Pls. check Pauls statements in this tread:
http://mwomercs.com/...22#entry2019322
He explained:
"Every BattleMech has a default cooling dissipation of 40. This is a base of 30 + 10 (from each of your minimum required heat sinks.)"
Never heard of this basic (without any HS) heatdissipation of 30, and im a bit confused.
Heatdissipation of 40 (30basic+10single HS) would be enough to fire 4 MedLasers nonstop without overheating.
But thats not true, any mech with only 10 single HS is overheating in no time by using 4 Medlaser.
Any "official" statement from PGI to clear the mess would be nice.
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Basic Heat Dissipation Of 30 In Any Mech?
Started by Rumrunner2, Mar 07 2013 05:02 AM
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:16 AM
I think Paul (or you?) got heat dissipation and threshhold mixed up.
A mech with SHS and no extra heat sinks has a heat threshold of 40. That is the base of 30 plus 1 for each mandatory heat sink (10). It's dissipation is 10 per 10 seconds. That is 1.0 heat per second (HPS). Each MLAS produces 1.0 HPS when fired on cooldown. Thus 4 MLAS would produce 4.0 HPS with the mech only dissipating 1.0 HPS - 25% heat efficiency.
The same mech with DHS (as currently implemented) has a heat threshold of 50 (30 + 10 * 2) and 20 dissipation per 10 seconds.
But this is only true if the engine is at least 250 rated and thus comes with ten built-in heat sinks. A mech with a 200 rated engine would have to equip 2 external DHS (working at 1.4) to reach the required minumum of 10 heat sinks. Threshhold would go down to 48.8, dissipation to 18.8.
A mech with SHS and no extra heat sinks has a heat threshold of 40. That is the base of 30 plus 1 for each mandatory heat sink (10). It's dissipation is 10 per 10 seconds. That is 1.0 heat per second (HPS). Each MLAS produces 1.0 HPS when fired on cooldown. Thus 4 MLAS would produce 4.0 HPS with the mech only dissipating 1.0 HPS - 25% heat efficiency.
The same mech with DHS (as currently implemented) has a heat threshold of 50 (30 + 10 * 2) and 20 dissipation per 10 seconds.
But this is only true if the engine is at least 250 rated and thus comes with ten built-in heat sinks. A mech with a 200 rated engine would have to equip 2 external DHS (working at 1.4) to reach the required minumum of 10 heat sinks. Threshhold would go down to 48.8, dissipation to 18.8.
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:24 AM
Like FiveDigits said, this is a slight misunderstanding.
A mech with 10 single heat sinks will shutdown when he reaches more then 40 heat (30 treshold + 10 HS).
A mech with 20 double heat sinks will shut down if it reaches more then 64 heat (30 treshold + 20(10 DHS in engine) + 14 (10 DHS exterior).
A mech with 10 single heat sinks will shutdown when he reaches more then 40 heat (30 treshold + 10 HS).
A mech with 20 double heat sinks will shut down if it reaches more then 64 heat (30 treshold + 20(10 DHS in engine) + 14 (10 DHS exterior).
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:34 AM
Hey, Five Digits & Egomane, thanks for this piece of info!
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:35 AM
Thx, understood.
heat dissipation and heat treshold are bit mixed up.
heat dissipation and heat treshold are bit mixed up.
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:39 AM
The 30, incidentally, comes from the standard heat scale in Table Top.
Edit - linked wrong table.
Edit - linked wrong table.
Edited by KitK, 07 March 2013 - 05:39 AM.
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:43 AM
Threshold. I sure as hell do not have a free 3.0 heat dissipation per second. 
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Posted 07 March 2013 - 05:43 AM
He also forgot to mention the pilot skill "Heat Containment". The elite level of this skill increases the threshold by 20%
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