Ships were given almost arbitrary values for their hull and shield capacities, scaled to match their size or age. doing both at the same time requires 30% of the ship's stock power generation, greatly decreasing weapon proficiency. Damage: 600/s Energy: 600/s Heat: 600/s)Ĭurrently, Hull repairing and Shield recharging are the only other things that require power, and they do not put out any heat.įor any stock ship, recharging shields drains 10% of your power generation, and repairing hull drains an additional 20%. Weapons also draw power and generate heat at the same rate, which in the case of phaser beams, is equal to the damage output as well. This means that a ship that has a power generation rate of 10 will also have a heat generation rate of 10. This means that a ship that is fresh out of the shipyard will just barely keep it's weapons firing, and will run out of power reserves after 15-30 seconds of non-stop weapons fire.Īll ships generate heat at the same rate they generate energy. Most ships generate power at a rate just under their stock weapon's power demand. Here are a few numbers regarding ship heat and energy: This simplification was done for two reasons: To help ease the process of future game balancing, and to temporarily eliminate the need to implement power generators or cooling systems. Currently, Ships generate energy and heat on their own without outfits, and ship movement does not drain energy or create heat. In alpha v 0.0.1, the energy and heat system is significantly simplified compared to the stock system. This video covers most of them:Ī deeper look into the inner workings of ES:TFF and a more detailed description of the game balance. Many new sound effects were added, some of which replacing stock sounds. There are some other, hidden outfits scattered around in the data files. Impulse Drive (Just to enable engine flares).Photon Grenades (Fragmentation Grenades equivalent).Antimatter Storage Pod (Fuel Container).
Transwarp Manifold (Jump Drive equivalent).Quantum Slipstream Drive (Scram Drive equivalent).There are still a few outfits that needed to be added to enable certain mechanics: Not many outfits were added this patch, and most of the original outfit statistics are built into the ships. Phase Cannon (Deep Red from Star Trek: Enterprise)Ĥ Types of projectile-based weapons were added:.Particle Phaser (Original Blue Phaser from TOS).The rest of the Light Freighters, of course, have more cargo space, but they are all significantly slower in comparison.Some lesser-known starships were added, including one of the first warp-capable ships (Conestoga):įinally, several small craft were added, including shuttles, runabouts, and fighters: There is no other Light Freighter with the acceleration of the Star Barge the Clipper is almost the same, and is 24% faster, but the Clipper has only 20 more cargo space, costs 1 million more credits and can only be purchased in the southwest corner of the galaxy. Qualities that make the Star Barge an excellent starting ship make its potential upgrades look less like an improvement. This can be a drain on the resources of an Explorer-type player, who wants to wander the fringes of the galaxy where opportunities to profit are fewer in number, if not in value. But all other non-Starting Ships of other classes require a paid crew, at 100 credits per day each crew member. Many Transports, and most Fighters and Interceptors, require only the default player Crew. The Starting Ships are quite good in many ways, and there may be downsides to upgrading to other ships that players should be aware of before purchasing. However, not all planets have Shipyards, and Shipyards do not always sell the same ships. Ships can be purchased through the Shipyard which can be found on many planets through out the game. If you want to see more, you can head to Alien Ships.
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