Some observations

clark · #1 September 24th, 2003, 06:28 PM

Thanks for the reply!

However, I am confused about resetting the keyboard commands. I understand the ESC brings up the control panel options, and I understand clicking on "controls", but how on earth do you change the keyboard keys? I haven't seen anything that allows it, just a display of what the keys currently are.

What am I missing?

Phoenix-D · #2 September 24th, 2003, 06:29 PM

You click on the key you want to change, then press the new key.

So if you want speed up to be W instead of ], click on the ] and press W.

clark · #3 September 24th, 2003, 06:32 PM

Wonderful! Thank you for holding my hand. I think I will try to ride the bike on my own now!

clark · #4 September 24th, 2003, 06:34 PM

Alright, another mystery....

Can anyone explain the power requirments?

Right now, I can see different power plants that produce different amounts of energy. I think we start with a 25k plant, but I upped it to a 50k plant. I see some that are better coming in at 100k.

What do the different numbers mean, and what is ideal, and what is simply 'sufficient'? How is power used?

Phoenix-D · #5 September 24th, 2003, 07:04 PM

Power plants have two numbers: generation, and storage. The generation is the amount of power they make per time (not sure how much time) Storage is how much they hold maximum.

Each of your weapons uses power to recharge- ussually 10 units. If you run out of power, I'm not sure what happens; probably your weapons won't recharge, and you might slow down.

clark · #6 September 24th, 2003, 07:14 PM

Thanks again! Okay, next question:

I noted the issue with the weapons and there not being much difference in ability between levels. It seems there is a slight difference in some of the weapons (my experience so far).

What about other components though? I do notice the difference between engines (propulsion speeds) armor rating, shield Ratings, etc.

But for the life of me, I can't figure out whether a 7th level Bridge or Crew Quarters is better than a level 2 one. They seem to be exactly the same. If so, why denote different levels? Should we just ignore level differences for certain devices?

Phoenix-D · #7 September 24th, 2003, 07:31 PM

On those, I don't know. Everything except bridge, CQ and LS seems to improve. I think the crew quarters and life support might as well, by preventing crew death better. On a destroyer that doesn't matter, but the rate of death can be adjusted- I bet some of the bigger ships need more than one Life Support..with a more advanced type, they might not.