Aurora 4x
C# Aurora => C# Mechanics => Topic started by: Kaiser on May 20, 2020, 01:17:51 PM
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So guys, I know there are a bunch of bugs here, but I want see it clear.
I have a colony which has a refuelling station only, no cargo handling capability, no ordnance transfer capability.
The colony has neither MSP nor maintenance facility.
At the colony there are some military ships (which consume MSP) and a maintenance ship designed as supply ship which has a cargo handling component.
All the military ships have 0 MSP (due to the maintenance) and also the maintenance ship has 0 MSP.
Also, there are 2 supply ship plenty of MSP BUT because a design error, they do not have a cargo shuttle bay, as far as I understood whithout this component a supply ship cannot transfer MSP to other ships; however MSP are slowly decreasing as if the military ships are getting those from the supply ships.
It seems a rebus, however how is possible the supply ships are consuming MSP?
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I think you should write it in the bug forum. Because it seems Steve forgot to add that little detail.
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Question: does the maintenance ship have cargo shuttles? (Really, for completeness, does anything at the location have cargo shuttles?)
If it does, it might be possible that it is extracting MSP from the supply ships. Not sure whether that would be working as intended, but probably worth checking?
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The maintenance ship has a Cargo shuttle bay.
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The maintenance ship has a Cargo shuttle bay.
Maybe test what happens if you move it away from the colony, then?
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The maintenance ship has a Cargo shuttle bay.
Maybe test what happens if you move it away from the colony, then?
Yes it is a bug, once I moved the ship with the Cargo shuttle bay away from the colony, the supply ships have stopped losing MSP.
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I think it's not a bug, even if it's not WAI. ::)
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The maintenance ship has a Cargo shuttle bay.
Maybe test what happens if you move it away from the colony, then?
Yes it is a bug, once I moved the ship with the Cargo shuttle bay away from the colony, the supply ships have stopped losing MSP.
When maintenance ship is gone then nothing is consumed, it's normal. There was not a facility to maintain ships anymore in the first place.
I think whichever ship has the cargo shuttle bay can use it to draw supllies when neccessary. So I wasn't aware that some ship has shuttle bays when I suggested you to report this as a bug.
Manintenance ship draw MSP from supply ships using its own cargo shuttles is quite logical.
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The maintenance ship has a Cargo shuttle bay.
Maybe test what happens if you move it away from the colony, then?
Yes it is a bug, once I moved the ship with the Cargo shuttle bay away from the colony, the supply ships have stopped losing MSP.
It's not obvious that a ship with shuttles can automatically take MSP from supply ships without them, but it seems like the more-desirable implementation to me.
I guess that means I agree with serger, though I don't know whether or not it's WAI.
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The thing is they don't. They are maintained in the maintenance modules on the maintenance ship with cargo bays. That ship can pull MSP from cargo bayless supply ship. So the chain goes full circle.
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Can you post the design of the supply ship for us to see?
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The thing is they don't. They are maintained in the maintenance modules on the maintenance ship with cargo bays. That ship can pull MSP from cargo bayless supply ship. So the chain goes full circle.
Huh? Nothing's going in a circle here. The maintenance ship is extracting supplies from the supply ship to feed its maintenance module.
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Because maintenance ship has cargo shuttle bays. He wrote that...
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Because maintenance ship has cargo shuttle bays. He wrote that...
Yes? This is true and important but I have no idea where you are going with it.
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So I explained it two posts ago. Maintenance ship has the ability to pull&push cargo with its on board cargo shuttle bays. So it pulls from supply ships and maintains the fleet.
Edit: After he pulled the maintenance ship away transfer has stopped.
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So I explained it two posts ago. Maintenance ship has the ability to pull&push cargo with its on board cargo shuttle bays. So it pulls from supply ships and maintains the fleet.
Edit: After he pulled the maintenance ship away transfer has stopped.
Yes, again? I know this, and I still have no idea why you're pointing it out.
I think I have no idea what you meant by:
The thing is they don't. They are maintained in the maintenance modules on the maintenance ship with cargo bays. That ship can pull MSP from cargo bayless supply ship. So the chain goes full circle.
But also that you seem to have misunderstood my post immediately before it somehow.
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"They don't" part is wrong, you are right. That sentence must have been "They do". It seemed like I was opposing your idea. But still, I feel my explaination was clear.
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"They don't" part is wrong, you are right. That sentence must have been "They do". It seemed like I was opposing your idea. But still, I feel my explaination was clear.
With that correction I can see where we got started. My phrasing was unclear - yes, we know now that a maintenance ship with shuttles can take MSP from a supply ship without them! What I meant was non-obvious was whether that was the behavior we should have expected.
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Why not? It seems very intentional to me. Think about it with colonies without cargo hubs. Ships with bays can still make transfers with them.
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Sorry guys I missed your previous posts.
Here's the maintenance ship:
MV Danzig 003 (Danzig class Maintenance Vessel) 56.515 tons 480 Crew 2.054.2 BP TCS 1.130 TH 120 EM 0
106 km/s Armour 1-131 Shields 0-0 HTK 72 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
MSP 3.222 Max Repair 200 MSP
Cargo Shuttle Multiplier 2
Korvettenkapitan Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 3 months
Maintenance Modules: 8 module(s) capable of supporting ships of 16.000 tons
Heckel-Aulbach Commercial Nuclear Pulse Engine EP120.00 (1) Power 120 Fuel Use 0.89% Signature 120 Explosion 2%
Fuel Capacity 10.000.000 Litres Range 3.560.9 billion km (388807 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 50.000 litres per hour Complete Refuel 200 hours
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
Here's the supply ship without the Cargo bay:
TK Deutschland 003 (Deutschland class Tanker) 9.564 tons 49 Crew 257.3 BP TCS 191 TH 120 EM 0
627 km/s Armour 2-40 Shields 0-0 HTK 28 Sensors 0/0/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
MSP 816 Max Repair 20 MSP
Korvettenkapitan Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months
Heckel-Aulbach Commercial Nuclear Pulse Engine EP120.00 (1) Power 120 Fuel Use 0.89% Signature 120 Explosion 2%
Fuel Capacity 5.000.000 Litres Range 10.531.4 billion km (194403 days at full power)
Refuelling Capability: 50.000 litres per hour Complete Refuel 100 hours
Fichtner & Schulenburg Sensor Systems Active Search Sensor AS20-R100 (1) GPS 1200 Range 20.3m km Resolution 100
This design is classed as a Commercial Vessel for maintenance purposes
My idea is the following: As a ship designed as tanker (but without a Refuelling system) cannot refuel other ships (neither orbiting a planet nor at the space), the same should apply for the MPS.
My supply ship cannot actually resupply any ship because it lacks of Cargo bay, so why and how is the maintenance ship sucking MSP from the supply ship if this has not the ability to do it?
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Because cargo and fuel are handled differently. Think about a RL tanker without any kind of system to get its fuel out. It can not make the transfer. But if a goods truck does not have, say handcarts, the depot or the other truck may have it. So in your case your maintenance ships cargo bays were doing the job. It's still a good idea to refit supply ships to include cargo bays because in this shape you can not use them independently.