Engine and firing order

[VUK FARKAS]

How to know in which order cylinders need to fire? Besides literally examining the crank

[cesartrolly]

it will depend on the type of engine you have and how you lay the crank out, a 4 inline is usually 1324, a 6 inline is 153624, v8 depends if its a flat or crossplane, then i would just recommend looking up on google for that crank, other engine variations you might want to look up as well

[danger726]

Yeah, if you're using a fairly standard engine configuration, looking up the firing order is a good way to go, that's pretty much what I did for the included example engines. Also, the engine tool script mod has a bunch of firing orders built-in to choose from.

Right now, I'm working on a guide to try and explain engine set up a bit more.

[a_ra_ga_l]

just to confirm - does crankshaft angle at specific pistons and piston head firing order has any impact to each other ?
I'm asking because as i built my engines I never tested what would happen if i intentionally misplaced crankshaft angle at one of the pistons

[danger726]

Originally posted by a_ra_ga_l:

just to confirm - does crankshaft angle at specific pistons and piston head firing order has any impact to each other ?
I'm asking because as i built my engines I never tested what would happen if i intentionally misplaced crankshaft angle at one of the pistons

The only impact would be on the engine sound, it won't affect engine performance.

[a_ra_ga_l]

Originally posted by danger726:

Originally posted by a_ra_ga_l:

Does crankshaft angle at specific pistons and piston head firing order has any impact to each other ?

The only impact would be on the engine sound, it won't affect engine performance.

I believe this should have impact for engine power output and how likely engine to stall
and in case when not a single piston align properly, engine should not even start.
As i understand there are less experienced players and people lacking knowledge on this technical stuff - i do not ask to enforce this in default game mode. But i would still like to see this in a "Fuel consumption" mode one day

[danger726]

I agree, it should, hopefully this is something I'll get to in the future!

[VUK FARKAS]

Originally posted by danger726:

I agree, it should, hopefully this is something I'll get to in the future!

well i eagerly await more tooltips and such, so i can finally make engines ya cant google XD

[cesartrolly]

Originally posted by VUK FARKAS:

Originally posted by danger726:

I agree, it should, hopefully this is something I'll get to in the future!

well i eagerly await more tooltips and such, so i can finally make engines ya cant google XD

you can already, an outrageous 300 piston rotor engine (ww1-ww2 planes era) configuration engine can be done, but i doubt the game's engine can handle that thing XD

[VUK FARKAS]

Originally posted by cesartrolly:

Originally posted by VUK FARKAS:

well i eagerly await more tooltips and such, so i can finally make engines ya cant google XD

you can already, an outrageous 300 piston rotor engine (ww1-ww2 planes era) configuration engine can be done, but i doubt the game's engine can handle that thing XD

i was more refering to engines of unorthodox design, different crank shaft setup etc.

[danger726]

Originally posted by danger726:

Yeah, if you're using a fairly standard engine configuration, looking up the firing order is a good way to go, that's pretty much what I did for the included example engines. Also, the engine tool script mod has a bunch of firing orders built-in to choose from.

Right now, I'm working on a guide to try and explain engine set up a bit more.

Guide is up now, here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3402898602

[VUK FARKAS]

Originally posted by danger726:

Originally posted by danger726:

Yeah, if you're using a fairly standard engine configuration, looking up the firing order is a good way to go, that's pretty much what I did for the included example engines. Also, the engine tool script mod has a bunch of firing orders built-in to choose from.

Right now, I'm working on a guide to try and explain engine set up a bit more.

Guide is up now, here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3402898602

thanks, i wish there was a program to visually help out with that XD (at least tell us which one is wrong)