A question about solar panels

DavidG · #1 April 20th, 2003, 09:00 PM

Ha ha beat you all.

Ruatha · #2 April 20th, 2003, 09:02 PM

Strange, when I posted DavidG's answer wasn't there.

So : Darned that DavidG, beat us to it.!

SamuraiProgrammer · #3 April 20th, 2003, 09:13 PM

Thanks for the answers, folks. I could have sworn that two panels kept a small ship supplied, but I guess that was when I was not moving at full speed.

Slick · #4 April 20th, 2003, 10:48 PM

Another point is that bonus movement from any means (engine bonus, solar sail, propulsion experts, etc.) DOES use supplies.

Slick.

Grandpa Kim · #5 April 21st, 2003, 05:36 AM

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Originally posted by Slick:
Another point is that bonus movement from any means (engine bonus, solar sail, propulsion experts, etc.) DOES use supplies.

Slick.

Yeah! Never could figure out why a solar sail caused the engines to use fuel...

Taera · #6 April 21st, 2003, 07:01 AM

which i guess is simply a balance plugin to balance the powerful sails.

Slick · #7 April 21st, 2003, 08:53 AM

I have always thought that Solar Sails should add movement without using supplies. It just doesn't make sense. I suppose it is easy enough to mod them some supply generation and I know that some mods do this. But a stock Solar Sail sure doesn't act like you might expect if you are comparing it to a sail on a real sailboat i.e "free" movement using energy from wind (or in space, solar wind).

Slick.