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by Jarlyk
Tue May 09, 2017 6:48 pm
Forum: Bob's mods
Topic: Power MK2 engines and boilers mismatched?
Replies: 8
Views: 10826

Re: Power MK2 engines and boilers mismatched?

Thanks, that's very helpful; I didn't understand how the water/steam and per-tick stuff worked, but that makes sense. I got the 85% from the ratio of the temperature to the ideal temperature (220 / 260 = 0.846). I was basing things on the reported values in the tooltips and trying to work it out fro...
by Jarlyk
Tue May 09, 2017 1:58 pm
Forum: Bob's mods
Topic: Power MK2 engines and boilers mismatched?
Replies: 8
Views: 10826

Re: Power MK2 engines and boilers mismatched?

Okay, I did some calculations and it seems like 2 Mk2 boilers can feed 3 Mk2 engines at a reasonable efficiency. If I'm understanding the math properly, that should produce 5.27 MW (lesser of 2.1MW * 3 * 0.85 for engines vs 3.1MW * 2 * 0.85 for boilers.) You can get another 0.085MW by using 4 Mk2 en...
by Jarlyk
Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:41 pm
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: The way the research screen pops up when completed....
Replies: 12
Views: 4966

Re: The way the research screen pops up when completed....

It would be much less obtrusive to have the research complete show up as a large indicator icon in a corner of the screen (similar to many strategy games). Clicking on the icon would bring up the research screen and right clicking would dismiss it. I find myself very frequently dismissing the resear...

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