Released Better Starter

Unsure if it's a bug or intentional but after update you no longer have to hold the starter button to crank, one you press and hold for a short time it continues cranking on its own like an on off switch

 

Would it be possible to make it turn over if the fuel tank is empty?

Also, is simulating battery voltage a possibility?

 

Adding to this, is it possible to allow pumping the gas on carbureted cars to help them start faster when cold? I found myself testing this theory completely by muscle memory last night and wondered if something like that is possible to add.

 

This was a thing even before the update: it happens because the logic that controls the starter is broken in of itself. It calls the deactivateStarter() function multiple times, and to avoid the starter skipping entirely I had to hack a check in there. Unfortunately, when only pressed for a short time, it results in a state which usually means it's broken. Let's just pretend it's a feature

There's no internal variable to define if a vehicle is carbureted so I'd never know when to apply that logic.

Turning over when broken: yes. Battery voltage: no. There's just too many things influencing it that it is way out of scope for a mod. Not to mention the files I'd need to overwrite and the conflicts they'd cause between my own mods.

 

Hello! I am having an issue where whenever I release my key from the start position (small click you hear the first time I try to start it), the ignition goes into accessory mode.

UPDATE: Clearing cache fixed my issue.

 

Waitng for the new version update

 

It's already there, you'd just have to wait for the menu in-game to update and let you know

 

Apologies for the bump, but has this mod seen any work recently?

 

No, I haven't worked on it since the last update release. Is anything broken?

 

Nothing's broken so far, I was just wondering if any new features were coming.

 

To be honest I'd have no idea what to add. I gave the starter everything that I felt was missing and in scope of the project.

 

I hate the fact that it just disables the engine completely when you run out of gas, even cranking without starting would add so much immersion.
Also maybe make it seem like modern-ish starters aren't struggling to start the engine, if that's possible.
Then for the ETK's, make it so they aren't completely instant.

 

Generally running out of gas is rare in BeamNG, but I see what you mean. I might add this in the 0.31 update as I don't think it warrants an update of its own.

There is simply no way for me to determine the age, induction (with this I mean carburettor or fuel injection) or anything else related to technology/era differences.
Everything is controlled via variables, and if the engine doesn't have a high enough starter torque set the mod can't properly simulate the starter.
(I will admit that most of the behaviour is eyeballed and it most likely isn't perfect )

 

Oh my bad, I thought you were able to edit certain values on the cars.

 

Released a compatibility update for 0.31.
This release also makes the random engine fire chance increase with the time spent cranking. I also allowed the starter to activate on a disabled engine.
This time, the mod did not notice the version change which was an error on my part. I made sure this won't happen again, too

 

oouh, legendary mod, god bless zeit
--- Post updated ---
wait, isnt your mod kills all turbos?

 

hooray!

 

Thanks for making this, its very cool.

I've updated to the latest version of the mod for v0.31 but when I have this mod enabled the Turbo on the new t-series doesn't spool up. I've tried on the T83 Long Haul Custom. No other mods.

Please could you look into this?

Thanks

 

In fact, the mod makes it impossible for any turbo in the game to spool up, I just tested it on a Vanilla vehicle and in Mods

 

Fixed, upload is in the first post