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This is a list of common ship building questions. | This is a list of common [[ship]] building questions. | ||
=== What do the different ship multiblocks do? === | === What do the different ship multiblocks do? === | ||
* Hyperdrive | * [[Hyperdrive]] | ||
** Allows ship to jump into hyperspace | ** Allows ship to jump into hyperspace | ||
** Higher tiers increase hyperspace travel speed | ** Higher tiers increase hyperspace travel speed | ||
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** Allows ship to use the /jump command | ** Allows ship to use the /jump command | ||
** Higher tiers increase the jump range of the ship | ** Higher tiers increase the jump range of the ship | ||
** Without a navigation computer, ships can still take hyperspace beacons but cannot /jump | ** Without a [[navigation computer]], ships can still take hyperspace beacons but cannot /jump | ||
** | ** [[Shuttle]]s can /jump without a navigation computer, but their range is halved | ||
=== Why aren't my guns firing? === | === Why aren't my guns firing? === | ||
Revision as of 06:30, 12 August 2026
This is a list of common ship building questions.
What do the different ship multiblocks do?
- Hyperdrive
- Allows ship to jump into hyperspace
- Higher tiers increase hyperspace travel speed
- Navigation computers
- Allows ship to use the /jump command
- Higher tiers increase the jump range of the ship
- Without a navigation computer, ships can still take hyperspace beacons but cannot /jump
- Shuttles can /jump without a navigation computer, but their range is halved
Why aren't my guns firing?
- Forward-facing ship weapons require a thruster to determine what the "front" of the ship is. Add a thruster.
- The weapon you are trying to use is disabled by default. (See default weapon balancing values.)
- The weapon you are trying to use is disabled for your ship class. (See balancing values for your ship class.)
- Your ship does not have enough weapon capacitor/power.
- For light weapons:
- Take your ship's block count. If the block count would be less than 500, assume your block count is 500.
- Take the cube root.
- Multiply by 3000.
- If your ship is not a warship, multiply by 0.7. (See your starship type's powerOverrider for the exact value.)
- If your ship is oversized (larger than the maximum block count for its class), multiply by 0.5.
- Divide by 6.
- Divide by the weapon's firePowerConsumption, or the weapon's firePowerConsumption on a certain class.
- Your ship can fire a number of weapons of this type equal to the calculated value, or the value of maxPerShot, whichever is lower, whenever you fire your light weapons.
- For heavy weapons:
- Take your ship's block count. If the block count would be less than 500, assume your block count is 500.
- Take the cube root.
- Multiply by 3000.
- If your ship is not a warship, multiply by 0.7. (See your starship type's powerOverrider for the exact value.)
- If your ship is oversized (larger than the maximum block count for its class), multiply by 0.5.
- Divide by the weapon's firePowerConsumption, or the weapon's firePowerConsumption on a certain class.
- Your ship can fire a number of weapons of this type equal to the calculated value, or the value of maxPerShot, whichever is lower, whenever you fire your heavy weapons.
- Additional sources related to starship power: WeaponCapacitor.kt, ReactorSubsystem.kt