Power Sources
Fuel tanks
- Big fuel tank
- Small fuel tank
A fuel tank (or petrol tank) is a safe container for flammable fluids.
Due to economic reasons many manufacturers use HDPE (high density polyethylene) as a material. This has advantages in the short term but the will get soaked after fuels as gasoline and diesel permeate the plastic.
Other disadvantages can be low toughness and higher fuel emission.
Tuning area properties
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consumers: link with consumers show_fuel: link fuel display with a seat |
Fuel consumers:
- 110cc ATV engine
- Helicopter rotor blade
- Helicopter rotor blade pro
- Hovercraft propeller
- Jet engine
- Plane propeller
- Ramjet engine
- Rocket engine
- Small jet engine
- V6 engine
NOS tank
The nitrous oxide tank is most commonly known from racing, movies and gaming. In this case the oxygen required for burning fuel comes from the composition of nitrous oxide rather than air itself.
This system increases the internal combustion engine's power output by allowing fuel to be burned at a higher rate than normally would be the case. As long as the fuel is available, the tank will provide you with the necessary boost.
Tuning area properties
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consumers: link with consumers input_controler: assign controls to a seat activation_input: choose activation/deactivation input show_fuel: link fuel display with a seat |
Fuel consumers:
- 110cc ATV engine
- Helicopter rotor blade
- Helicopter rotor blade pro
- Hovercraft propeller
- Jet engine
- Plane propeller
- Ramjet engine
- Rocket engine
- Small jet engine
- V6 engine
Batteries
- Battery
- Battery pack
A battery is a device that converts chemical energy into direct current. The first devices that showed ressemblance with batteries were invented in the Middle East about 1000 B.C., however they were lost and forgotten for a long time.
The father of the first first modern batteries was Alessandro Volta who invented what we call the voltaic pile. Later on batteries were bottles with a fluid and some metal rods in them. This had several disadvantages, therefore most modern batteries have a sealed case and the fluid is soaked up in a kind of paste.
More information: Batteries Automotive batteries
Tuning area properties
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consumers: link with consumers show_fuel: link power display to a seat |
Battery consumers:
- 88 mm KwK 43 L/71 cannon
- Shipunov 2A42
- AGM-114 Hellfire
- Electric motor
- Electric motor with gears
- Front light
- Brake light
- Roof light
- Gyroscope
- Rotational gyro
- Camera
- Small monitor
Link properties
- consumers
- show_fuel
- input_controler
- show_power
Link these properties as follows:
- Click on the link button next to a property
- Click on the yellow link button above the part you wish to link the property with
- Click on nothing to complete the linking process
To link a property to multiple parts:* Hold down LEFT SHIFT and click on the yellow link buttons
Assign buttons/axis inputs to properties
- activation_input
Assign input to this property as follows:
- Click on the field next to the property
- Select the input you wish to assign to the property
Good to know
- Linking one fuel tank with multiple consumers will supply them with fuel at a normal rate of 1, but it will cut the lifespan of the fuel tank in half
- Nos tanks have higher burn rates than regular fuel tanks; when activated a mixture of NOS and regular fuel will occur
- You can link a display to multiple seats
- You can't link the input_controler property with multiple seats
- In key-bindings you can customize your controls and change the button or axis that is used for each input