Already asked at #4. OP seems to know better. Can't help then.
Appalling jump range - Mandalay
- Thread starter shane sparling
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Then do it the way hard core explorers do. Undersize your power plant and every conceivable module possible. Apply G5 lightweight engineering to almost everything. Load up the Guardian FSD boost module and G5 long range + mass drive experiential effect your SCO FSD. Discard anything you don't need.
That's how they got the 91ly range. The Mandalay isn't an insta-win. You need to work at it.
My brother in Raxxla, engineering the fsd
is the most crucial part in increasing your jump range. Also did you downsize your fuel tank as well?
.... except you skipped most important part, why? Well, at least we've discovered why your jump range is "appalling".............Engineering at its finest
I stopped the engineering freight train as I ran out of time, only thing that not been to an engineer is the Grade A size 5 SCO drive, everything else is. PP 2 D overcharged max and stripped down. 4 D Dirty maxed stripped down............Engineering at its finest
You need to get one of the Pre-engineered Thargoid drives. There's about a million guides on youtube how to get one.
I got 50 LYRS with those sized modules... I think I got a bug
No, I have not downsized my fuel tank and probably if out in the black I would carry a spare tank in a 3 slot (cause I am stupid) but the point is I am basing the design on a 91LYR build. I will run it in the game and probably get 80+ with expedition fully fitted, but first I gotta get to 91.
Fully aware the FSD to jump range but currently way off target.
I stopped the engineering freight train as I ran out of time, only thing that not been to an engineer is the Grade A size 5 SCO drive, everything else is. PP 2 D overcharged max and stripped down. 4 D Dirty maxed stripped down............Engineering at its finest
Well, if I build (in Coriolis) the most tinfoil Mandalay I can, with a 5H FSD Booster, it'll jump 62Ly without an engineered FSD.
If I then engineer the FSD that increases to 91Ly.
Seems like you should probably apply some engineering to the FSD before concluding that the jump range is "appalling".
Sorry, as mentioned to someone else, I had to leave my game to go somewhere else, I do have a stock grade A SCO and concerned and a little despondent that I am at 52LYRS. Trust me I am still appalled
I don't believe I will get 39 LYRS more from engineering an A drive. Hence my call.....So you get 62 without, I get 52, see the problem, I'm at tin foil!Well, if I build (in Coriolis) the most tinfoil Mandalay I can, with a 5H FSD Booster, it'll jump 62Ly without an engineered FSD.
If I then engineer the FSD that increases to 91Ly.
Seems like you should probably apply some engineering to the FSD before concluding that the jump range is "appalling".
I stopped the engineering freight train as I ran out of time, only thing that not been to an engineer is the Grade A size 5 SCO drive, everything else is. PP 2 D overcharged max and stripped down. 4 D Dirty maxed stripped down............Engineering at its finest
To "engineer" something on a ship doesn't mean going to Outfitting and taking the lightest componets, 2D etc - it means going to recluse experts called Engineers at their bases on other distant worlds, where you apply their services to enhance outfitted equipment, reduce weight more, or add long-range performances.
Have you ever visited any of these people?
Do you know of them at all?
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if not, oh man you're in for a nasty surprise and have a long way to go...
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Strip off modules so your ship is as stock as possible. Compare it with an actual stock Mandalay, then you can figure out if the ship itself is bugged or if it's one of the modules.
Edit: Oh you didn't engineer the FSD? I'm no expert but that may affect the jump range possibly maybe perhaps.
Edit: Oh you didn't engineer the FSD? I'm no expert but that may affect the jump range possibly maybe perhaps.
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Pretty sure it's a PEBKAC issue.
Engineering the FSD is the single most important thing for increasing jump range. Undersizing and lightweight engineering everything else will do almost nothing in comparison.Sorry, as mentioned to someone else, I had to leave my game to go somewhere else, I do have a stock grade A SCO and concerned and a little despondent that I am at 52LYRS. Trust me I am still appalled
I haven't bought a Mandalay yet, but a stock A rated SCO gives my multirole Cobra V a 28.65ly range, and engineering just the FSD boosts it to 41.2ly.
The titan drive FSD (which has both the increased range and fast boot blueprint effects at once) I actually use on it gives it a 44.43ly range.
I think he's not aware what Engineering means, he thinks it's going into Outfitting and picking the D components.
He doesn't know about Engineers at all.
He doesn't know about Engineers at all.
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He said he overcharged his PP and lightweighted his (zero weight) stock bulkheads on the first page. He just doesn't think engineering the FSD will take him to the expected jump range so he didn't do it yet.
I just bought a Mandalay a couple of days ago. Moderately tuned up, with a shield, with a 4G Vehicle Hangar (so I can have 1 of each type SRV), and the Thargoid FSD I get 78 ly jumps.
I'm considering putting in a passenger cabin for those "take me to a system eleventy-thousand light years away" tourist trips. They are usually pretty interesting places, and I can also get exploration data on the way too and from.
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I stopped the engineering freight train as I ran out of time, only thing that not been to an engineer is the Grade A size 5 SCO drive, everything else is. PP 2 D overcharged max and stripped down. 4 D Dirty maxed stripped down............Engineering at its finest
You need to engineer your SCO drive and install a Guardian frame shift booster if you don't already have one!
Because the Guardian frame shift booster gives you an extra 10ly jump range maybe?