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11-27-2020, 05:50 AM
(11-27-2020, 02:09 AM)Azrun Wrote: [*]Use fluids with high viscosity! Talk to a chemist near you! Bring them a fuel tank or something so you don’t use their precious resources.
How is viscosity defined\measured in game? I've not seen a way to get a readout of that statistic, but I'm not the biggest sci nerd out there.
As well, if you want to replace the circ lubricant, you're going to need *400* units. Of things that are, presumably, not basic chem dispenser liquids. Experimentation on this system from the Engineering side is going to require quite a bit of assistance from Science, to the tune of perhaps as long as a quarter of their shift if they are making unfamiliar reagents? As well, there is zero indication to me from the serial numbers as to what is different from one to the other - does it change what lubricant it wants? What it's ideal gasmix is? The best temperature ranges? "CIRC-FX95922L" indicates nothing of use to me, just that there is now a serial number.
(11-27-2020, 02:09 AM)Azrun Wrote: When I first heard of issues maintaining power on RP servers I checked the maps and was able to get the following powers with 2 furnaces:
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These times were after 15-30minutes, with some tweaks I was able to get even more power from them.
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Temps are going to slowly drop from furnaces and thus the power is going to dip as well over time.
For myself at least, and I think a few others, the goal and pride of engineering is keeping consistent, SAFE power for 2 hours. Hell, sometimes 3-6 hours for the (admittedly rare) shifts where that happens. On every station - including the ones with sorta crap layouts (Looking at you, Destiny\Clarion\Atlas!). What I've seen with recent changes lines up with nefarious6th - a lot more hell burns, a lot more exploded engines, and several shuttle calls due to these problems, cutting the entire station's round short.
On a more personal note - I am also uncertain as to if you wish to class these engineering changes as Secret or not. If they are secret, or some subsections are, that's going to make the engine a lot harder to teach through the Mentor system. If they are not secret, a design manifesto available for people to read if they wish to, so they can understand what, exactly, has changed and how to correct the issues might be really useful.