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The thrust of modular RCS can ignore its scale sometimes #262
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Reported by pineconez
I think I've found a bug with modular RCS.
- Select any model (I've tested with BDB Titan Radial and BDB Atlas Roll)
- Keep scale at 1.0
- Go into Engine GUI, select fuel and TL (here: Hydrazine, TL5)
- Thruster has a power of 0.3235, Engine GUI and PAW agree on this value
- Rescale the thruster (here: to 0.6x), thrust changes appropriately (0.1165)
- In the Engine GUI window, change TL and change it back again. The thrust is now equal to the original value for 1.0 scale at TL5 (0.3235 kN), despite the scale being unchanged from 0.6.
On the one hand, this allows subsized RCS thrusters to be disproportionately strong; on the other hand, it can grief players if they wanted a larger scale model and changed TL without also changing scale back and forth (since it always defaults to the thrust for 1.0x)
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ezsnackeur commentedon Apr 29, 2025
#260 (comment) same issue
Clayell commentedon Apr 29, 2025
Not the same issue. That's related to the cost of the RCSr, not the thrust.
ezsnackeur commentedon Apr 30, 2025
You are right i misread, what you are reporting is not even a real bug, just a visual issue, if you save and reload the craft all thrusters will show accurate readings
siimav commentedon Jul 30, 2026
Needs retest with current master state
periodically-makes-puns commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Fixed on current master branch
siimav commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Oh? You tested?
periodically-makes-puns commentedon Oct 5, 2026
Yes, changing engine configurations or changing TL via the engine config window now also applies the scaling factor