Selling inconsistently gives back full refund??

[yoctometric]

I'm so confused. I'm playing on normal difficulty, and sometimes when I sell a part it gives me a full refund and sometimes it gives me a 75% or even 50% refund. It's infuriating. How am I supposed to modify my ship if I lose money prototyping?

[Walt Destler]

It works like this:

Any parts that have been in combat or an FTL jump only give 75% refund.
Any parts that haven't been in combat or FTL jump give full 100% refund.

[yoctometric]

Interesting, thanks. I'm not a huge fan of that design tbh, but its your game your rules

[laston827]

so it's like the part gets worn down

[SemiConductor]

use blueprint mode

[LuminousGames]

I' know it's old topic but what does it mean "been in combat"? Is it enough to spawn on the map or I have to engage a hostile ship?

[DC-GS]

From what I can tell, that seems an old gamedesign.
I can recycle all my parts for 100%, as long they are full health. If the parts are damaged, only the repair cost is deduced.

If you reclaim an abondoned ship (grey), you can only recycle them for 20-25% of initial cost.

[Walt Destler]

Originally posted by LuminousGames:

I' know it's old topic but what does it mean "been in combat"? Is it enough to spawn on the map or I have to engage a hostile ship?

The original poster was talking about the old Classic version. In the Modern version you always get back a full refund as long as you constructed the part yourself.

[WillieSea]

Originally posted by Walt Destler:

...as long as you constructed the part yourself.

Is that why it says I have to press control to delete the part of ships I take over?

Does this mean I gain nothing from deconstructing the ship with crew, as compared to using mining lasers and gatherers?

I captured this pirate base, and it kept giving me the message when I tried to change stuff.

Also, the 'parts that are NOT part of the Demo were 'missing' from the base. You might want to modify the base for the demo... (Engine control room and the big thruster for example)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2875681467

[winnie]

Originally posted by Walt Destler:

Any parts that have been in combat or an FTL jump only give 75% refund.

Is it affected only by FTL between systems, or when you travel within system as well?

Regarding combat, that's fun, coz I've got into freindly fire, but it didn't chage.


And I think that repaired parts should drop that modifier, as you already spent a lot on it.

And also we need in place some mechanic to move parts on differnt places, as currently move is: sell+buy.

[DC-GS]

Check the date. It's an old design:

Originally posted by Walt Destler:

In the Modern version you always get back a full refund as long as you constructed the part yourself.