Greenhouse

Greenhouse

The part simulates a greenhouse that produces a resource continuously while the module is active and environmental / resource constraints are satisfied. There is no harvest step or harvest UI — Food (or whatever crop_resource is set to) is added every simulation tick. Growth has lighting requirements that can be satisfied from the environment and/or the integrated lamps. Additional requirements can be specified, such as input resources, minimal pressure and maximal radiation. By-product resources can be produced.

PROPERTY	DESCRIPTION
crop_resource	name of resource produced continuously
crop_size	legacy sizing field; Food rate = crop_size × crop_rate × food_rate_mult
crop_rate	legacy growth-per-second field used with crop_size to set continuous output
food_rate_mult	multiplier on Food (crop) output rate; default 1.0 (PartUpgrade)
input_rate_mult	multiplier on configured INPUT_RESOURCE rates; default 1.0
ec_rate	EC/s consumed by the lamp at max capacity; set to 0 to disable the lamp
ec_rate_mult	multiplier on lamp EC use; default 1.0
light_tolerance	minimum lighting flux required for production, in W/m²
pressure_tolerance	minimum pressure required for production, in sea level atmospheres (optional)
radiation_tolerance	maximum radiation allowed for production in rad/s, after shielding (optional)
lamps	object with emissive texture used to represent intensity graphically
shutters	animation to manipulate shutters
plants	animation to represent plants graphically
animBackwards	invert shutter animation direction if the clip plays backward

Production pauses when lighting, pressure, or radiation fail, when inputs are missing, when Food storage has no free capacity, or when artificial lighting is needed but EC is insufficient. It resumes automatically when blocking conditions clear. Unmanned vessels are supported.

Resource requirements and by-products (other than EC for the lamps) are specified using the stock resHandler specification:

    INPUT_RESOURCE
    {
      name = Water
      rate = 0.00023148
    }

    OUTPUT_RESOURCE
    {
      name = Oxygen
      rate = 0.00463
    }