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[ShivaPT]

Ok, so I went to try and customize my locust.
Ripped the engine out, after cleaning the blood from my eyes from the Engine selection UI, I selected a new engine.
Now.... how many heatsinks does this engine bring again?
I can see it has no EXTRA heatsink slots... but does it have 5? or 6? or 4?
How many EXTRA hs must I put on the locust so it can drop? There is NO way to know this.
Nor of knowing how many HS you already have on the mech.

So to change a locust around its:
"build mech"
"click checkout"
"ooop not enough heatsinks".
"Remove 1 ton of stuff, addheatsinks"
"oooops not enough heatsinks"
"Remove another ton of stuff, add heatsinks".
....ad nauseum.

[Ovion]

Which engine?

[ShivaPT]

Any engine.
Say a xl170.

Or a Std 115.

[Ovion]

While it's annoying that they've either buried, or haven't included important info like that, you can find the info out elsewhere at least.
For example:
The number of Heatsinks an Engine holds is Engine size divided by 25, rounded down.
So a
100 to 120 = 4 (Needs 6)
125 to 145 = 5 (Needs 5)
150 to 170 = 6 (Needs 4)
175 to 195 = 7 (Needs 3)
200 to 220 = 8 (Needs 2)
225 to 245 = 9 (Needs 1)
250 to 270 = 10
275 to 295 = 10+1 space
300 to 320 = 10+2 spaces
325 to 345 = 10+3 spaces
350 to 370 = 10+4 spaces
375 to 395 = 10+5 spaces
400 = 10+6 spaces

Meaning with those specific examples, an XL170 has 6, needs 4.
A Std 115, has 4 and needs 6.

Personally, my Locust has a Std 160 in it, a Heat Sink in each leg and a Heat Sink in each L/R Torso. (obv a 170 would be a lil better, but I'm saving for an XL 175 on it)

Edited by Ovion, 06 February 2014 - 05:02 PM.