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Dynamic Laser Compression Modular Thrusters
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block
Tags: NoScripts
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10 Jul, 2020 @ 8:08am
26 Feb, 2022 @ 5:08pm
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Dynamic Laser Compression Modular Thrusters

Description
MODULAR THRUSTERS! Now with over 50 variations!

Huge thanks to Mike_Angel for making the ship in the screenshots to model my thrusters, and to the Immaterium guys for their feedback during the development of these thrusters. And viewers like you.

Inspiration taken from these fine mods:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=572147909
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=388525350



Updates
12/12/2020
Major change:
Reduced the cost of all thrusters by Half for Thruster components, steel plates and Large/Small Steel tubes.
Reduced the cost by half for small grid thruster power. 1mw Down from 2mw
9/5/2020
Minor Change: Added Thruster to the block descriptions. Because I'm an idiot and for got it. They'll now read "Modular Thruster (variant here)"
8/22/2020
-Reduced audio 50%
7/21/2020
-Reduced power requirement across the board. Large grid is now 3MW(down from 5) Small grid is now 2MW(down from 5 because I'm an idiot)
-Reduced build cost on thruster components. Large grid is now 150 components(down from 225). Small grid is the same
-Increased Thrust output for Large grid, is now 1750000, up from 150000.
-Decreased Thrust output for small grid, is now 400000, down from 800000(felt a bit over powered for the size given how close that is to the original Large grid)
-Changed some audio files, will monitor these and how they perform
-Adjusted mirroring on Ramp variants

Thruster stats:
Large Grid Cost

<Components>
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="100" />
<Component Subtype="Construction" Count="150" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="75" />
<Component Subtype="MetalGrid" Count="100" />
<Component Subtype="LargeTube" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="75" />
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="50" />
</Components>

Small Grid Cost

<Components>
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="Construction" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="MetalGrid" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="SmallTube" Count="15" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="25" />
</Components>

Large Grid Thrust output and Energy Drain
<ForceMagnitude>1700000</ForceMagnitude>
<MaxPowerConsumption>3</MaxPowerConsumption>

Small Grid Thrust Output and Energy Drain
<ForceMagnitude>400000</ForceMagnitude>
<MaxPowerConsumption>2</MaxPowerConsumption>


These are completely new models, that were inspired by the old modular thruster mods. I've made them from scratch, from the ground up. There are 54 variants for large and small grid, including some new shapes. These work in space and in atmo, have a good thrust output but cost quite a bit. I will be working on the balance of them as I go.



Known issues:
Some of the blocks have mirroring issues, I'm aware of these. I tried to get these issues fixed, however, mirroring sucks in this game and I gave up. I'll try and fix these eventually.






“Copyright 2021 [Spacebar] This item is not authorized for posting on Steam, except under the Steam account named Spacebar http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/profiles/76561198061525011 No one is allowed to republish my mods without my permission.
255 Comments
Fenris 25 Dec, 2024 @ 1:34pm 
Love this mod, but have to ask if there is a way to get rid of the x10 dampening? In a config file or something? Perhaps it is just the way I fly, but I find coming to a stop that fast in a dog fight more of a hindrance than a help.
TK_Over50 15 Dec, 2024 @ 5:50am 
I made them work again. Just the audio error that you suggested that I ignore is still there. Thank you for making such a wonderful mod1!!
TK_Over50 12 Dec, 2024 @ 3:43am 
This is my go-to thruster mod. But, for some reason my mod is broken (per the logfile). Is there a successor to this mod?
Peekofwar 19 Oct, 2024 @ 11:07am 
I've noticed that several blocks have incorrect build states. For example:
Modular thruster Half Rampback Right L Large (Large Grid)
ThePropheticWarrior 5 Oct, 2024 @ 7:43am 
Come to find out, the problem I had was just a minor fluke that happened during game/save load. All is working fine, and I use this on ALL my ships!

@Spacebar - I'm happy to see you're still active in the community, and so grateful for you!
Another thing - if you're ever up to it - is if you could at some point add the 2x1 thrusters to go in the other direction (90 degrees), please - and thank you!
TK_Over50 24 Sep, 2024 @ 8:53am 
Thanks @Spacebar, for clearing that up. I couldn't find an expensive application that would convert the 1 offending file from PCM to ieeefloat mono. I deemed the process as too tedious.
Spacebar  [author] 24 Sep, 2024 @ 3:54am 
The sound error is very minor and is not causing crashes and can be ignored. As for copyright, I still own the rights to the models themselves as I made them
TK_Over50 22 Sep, 2024 @ 5:34pm 
But, it's a sound error. They function as intended.
TK_Over50 22 Sep, 2024 @ 5:33pm 
These are absolutely the best thrusters, without being too OP on take-off. The breaking force is stunning ad that is why I want to fix, rather than just dump this mod. I will look into a fix for this.
TenTech 5 Aug, 2024 @ 3:57pm 
Assuming the copyright of a game mod could be 'overdue' it would probably be from the time the mod was last updated. But I believe the modding community abides by asking for permission and respecting the response. Unless you're LSG, of course.