Questions about weapon lab !

[Triton83]

Hi everyone and thanks Vice for the game !

1. Energy and Heat units "S" stands for "Second" or "Shot" ? I've read somewhere it is per second but increasing rate of fire doesn't affect energy consumption, so I guess it is per shot, am I right ?

2. I can't figure what is the C unit with the RPM ? Is it cycle rate ? Why it is decreasing when I increase RPM ? How it is calculated ?

3. Is there a way to get the old weapons (icespear maxim-r etc) energy and heat data ?

[Vice]

Hello and welcome.

1 - Yes, per shot.

2 - C is indeed the cycle rate. C decreases because it is a rough estimate of the time in between shots in milliseconds. So the lower the number, the faster the cannon is firing.

3 - A few of them are used as the default wepon configuration for each class (from which you can modify for custom parameters), but many of the default weapons have some unique attributes themselves that may either be not available in a custom assembled design or have to be roughly calibrated manually. Some stats (largely performance) for them are available when you hold the mouse pointer of them in the available item list or when they are loaded on your ship (displayed in the middle of the inventory console in the description section).

[Maarschalk]

1. I assumed it was seconds because you can only fire so many shots or rounds in a second! but I could be wrong
2. Read up on DaveK's Technical Guide on the Weapons. The Cannons have multiple barrels that rotate so the Rounds Fired Per Minute (RPM)
are the amount of shots that come out of the barrels in a Minute. The Cycle (C) is the the Amount of Rotations the Barrels make, and I assume this is rotations per Second!
3. I do not know, since the data for this Weapon seems to have changed, and I do not know if you can get the exact slider settings to match the exact old settings!....

Oooooops, Vice answered the questions himself!.....:P

And Hi Triton83, welcome to the game and froum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....

[Edited on 1-8-2013 by Maarschalk]

[Firebad]

If the rate of the particle weapon is slower, does that make the fire rate of the beams higher? because now beams fire independently of the particles, so a faster particle would make a slower beam, and vise versa?

[Triton83]

Thank you guys for your quick answers
(the Grandmaster of the Universe himself, I'm honored !)

I have one more question !

Do all the ships have the same energy output and capacity ? And what about the heat, do they all have same heat... "capacity" ?

[Maarschalk]

I could be wrong again, but I think there is no difference in the Beams Weapons firing rate they are all lasers and work in the same manner, they just have different effective Yield, Heat Generated and Energy used. If to much Heat\\Energy is generated\\consumed the Beams might stall firing and seem to fire at a slower rate interval but that is just the interval between cooling down and recharging of energy!...

[Maarschalk]

Thank you guys for your quick answers
(the Grandmaster of the Universe himself, I'm honored !)

I have one more question !

Do all the ships have the same energy output and capacity ? And what about the heat, do they all have same heat... "capacity" ?

This is still under debate in a different thread regarding having a Higher Class Engine giving you more Energy for Weapons Power and still need to be tested! The ships them self have not different output and imput capacity of energy and is dependant upon what equipment you have on board!....

[Triton83]

Thank you Maarschalk !

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