Hydrogen Engine NOT WORKING

[Malphy]

I have tried literally everything possible so far and I CANNOT get the hydrogen engine to work. No matter what i do it won't fire up. I've tried piping it into a hydro tank, nope, I've tried directly connecting it to a hydro tank, nope, I've tried piping it and directly connecting it to an H2 O2 generator, nope. I've literally surrounded the damn thing with batteries and done all of this again and still nothing. I've turned it on and off, nothing, I don't know what I'm doing wrong but the ONLY time it works is in creative, idk what else I could do so if anyone has any ideas that'd be helpful

EDIT: For anyone who wants to know how I fixed an apparently common issue.

So This engine was for a rover, but I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did, I had it directly connected to an H2O2 generator and the solution was genuinely stupid. The little hatch at the top, needs to be tubed with conveyors or it won't work.

[Kelly Perkins]

Turn off power to the entire grid from a control station using the Y key. Then turn the power back on. That always works for me.

[Buzzard]

H2 engines only work if they're connected to the H2 supply via the conveyor ports. They don't magically absorb gas just by being next to a tank or O2 gen. The large-grid version has a conveyor port at top, and at the one end. I've never had issues with using either port.
...other than the usual "I just built it, so I must turn it off and then back on" BS, of course.

[Malphy]

Actually, if the ports are facing the other ports on the H2O2 generator then it's just the same as if it were connected via conveyor. And yes the turning on and off method does work, I have proven this ig, sometimes the engines don't kick on right away when everything's connected. But when I turned them off then back on they immediately started.

And for some reason with the miniature version, if you put the engine right up against it as opposed to piping it in with conveyors, you have to find a way to block the second port on the H2O2 gen, which I usually have 2 together with a single engine or 2 engines with 2 gens, so I just connect the two generators together while the two engines are directly connected and it works brilliantly.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Buzzard:

H2 engines only work if they're connected to the H2 supply via the conveyor ports. They don't magically absorb gas just by being next to a tank or O2 gen.

Say it ain't so!

[Buzzard]

Well, there *are* games like Empyrion that don't bother with any conveyor systems, and just teleport everything everywhere. Really handy, but not really logical or realistic. ...not that SE is perfectly realistic either. (moons made of ice, without even as much rock as a comet would have...)

[Malphy]

Originally posted by Buzzard:

Well, there *are* games like Empyrion that don't bother with any conveyor systems, and just teleport everything everywhere. Really handy, but not really logical or realistic. ...not that SE is perfectly realistic either. (moons made of ice, without even as much rock as a comet would have...)

I mean it's logical if the ports are facing each other, just a more direct transfer rather than it having to travel a pipeline.

[Buzzard]

When the ports of two machines are properly lined up, it's still using the conveyor network. (Zero-length path is still a path) Conveyor junctions/tubes are what we use to bridge any gap between machines and storages that can't be pressed up against each other for some reason.
Games like Empyrion completely skip any connectors and techno-magically teleport things from container to machine, no matter the positioning in the grid.

[ManaWei]

uhm.. can you connect them wrong? because no matter what i do it seems like it still wont work

[frag2k4]

To answer this yes you can connect them wrong, there are 2 ports on the small version bottom centre front and back, with small grid you have the option of small and medium conveyors, you can put the small conveyors or junctions almost anywhere on the block but only the ports will allow hydrogen to come through, though the craft will run as long as the engine is attached to the craft in some way.

[Spaceman Spiff]

I can't emphasize enough that you need starting power for the hydrogen engine. (Where's the pull-cord!?!)