srsly. My math isn't that bad. I've given my ships a very easy formula to determine the volume of material in the hull, a size for the 'extruder(s)', and a time to extrude a certain length through that extruder. We'll use my Class 00 fighter for example.L-ADM Error wrote:(not Solar-level, but getting there.)
That is a 4 meter long, 30cm thick, cylindrical shell with an outer diameter of 2 meters.
The extruder is 4 meters long by 30 cm thick and extrudes 2 meters of hull in 2.5 minutes giving it a volume rate of 0.96 cubic meters per minute. There are 1,440 minutes in a day and .96 times 1,440 is 1,380. So my fighter factory can produce 1,380 m^3 of hull per day.
Class 00 fighter:
Volume of hull = 3.487 m^3
3.487/0.96 = 3.63
so 3.63 minutes per hull
then I gave it a few components:
4 2 MW lasers, 6 medium thrusters, 16 light maneuvering thrusters
then I assigned a time I felt reasonable to each item.
2 MW laser: 5 minutes
Fighter Medium engine: 8 minutes
Fighter Light man. engine: 2 minutes
4 * 5 = 20
6 * 8 = 48
16 * 2 = 32
20+48+32+3.63=103.63 minutes per ship.
1,440/103.63=13.89 ships per day.
I've estimated 1 day to be roughly 3 posts.
Math is not difficult, if you don't like math try https://www.wolframalpha.com . it does the math for you, just give it numbers.Vinyl wrote:TL;DR Math isn't bad, it's just difficult and can be game-breaking at worst. Plus, writing is funner than counting.
Having a hard time remembering? Use google docs, or word to keep track of everything.
wait you did one of those? aww.prototype wrote:Although the 100% by-the-numbers RP I did a while ago went pretty well until I couldn't update the map for reason. I could possibly draw something up to use real maths (much fun) but even you'd get tick off with that Iv (assuming it was actually you who wanted to keep calculations out of the mod).
I'd join the fuck out of that.L-ADM Error wrote:/emote quietly points out if Iv wants a stat-heavy RP precisely nothing is stopping him