Help plz shield cell and eddlite

[Knin3]

Hi Commanders!!!

Was wondering if anyone could please answer a couple of questions I have, firstly is there anywhere on the hud where after using a shield cell your able to tell how long it has left before it runs out. Secondly this eddlite thingy, I downloaded it because I read somewhere it was sort of able to tell you where youd already travelled to in the galaxy. Im stumped with the program and from what I can gather is all it does is link me to some websites, can anyone please help me out with this. Thankyou guys, this game is so indepth I really could do with your help

Knin3

 

[ADAMtheWELSHMANz]

You can check SCB spool up time and duration on right hand panel>modules>info or in outfitting.

As far as on the HUD, you get an audio sfx as it spools up (and heat increases), then your shields will flash as it applies the boost.

You could also go into down menu where it displays shield/hull strength and watch it there if you want to see exactly how many % a single boost will add to your shields.

 

[GroG79]

You can assign scb as a firegroup. Then you can see how many recharges you have left.

 

[ADAMtheWELSHMANz]

If you have 2 x SCB's you can fire the first then the 2nd a cpl of seconds later (double banking).

Have a heatsink mapped to 2nd one to dissipate all the heat and it's just a matter of timing.

My Vette can only power one SCB at a time and with G4 engineering (only available in Colonia) it'll only hit mid 90 degress as long as I don't boost/ fire weapons during spool up.

Another way of managing the heat (of a single SCB) is to have thermal vent on a weapon.

As long as you're hitting an enemy during the spool up it'll prevent module damage, but if you miss due to chaff etc it'll actually cause worse damage.

 

[Knin3]

Thanks guys, once again some great info, funny thing though I went to buy a second and it said I could only have one? Love your pooches Adam!!

 

[goemon]

Thanks guys, once again some great info, funny thing though I went to buy a second and it said I could only have one? Love your pooches Adam!!

could it be you were trying to buy a second shield generator? because you can only have one. a shield generator generates the basic shield, while a shield cell bank "recharges" that shield. you can have more than one shield cell bank, but only one shieldgenerator.

 

[goemon]

Secondly this eddlite thingy, I downloaded it because I read somewhere it was sort of able to tell you where youd already travelled to in the galaxy. Im stumped with the program and from what I can gather is all it does is link me to some websites

• eddlite is the lite version of eddiscovery. different to the "full" version, which creates a local database along sending data to third parties, the lite version parses game events to various online services.
• if you just want info, if you have visited a system before, you can filter the galaxy map for visited/unvisted ingame
• if you want to track your journeys, you should sign up to one of the third party services. i personally use edsm.net for it, and have a similar tool (edmc) as eddlite sending my data to edsm.net, so i can look upo whether i have vbisited a system some years ago.
• if you want to have your own database for a lot of fancy thingies you might want to install eddiscovery in the full version. while i have it installed i rarely fire it up, as for my usecase it has too many functions i don#t really need, and as i'm switching machines to play ed regularly i anyway use the online tools more.