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(DX11) SuperCaps - When your life requires that special kind of power
   
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19 Aug, 2014 @ 6:10am
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(DX11) SuperCaps - When your life requires that special kind of power

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Description
These supercaps are an alternative to batteries for when you need high bursts at the cost of capacity.

The values have been equally balanced across small and large ships, unlike it is the case with every other vanilla item keen released. That means that the power density [MW/m³] and energy density [MWh/m³] are the same for small and large ships. That makes input/output rate and capacity for a large 1x1x1 block 125 times higher than a small 1x1x1 block. Same goes for the material requirements.

The values that have been used for those supercaps are:
- power density = 10 MW/m³
- energy density = 0.0013 MWh/m³

For comparison, the vanilla batteries do have:
- power density = 0.64 MW/m³ (small blocks) and 0.256 MW/m³ (large blocks)
- energy density = 0.16 MWh/m³ (small blocks) and 0.064 MWh/m³ (large blocks)

Survival Ready
Colorable
Construction Model
Small/Large/Station Variants
Custom Icons for G-Menu

== Small Block Stats ==

= Tiny Capacitor (1x1x1 small block)
Input/Output = 1.25 MW
Capacity = 1.625 kWh
weight = 93 kg
- 2 Construction
- 1 MetalGrid
- 2 PowerCell
- 3 Computer
- 1 SteelPlate

= Small Capacitor (1x1x2 small block)
Input/Output = 2.5 MW
Capacity = 3.25 kWh
weight = 119 kg
- 2 Construction
- 1 MetalGrid
- 3 PowerCell
- 6 Computer
- 1 SteelPlate

= Medium Capacitor (2x2x4 small block)
Input/Output = 20 MW
Capacity = 26 kW
weight = 852 kg
- 8 Construction
- 2 MetalGrid
- 24 PowerCell
- 78 Computer
- 8 SteelPlate

= Large Capacitor (3x3x6 small block)
Input/Output = 67.5 MW
Capacity = 87.75 kWh
weight = 2 819 kg
- 23 Construction
- 6 MetalGrid
- 81 PowerCell
- 162 Computer
- 27 SteelPlate


== Large Block Stats ==

= Tiny Capacitor (1x1x1 large block)
Input/Output = 156.25 MW
Capacity = 203.125 kWh
weight = 6 553 kg
- 55 Construction
- 13 MetalGrid
- 188 PowerCell
- 375 Computer
- 63 SteelPlate

= Small Capacitor (1x1x2 large block)
Input/Output = 312.5 MW
Capacity = 406.25 kWh
weight = 13 014 kg
- 105 Construction
- 25 MetalGrid
- 375 PowerCell
- 750 Computer
- 125 SteelPlate

= Medium Capacitor (2x2x4 large block)
Input/Output = 2 504 MW
Capacity = 3 250 kW
weight = 103 840 kg
- 805 Construction
- 200 MetalGrid
- 3000 PowerCell
- 6000 Computer
- 1000 SteelPlate

= Large Capacitor (3x3x6 large block)
Input/Output = 8 437.5 MW
Capacity = 10 968.75 kWh
weight = 350 365 kg
- 2705 Construction
- 675 MetalGrid
- 10125 PowerCell
- 20250 Computer
- 3375 SteelPlate

==Note==

All blocks have been balanced realistically. Thus their values dont follow the games "balance design" in terms of small and large ship comparison.

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We also recommend using Darth Biomech's Accumulator mod as complementary energy source to our batteries.
Popular Discussions View All (4)
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22 Oct, 2016 @ 1:46am
PINNED: Bug reports - Something isnt working? Tell us!
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27 Aug, 2016 @ 4:09pm
PINNED: Suggestions - Want it differently, more of something, superfabulouseverything? Tell us!
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25 Jul, 2015 @ 7:42pm
can not make in survival
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148 Comments
Spunk Mayo 20 Jun, 2020 @ 9:36pm 
Imagine attempting to argue physics on the steam comments lmao
Hage Maoh 23 Sep, 2019 @ 11:12pm 
May I add these blocks to a tiered mod for my dedicated server? Of course, I will give credit and link to the original mod in the description.
Anubis 22 Jun, 2019 @ 7:00pm 
@FayDruh know I'm late but if light isn't a massless particle how is it blocked be obstacles or able to be affected by singularities as wouldn't something have to have mass to be affected by gravity?
VLeviBoi 22 Apr, 2019 @ 12:27pm 
sooo..., you basically added capacitors into SE
Greyson XMG 6 Aug, 2018 @ 2:40pm 
I find the occasional reminder to do so helps them keep up with things.
yugomataio 4 Aug, 2018 @ 6:31am 
eikster if you are not gonna update your mods at least give permission for someone else to
WILDCATreactor 11 Feb, 2018 @ 11:47pm 
IIRC, some science article about a year back made a claim that photons might actually have a mass, but only while in motion, something something "photons have no rest state"
FayDruh 20 Dec, 2017 @ 5:51pm 
@kermiite "why cant energy have a mass anyway its still small also light has mass so why cant energy :/"

So I know you posted that like 5 months ago but... Batteries are actually heavier when they are full. However, light does not have mass. Light is by definition a massless particle. A lot of people think that only things with mass are affected by gravity and because light is affected by gravity (see black holes) then light must have mass, this is wrong. Gravity is about energy and mass has silly amounts of energy (see nuke) and light has much less energy. And because massless particles (like light) always travel at the speed of light (umm..) you can only see light bend around blackholes and large stars.

So basically, light doesn't have mass, but it has energy, and gravity is about energy, not mass.
JJRivers 12 Jul, 2017 @ 1:42pm 
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JJRivers 12 Jul, 2017 @ 1:40pm 
why cant energy have a mass anyway its still small also light has mass so why cant energy :/