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Observation: Under pre-0.133, removal of thrusters or power core blocks does remove the block, and reduces the mass, but the removal is not reflected in group calculations.
I am remodeling one of my ships, and completely removed the engines. All engine blocks are gone, but the ship still reports 54232.6 in thrust. Mass decrements as normal.
Here's where it gets weird If I add a thruster where one has previously been, There is no increase in thrust. If I add a thruster where one had NOT previously been, thrust increases.
If I remove that new block, in either case, thrust does not decrease. Mass decrements as normal. The space where a new block was placed is now occupied by a new ghost engine, and re-adding a block back to that location now does not increase thrust.
Edit! The same ghost problem exists with power blocks! Place a block, and your power goes up. Remove the power block and your power remains, even though your mass decreases. Ghost power blocks also are conductive, and can connect two groups of seperate blocks. This is true of blocks placed after the ghosting block was "removed"
Place a line of power blocks leaving a gap of one block in the middle. Remove one of the blocks adjacent to the gap, widening the gap to 2. Place another block where the original gap was The two groupings will become one as though the removed block still existed. This remains true even if an intervening block of another type is placed where the removed block had been.
If the structure is saved and then loaded into a new structure, the newly spawned structure will correctly calculate power and thrust. If blocks are removed from the new structure ghosting will occur just as on the initial structure.
Screenshots and updates at http://gaeasson-shipwright.blogspot.com/2014/03/bug-report-ghost-engines.html
Observation: Under pre-0.133, removal of thrusters or power core blocks does remove the block, and reduces the mass, but the removal is not reflected in group calculations.
I am remodeling one of my ships, and completely removed the engines. All engine blocks are gone, but the ship still reports 54232.6 in thrust. Mass decrements as normal.
Here's where it gets weird If I add a thruster where one has previously been, There is no increase in thrust. If I add a thruster where one had NOT previously been, thrust increases.
If I remove that new block, in either case, thrust does not decrease. Mass decrements as normal. The space where a new block was placed is now occupied by a new ghost engine, and re-adding a block back to that location now does not increase thrust.
Edit! The same ghost problem exists with power blocks! Place a block, and your power goes up. Remove the power block and your power remains, even though your mass decreases. Ghost power blocks also are conductive, and can connect two groups of seperate blocks. This is true of blocks placed after the ghosting block was "removed"
Place a line of power blocks leaving a gap of one block in the middle. Remove one of the blocks adjacent to the gap, widening the gap to 2. Place another block where the original gap was The two groupings will become one as though the removed block still existed. This remains true even if an intervening block of another type is placed where the removed block had been.
If the structure is saved and then loaded into a new structure, the newly spawned structure will correctly calculate power and thrust. If blocks are removed from the new structure ghosting will occur just as on the initial structure.
Screenshots and updates at http://gaeasson-shipwright.blogspot.com/2014/03/bug-report-ghost-engines.html
