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Feedback #4807

Engineer's Report does not recognize Stayputnik as utilizer of ElectricalCharge

Added by Moleculor over 9 years ago. Updated almost 4 years ago.

Status:
Updated
Severity:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Gameplay
Target version:
-
Version:
1.0
Platform:
Win32
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
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Description

Create a new craft in the VAB.

Select a Stayputnik Mk 1 as the root object.

Look at the Engineer's Report. It reports that nothing is using the ElectricalCharge resource on the Stayputnik.

Expected Result: It should recognize that the Stayputnik uses ElectricalCharge.

History

#1 Updated by Squelch over 9 years ago

  • Platform Win32 added
  • Platform deleted (Windows)

#3 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Needs Clarification

#4 Updated by Moleculor over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Needs Clarification to Updated
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

This is still an issue in 1.1.3. Tested in 64bit.

Please note that none of the other probe types exhibit this behavior from what I can see; the problem only occurs with the Stayputnik.

#5 Updated by sal_vager over 8 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feedback

Actually this can be seen on all probes that do not have reaction wheels, i.e:

Stayputnik
QBE
OKTO2
Rovemate

Only things other than the probes own 'brain' count as consumers, and will shorten the operating life of the probe, e.g reaction wheels (even their own), lights, wheels etc.

So this is working as designed in this case, it was a deliberate decision to not count probe cores as consumers themselves.

You can see something similar with pods and monopropellant, they contain it but they do not have consumers for that resource.

If you add a consumer to any of those four probes the message will change.

So, not a bug, but valid feedback, perhaps the probes should report 'Electric charge required but not generated' instead.

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