Capacitors/Tesla coils - time delayed cycling - High energy Accumulator
I am aware that this has been asked for before.(Gaz et al)
I would like to put this back on the table.
With a quick search I found that there are at least 10 posts that mention the idea of using capacitors, including one of my own, and especially one by Gaz.
At the time of writing this there were at total of 223 votes across those posts.
I can not claim that all of those votes were specifically for capacitors, but when the lowest vote number post under consideration is at 60 votes, I think that there may be a case to reconsider capacitors again.
Listening to the chat on discord and thinking about how some things function in SE1 has prompted me to ask for this again.
In SE1 vanilla, jump drives and rail guns take time to charge.
The shield mod takes time to charge.
I am sure that there are other mods out there that also require time to charge.
My thoughts are if all of these things have a charging system, why not have the thing that is charged and discharged as a separate block system.
This could be a type of regulated capacitor bank or it could be a kind of Tesla Coil or both or something new.
By having this as a separated part, the stored high energy charge could be switched from driving one system to another, i.e. more engineering
This is not my idea, power switching between high energy systems is common in Sci-fi.
This would be an intermediate powering stage for late game tech, would be a part of the later learning stage for new players, so the added complexity would not be so off putting.
Gaz's post is now archived.
https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/47731-energy-health-shields
I used the search term 'capacitor' if you would like to review the others on this site.
I like this feedback
To clarify this is a block that will draw power from batteries, reactors and energy collectors. It will store the energy to be released as a high power rapid discharge at some later time. It will take time to charge depending on the available power or at an adjustable rate lower than the available power by % or units of power over time. The block will have a selection box for it's intended delivery destination or none.
Should this block get damaged, the high energy release may cause an explosion.
To clarify this is a block that will draw power from batteries, reactors and energy collectors. It will store the energy to be released as a high power rapid discharge at some later time. It will take time to charge depending on the available power or at an adjustable rate lower than the available power by % or units of power over time. The block will have a selection box for it's intended delivery destination or none.
Should this block get damaged, the high energy release may cause an explosion.
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