Cars can be run via starter motor with almost no cost/wear
boot2big opened this issue ยท 8 comments
This is a bit of an exploit, seeing as how you can basically drive a car while only using battery power.
Manual transmissions are the most exploitable, as you can go at pretty high speeds with practically no gas mileage.
Holding Z and W while shifted into a gear allows the car to move, and once the battery dies, the engine does not stop and can keep spinning, and the battery can also be charged if you let off of the ignition and coast, which if repeated can fill a battery to the top.
I wouldn't say this is high priority, but I didn't really wanna post it here either due to how easy this is to take advantage of.
Apologies to any modpack makers and server owners, bruce asked me to post this here.
After an accidental rediscovery and some more testing, this is still an issue, although it wont charge your battery nearly as much, and with a measly speed of less than 5 BPS.
However, it still doesn't require much of any battery power, whether starting to move or continuing to eternally roll forward.
Just checked. Can confirm that you can still roll forever. Will have to change it so the engine doesn't generate power unless it's running. Not hard to do. Re-opening issue.
Re-opening AGAIN due to me still not fixing the issue. Maybe this time I'll finally get it?
Fixed a THIRD time in 15.10.0. I swear, this bug is like a game of whack-a-mole...
I never would have thought to do what you did, but I can confirm it is indeed a bug. I know where the issue is too, so I'll have it plugged soon enough.
