[2.0.14] Platform hub "moving from / to" signals don't stop when you pause thrust

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[2.0.14] Platform hub "moving from / to" signals don't stop when you pause thrust

Post by cellularmitosis »

If you pause thrust while mid-journey between planets, the platform hub continues to emit the "moving from" and "moving to" signals, even though it is stopped.

The platform hub should not emit those signals when space travel is paused.

As far as I can tell, there is currently no way to detect "should the platform be moving? / should we fire the thrusters?" (or in my case, "should we produce fuel on-demand?").

Things I've tried:
  • Using the "velocity" signal requires that you are already moving, which creates a chicken / egg problem if you only produce fuel on-demand.
  • You can't use the "moving from" / "moving to" signals, because those fire even when you pause the ship (i.e. you'd produce fuel even when the ship is stopped).
Producing fuel on-demand is useful, because it allows folks to implement thruster metering (to get high efficiency) without having to use combinator clocks.

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Re: [2.0.14] Platform hub "moving from / to" signals don't stop when you pause thrust

Post by mmmPI »

cellularmitosis wrote:
Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:44 pm
[*]Using the "velocity" signal requires that you are already moving, which creates a chicken / egg problem if you only produce fuel on-demand.
can you develop on this ?

to me it seems you are always moving anyway even if you pause thrust in the middle of flight due to the slow drifting of -10km or + 10kms ? i was able to use the Velocity signal to produce fuel on demand because of this

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