[Nico]

Does the $Power Output tag doesn't work? I want my weapon power to come back quickly on a ship I'm doing, but tweaking this tag does nothing... Can someone tell me how to increase that?

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[The Claw]

Well, it works for me... at least i think it does  

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[Bobboau]

power output is for the ships.tbl

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[Nico]

Yes, thanx, I knows that, but I tried 0, 0.1, ,0.6, 1, 2, 5, 10, 1000, and the power income speed stays the same, so how the hell do I make it faster, please?

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[Bobboau]

you mean the fir rate or the recharge time (recharge time varys per ship)

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[Nico]

I mean recharge time: the speed at which the power gauge for weapons replenishes itself.

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[Bobboau]

that is something that you put in the ship section, it isn't part of the weapons, its part of the ship.

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[Sushi]

He IS using the Ships TBL. He just wants the weapon banks to recharge faster.

Have you tried changing the energy to weapons in-game? Maybe it stays the same until you shunt power to it.



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[Nico]

Bobboau: Thanx   Can you tell it to me a third time? I'm sure I didn't understand.

Sushi: Nope, but I'll try (anyway, if that's that, its wrong   )

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[IPAndrews]

I'm resurrecting this thread from the dead because I'm having this exact same problem now.

I'm changing the power output value in the ships.tbl for the Volron Fighter.

I have the power output set to 100. It takes about a minute for the ship to recharge. I set it to 1000. Still takes a minute. I set it to 10000. Still takes a minute. Is this value being capped at 100? Some other value? Give me a clue guys. This is most annoying

[Martinus]

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You revived a 4 year old thread.
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[Roanoke]

Wouldn't it be easier to lower the power consumption rate (rather then recharge) ?

[StratComm]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
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You revived a 4 year old thread.
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God god, I didn't know we still had 4-year-old threads

I'm pretty sure that there's something else in the table that controls this.  What I can't remember and I can't look it up from here, but look at the specs and see if there isn't something else concerning weapon recharge rates.

[Flaser]

AFAIK avgr_1 (sry if I mispelled) worked on this one.
Yes, there was (is) a problem with the fact that the poweroutput didn't do anything - though I don't know if his changes made it to the CVS.

[Nuke]

i think it takes the weapon energy into account in the calculations. if you lower the bank capacity and increase the power output you will notice a much faster charge rate. if you have a high value set to weapon erergy it will take a long time to charge regaurdless of power output.

id like to see a spreadsheet that shows how table variables get calculated by the engine as a reference for modders when facing this kinda problem.

[Trivial Psychic]

Taken from Herc MK1 table:

$Power Output: 3.0
$Max Oclk Speed: 64.0
$Max Weapon Eng: 150.0

I believe that the 2nd & 3rd of those entries are crucial for you.  I'm guessing that the Max Oclk Speed is how quickly your weapon power recharges, and Max Weapon Eng is what the weapon energy cappacity is.  I'm also guessing that the power output affacts how much the other 2 (plus engines and shields) change when more or less power is transferred to them VIA ETS.  I'm just guessing here, but maybe it'll put you in the right direction.

[Bobboau]

damn I was darn dense, wasn't I?

[Bobboau]

and looking into the code, wow, it actualy doesn't do anything!!!

[Trivial Psychic]

Was I correct in any aspects of my guessing?

[WMCoolmon]

you mean the fir rate or the recharge time (recharge time varys per ship)

Some things never change...