Do you need special wheels to make your car move with electricity?

[redxlaser15]

It doesn’t seem like it would be too hard to siphon off some gasoline a lot of the time.

[psyxypher]

I’m pretty sure Diesel is stronger, though. By how much, I don’t know.

It’s cooler, as well. I also use that Gasoline for creating napalm when I need it.

[redxlaser15]

wait, how do I refill the engine? Does the engine type matter for what you put in it? And even if it does I grabbed the engine from a car that uses gasoline.

[psyxypher]

You don’t fill engines. You fill tanks. And you do that by pressing “f” in the vehicle screen.

[redxlaser15]

so you need a tank separate from an engine? I guess that kinda makes some sense

[tarburst98]

engines are usually default as gasoline “V12” with other engine running sources added to the name “V12 diesel”.

[redxlaser15]

Why does my engine always fail to start?

[Aggregate]

Probably faulty. Examine the vehicle and push “m” to mend faults.

[redxlaser15]

‘mend’ doesn’t seem to work, even though I am pressing what is obviously the correct button.
Do you still need electricity to some extent? Me not knowing how cars workeded…

[Aggregate]

You need some battery charge to start an engine, yes. See if you can pull a charged battery out of another car.

[redxlaser15]

Would a solar panel recharge the thing? If not, how would you do that? The best one I found was only 16%

[Aggregate]

It only needs a little charge to start the engine, after that it’ll power itself (assuming an alternator is connected and functional). And yes, a solar panel will charge your batteries.

[redxlaser15]

Wait, why can’t I control my car now? I put everything in but it certainly doesn’t seem to work. Would adding the pedals back from earlier make me able to control it? I controls, and whether or not I need it I have a seat too.

[Aggregate]

Hm? All you need to control a vehicle is controls. Try "e"xamining the tile the controls are on (or use “^” while standing on them).

[Solusphere]

Could you maybe post a screenshot of your vehicle screen? It sounds like you’re missing a critical component somewhere.

[redxlaser15]

I’ll try and get said screen shot when I’m back home, but I do indeed have vehicle controls too. I have gasoline, a working engine, a car battery with charge, steerable wheels. Since motorcycles are thing, I assume it isn’t completely needed to have 4 wheels. For some reason I simply can’t make it work anymore, would the pedals from back when it was a regular bike help?

[Solusphere]

What exactly is the message that comes up when you try to control it? Does it simply not do anything, or can you enter the vehicle control mode but not accelerate, or what?

[redxlaser15]

It doesn’t seem to be willing to let me ‘sit’ on it. I have a seat on it whether that is needed or not, and also a seat-belt. I can us ‘^’ on the tile with the engine and it starts up just fine, but getting into the driver seat in the first place, not just moving is the problem. I might be okay if the game would let me sit

[Solusphere]

You do need a seat, but it sounds like you have that covered. Obviously, the controls and the seat need to be on the same tile, but that should be sufficient, as long as they’re both working (not greyed out).

You’re using the part called “Vehicle controls” and not “Electronics Control Unit” right? What happens if you stand adjacent to the tile with the controls, and use E to examine the tile?

[redxlaser15]

It’s just called ‘controls,’ but it is made out of vehicle controls. What does the electronic control unit do anyway? I actually have both installed since I wasn’t sure what to do. I’ll have to use ‘e’ later to find out what it says since I’m not able to access the game at this very moment. Everything is in the green as a matter of fact, since I fixed up all the things I scavenged.