Generators, shields, and power tanks

[PIRATEONTHERUN]

So it is my understanding that the most efficient way to build generators is a single, super long stick. After that building a cross to encompass the most volume is the second most efficient way. My questions is, is there/what is the best way to arrange power tanks and shields?

 

[CrusaderDeleters]

The format changes, even if you go from 10 10 10 to 10 11 10.

 

[Heillos]

From my own testing, long needles are no more or less efficient than crosses. For a power generator to be efficient, all you need to ensure is that each new connected block is increasing the overall box dimension by one, and it is as efficient as possible. Therefore, weird diagonal lines are as effective as needles of the same mass, which are also equal to crosses containing the same amount of blocks.

Power tanks have no box dimension bonus, their bonus is just based around number of connected blocks. Knowing this, the best way to deal with power tanks is to simply ensure that all of your blocks are somehow connected to all your other blocks, and you will be building as efficiently as possible.

Shield blocks have no bonuses at all. The stats are simply based off the total number of shield blocks on a ship, not the number of connected blocks, box dimensions, or etc.

Hopefully this information proves useful.

 

[Simian-Commander]

Seriously like many I would like to see Power Tank and Sheild get geometry mechanics and bonus\'s

 

[Heillos]

I think that the current bonus system works well. When building efficient layouts, you can first focus on reaching the appropriate power regen, then start filling out space with power tanks, then add shields into nooks and crannies and other spare spaces.

If all 3 systems relied upon dimensions, things would be far too labour intensive I feel, because efficient ships would have to have hulls filled with several tightly-packed crosses. At a capital scale, this would take far too much time to set up properly.

 

[PIRATEONTHERUN]

Really helpful. Now one other question: can anyone remember and dig up an old thread where they tried to find the smallest \"reactor\" they could make that had 1,000,000 regen a sec?

 

[Orphican]

Found this last week. The second to last post was the smallest as far as I can see.

http://star-made.org/content/challenge-smallest-1000000-powers-reactor

 

[GROOV3ST3R]

it does not matter what you do or how you build it since the efficiency gets capped and you can build 10x10x10 blocks of gens at a time without having to worry that you are wasting power.



Everything else is best connected in one big bulk from my own experience. Especially power tanks - if you put them in different placeso n the ship as filler, make sure they connect together.

 

[Demes]

Actually i found out the best way to build power generation in which you can fill in gaps with shield generators

Here is the link to the video i made : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhF0DXrMcyk

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

Just remember don\'t worry about powertanks until the base power isn\'t enough. I\'ve seen people putting them on ships that get no benefit from having such a small number of them and their recharge is faster than their drain. Only two of my ships so far have needed powertanks to deal with the power per shot of my AMCs