Different Colored Borders On Upgrades?

[ΣПDΣЯ]

Guys what does the green, red and yellow borders mean??

[SlurpMeDaddy420]

there linked that means its good : ) adds more stats

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Mr.One Shot Wonder:

there linked that means its good : ) adds more stats

Try categorising it though! ;-)

Its not listed anywhere as far as I know, certainly not in game at least. I haven't compared the stats on the right between "linked" and "unlinked" to see just how much of a difference it actually makes.

I might take a look at this later and find an upgrade thats fairly cheap to make and test both situations and take screenshots etc.

[Kinsama]

Yes it's never explained but when you install a new mod on your ship, you have to put it next to a mod of the same kind to link them and make them more powerful.
It means that when you buy a new ship the number of slot is important but the way they are dispatched is important too

Same for your suit and multitool

[ΣПDΣЯ]

Originally posted by Mimiste:

Yes it's never explained but when you install a new mod on your ship, you have to put it next to a mod of the same kind to link them and make them more powerful.
It means that when you buy a new ship the number of slot is important but the way they are dispatched is important too

Same for your suit and multitool

Awesome but you know the differences between the colors?

[bryngylf]

Originally posted by Mimiste:

Yes it's never explained but when you install a new mod on your ship, you have to put it next to a mod of the same kind to link them and make them more powerful.
It means that when you buy a new ship the number of slot is important but the way they are dispatched is important too

Same for your suit and multitool

What?! Have completely missed this, thanks for the tip!

[Mr. Hubble]

Originally posted by DarkriteLORD:

Originally posted by Mimiste:

Yes it's never explained but when you install a new mod on your ship, you have to put it next to a mod of the same kind to link them and make them more powerful.
It means that when you buy a new ship the number of slot is important but the way they are dispatched is important too

Same for your suit and multitool

Awesome but you know the differences between the colors?

Great tip!...Thank's! ^^

[Bubba Fett]

Last multitool I bought was 19 slots and the first thing I did was rip everything out but the mining beam to reconfigure it.
Took a while to get all the mods back since you only get half the materials back when you disassemble them, but now it mines fast, kills fast, and is really hard to overheat.
Mp slots used for boltcaster. Just the mining beam, grenades, and scanner/visor.

[neutrino]

Yeah, but there seems to be some inconsistency or, more likely given the state of the game, a bug. For instance, for me, things only get linked (get a border drawn around them) if I install them vertically, not horizontally. What's up with that?

[Frigidman]

Originally posted by Nom de Plume:

Yeah, but there seems to be some inconsistency or, more likely given the state of the game, a bug. For instance, for me, things only get linked (get a border drawn around them) if I install them vertically, not horizontally. What's up with that?

Mine go horizontally just fine. Maybe you have a mod in the middle thats not really the right type? Some mods are familied, like the visor and scanner pair, even though they are two different base items.

As far as the "COLORING" goes, it appears to be inconsequential. The coloring is simply to know what type of thing is being linked. Green is for mining chain, blue is for whatever, red another, dark blue, white, gray, gold. Its so you can determine them apart in a full list.

[neutrino]

Originally posted by Frigidman:

Originally posted by Nom de Plume:

Yeah, but there seems to be some inconsistency or, more likely given the state of the game, a bug. For instance, for me, things only get linked (get a border drawn around them) if I install them vertically, not horizontally. What's up with that?

Mine go horizontally just fine. Maybe you have a mod in the middle thats not really the right type?

Contrary to the general assumption everyone makes when talking to a stranger on the internet, I'm not a complete idiot.

I upgraded my multi-tool for a better one, and it already had a +3 scan range extender on it which was cool because I only had the blueprint for the +2 one. So I added a +2 one next to it horizontally, and it didn't "link." I later delete it and reinstall it under the +3 one, and it linked.

Same goes for the mining upgrades. I've never had the space to build them vertically, but horizontally, then never link. (I honestly don't know if they are supposed to, but I can say definitely that horizontally, they don't. Well, at least I get no "borders" anyway.)

[shadowknight57]

How did you guys even figures this out, I haven't seen that anywhere in game. Thanks for the tip!

[Frigidman]

Originally posted by Nom de Plume:

Originally posted by Frigidman:

Mine go horizontally just fine. Maybe you have a mod in the middle thats not really the right type?

Contrary to the general assumption everyone makes when talking to a stranger on the internet, I'm not a complete idiot.

I upgraded my multi-tool for a better one, and it already had a +3 scan range extender on it which was cool because I only had the blueprint for the +2 one. So I added a +2 one next to it horizontally, and it didn't "link." I later delete it and reinstall it under the +3 one, and it linked.

Same goes for the mining upgrades. I've never had the space to build them vertically, but horizontally, then never link. (I honestly don't know if they are supposed to, but I can say definitely that horizontally, they don't. Well, at least I get no "borders" anyway.)

Well... I wasn't assuming you were, I just asked, as even the most brilliant sometimes overlook something sometimes.

I will never ask if you had your computer plugged in though.

[Bubba Fett]

Originally posted by shadowknight57:

How did you guys even figures this out, I haven't seen that anywhere in game. Thanks for the tip!

We learned it the same place as you. Reading forums instead of playing the game. :^)

[bobSheep]

After I saw 2 groups I made the assumption that each border color stands for 1 certain item impacted by the upgrade.
I Googled it and it confirmed my suspicions.

[Bubba Fett]

Just saw a video explaining how to tell how much bonus you get from linked upgrades.

In each inventory, there are a bunch of circular icons on the right side of the screen. These are bar graphs showing the effectiveness of the systems. The main color of the graph is effectivness including any upgrades. The darker shading on the end of it is the bonus gained from having them linked.
It's not a huge difference, but it's noticable if you've got multiple linked upgrades. My scanner gains about 20% from having the scanner, visor, and 2 range upgrades clustered together.