Calculators for thrusters and railguns

mleise

A small collection of calculators for Cosmoteer.

Thruster Calculator

Calculates the thrust, acceleration, speed and travel distance of any thruster combination. You can also compare two setups to see which gives you an advantage in a certain situation. Engine rooms and diagonal thrust are also simulated.

Example: Compare 6 huge thrusters with 4 booster thrusters on engine rooms.
Railgun Calculator

Calculates the railgun buff for any amount of accelerators as well as the loss of range of railguns longer than 30 accelerators. Aside from velocity and damage parameters you can also see the recoil and the force of impact on the enemy.

Example: 16 accelerator railgun

mleise

Updated the railgun calculator with a penetration simulator. Here is an example of an 8 accelerator railgun against a shielded standard cannon:

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Lafiel

Note: As of this date this version does not apply to pre Cosmoteer 0.14.x versions.

mleise

Now updated for 0.14.5. As an addition you can compare thrusters from 0.14.4 with 0.14.5. It is quite interesting if you like numbers. 😉

Lafiel

mleise Not as interesting as the differences from pre-0.12 and pre-0.14.

mleise

Lafiel I wasn't there back then, but looking forward to your Wiki entry on thrust-2-weight.

Lafiel

It's been so long I don't remember what I wanted to write. 😆 Most of the other articles already covered some points, though.

mleise

Railgun calculator has now been updated for 0.14.5 RC3. You can switch between 0.14.4 stable and 0.14.5 RC3 unstable right there via drop down menu.

mleise

Now updated for 0.14.5!

mleise

Fixed serious bug based on Walt's explanations of the thruster changes during the tournament: Ramp-up times with engine rooms were calculated as 1.75x faster than they really are. Also, some ships that could hit the 600m/s physics engine limit would not display when they reach that speed.

mleise

Updated for 0.14.7 with the buff for small and nerf of long railguns.

mleise

New version for 0.14.10. The railgun calculation changed once again, buffing all railgun lengths and especially long railguns compared to 0.14.7. Compared to 0.14.6 you'll see a small drop for long railguns and a significant improvement for short ones.