Goonhub
01-08-2014, 04:08 AM
What I really want is be able to direct power, rather than turning apcs on and off.
For instance, sending 10 MW to the medical area, and see all their machinery work into overdrive (with comical disruption) while arcflashes hit everywhere. Or turning the power to the brig all the way down and see their lights go dim, and airlocks cycle slowly.
Ideally engineering would feed power to mid-level power stations for each department; from engineering you could tweak the amount of power sent to each. Department apcs would get power from the power-station they are connected to. Each power station would have control machinery for the apcs it feeds.
However, machines, lights and doors wold require new code to take into account power levels.
For instance, sending 10 MW to the medical area, and see all their machinery work into overdrive (with comical disruption) while arcflashes hit everywhere. Or turning the power to the brig all the way down and see their lights go dim, and airlocks cycle slowly.
Ideally engineering would feed power to mid-level power stations for each department; from engineering you could tweak the amount of power sent to each. Department apcs would get power from the power-station they are connected to. Each power station would have control machinery for the apcs it feeds.
However, machines, lights and doors wold require new code to take into account power levels.