Battery and Power Cell: % really?

KostriktorKostriktor Switzerland Join Date: 2017-01-08 Member: 226342Members
Gamers are not to be underestimated
a % indicator is pretty poor imo.
Give us more information about energy production and usage.
energy/time, stuff like that.
a Powercell is 200...
200 what? potatoes ?

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  • L4NDSL1DEL4NDSL1DE Planet 4546B Join Date: 2017-04-22 Member: 229850Members
    edited May 2017
    Now you're just being silly. You'd think a Power Cell would have 200 Power Units, I mean...come on man! :p

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    Edit:

    On a serious note, you'll notice that looking at any Power Cell says this: Charge: 100% (200/200). Batteries are the same. The numbers are there, so I'm not sure now what you're on about?
  • jamintheinfinite_1jamintheinfinite_1 Jupiter Join Date: 2016-12-03 Member: 224524Members
    If you look very closely at the % on subanutica it says: it doesn't matter
  • scifiwriterguyscifiwriterguy Sector ZZ-9-Plural Z-α Join Date: 2017-02-14 Member: 227901Members
    edited May 2017
    L4NDSL1DE wrote: »
    Now you're just being silly. You'd think a Power Cell would have 200 Power Units, I mean...come on man!

    Pirate-ninjas.
  • KostriktorKostriktor Switzerland Join Date: 2017-01-08 Member: 226342Members
    we don't want to be pirate ninjas, that's my point.
  • ElavionElavion Poland Join Date: 2015-09-09 Member: 207844Members
    Seeing as the game allows you to effortlessly create a perpetuum mobile, I don't think it's a good idea. :D

    Also, opportunity cost. This is a really minor thing that'd take a lot of time to implement.
  • Kyman201Kyman201 Washington State Join Date: 2016-01-23 Member: 211880Members
    Kostriktor wrote: »
    we don't want to be pirate ninjas, that's my point.

    Maybe you don't. Arr matey, de gozaru.
  • scifiwriterguyscifiwriterguy Sector ZZ-9-Plural Z-α Join Date: 2017-02-14 Member: 227901Members
    gamer1000k wrote: »
    The energy system in Subnautica (like far too many other games) isn't really logical or consistent and is generally a set of more or less arbitrary numbers. If we go by the PDA description that an Ion crystal stores the same amount of energy as a small nuclear detonation, then 1 power unit is a (very) large amount of energy. If we assume small means small by modern standards, then that means something at least 1kT or 1162 MWh of energy (I'm doing these calculations on Wolfram Alpha).

    A single ion power cell holds 1000 units of energy and takes two ion crystals (thankfully batteries and power cells are consistent in terms of energy stored vs resource cost), so by this measure one unit of energy is at least 2.3 MWh, or 2 tons of TNT. This is an incredible amount of energy. The battery pack in a Tesla Model S P100 is 100kWh, which is about 4% of one energy unit. Remember that these calculations are based on the smallest practical nuclear devices.

    Nice work, @gamer1000k! :grin:

    I actually ran the numbers before I saw his math and got an even higher result. Using the Little Boy weapon as a baseline (15kT) and a conversion constant of 4.2e15 joules/megaton-equivalent, I came up with 1.133 GWh per kiloton. Now, I am sleep-deprived and have a smashing headache, so it's possible I slipped a number somewhere. And, really, at 1.162 GWh versus 1.133 GWh, we're splitting hairs, but both calculations support the same conclusion: a single ion cell should power all of New York City for about three full days. Consequently, our tools in Subnautica are less efficient than a first-generation incandescent bulb...and since that was around 1% energy-light conversion efficiency, well...that's just sad.

    Alterra: Batteries not included.
  • KostriktorKostriktor Switzerland Join Date: 2017-01-08 Member: 226342Members
    someone should make an new thread about these conclusions.
  • gamer1000kgamer1000k Join Date: 2017-04-29 Member: 230121Members
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