I wanted to know if you can set the fuel consumption of non-ion engines (you can set fuel consumption of ion engines to zero but not mage engine etc.) to zero instead of using infinite fuel. Let me know, thanks

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    26.9k Zenithspeed

    yes, that one
    lower numbers = less fuel used, and vice versa
    @WiTriNo

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    166 WiTriNo

    @Zenithspeed Is it the massFlowRateOverride? It looks like it but I have no idea

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    26.9k Zenithspeed

    for the procedural one then, simply change the mass flow to a low number
    @WiTriNo

    2.5 years ago
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    166 WiTriNo

    @Zenithspeed Sorry, I was referring to the procedural mage engine and thought there was a "fuel consumption" on the XML editor.

    2.5 years ago
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    26.9k Zenithspeed

    i can't tell if you're referring to the legacy mage engines or the procedural ones, either way here's my explanation for both:
    legacy mage engine: this and also all of the other engines use the same system as the ion engine and thus can be configured to have zero fuel consumption
    procedural engines: on these, the "mass flow" value shows the amount of fuel used, in kilograms/second, you can edit this to a low value such as 0.0001 (add as many zeroes after the decimal as you wish), however i don't reccommend setting it to 0 as it may cause bugs with the isp, while numbers on it above 0 are still mostly stable

    2.5 years ago

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