How to get the shields of your exploration ship right?

[Guizin239]

I guess you could more reliably control the distance to star by crashing into it.
Then low wake on exit vector, but make sure you set throttle to zero before the counter reach 0 - so you always find yourself in SC at minimum speed

This way you can also test heat generation in a normal and hot space.

anyway, nice tests

that works

 

[Non Grata]

and I'll start my test at 100% heat because that's past the point where radiator disipation rate stops scaling with temperature, if I recall correctly.

Not sure, but I think that might be a thing that got rescaled from 100% to 67% (along with damage starting at 100% instead of 150%). From memory, ship heat now starts running away with itself above 67%.

 

[Bigmaec]

Not sure, but I think that might be a thing that got rescaled from 100% to 67% (along with damage starting at 100% instead of 150%). From memory, ship heat now starts running away with itself above 67%.

Pretty sure it's above 64 %

 

[Non Grata]

Pretty sure it's above 64 %

I assume it's 66.6%..

 

[Bigmaec]

I assume it's 66.6%..

Or tree fiddy. Or 2.8%

No, pretty sure at 64% ships stay constant, above the heat will rise.

 

[Non Grata]

Or tree fiddy. Or 2.8%

No, pretty sure at 64% ships stay constant, above the heat will rise.

Maybe you could do a test (or two)

 

[Navigare Necesse Est]

I have no concept of how to pack light IRL, and that translates into games also. If I think I might maybe need something, I'm loading it up. My Exploration build has an amfu, repair limpets, etc. Just like in real life, where someone recommended I should take up camping so I got an RV... I either go prepared, or I don't go at all =D

You need more lightness. So pack that up.

 

[Kelster87]

I can scoop at a constant 67%.. In a Python.

 

[Shir]

The way I tested was trying to emulate real exploring conditions. I only changed dirty drives to clean ones and started traveling.

First scooping alone, then scooping and activating frame shift drive, then flying on planets. The difference was several seconds, a much slower rate of heating up with clean drives near stars. More evident in ships that do overheat, like the Beluga.