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Epstein Drive - Functional Version

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Mod category: Block, Script

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Jun 16, 2018 @ 3:53am

Jun 20, 2018 @ 11:02pm

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Description

Re-upload of another mod with additional script.
Originally created by 🍄 and Vlack.
Original Mod here.

This version provides 70.0 MN of thrust and requires both electricity and hydrogen.
Up side to this is there are no custom components. Instead you can build them with what you already have.

The thruster will burn hydrogen at a 30x efficiency rating, while the core will use electricity.
At full burn you will require one large ship large reactor running at full power. Or 300MW of power.
While idle the core will use 100MW of power. So turn it off when not moving.
When you turn off the core, any attached thrusters will stop functioning as well.

The core now holds a small amount of hydrogen in it, as it is now a Hydrogen tank, and not just a conveyor.

Latest Update Notes

Because sometime I feel like oversharing.

Jun 20 @ 7:02pm

Ok, I think I am done refitting it for now.

First off the efficiency setting are a mess in SE, since thrusters share their resource usage. So I have removed efficiency, and just set the amount of hydrogen it needs via the power setting. (Which is apparently how you alter that.)

New balance is:

Thrust increased to 70MN.
Power required reduced to 300MW.
Hydrogen used increased to 3MW. (Large ship large hydrogen thruster use 10MW)

This puts the thrust to power ratio at roughly 1/2 the power needed for enough equivalent thrust from ions.
It also has roughly 10 times the thrust of a large hydrogen thruster, and burns 1/3 as much. Making it 30 times as
efficient in that aspect.

So math:

1/30 = 0.03 1/2 = 0.5 0.53 1 / 0.53 = 1.89

This system puts the combination of electric and hydrogen through the epstein at 89% more efficient resource wise than any other combination of vanilla thrusters. It also takes up much less surface area.

This is truely befitting of the Epstein Drive from The Expanse.

PS: I also made the subcategory for the Epstein drive functional again.

Jun 20 @ 12:50am

Engine damage distance reduced from 75 blocks to 30 blocks behind the engine. This should help keep it from being a weapon.
Idle, hydrogen burn reduced drastically.
Active hydrogen burn reduced.

Jun 19 @ 8:51pm

Cone now relentlessly shuts down if there is not a core attached to it.
Update trigger set for grid update.

The fix for the other Epstein mods:
Just rename CubeBlocks.SBC to CubeBlocks.sbc. That simple. SE is now execing file extensions with case-sensitivity.

108 Comments

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JustSteve Sep 16, 2022 @ 1:54pm

I'm getting this, but if we were going with Expanse-lore accurate Epstein, it should be capable as a weapon and it's damage range should probably be way longer than 75 blocks ( I see that it's only 30 now). However, I understand the reason that this was made so minimal.

onewhofound Jul 1, 2022 @ 9:31pm

So anytime I go too fast using this engine, all my cameras turn off and I die mysteriously. Anyone know why?

Dondelium [author] Feb 14, 2022 @ 10:46pm

@retrograde_orbit Yeah, you can reuse the code I have in this.

With that stated, I know you said just the scripts, but to be clear with my response. The models are mushrooms, so if you do need them, you will need to ask his permission on his mod page.

retrograde_orbit Feb 14, 2022 @ 6:08pm

Hello, is it okay if I use the custom scripts from this mod in my own? The mod will be unlisted, link back to this one, and credit you.

Thanks

YeahKinda Oct 5, 2021 @ 9:03pm

Finally. Time to build the Yeet Skeet 9000 to get into my friend's planetary range and bombard him while he's still planet-bound

Dampiir Jul 26, 2021 @ 11:42pm

That has fixed it, I did unsub and resub yesterday but it didn't work, I think it also requires a steam restart sometimes maybe? Thanks anyway working now :)

Dondelium [author] Jul 26, 2021 @ 10:48pm

@Dampiir I tested the mod and it loads and functions as expected. So, this appears to be a specific issue. Two possible ways to address this.
1. Unsubscribe from the mod, wait a few seconds, and resubscribe then test it again. (on client and server)
2. If 1 does not work: Publish your save, and send me the link.

I cannot recreate what ever issue you are having otherwise.

Dampiir Jul 26, 2021 @ 8:20am

Getting this error when trying to load into our server:
2021-07-26 18:10:50.198 - Thread: 1 -> MOD_CRITICAL_ERROR: Epstein Drive - Functional Version
2021-07-26 18:10:50.198 - Thread: 1 -> in file:
2021-07-26 18:10:50.198 - Thread: 1 -> MOD PARTIALLY SKIPPED, LOADED ONLY 3/6 PHASES, Following Error occured:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Sandbox.Game
at Sandbox.Definitions.MyDefinitionManager.LoadDefinitions(List`1 contexts, List`1 definitionSets, Boolean failOnDebug, Boolean isPreload)

Sargonnas Feb 18, 2021 @ 2:19pm

Thanks for the mod work.. Any idea when I place the core it shows up as a oxygen tank in dedicated server. In single player world it seems to work as intended.

LSG123 Jan 29, 2021 @ 8:47am

would you consider making it a bit more powerful :)

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