Does the brain mechanic actually do anything?

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

What modes actually mean what? I just did an entire mission and I don't think this thing fixed a single engine trim.

[convolutedjester]

Left icon is Defects, middle is Trim, right is Thrusters. That said I agree that it seems bugged and does nothing for me. I normally have it set to trim but i don't see my trim getting fixed.

[Dimikles]

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

What modes actually mean what? I just did an entire mission and I don't think this thing fixed a single engine trim.

Left is defects, middle is engine trims, right is thruster boosts. I don't know if it's broken or just hard to notice with how frequent the engines need to be trimmed, but I haven't observed it fixing engine trims at an acceptable rate. It does restore thruster boosts and defects in a timely manner, though, so those parts are working, at least.

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

Oh. Well that would explain it. I guess it just doesn't fix engine trims -.-

[Matthew]

I have tested this.

1. Defects: Not working
   
2. Engine trim: Not working
   
3. Thruster boosters: Semi-working

Trim: The engine trim does eventually start working if you fix some trim manually... sometimes.

Booster: It does work with the thruster booster station, but very slowly even if you enhance the auto mechanic.

[Sasha Mason]

Defects isn't really worth it, Trims seem to work very unreliably.
I only use it for Thruster Boosters, that usually works.

[DDRMANIAC007]

You need to boost it using the panel on it. Your solo build should include some skills for making your boosts better.

[shadain597]

I did not own the game back when the thread was started, but I can confirm that, currently, the auto mechanic will fix both defects and engine trim (not at the same time, obviously). That said, it's pretty bad at both. You can hop out of the pilot's seat, run around fixing all of them, and hop back in the chair in less time than it takes the brain to fix just one of those things. I think it must be on a randomized timer or something, because sometimes it'll keep up with engine trims and sometimes it'll let 7 of them pile up.

[Pride Lizard Pride Lizard]

FYI: This post is redundant. They fixed it shortly after I posted this. I am aware it properly fixes things now. Do not feel the need to revive a few month old and redundant thread.

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

FYI: This post is redundant. They fixed it shortly after I posted this. I am aware it properly fixes things now. Do not feel the need to revive a few month old and redundant thread.

That's interesting, because it still feels like it can't really fix trims properly at times.

[ArtificialQT]

Originally posted by Sasha Mason:

Originally posted by Pride Lizard Pride Lizard:

FYI: This post is redundant. They fixed it shortly after I posted this. I am aware it properly fixes things now. Do not feel the need to revive a few month old and redundant thread.

That's interesting, because it still feels like it can't really fix trims properly at times.

An unbuffed Auto Mechanic will perform "1 action" every 60 seconds. Doesn't matter which mode you set it to, they all share the same 60 second action cooldown.

So if you get a lot of Trim or receive a lot of Defects in a short time-frame, it will take the Auto Mechanic as many minutes to fix all of those problems.

For the most part, it's fairly capable at keeping Trim hovering between 0-9%.

As for Defects, don't get hit too often in a short time-frame.

[Pojito]

Doesnt work for me.

[SHODAN]

the brains mech are USELESS and not effective in their role as an helper to solo players

as someone told before, 60 secs are not enought to really help you, and this is sad since weapon brains works great.

that's the reason why i do not use them, it's a waste of alloy and space, especially if you are using the frigate

[Sasha Mason]

Originally posted by netman:

the brains mech are USELESS and not effective in their role as an helper to solo players

as someone told before, 60 secs are not enought to really help you, and this is sad since weapon brains works great.

that's the reason why i do not use them, it's a waste of alloy and space, especially if you are using the frigate

Waste of Alloy?
Considering you spawn with one, hardly so.
Waste of space?
Not on the big ship.

I would argue that they do relatively okay keeping boosters charged.
At some point, I came across a bug that allowed the auto mechanic to charge up Thruster Boosters that were turned off (this has been fixed now), but overall, they're not that great.

They regularly struggle keeping up with trims, and using them to auto repair internal damage seems like a waste. Still, they are great for keeping Boosters charged up for longer.

[Madkine]

They work fine at keeping engine defects under control. From time to time you need to help out and do some yourself, but as a regular solo player they do a decent job.