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--- dev:proposals:fuel [2022-05-04 19:26] – ywang
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-====== Fuel ======
-**Note** This wiki page was taken from the mailing list
-seems that in most cases, countries electrify their rail lines, bypassing
-this problem. This can be simulated with third rail being added to track
-models.
-In advtrains, a lot of trains do not have a pantograph and seem to run on
-diesel. Trains which do work on electric can have a third rail shoe added.
-Trains go into roll mode when the electric potential of the track is not high
-enough. The amount of blocks a power source charges is configurable and
-defaults at 50. When you reach the end, you must use a track with a third rail
-terminal (which is where the rail slopes down to the ground to allow the shoe
-to pickup gently), and begin a new third rail section.
-To power third rail, you can configure the source to be mesecons, an advtrains
-power block, or magic.
-For diesel locomotives, they run on an inventory of fuel which can be added
-using "refuelling tracks", which work in the same way as loading tracks but
-only add fuel.
-Fuel can be configured to be advtrains diesel, biofuel from the biofuel mod,
-oil extract, or anything in the fuel group (if it exists)
-Trains do not run without problems. Tubes get blocked. Electric short-circuit,
-Power supplies break, and all forms of other things cause inconvinience.
-What i propose is adding this to advtrains. Randomly, one of your rolling stock
-suddenly develops a problem and runs at 50-90% of its speed. To fix it, punch
-it with a repair tool, which leaves your inventory and makes the train work
-again at full speed. There is also a maintinince track, which works in the same
-way as a loading track but with repair tools.
-For better identification, the coordinates of trains with problems can be found
-using a command and the broken trains make loud noises.
-All of the above is configurable. Users can turn on whether trains use fuel,
-need repair, and what type of fuel you can use. This ensures backwards
-compatibility.
-I send this email as the beginning of a discussion, and potential feature
-request. I would like to see the feasibility of this.
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-//The following is taken from a reply to the email above.//
-  * How should the amount of fuel/electricity be calculated?
-  * How should regenerative braking handle the situation with multiple (different) power sources (e.g. from the technic mod)?
-  * In the case of refueling/recharging tracks, it should be possible for a train to wait until it is fully refueled or recharged.
-  * The vehicle breakdown algorithm should take it into consideration that the maintenance tracks allow periodical maintenance of a train, which reduces the probability of a breakdown. This means that vehicles maintained more often should be less prone to vehicle breakdowns.
-  * The quality of the maintenance (which corresponds to (e.g.) how much is checked for a train) should be considered. A primitive implementation could calculate this based on the time spent on the maintenance track (with a limit on the maintenance status).