Thrust ratio - maybe a four piece pie chart.

Nuschler22

I think a ratio that shows your power in each direction as it relates to the size of your ship would be very helpful.

A simple four piece pie chart that shows up/down/left/right along with a color scale could suffice. The deepest green could relate to premium thrust (on that side) for the weight of the vehicle, and the deepest red would be no thrust, with lighter shades being insufficient thrust.

Ohm

The further away from your center of mass, the more efficient they are at rotation. That's it. Strongest placement is as follow:

image https://i.imgur.com/awWytP7.png

Nuschler22

Ohm

Thanks for the response.

This is pretty much Physics 101, though.

What I'm talking about is a weight/power ratio. So, even though everything is perfectly placed, it's tough to know how much actual thrust is needed for agile response with the actual mass of your ship.

I'm losing a lot of fights because my ship can't actively sustain a position I need it to be in because of poor thrust. It would be nice to have an idea what thrust is appropriate so I don't have to blindly spend. 🙂

Walt

I'm planning to add a feature that is essentially this to the build interface. It will also allow you to specify the "forward" direction of your ship.

Nuschler22

Thanks!

duttyfly1

Nuschler22 you mean the thrust to weight ratio right? Yeah, the game should actually calculate the thrust to weight, or at least give me the numbers (weight, thrust) so that I could at least calculate it myself.

Ohm

Nuschler22 Yeah, it's physics 101, but still, you'd be surprised how many people don't understand why thruster placement is important. Anyways, Walt did say he wanted to improve the UI in many ways. Can't wait to see what that will look like.