help!

[DaveK]

What does IDS actually stand for? As in IDS multiplier!

[SeeJay]

Inertial Dampening System

[Maarschalk]

Inevitable Damnation System if not used right!.....:P

[_-Caleb-_]

Invisible Demon Ship....

[DaveK]

That what I thought I'd remembered (oh, I do so miss my brain! ) ; so why does the IDS multiplier let you go 2x - 5x faster? If it was just inertial dampening, you wouldn't go faster, you'd just not feel that acceleration as much! If the multiplier affects the engines then really it shouldn't be called the IDS multiplier

. . . thinks . . .

Or is it that the engines are potentially so powerful they can kill with the g force and are deliberately held back - the IDS system can be ratcheted up on demand so the engines can be unleashed in stages and increase the top speed (though not increasing the acceleration so the IDS isn't really relevant . . . )

Confused of Sapphire

[Rubber Chicken]

Technically (and perhaps relatively ) speaking, though the IDS is labeled as 'Inertial Dampening System' in the Readme manual provided in the EM folder, the system is more accurately an Inertial Stabilization System (the strafe thrusters on auto) coupled with the main engine in 'on' mode. You are correct to say that Inertial Dampening would be a system that helps negate or soften the effects of G-forces on both the frame and the pilot.

The IDS Multiplier is basically a way to allow for setting a 'limit' to the maximum throttle setting, and more finely controlling the throttle with an analog throttle controller.

Think of it this way - IDS x5 is 100% of the engine's full power capacity, and IDS x1 is 20%. If you set the IDS to x5, then use the numbers above the QWERTY to set your speeds, then 2 = IDS x 1 (max speed), 4 = IDS x2 (ms), 6 = IDS x3 (ms), 8 = IDS x4 (ms), and 0 = IDS x5 (ms). Hence, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% output for the engine.

[Edited on 10-4-2013 by Rubber Chicken]

[Marvin]

Hmmmmmm .....

[DaveK]

Technically (and perhaps relatively ) speaking, though the IDS is labeled as 'Inertial Dampening System' in the Readme manual provided in the EM folder, the system is more accurately an Inertial Stabilization System (the strafe thrusters on auto) coupled with the main engine in 'on' mode. You are correct to say that Inertial Dampening would be a system that helps negate or soften the effects of G-forces on both the frame and the pilot.

The IDS Multiplier is basically a way to allow for setting a 'limit' to the maximum throttle setting, and more finely controlling the throttle with an analog throttle controller.

Think of it this way - IDS x5 is 100% of the engine's full power capacity, and IDS x1 is 20%. If you set the IDS to x5, then use the numbers above the QWERTY to set your speeds, then 2 = IDS x 1 (max speed), 4 = IDS x2 (ms), 6 = IDS x3 (ms), 8 = IDS x4 (ms), and 0 = IDS x5 (ms). Hence, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% output for the engine.

[Edited on 10-4-2013 by Rubber Chicken]

OK - I can fit that in with the Techy Manual section on ID. The following is an extract.

'. . . Researchers moved to a different areas of research. Einstein showed that acceleration is indistinguishable from gravity - if you are in an enclosed lift (elevator) and it starts to go up, you cannot tell whether it is the elevator moving up or gravity that has increased (measuring equipment can't tell either!). Similarly if the elevator starts to move downwards it feels as if gravity has got less. If the elevator is in free fall you will become 'weightless' - gravity has been 'counteracted' by an acceleration. In all these situations your mass has not changed at all. Researchers worked to apply the reverse, and counteract an acceleration (and hence the effect of inertia) with gravity!

Researchers, engineers and technicians adapted the graviton particle generators used in capital ships and stations, making them adjustable in strength and direction. Such devices do not negate or alter inertia – they cancel its effect by creating a gravitational field opposing the acceleration of the vessel. Similar graviton particle generators as are found in tractor beam and shield matrix systems. This technology proved to be quite effective, especially when linked to the ships flight control AI systems.

In addition to the devices which generate gravity perpendicular to the decks of the ship, there must then be devices which generate them parallel to the decks. This would be the ships 'inertial dampening field generator,' as it would damp out, or minimize, the effects of inertia on the crew. Whenever the ship accelerates in one direction, this system produces a corresponding gravity field in the opposite direction, and everyone on board feels fine. The operation of this would be tied to the engines, and only when extreme accelerations were demanded would slight inefficiencies cause the crew to feel some effect. . . .

. . . Despite improvements in miniaturisation and efficiency of the graviton field generation and directional control AI systems, cannon fire and missile impacts swamp the technology's ability to compensate. The result is the severe shaking experienced when a ship is hit by cannon fire during combat.

Research into IDT is ongoing - the last improvement allowed the retro-fitting of the IDS multiplier technology to all mercenary craft; although the multiplier doesn't improve acceleration, IDT does allow pilots to accelerate harder for the longer time periods required to achieve the higher top speeds.'

Hmmmmmm .....

I can virtually hear the 'hmmmm' Marvin - I look forward to the HHG view on IDS Multipliers

[Marvin]

If the elevator is in free fall you will become 'weightless'

Until it reaches the bottom ... at which time you become 'lifeless.'

[DaveK]

If the elevator is in free fall you will become 'weightless'

Until it reaches the bottom ... at which time you become 'lifeless.'

As they say . . . 'no one gets out of life alive'

[Maarschalk]

If the elevator is in free fall you will become 'weightless'

Until it reaches the bottom ... at which time you become 'lifeless.'

As they say . . . 'no one gets out of life alive'

That assumes that life is absolute and has a beginning and an end!

Relatively speaking human life has a beginning but no end just relatively different stages it goes through! Relatively speaking that is!...... :P

[Busch]

Two great almost quotes ! "Life - No one gets out alive." - Jim Morrison. "Of all the things I've lost, it's my mind that I've missed the most." - Ozzy Osborne.

Musicians - go figure!