What is the group nerf formula?

[aceface]

Say I have a base power consumption per second of 100k.

How does the group nerf affect it? What is the formula?

 

[Lecic]

Each output increases power consumption by 10% with beams, cannons, and possibly pulse. So, with 100k base and two outputs, you'd have 110k power cost.
Missiles have a reduced output increase, at 2.5% each. 100k base with two outputs would have 102.5k power cost.

 

[aceface]

So if three outputs
110k + 10% of 110k?

or 100k + 20% of 100k?

 

[karkinosz]

According to blockconfig ace. It's "powerConsumption * (1+countGroups*thisValue)"
"thisvalue" being 0 for pulse. 0.1 for cannons and beam and 0.025 for missiles.

Three outputs (cannon/beam)
Base 100k*(1+3*0.1)
100k*(1.3)= 130k

For missiles however I have the value being 0.025 not 0.1.
So for missiles it would be:
100k*(1+3*0.025)
100k*(1+0.075)=107.5k
I pretty much did what lecic said converting percentages into decimals instead.

So I think both your answers are wrong according to the formula.

 

[Lecic]

According to blockconfig ace. It's "powerConsumption * (1+countGroups*thisValue)"
"thisvalue" being 0 for pulse. 0.1 for cannons and beam and 0.025 for missiles.

Three outputs (cannon/beam)
Base 100k*(1+3*0.1)
100k*(1.3)= 130k

For missiles however I have the value being 0.025 not 0.1.
So for missiles it would be:
100k*(1+3*0.025)
100k*(1+0.075)=107.5k
I pretty much did what lecic said converting percentages into decimals instead.

So I think both your answers are wrong according to the formula.

Shouldn't the variable for # of barrels (3 in your case) actually be -1 from the actual barrel number? After all, you don't suffer from the multiple output nerf if you only have one barrel.

 

[aceface]

Shouldn't the variable for # of barrels (3 in your case) actually be -1 from the actual barrel number? After all, you don't suffer from the multiple output nerf if you only have one barrel.

this is what i was thinking too.

 

[karkinosz]

I just copied what was written in the block config, the function "countGroups" could very well do that. But that's what was written and I can't really confirm any more than that.

 

[Lancake]

Yeah countgroups = number of groups - 1

EDIT: It's more like countadditionalgroups*? :P

 

[karkinosz]

Yeah but who wants to make it even longer? Thanks for clearing that anyway lan.