Does SRV Survey not do that? I know it does with the ship but I’ve never used it with the SLF - I only flew that in space to check out interesting phenomena.
SLF bay in SCO overcharge optimised ships
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Does SRV Survey not do that? I know it does with the ship but I’ve never used it with the SLF - I only flew that in space to check out interesting phenomena.
It does, though flying in an SLF is much, much faster than driving around in an SRV. I love doing that, too, in the mountains - usually looking for those freaking mushrooms.
SRV Survey can guide you to a specific point on the ground, but collecting these points from the journals and creating an optimal route, especially if you scanned several species with the fighter in any order, I don't know of a tool currently published which does that. I produce a little csv file with the waypoints, which is then easily imported into SRV Survey to do all the nice overlay stuff. But I'm working on saving that step, too, although I only do a command line program. If it displays what I need on a second monitor, that's good enough for me. Maybe someone does something fancier with this, one day.
So we need the Panther Clipper to have a SLF hangar. Duly noted
I was promised a ship that can deploy Sideys and other small ships.
I still want that.
I guess exobiology has turned exploration into a time-sensitive activity.
A ship that'd allow you to zip between planets with SCO and then deploy an SLF zip around the surface, looking for stuffz, would really be the holy grail.
If any ship was going to get it, it'd probably have been the Mandalay.
What does "SCO Optimised" actually do?
Something like this?I was promised a ship that can deploy Sideys and other small ships.
I still want that.
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place your stupid high hopes " major feature overhaul for 2023 "
As I explain in the following post we can have potential on elevators mixed with procedural POIs that take advantage of it in some creative forms, so this boost up the exploration if used properly (potential POIs far from bubble)...
Ships that are SCO optimised fly far more smoothly in SCO and they use the fuel far more efficiently. And they don't overheat as fast (if at all).
In a Krait mk.II I travel a 100 kLs journey in at least four bursts as there is overheating. Alternatively I can use a heatsink but it is not worth the materials for synthesizing new ones. But in those 4 bursts I'm also out of fuel. I better watch the fuel gauge REALLY carefully or I'm fuel rats material. Not a major problem if the secondary star is scoopable but you can run out of fuel on-route, too.
EDIT; in an optimised ship this would hardly be a problem, single SCO activaction. Or so they said. Oh, and Krait mk.II's ride feels like wildhorses, needs constant corrections.
Its a cool idea. Will give it a go sometime.
As far as niches for new ships are concerned, I could see...
* A large ship with very good vertical and lateral thrust, good jump range, and medium hauling capability.
I've noticed that right now the Cutter is always the best hauler because it has a C7 FSD, and so even if you're hauling less than your max cargo you still jump furthest with a cutter. If they were to release a ship with the C8 FSD, they could make a ship that has less overall cargo but still jumps further than a cutter. Combine this with really good vertical thrust(to make flying in gravity more pleasant) and you could create the ultimate colonization hauler. Not quite as much cargo as a cutter, but makes up for it with handling, jump range, and SCO optimization.
* A small long-range ship with an SFL bay.
Right now there really isn't any particularly good option for this. A Krait, for example, is usually better off omitting the fighter bay and just sticking to fighting on your own, and if you're gonna do that you may as well fly a Corsair instead. I'd love a real purpose-built ship for multicrew, where you can fit a C6 fighter bay and the ship itself is designed to also be effective on its own.
Something like a Vulture Mk2 - maybe a Condor? 2x C6 optionals, then more like a vulture from then on down, with like class 4, 3, 2, 1, 1. Maybe 2x huge hardpoints? That'd be pretty cool. It'd probably have to be a medium, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be relatively small and fly like a small.
* A large ship with very good vertical and lateral thrust, good jump range, and medium hauling capability.
I've noticed that right now the Cutter is always the best hauler because it has a C7 FSD, and so even if you're hauling less than your max cargo you still jump furthest with a cutter. If they were to release a ship with the C8 FSD, they could make a ship that has less overall cargo but still jumps further than a cutter. Combine this with really good vertical thrust(to make flying in gravity more pleasant) and you could create the ultimate colonization hauler. Not quite as much cargo as a cutter, but makes up for it with handling, jump range, and SCO optimization.
* A small long-range ship with an SFL bay.
Right now there really isn't any particularly good option for this. A Krait, for example, is usually better off omitting the fighter bay and just sticking to fighting on your own, and if you're gonna do that you may as well fly a Corsair instead. I'd love a real purpose-built ship for multicrew, where you can fit a C6 fighter bay and the ship itself is designed to also be effective on its own.
Something like a Vulture Mk2 - maybe a Condor? 2x C6 optionals, then more like a vulture from then on down, with like class 4, 3, 2, 1, 1. Maybe 2x huge hardpoints? That'd be pretty cool. It'd probably have to be a medium, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be relatively small and fly like a small.