Battery & power modules feedback

Mrixl2520 shared this feedback 2 days ago
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First off, I really like the idea that batteries have modules you can swap in and out. It makes transferring power between ships more engaging and interactive. However, I run into a lot of issues that I find... perplexing. What should be a great innovation seems to create more problems than solve.

First: Battery blocks aren't exactly batteries, they are more like "power banks" to charge/discharge power modules. I am fine calling these blocks batteries, but I feel like they should hold some amount of power outside of the power modules.

My second point: 2.5m batteries & the 1m (medium?) are massive compared to a single power module. What is the point of a 2.5m battery with 4 power module slots if I can build 4x 1m batteries using less space? My solution is both of these blocks hold an equal amount of charge to the number of power modules they can hold.

Additionally, why does the medium battery only have 1 port? It could very easily have 2, and looks like it should.

It annoys me that there are two sizes of modules that look extremely similar. I feel like 1 battery module size is sufficient.

For the small battery (.5m), I would rather it use the single large power module (no more small modules!) and it NOT to hold a charge. This would simply be a place to charge/discharge power modules.

As mentioned in another post (https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/52027-add-power-module-to-the-battery-crafting-cost) power module bloat quickly becomes a problem. You end up with all of these half charged modules and no where to put them. I would suggest batteries not start with a module, and you have to craft them. If the large and medium batteries held a charge then modules wouldn't be needed as much.

Swapping power modules is a nightmare. I think a small pop-up window (similar to Build Vision mod?) should pop up asking you which battery you want to insert in a charging port, with a charge percentage by the list of batteries. No more "dropping my 30% charge batteries on the ground so I can charge my 0% batteries."

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