Sterling 0.4.9

Additions

• Added Chinese localization provided by @Aebestach.
• Added Sterling Utilities:
  • Added Circular Refinery (Omniconverter only) suite.
  • Added Circular Printery EL drone / Sandcastle printer suite.
  • Added construction site suite: Rocket pads, runway, variable field with Omnistorage.
  • Added recipes concerning reactor fuels.
  • Tagged compatible Omniconverter recipes in WildBlueTools to appear in Sterling Omniconverters.

Changes

• ⭐ Reorganized mod folders and added to modularity of install. CKAN ready.
• Updated Sterling Tankage:
  • Added ExoticMinerals tank type.
  • Updated unitsPerVolume on tank types. They were nerfed in error.
• Updated Sterling Thermals:
  • Added emissives for wrapper heatshields and super heavy shield.
  • Removed stock shiny shader and texture from super heavy shield.
  • Restored radiator module for inline heatsinks.

Fixes

• Updated Sterling Electric:
  • Fixed missing } in localization.
  • Fixed missing # in Delta Electro (non-System Heat) power config. Error caused the parts to be invalid and not appear.
• Updated Sterling Thermals:
  • Added DRE detection. DRE renames the ablator module which upsets the super heavy shield.
  • Fixed slight detached geometry in 3.75m white wrapper radiators.

Sterling 0.4.0.2

Fixes

• Updated Sterling Electric:
  • Fixed reactors producing DepletedUranium when they should be producing DepletedFuel.
  • Fixed SCM reactor treating DepletedUranium as an input.
• Updated Sterling Tankage:
  • Added missing 'Jettison Contents' button to the Ore tanks.
  • Fixed tank ratios of D+3He.
  • Updated Simple Construction detection. Should stop the B9PS fatal error (MetalOre resource not defined) caused by that mod.
• Updated Sterling Thermals:
  • Fixed error assigning added mass and cost to film radiator subtypes. (PR from @arbsoup)
  • Fixed calculation error behind displayed cooling powers of some film radiators. (PR from @arbsoup)
  • Reduced waste heat generation of thermal reactors further. As a fraction it was tiny but as absolute values it was still too much.
  • Removed patch for Kerbalism Shielding resource for super heavy shield. Kerbalism profile problems make it a bad idea to keep this feature.

Sterling 0.4.0.1

Fixes

• Updated Sterling Tankage:
  • Fixed tank ratios of D+3He.
• Updated Sterling Thermals:
  • Reduced waste heat generation of thermal reactors further. As a fraction it was tiny but as absolute values it was still too much.

Sterling 0.4.0

Additions

• Added low temperature wrapper radiators.
• Added taller Stackable LFR.

Changes

• Changed System Heat engine configs to require System Heat but not its Fission Engines extra (mostly).
• Changed MSRs and PBRs to contribute to System Heat loops.
• Changed SULEU engines to have built-in Pebble Bed reactors.
• Moved thermal reactors out of Electric category and into Thermal category.
• Moved World Power out of Electric category and into distinct download.
• Moved all localization files into Agency folder.
• Updated Sterling Tankage: Added stack nodes that don't trigger the trusses.
• Updated radiators tech tree positions (stock and CTT).
• Updated radiators overall based on an RO dev's advice:
  • Their temperature curves are no longer linear but parabolic, following the 4th power of the given temperature.
  • High temperature radiators are passive and consume 0 ElectricCharge.
  • High temperature radiators do not sub-cool parts but low temperature radiators do.

Fixes

• Fixed Super heavy shield tooltip saying "Ablator? enabled" when it's not, in ThP variant.
• Fixed Icarus ICF engine's ISRU not asking for Deuterium under System Heat.
• Fixed a tank having the wrong title and description.
• Fixed excessive System Heat production in SULEU and thermal nozzles.
• Fixed node and ground collider offset problems in World Power parts.
• Fixed weak joint strength on LFRs.

Sterling 0.3.8

Additions

• Added Stackable liquid film radiators.
• Added World Power parts:
  • Solar Thermal Panel
  • Solar Thermal Tower
  • Air-breathing radiator suite
• Added equivalent to Rational Resources Nuclear Family, removing external requirement.
• Created custom Waterfall template for BCAM engine.

Changes

• Adjusted volume calculation for inline heatsinks. The larger ones get a bit more loop volume.
• Buffed thrust on BCAM engine (Undid excessive nerf).
• Raised some engines' loop temperature since the liquid film radiators now exist and can cover their great needs.
• Changed Olympian and Icarus ICF engines to be single-mode.
• Reduced System Heat power of BCAM engine. Its scale factor was 10x what it should be.

Fixes

• Fixed Icarus engine's System Heat engine module and converter module using the same heat loop.
• Fixed possible missing/incomplete KerbalismSystemHeat patches.
• Fixed tank shroud issue and antimatter issues with Sterling Tankage.
• Fixed turbine generators missing System Heat modules (resulting in -1% efficiency).

Sterling 0.3.7.1

Changes

• Tankage: Moved gas tank types to general liquid tank.

Fixes

• Tankage: Added missing boiloff configs for Deuterium and Helium3.
• Tankage: Removed dependency on Rational Resources.

Sterling 0.3.7

Additions

• Added tank suite with these diameters: 2.5m, 3.75m, 5m.

Changes

• Reduced added masses in Super Heavy shield.

Fixes

• Fixed KerbalismSystemHeat problems.
• Ensured that all wrapper radiators' stock module stats still change when used with devices that still use/generate Core Heat when System Heat installed.

Sterling 0.3.6

Power for the Christmas lights in the whole village or on your smallest probes!

Changes

Additions

• Added World Power series parts: Giant vertical windmill and XXL solar panel.
• Added tiny solar panels.

Changes

• Set Sun shield's System Heat loop temperature to 650 K.

Fixes

• Fixed Thermal nozzle Waterfall plume problem. It needed an Ignition controller.
• Fixed Upgrades not showing in the CTT nodes.
• Updated Waterfall configs to respect engines being duplicated and altered by Rational Resources Nuclear Family.

Sterling 0.3.5

Changes

• Moved Batteries to their own folder and away from FuelCells.
• Set Sun shield's System Heat loop temperature to 700 K, respecting its high heat tolerance as an armor but staying near to low temp radiator territory.

Fixes

• Fixed/Revised Upgrade parts. They show up in the tech tree now.
• Updated the balancing of all electrics.
• Updated the balancing of all thermals to hopefully fit Nertea's balance scheme.
• Updated tech progression.

Sterling 0.3.0

Additions

• Added FusionPellets production to large ICF engine.
• Added Kerbalism configs. (Sun and Shadow shields can hold "Shielding" resource.)
• Added System Heat and Kerbalism System Heat configs for all radiators.
• Added System Heat configs for all current engines.
• Added Sun and Shadow shields.
  • With detailed, fully localized tooltips and upgrades.
  • Shadow shields contribute to System Heat loop volume.

Changes

• Changes to metal fuel cells:
  • Fully localized tooltips.
  • Added Recharger information to tooltips, including precise System Heat information.
  • Restored some ThermalPower output.
• Changes to wrapper PVs:
  • Fully localized tooltips.
  • Updated upgrades information.
• Added cost of EnrU to engines that hold it.
• Changed SULEU engines to surface attach from their top, not their side.
• Reduced amounts of EnrU held by GCNTRs.
• Updated balancing and tankage on fissile salt and fissile pebbles. Reactors should now hold 10 kerbal years worth of fuel by default and cost a lot more because the fuel is now more expensive.