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« on: October 21, 2008, 09:09:09 PM » |
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THes are all of the formulas I know... I came up with all of them except for the powercore formula... Let me know what you think. The variable weight shield and computer formulas have a margin of error and should be round to the nearest multiple of 33, dance around the area ther formula produces and you'll find it pretty quickly.
-Computers: ((170666x2ACU-10+8166)-(333.33333333x(Weight-8))1.000003908= Energy This only works for weight 8 and 10+. In between is a turbulent confusing area I would have to make a chart for. So if the weight is greater than or equal to 10 subtract 716 before multiplying by 1.000003908.
-Shields: ((((8533x2ABS-20)+(7833-(333.333333333x(W-14)1.000003908= Energy Shields also have a turbulent area between 8 and 14 so if the weight of the shield is equal to 8 use (W-8) in the equation instead of (W-14) and if the weight is greater than or equal to 14 subtract 1189 before multiplying by 1.000003908.
-Armor: (Weightx66.67-1067).99995028= HP Yay! The simplest one!
-Power Core: Weightx400-5279= Energy For everyone who doesn't know it yet
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 10:51:51 PM » |
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i have a powercore formula i use and like better.. its a bit diff
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2008, 12:33:05 AM » |
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Hum, well, it has been generally established that each component that takes energy has an optimal weight when put in superships.
When that is the case, all of the equations typically collapse into simple binomial equations.
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2008, 09:36:44 AM » |
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Hum, well, it has been generally established that each component that takes energy has an optimal weight when put in superships.
I found that all the equations collaspse into really cheap up until a weight of about 40 and up... some even getting down to 1 credit. But the larger the weight gets the smaller this price well gets until it only has one energy value cheaper than 1000 which isn't nearly as cheap as 1-3 credits. And yes... each weight constant has a simpler equation... You can simply use (8533x2 ABS-20+7833)1.000003908= Energy for shields if the weight is 8 and (170666x2 ACU-10+8166)1.000003908= Energy if that is the case for computers. i have a powercore formula i use and like better.. its a bit diff
For power cores if you know the energy output you want you can use this equation: (Energy+5279)/400= Weight
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2008, 02:50:58 PM » |
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hmm i use (space-13) x 400 - 79 = eng
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2008, 03:25:34 PM » |
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if you use the distributive property on that you get Spacex400-5200-79=Energy. If you simplify that you end up with Spacex400-5279= Energy which is what I posted
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2008, 03:48:44 PM » |
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meh i figured it was something close to the same, i just never took the time to look at it
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2008, 06:20:26 PM » |
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Hum, well, it has been generally established that each component that takes energy has an optimal weight when put in superships.
I found that all the equations collaspse into really cheap up until a weight of about 40 and up... some even getting down to 1 credit. But the larger the weight gets the smaller this price well gets until it only has one energy value cheaper than 1000 which isn't nearly as cheap as 1-3 credits. If you use a set weight, then you can always adjust the energy consumption to bring the cost back to a range of 1-3 credits, roughly. Due to the weight-to-energy compensation, there is a set optimal weight for every energy consuming component on a supership.
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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2008, 07:06:57 PM » |
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Alright Chronos to prove my point I've made this table:
Weight Energy ACU Price Relative Price 40 43687499 +18% 3 18030666 40 10919499 +16% 3 93768 40 167499 +10% 3 78666 26 342833 +11% 1 148124 15 2735833 +14% 1 1135654 12 91499 +9% 3 42694 8 87389499 +19% 3 36052461
As you can see there is no real optimum weight... I chose these wieght and ACU values at complete random.
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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2008, 11:37:57 PM » |
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You err. You forgot to incorporate the effective cost of the energy and weight.
Where does weight come from? The hull. Where does the hull get its weight from? Credits.
Where does energy come from? The powercore. Where does the powercore get its energy from? Weight, which comes from the hull, which gets it from credits.
Every particular production from every component that takes energy has the same optimum point, respectively, at which weight stops being as useful in the component as it is when converted to energy.
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2008, 12:55:23 PM » |
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Oh... I see what you mean now... I've made another chart... All of them have +10% Weight Power ACU Relative Price 40 167499 +10% 78663 30 170833 ....... 78498 20 174166 ....... 78168 18 174833 ....... 76848 15 175833 ....... 78003 12 176833 ....... 78003 8 178866 ....... 78168 I think this is surprising... there is an optimum price range, it does NOT include 8 as a lot of people thought... It runs from 12 to 16. In fact a weight of 8 is just as efficient as a weight of 20. I think we've found the real optimum weight range for computers
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2008, 01:48:16 PM » |
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What optimum weight you get depends on what formulae you use. I have not played in years, so I would probably not be the best person to ask. If you did find a better optimum weight, that would be interesting.
And I am not saying that your formulae are bad, just that their full form is not always needed.
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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2008, 02:46:16 PM » |
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Ya... well they work... That would be very nice if 12 was the actually the optimum weight.
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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2008, 02:10:57 PM » |
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Ya... well they work... That would be very nice if 12 was the actually the optimum weight.
The main reason to stick with weight 8 is to leave more space for your power core reducing the cost and if you use weight 12 your power core is going to cost more running up the final price of your ship.
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2008, 04:58:42 PM » |
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no infact... more power generation on a power core doesn't make it more exspensive. I've designed a power core that generates 1bil power that cost only 2credits.
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