How do I refuel hydrogen ships?

[VectorMane]

I'm a noob at this game, and my hydrogen ship ran out of fuel and crashed. i repaired it but it has no fuel and it's far from my base. I have hydrogen bottles, but it won't use them, how do i refuel the ship?

[VectorMane]

Nobody knows how huh?

[Slye_Fox]

Put ice into an O2 gen.

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Hydro bottles are only for your suit jetpack.

Hydro thrusters need a hydrogen tank. The o2 genny will convert ice to hydrogen and fill the tank.

For me its best to have a tank on the small craft, with a snglr o2 genny for emergancy.

Then you produce hydrogen at your base with the large o2 genny because its much quicker. Dock and refuel.

Maybe look into doing an atmo(for planet) or ion(for space) build and using batteries. The range can be hetter than hudro wich is more suited to getting into orbit because its the only thruster that works well anywhere :)

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Karmaterrorᵁᴷ:

Hydro bottles are only for your suit jetpack.

Hydro thrusters need a hydrogen tank. The o2 genny will convert ice to hydrogen and fill the tank.

For me its best to have a tank on the small craft, with a snglr o2 genny for emergancy.

Then you produce hydrogen at your base with the large o2 genny because its much quicker. Dock and refuel.

Maybe look into doing an atmo(for planet) or ion(for space) build and using batteries. The range can be hetter than hudro wich is more suited to getting into orbit because its the only thruster that works well anywhere :)

Well this ship i found in an NPC wreck in space, hacked it and brought it to my base on the moon, ran out of fuel right when i was about to land.

What if i place o2 bottles and ice in its hydrogen tank?

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Bottles are only for personal use nothing else.

Only optuon is build a small grid o2 genny on it plumbed into the hydro tank and feed it ice :)

[ButtKraken]

Try this out:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=634365918

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Karmaterrorᵁᴷ:

Bottles are only for personal use nothing else.

Only optuon is build a small grid o2 genny on it plumbed into the hydro tank and feed it ice :)

Well i did chop one of my other hydrogen ships to rescue it, and i got it refueled, but i detached it BUT the engines won't turn on now, and i'm floating down to the surface to an unpreventable crash, why won't my engines turn back on? I'm spamming the power button but they won't turn on.

[Ame]

Originally posted by Fluttershy:

Originally posted by Karmaterrorᵁᴷ:

Bottles are only for personal use nothing else.

Only optuon is build a small grid o2 genny on it plumbed into the hydro tank and feed it ice :)

Well i did chop one of my other hydrogen ships to rescue it, and i got it refueled, but i detached it BUT the engines won't turn on now, and i'm floating down to the surface to an unpreventable crash, why won't my engines turn back on? I'm spamming the power button but they won't turn on.

Check if all of them aren't working or just some of them. If it's all of them, check H2 supply, thrusters on/off, inertia dampers on/off. If some are working, individually check if the thrusters are on/off, individually check ammount of H2 in tanks, make sure all thrusters are connected with conveyors and that all thrusters are functional (welded above red line). Maybe they're all work ing as intended, but you're still falling; likely means not enough thrusters.

Also, make sure the power gauge isn't in the red (shouldn't be for a hydrogen fueled ship since they use so little power); that can cause all sorts of grief.

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Fluttershy:

Originally posted by Karmaterrorᵁᴷ:

Bottles are only for personal use nothing else.

Only optuon is build a small grid o2 genny on it plumbed into the hydro tank and feed it ice :)

Well i did chop one of my other hydrogen ships to rescue it, and i got it refueled, but i detached it BUT the engines won't turn on now, and i'm floating down to the surface to an unpreventable crash, why won't my engines turn back on? I'm spamming the power button but they won't turn on.

I was able to catch my ship with the other one, but the engines won't turn on after i disconnected it after refueling, HELP

They only turn on when i connect to my other ship, but turn off when i disconnect

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Ame:

Originally posted by Fluttershy:

Well i did chop one of my other hydrogen ships to rescue it, and i got it refueled, but i detached it BUT the engines won't turn on now, and i'm floating down to the surface to an unpreventable crash, why won't my engines turn back on? I'm spamming the power button but they won't turn on.

Check if all of them aren't working or just some of them. If it's all of them, check H2 supply, thrusters on/off, inertia dampers on/off. If some are working, individually check if the thrusters are on/off, individually check ammount of H2 in tanks, make sure all thrusters are connected with conveyors and that all thrusters are functional (welded above red line). Maybe they're all work ing as intended, but you're still falling; likely means not enough thrusters.

Also, make sure the power gauge isn't in the red (shouldn't be for a hydrogen fueled ship since they use so little power); that can cause all sorts of grief.

Full power, full fuel, power is ON, Parking is OFF, thrusters do not turn on UNLESS i connect it to the other ship.

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Fluttershy:

Originally posted by Ame:

Check if all of them aren't working or just some of them. If it's all of them, check H2 supply, thrusters on/off, inertia dampers on/off. If some are working, individually check if the thrusters are on/off, individually check ammount of H2 in tanks, make sure all thrusters are connected with conveyors and that all thrusters are functional (welded above red line). Maybe they're all work ing as intended, but you're still falling; likely means not enough thrusters.

Also, make sure the power gauge isn't in the red (shouldn't be for a hydrogen fueled ship since they use so little power); that can cause all sorts of grief.

Full power, full fuel, power is ON, Parking is OFF, thrusters do not turn on UNLESS i connect it to the other ship.

I had to take the connector off the bigger ship in order to fly my little one again, disconnecting it disabled the engines permanently, i went in the control panel and turned them on and off, but it doesn't work

Now i'm flying my ship with a random connector stuck on the back of it, that's my only option, at least the oxygen generator is still attached to it so i don't run out of fuel

[Flashblaster]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1352355500

I´ve a Truck to do this with Dumps in Rockets, Stations and more. Collect Ice in Containers, build any Valves around the Containers and refill anytime the Servecetruck with integrated O2Generators on the Valves. Connect after Refuel the Truck with your Rocket.

You need O2Generators in the Ship with your Hydroengine, Tanks and Thrusters.

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by Flashblaster:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1352355500

I´ve a Truck to do this with Dumps in Rockets, Stations and more. Collect Ice in Containers, build any Valves around the Containers and refill anytime the Servecetruck with integrated O2Generators on the Valves. Connect after Refuel the Truck with your Rocket.

You need O2Generators in the Ship with your Hydroengine, Tanks and Thrusters.

I already resolved my fuel problem but i now have an engine problem

the engines do not turn on unless i'm connected to something via connectors

[VectorMane]

Originally posted by RoofCat:

Don't forget to turn Off Stockpile once you are done or it will deny fuel to engines. Same is true for recharging batteries. They have to be auto.
And sometimes there are issues with conflicting/duplicate action groups. Like you turned on/off something on one ship which happened to shut down engines on another connected to the same grid as well. Don't use action groups once connected to avoid random problems.

.............oh, well that makes sense. That fixed my problem, thanks.

[Ame]

Originally posted by RoofCat:

Don't forget to turn Off Stockpile once you are done or it will deny fuel to engines. Same is true for recharging batteries. They have to be auto.
And sometimes there are issues with conflicting/duplicate action groups. Like you turned on/off something on one ship which happened to shut down engines on another connected to the same grid as well. Don't use action groups once connected to avoid random problems.

Dang it, forgot about stockpile; that would definitely cause that kind of issue.

About the action groups, you can use them as long as they're named after the ship they're associated with. For example, if you have a ship called "Hauler", you could name the batteries "Hauler - Battery x". That way, they won't get mixed up even when docked.