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BOTA911
Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:25 am
#1
This really blows because with oc 4 on my engine I can cruise at 1300, with my booster top speed is well into the 1600+, so why is it that if you use engine overcharge 4your flight computer disables, you lose your cap and weapons....???? Is this a glitch???
ClevtonRyles
Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:50 am
#2
the principle of overcharging is that you are drawing all excess power from ships systems and redirecting it to the engines.
Therefor, weapons power is diverted and the capacitors charge is dumped. Its not a glitch.
if you want to go faster and shoot then spend 70-100k on a really good RE-'d engine.
Therefor, weapons power is diverted and the capacitors charge is dumped. Its not a glitch.
if you want to go faster and shoot then spend 70-100k on a really good RE-'d engine.
darmokVtS
Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:58 am
#3
BOTA911 wrote:so why is it that if you use engine overcharge 4 your flight computer disables, you lose your cap and weapons....???? Is this a glitch???
Working as intended, your reactor isn't able to provide the additional energy that is needed for engine overload 4, as such other components get disabled (weapons first, then missile and countermeasure launchers, if that still isn't enough, the droid interface and on and on until the power taken by your components doesn't excess the power your reactor can provide).
Solutions: Get a better reactor, get reactor overload 3 or even 4 etc pp...
Sycron
Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:15 am
#4
But there can appear a glitch: I accidently started engine overload 4 befor reactor overload, all systems went down (of course) - but the ship was actually slower than with engine overload 2(!!). It should be at least faster than EO3 because of the enormous energy consumption ...
slave138
Tue Jan 04, 2005 7:38 am
#5
Sycron wrote:
But there can appear a glitch: I accidently started engine overload 4 befor reactor overload, all systems went down (of course) - but the ship was actually slower than with engine overload 2(!!). It should be at least faster than EO3 because of the enormous energy consumption ...
I'm not really sure, but your engine may have been running at a reduced rate due to the lack of power in your reactor - similar to how it runs slower when damaged.
NasherUK
Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:12 am
#6
The overload 4s seem bugged, you can run reactor, engine and weapon overload 3 at the same time, but you cannot run the same with level 4s and still have enough power, also with weapon overload 4 your cap will be out of energy after 3 shots and do less damage than normal (even if you do have enough power). The level 4s also decay your components like crazy, but the level3s let you repair all the damage they take off.
Message Edited by NasherUK on 01-04-2005 08:15 AM
S-1-l2-H-C
Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:11 am
#7
you engine will draw ten times the power with eo4.
so if your engine draws 2000 power normaly, you will need 18000 spare energy on your reactor to run it.
if you really want to run it, get your engine re'd down to less than 1500 drain, get a massive reactor with over 20k output, and run ro4 too.
so if your engine draws 2000 power normaly, you will need 18000 spare energy on your reactor to run it.
if you really want to run it, get your engine re'd down to less than 1500 drain, get a massive reactor with over 20k output, and run ro4 too.
NasherUK
Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:19 am
#8
Yes, but reactor overload 4 should make ten times more energy should it not? You can use all overload 1s, 2s and 3,s but not 4s so it seems logical that it should.
VemaGara
Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:52 am
#9
If this isn't broken, it's certainly misdesigned.
As it stands, nobody uses this command. Nobody uses ANY Tier4 command.
I think we have a math bug. Rather than require +80% power to run at EO4, it requires +800%.
As it stands, nobody uses this command. Nobody uses ANY Tier4 command.
I think we have a math bug. Rather than require +80% power to run at EO4, it requires +800%.
Skuzz
Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:25 am
#10
I never use any level 4 commands, i cant imagine needing them to be quite honest. But thats just me.
slave138
Tue Jan 04, 2005 11:33 am
#11
VemaGara wrote:
If this isn't broken, it's certainly misdesigned.
As it stands, nobody uses this command. Nobody uses ANY Tier4 command.
I think we have a math bug. Rather than require +80% power to run at EO4, it requires +800%.
I beg to differ. I am using Weapons OL 3, Engine OL 4, and Capacitor OL 4 all at the same time without any Reactor OLs - it's all a matter of reactor size. I'm using a 32k reactor which gives me a little more room to run these progs. Weapon OL 4 does shut me down if I try to run it with any other OL, or I'd be using that one too.
VemaGara
Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:41 pm
#12
Wow!!! What a reactor!!! The best reactor I could find is in the 16k range.
I still think that the energy usage is extreme. I also think that it is bugged. The first time that I tried Engine Overload 4, it locked down my fighter. I landed and relaunched, only to find that my fighter was still locked. Nothing reset. I had to redeed the fighter to clear the problem.
If I get time tonight, I'll have to play with this.
I still think that the energy usage is extreme. I also think that it is bugged. The first time that I tried Engine Overload 4, it locked down my fighter. I landed and relaunched, only to find that my fighter was still locked. Nothing reset. I had to redeed the fighter to clear the problem.
If I get time tonight, I'll have to play with this.
BOTA911
Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:52 pm
#13
I have had this problem as well, I bought a lv 2 droid to fix my engine and cap when it happens..I just loaded the normalization programs in it....however very aggravating...i have a uber motor as well as a uber cap and reactor....I am not lacking power thats for sure...I run reactor oc4 as well as cap oc4, and engine oc 3 and weapons oc 3 with no problems...I still feel that it may have a small glitch, cause I have noticed that after sitting in space in my decimator the weapons begin to work normally....and the droid re-activates....just very frustrating...why have the programs if they cannot be used normally????
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