Oolite Bulletins

In your equipment.plist there's
requires_equipment = "EQ_EXTRA_ENERGY_UNIT";
but should be requires_equipment = "EQ_ENERGY_UNIT";

But for a ship with only EEU and cobra 3 energy recharge (7.2) it's not really worth it it seems as there's often not enough energy for ECM and weapons anyway. I've modified the values for _ng_switch_max, but I think that any way of determining the additional shield recharge in a static way is inappropriate. The additional shield recharge should be calculated dynamically, depending on the current status of the energy banks. Complete energy recharge available to the shields when at > 80% max capacity and no extra recharge when at < 30% or so. So that in a fight when ECM is ringing (e.g. Barracuda assassins) all the time there's enough energy for it, while in a fight vs thargoids (They don't use missiles) a little more shield recharge if enough energy is available.

• The Naval Energy Grid is now compatible with the EEU - if it can handle the NEU's output, it sure should be able to handle EEU's.
• NEU or EEU can be sold for a 40% refund.
• The civilian energy grid transfers a lower fraction of the available energy when NEU (instead of EEU) was installed (lower fraction of a larger amount of energy is still a higher energy transfer).
• Re-write to expose functions to calculate the shield recharge rates taking into account the Shield Boosters and taking into account the Energy Grids for other OXPs (N-Shields) to use enabling the Energy Grids for NPC ships.

Nite Owl wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:20 pm

Took a look at the NavalGrid.js in the new release and a bit of a puzzle crossed my mind. It occurs in the section where you define the recharge rates with ng_switch_max = [recharge rate percentage]. If the following interpretation of what is scripted there is wrong then my apologies in advance and your answers will further my education on such matters.

Civilian Energy Grid + Extra Energy Unit = 0.5 (50%) Shield Recharge Rate
Civilian Energy Grid + Naval Energy Unit = 0.3 (30%) Shield Recharge Rate
Naval Energy Grid + either Extra Energy Unit or Naval Energy Unit = 0.9 (90%) Shield Recharge Rate

The drop in recharge rate between the first two can be explained with a bit of handwavium - "The Civilian Energy Grid cannot properly conduct the vast amounts of energy being output by the Naval Energy unit." The third is a bit more perplexing as both Energy Units appear to be outputting the same amount of energy for the Naval Energy Grid to handle. Surely the Extra Energy Unit should output less energy than the Naval Energy Unit. Unless we resort to more handwavium - "The Naval Energy Grid is able to boost the output of the Extra Energy Unit through a series of built in step up transformers."

Anyhoot the above remains speculation on my part until you can confirm if my reading of the script is correct or not. However, if it is correct may the following be taken under advisement.

Civilian Energy Grid + Extra Energy Unit = 0.3 (30%) Shield Recharge Rate
Civilian Energy Grid + Naval Energy Unit = 0.5 (50%) Shield Recharge Rate
Naval Energy Grid + Extra Energy Unit = 0.7 (70%) Shield Recharge Rate
Naval Energy Grid + Naval Energy Unit = 0.9 (90%) Shield Recharge Rate

Just my two ₢ on the matter. Take it, leave it, tell me my reading of the script is wrong, whatever. The thoughts started rolling around in my head and needed to be dumped somewhere. Is that not what internet forums are for? Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and for the effort it takes to put out such great content for fools like me to mess with.

P.S.
Check the Manifest. There is an error in there somewhere. Was able to make a best guess to get the OXZ to load but it would be best for others to get a corrected version from you with the proper information.

NavalGrid OXP provides two upgrades (civilian & naval) to the energy bus linking the energy units to the Shields. In effect, the energy units provide much more energy to recharge depleted shields, so recharging happens faster. The grids speed up the recharge still further by increasing the rate at which this extra energy reaches the shields.

Energy Units/EnergyBanks        ->         through Energy Bus/Grid        ->      Shields

(standard) Energy Banks                       (standard grid)                     (standard fore & aft) Shields
optional EEU                                  OXP Civilian grid                   optional Shield Boosters
optional NEU                                  OXP Naval grid                      optional Military Shield Enhancement