Energy storage is used to identify a tank of fuel, a set of batteries, or a tank of nitrous.
Required arguments
The available options are “fuelTank”, “n2oTank”" and “electricBattery”. Each of those has unique parameters shown below.
In case of a vehicle with multiple fuel tanks, each name must be unique.
Fuel Tank
string
type
The name of the beam which will cause the tank to leak when broken.
A leaking fuel tank will lose fuel rapidly.
The values with predefined energy density and weight density are “gasoline”, “diesel” and “kerosene”. When using any other value, you need to add the energyDensity and fuelLiquidDensity properties.
number
type
energyType.energyDensity or 0
default
Overide for the energy density of the fuel (J/kg)
Used mostly when using a type of fuel which isn’t listed. Shouldn’t be used otherwise.
number
type
energyType.fuelLiquidDensity or 0
default
Overide for the weight density of the fuel (kg/L)
Used mostly when using a type of fuel which isn’t listed. Shouldn’t be used otherwise.
Used for fuel weight simulations.
All of the nodes in this group will gain equal amounts extra weight, totalling to the weight of the fuel in the tank.
"fuel": {"[engineGroup]:":["fuel"]},
This is usually tied to a variable
.
N2O Tank
The N2O tank is used along with the nitrous power adder.
string
type
The name of the beam which will cause the tank to leak when broken.
Default value takes into account a 1:5 N2O to fuel ratio. Shouldn’t be changed for most gasoline cars.
Electric Battery
Electric battery refers to the main power battery of electric cars.
Examples
Typical fuel tank. Note the variable used for the starting fuel capacity
"energyStorage": [
["type", "name"],
["fuelTank", "mainTank"],
],
"mainTank": {
"energyType":"gasoline",
"fuelCapacity": 45,
"startingFuelCapacity": "$fuel",
"fuel": {"[engineGroup]:":["fuel"]},
"breakTriggerBeam": "fuelTank",
},
10 pound nitrous bottle
"energyStorage": [
["type", "name"],
["n2oTank", "mainBottle"],
],
"mainBottle": {
"capacity": 4.54,
"startingCapacity": 4.54,
},
50 kWh battery
"energyStorage": [
["type", "name"],
["electricBattery", "mainBattery"],
],
"mainBattery": {
"energyType":"electricEnergy",
"batteryCapacity": 50,
"startingCapacity": "$fuel",
},
