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charged cannon + turbo bug
Hello,
Something is wrong with the charged cannon. When I charge this cannon with 150 units of energy from my battery, it takes 17 seconds. When I use turbo for 150 units of energy, it takes 15 seconds.
Of course, I won't get into the fact that neither of the above actually match the specs listed. My ship drains at "50/sec", but takes 15 seconds to drain 150 units of energy. The weapon is at "40/sec", and takes 17s.
What the real problem is, is that if I am charging my weapon and using my turbo at the same time, it takes 2s to use 150 units of energy. This is well, well, well beyond the combined total of both.
Now, the gun does seem to have a brighter discharge. However, it wasn't as powerful as I expected given the amount of charge it received. In fact, at one point I charged the weapon to full charge, and the visual charge was _less_ than after a few seconds of turbo....
Something odd is going on here...
Something is wrong with the charged cannon. When I charge this cannon with 150 units of energy from my battery, it takes 17 seconds. When I use turbo for 150 units of energy, it takes 15 seconds.
Of course, I won't get into the fact that neither of the above actually match the specs listed. My ship drains at "50/sec", but takes 15 seconds to drain 150 units of energy. The weapon is at "40/sec", and takes 17s.
What the real problem is, is that if I am charging my weapon and using my turbo at the same time, it takes 2s to use 150 units of energy. This is well, well, well beyond the combined total of both.
Now, the gun does seem to have a brighter discharge. However, it wasn't as powerful as I expected given the amount of charge it received. In fact, at one point I charged the weapon to full charge, and the visual charge was _less_ than after a few seconds of turbo....
Something odd is going on here...
Don't forget that the battery recharges WHILE you are using it. So consumption is not equal to exactly the listed rate. :P
Also, be aware that the charge cannon reaches full power well before it stops draining the battery. I'm not sure if this affects your results but it's not readily apparent that it happens.
"This is well, well, well, beyond the combined total of both."
(50e/s + 40e/s) * 2s = 180e > 150e
I'm not sure what you meant by beyond the combined total because that's well within the combined total. I think your miss understanding comes from not accounting for the battery recharging.
(50e/s + 40e/s) * 2s = 180e > 150e
I'm not sure what you meant by beyond the combined total because that's well within the combined total. I think your miss understanding comes from not accounting for the battery recharging.
Hmm.
Let's look at this another way.
My battery is medium, recharging at 40e/sec. The charged cannon drains at 60e/sec**. The turbo at 50e/sec.
So, here's the rates I should see:
E:
turbo: 50e/sec - 40e/sec = 10e/sec of drain
cannon: 60e/sec - 40e/sec = 20e/sec of drain
t+c : 110e/sec - 40e/sec = 70e/sec of drain
Timed:
turbo: 150e / 15 = 10e/sec
cannon: 150e / 17 = 8.8e/sec
t+c: 150e / 2 = 75e/sec
This is what I'm talking about. The figures don't seem to match (although the joint figures make sense.. they just don't compare against my split figures). The cannon should drain faster by itself...
Unfortuantely, I've just lost everything I own, so it will take a night of playing to get back to where I was, and can afford the cannon again.. to do more tests.
I'll get back to this thread then..
Let's look at this another way.
My battery is medium, recharging at 40e/sec. The charged cannon drains at 60e/sec**. The turbo at 50e/sec.
So, here's the rates I should see:
E:
turbo: 50e/sec - 40e/sec = 10e/sec of drain
cannon: 60e/sec - 40e/sec = 20e/sec of drain
t+c : 110e/sec - 40e/sec = 70e/sec of drain
Timed:
turbo: 150e / 15 = 10e/sec
cannon: 150e / 17 = 8.8e/sec
t+c: 150e / 2 = 75e/sec
This is what I'm talking about. The figures don't seem to match (although the joint figures make sense.. they just don't compare against my split figures). The cannon should drain faster by itself...
Unfortuantely, I've just lost everything I own, so it will take a night of playing to get back to where I was, and can afford the cannon again.. to do more tests.
I'll get back to this thread then..