Ship Building FAQ

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