outside the box, above for excessive thrust, below for negative
4) Launch the craft and make sure that the KAL-1000 controller is in a region that goes outside the allotted space
Expected: Engine will stop thrusting/reach max thrust with curve goes below or above the editor respectively
Result/Observed: Engine will either produce more thrust than it is normally capable of, 0 but generate fuel, or negative thrust with no other effects.
History
#1 Updated by AHHans over 4 years ago
- Platform Linux added
I can confirm this. I had to change the angle of the curve at the support point(s) to make the curve leave the allowed region but then the bug works as described by the OP.
#2 Updated by Mach56 over 4 years ago
As AHHans notes, I forgot to mention that the angle of the points needs to be changed to make the curve go outside the box, the points themselves are properly capped.
#3 Updated by victorr over 4 years ago
- File Overpowered Engine at 128173 percent thrust limit.png Overpowered Engine at 128173 percent thrust limit.png added
- File Nodes can make lines go out of bounds..png Nodes can make lines go out of bounds..png added
- Status changed from New to Confirmed
- % Done changed from 0 to 10
The bug is pretty fun to play with. You can probably make a ship violate the rocket equation.
#4 Updated by victorr over 4 years ago
- Assignee set to victorr
#5 Updated by Poodmund about 4 years ago
victorr wrote:
The bug is pretty fun to play with. You can probably make a ship violate the rocket equation.
Yeah but that's a pretty big breakdown of game mechanics and physics.
#7 Updated by gabrielmcf almost 4 years ago
Please! Please don't fix this issue! It's the most fun thing to play with, since the invention of sex toys. This is for me a big feature, since it's not a problem if you are not using KAL with engines, it might be an option to activate in KAL.
#8 Updated by victorr almost 4 years ago
- Status changed from Confirmed to Acknowledged
- % Done changed from 10 to 100
#9 Updated by gabrielmcf almost 4 years ago
Is this fixed in the 1.10.0.2917 release?