Fuel Synthesizer not workin

[Castle]

I was trying to siphon the fuel made with the synthesizer but every time I try it just uninstalls the part, I already changed the input, etc and I'm still unable to use it, any ideas?

[Luc]

Does the fuel synthesizer not directly connect to the fuel tank? You can kinda see it with the small side rack fuel tank, they both have a cable piping away into some part of the car.

The way I imagine it's supposed to work is over time, it slowly drains battery to generate fuel, and then directly pipes that into your fuel tank, basically trading battery power to extend trip time.

[I Throw Spears.]

You need to drain it manually with a gas tank IIRC.

[Luc]

Just tested it, you're right. You hold a fuel canister and it pumps the fuel from the fuel synth to the canister, same way you siphon fuel from cars and barrels.

[TH3xR34P3R]

Originally posted by Luc:

Just tested it, you're right. You hold a fuel canister and it pumps the fuel from the fuel synth to the canister, same way you siphon fuel from cars and barrels.

It states you need to drain it periodically right in the description for it.

[Rakkun]

It's bugged. You need to disable "Equipped Part Swapping" in Gameplay settings for it to work as intended.

[Person7557]

Originally posted by Rakkun:

It's bugged. You need to disable "Equipped Part Swapping" in Gameplay settings for it to work as intended.

Seems like that does not help either....

[xethier]

afaik, installing it on the left side of the car will result in it constantly draining into the tank. installing on the right would require you to drain it.

but if that's not the case please correct me.

[Gomer357]

It's not, but I am experiencing the same issue but I'm using an Xbox controller. I have seen Y and RT can be used interchangeably when removing parts. This is the only part you have to siphon so I believe it is a bug regarding the overlap of controller bindings. RT is how you siphon, but on all parts the promot is Y to remove part, but RT works too. I can also use Y to attach parts even though RT is the prompt. I do not have equipped part swapping enabled.

I have also found a workaround, if you siphon with a large gas can, it doesn't show a remove part prompt, and I can siphone the synthesizer.

[Zero]

Originally posted by Person7557:

Originally posted by Rakkun:

It's bugged. You need to disable "Equipped Part Swapping" in Gameplay settings for it to work as intended.

Seems like that does not help either....

This worked for me.

[Rakkun]

In my case, I'm using keyboard and mouse, and if "Equipped Part Swapping" is on, then holding LMB instead removes the part (even though the prompt to remove part is the R key). This happens with either fuel can, and with any fuel tank or synthesiser that's attached to the car (no syphon or filling whatsoever).

[Arconius_R9]

My experience (PC w/ keyboard/mouse) has been that if 'Equipped Part Swapping" is enabled you won't be able to siphon fuel while the tank is attached to the car, because the siphon and swap/remove commands both use the same button, so it tries to do a part swap/remove first. Disabling equipped part swapping seems to fix the problem, but of course that can be a hassle if you prefer to swap parts in one move. If you don't want to disable part swapping, a workaround I found is to pull the synthesizer off the car and drop it on the ground, then use a fuel can to siphon it. Works with the small fuel can, but haven't tried it with the big fuel can as of this post.

Also I don't think the synthesizer is supposed to drain fuel directly into the tank (visuals notwithstanding), because the description text does say "Be sure to siphon it regularly." I mounted my synth on both left side panels and it filled up and stayed full even with the main tanks draining, so I think it just passively creates fuel until it's maxed out, and then you have to siphon it into the main tanks with a fuel can.

This is probably going to need some kind of code tweak so that, when part swapping is enabled, the game checks to see if the part is siphonable first. Although that could also break part swapping when trying to unequip a fuel tank. Sadly I am no coder so I don't know what a good fix for that would be. :(

[Sir T]

Well, I can confirm this hasn't ben fixed. I have 'Equipped Part Swapping" enabled and I came here to see how to use the Fuel Synthesiser. Becasue it keeps trying to pull it off when I try and syphon it. Lovely.