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[lordkrike]

Due to Smurfy's Mechlab not really having sophisticated heat computation, I whipped up an excel file to do that for me.

All you have to do is fill in the green boxes for the numbers of weapons you have and the number and type of heatsinks you have. It then computes the following:

Heat generation from fire.
Heat sinkage rate.
Heat capacity.
Time To Overheat.
Maximum number of alpha strikes before overheating.
Maximum heat neutral ROF and DPS.
Effects of ambient heat.
Effects of pilot skills.

You can download it from my dropbox here.

Credit for the effects of ambient heat go to Bubba Wilkins and Lord Creston.
Also credit for the damage and heat numbers to go Smurfy.

Oh, and in that thread someone found that pilot skills were not working, so I tested the effects of pilot skills myself and they seem to be working correctly.

If any of you want to use the rip the formulae from here in programs or apps for the game, I don't mind, just please give me credit somewhere.

Edited by lordkrike, 12 January 2013 - 11:54 AM.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Many thanks - seems to work well.

[lordkrike]

One note: running produces heat, I'm just not sure how much. So if you're running you will overheat slightly faster.

If anyone knows for sure how much heat running produces, let me know.