Atmospheric thruster (large) consuming power when docked with connector
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Docked at station connector to connector, batteries were dropping charge despite 5 solar panels and a wind turbine (the barn). Realized that the two large atmospheric thrusters on my grasshopper were still cranking out power use as though the ship was hovering in place.
I have the same bug
Obviously this is on Verdure.
Obviously this is on Verdure.
More data, I had previously upgraded the grasshopper to have two large atmospheric thrusters (both down facing). It seems that one of them turns off properly when docking, the other continues to draw power.
(Since most of these bugs have been responded first with 'verify my game files in steam, I'll save the trouble. I did that with another bug at Bartosz's request, so it doesn't help)
More data, I had previously upgraded the grasshopper to have two large atmospheric thrusters (both down facing). It seems that one of them turns off properly when docking, the other continues to draw power.
(Since most of these bugs have been responded first with 'verify my game files in steam, I'll save the trouble. I did that with another bug at Bartosz's request, so it doesn't help)
More more data:
Looking at the stack of 20 small thrusters that are packed on this modified grasshopper too (20-ish), the bottom small atmospheric thruster in the stack/group was also drawing power when docked.
The two large thrusters (as prior feedback) were in a stack in the control panel and the bottom one was the one that was drawing power. It's weird, but I can see how some 'turn off atmospheric thrusters power draw when docked' function could have a typo in the math that calculates the number of thrusters of a type to disable when docking, leaving it always -1 from the actual number present (and thus the bottom one in each type is always still drawing power) Eh, good enough for now, cheers keen team.
More more data:
Looking at the stack of 20 small thrusters that are packed on this modified grasshopper too (20-ish), the bottom small atmospheric thruster in the stack/group was also drawing power when docked.
The two large thrusters (as prior feedback) were in a stack in the control panel and the bottom one was the one that was drawing power. It's weird, but I can see how some 'turn off atmospheric thrusters power draw when docked' function could have a typo in the math that calculates the number of thrusters of a type to disable when docking, leaving it always -1 from the actual number present (and thus the bottom one in each type is always still drawing power) Eh, good enough for now, cheers keen team.
More data-ish. This also seems to happen with the hydrogen thrusters. I docked at a connector (at the barn) and went to do some stuff on the ground. Came back and my previously 98% full hydrogen tanks were empty. I don't have anything that uses hydrogen except the thrusters, so they must have been trying to 'thrust' against gravity the whole time despite being connected (there was no graphic to this effect, it looked off) and just ate all my fuel.
There does seem to be some randomness to which engines turn off, it's not always the bottom one and it doesn't always happen. It does seem to happen more on the planetary outposts like the safe zone near the barn and at Vallis point, I've seen it less frequently on my own built connectors. To duplicate it you'll probably need to try docking at one of those locations a few times and each time check all the thrusters.
More data-ish. This also seems to happen with the hydrogen thrusters. I docked at a connector (at the barn) and went to do some stuff on the ground. Came back and my previously 98% full hydrogen tanks were empty. I don't have anything that uses hydrogen except the thrusters, so they must have been trying to 'thrust' against gravity the whole time despite being connected (there was no graphic to this effect, it looked off) and just ate all my fuel.
There does seem to be some randomness to which engines turn off, it's not always the bottom one and it doesn't always happen. It does seem to happen more on the planetary outposts like the safe zone near the barn and at Vallis point, I've seen it less frequently on my own built connectors. To duplicate it you'll probably need to try docking at one of those locations a few times and each time check all the thrusters.
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