Goonhub
10-30-2019, 04:38 AM
We've all been there - you're going on a teleporter adventure. You're all set to go, teammates (optional) have been sent through the tele - however, there's no-one around to send you off!
You can ask the AI or a passerby if you're lucky, but I know I hate bothering the AI every time I need to go through. You can always toggle a portal, but that thing drains energy like nobody's business and it's incredibly inefficient. Especially if you have to come back for whatever reason, in which case you'll come back to a powered down telescience room and have to go through all the business of replacing the power cell.
So yeah - I think a timed switch would be a reasonable addition to the telescience console, primarily because it would make life easier for those solo, low-pop adventure rounds when there's not really anyone around to help out with it. It could just be set for five seconds so you've got enough time to hit it and run to the platform, without having to resort to opening a portal.
You can ask the AI or a passerby if you're lucky, but I know I hate bothering the AI every time I need to go through. You can always toggle a portal, but that thing drains energy like nobody's business and it's incredibly inefficient. Especially if you have to come back for whatever reason, in which case you'll come back to a powered down telescience room and have to go through all the business of replacing the power cell.
So yeah - I think a timed switch would be a reasonable addition to the telescience console, primarily because it would make life easier for those solo, low-pop adventure rounds when there's not really anyone around to help out with it. It could just be set for five seconds so you've got enough time to hit it and run to the platform, without having to resort to opening a portal.