OHM ReFuel MFD

[OrbitHangar]

Author: rstarkov

ReFuel MFD enables you to transfer fuel between docked vessels or between the tanks of the vessel you're piloting. Venting fuel overboard is also possible, even if frowned upon by the environmentalists.

The pump (represented as a crossed circle) can operate in both directions at four speeds. It has two valves, referred to as "top" and "bottom" for simplicity. The top valve may be connected to any fuel tank on your vessel. The bottom valve may additionally be connected to a docked vessel's tank or the fuel vent.

A safety mechanism automatically stops the pump if the source tank is empty, destination is full or one of the valves is disconnected. A diagnostic message is always displayed in such cases, allowing the operator to correct the fault with minimal distraction and workload.

- tested on Orbiter 2006 P1 (060929) and Orbiter 2010 (100606)
- source code at http://bitbucket.org/rstarkov/refuelmfd/
- inspired by tjohns' Fuel MFD!

v003:

• linked statically against the CRT - really this time.

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[N_Molson]

Thank you very much !! I was waiting for it ! :thumbup:

Edit : seems there is a problem with MSVCR100.dll when I activate the module in orbiter (the process entry point _invalid_parameter_noinfo_noreturn can't be found in MSVCR100.dll)

Edit2 : it works perfectly after installing vc++redist2010

 

[20 Litre]

Tnx rstarkov :thumbup:

Edit : seems there is a problem with MSVCR100.dll when I activate the module in orbiter (the process entry point _invalid_parameter_noinfo_noreturn can't be found in MSVCR100.dll)

Install vcredist2010 from microsoft and reboot (simply copy the dll files will not work).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...5e-6de6-4d3a-a423-37bf0912db84&displaylang=en

 

[garyw]

Thanks for this. I've had issues with previous fuel MFD's so hopefully this one will answer all my fuel transfer prayers :lol:

 

[rstarkov]

Install vcredist2010 from microsoft and reboot (simply copy the dll files will not work).

Oh beep... v002 is now statically linked so this should no longer be necessary.

Thanks for this. I've had issues with previous fuel MFD's so hopefully this one will answer all my fuel transfer prayers :lol:

I hope it does

Requests and ideas are welcome, though I'd like to keep this addon simple.

 

[garyw]

I'm at work at the moment so haven't looked at the MFD yet but I have a question and a request already!

I assume that the fuel vent option allows for a fuel dump facility?

And

Would it be possible to add an option to transfer x pounds from source to destination tanks? In some cases it might be useful to leave some fuel in one tank rather than transfer it all.

Thanks!

 

[rstarkov]

I assume that the fuel vent option allows for a fuel dump facility?

Yes. I realise it's a bit of a specialist term, so whenever vent is active the MFD displays a caution, whose main purpose is to mention that "vent" means "dump fuel overboard".

Would it be possible to add an option to transfer x pounds from source to destination tanks? In some cases it might be useful to leave some fuel in one tank rather than transfer it all.

Currently ReFuel MFD works similarly to Fuel MFD in this respect - you choose the rate at which fuel is pumped, and stop it when you've pumped enough. If you overdo it you can easily reverse the pump and transfer some fuel back.

So it's already possible to leave some fuel in one tank rather than transfer it all.

I like the idea though, and I've recorded it on BitBucket (http://bitbucket.org/rstarkov/refuelmfd/issue/1). I encourage others to do the same and comment on specific proposals there

 

[TJohns]

Where have I seen that before???

...- inspired by tjohns' Fuel MFD!...

I thought that screen shot looked very familiar!

Well done!! :thumbup: I take it my code wasn't TOO difficult to work with.

Trevor Johns (tjohns)

 

[computerex]

Well done!! :thumbup: I take it my code wasn't TOO difficult to work with.
Trevor Johns (tjohns)

Check out rstarkov's code on bitbucket (linked on the description on OH), you will be impressed

 

[rstarkov]

Well done!! :thumbup: I take it my code wasn't TOO difficult to work with.

It wasn't, once I found where to download MFDlib from But I never got round to hooking up OrbiterSound.

I ended up starting from scratch though, partly because I already had an MFD template with things set up the way I liked them; and partly because I wanted ReFuel to be licensed under BSD and there was no license info in Fuel MFD

The three fuel gauge colors and the % limits at which they are used are exactly the same as Fuel MFD because I think your choice was perfect!

P.S. Added you to Contributors - how could I forget this... hasty copy & pasting to blame...

 

[Mindblast]

Oh beep... v002 is now statically linked so this should no longer be necessary.

I'm still getting the error about the missing MSVCR100.dll in v002. Don't have vcredist2010 installed.

 

[rstarkov]

Hmm... indeed, the Dependency Walker is still showing msvcr100 as a dependency. Sorry about the screw-up, Mindblast, and thanks for reporting it

If you still haven't installed vcredist2010, please try this v003 release candidate. If it works now, or if you can no longer test this, this zip will become the v003 release.

 

[Mindblast]

Works fine now. Cheers

 

[Jarod]

Thank you, that's perfect, no more magical unlimited fuel when I'm docking to ISS. A must have for managing fuel seriously.

 

[pbar1469]

WHat an amazing tool! Well done! Thanks