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Additional Mech Lab Functionality


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Poll: Mech Lab Functionality Improvements (16 member(s) have cast votes)

Would you like to see a "Max Armor" option added to mech lab?

  1. Yes (15 votes [93.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 93.75%

  2. No (1 votes [6.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.25%

Would you like to see a "Convert Ammo Type" option added to mech lab

  1. Yes (13 votes [81.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 81.25%

  2. No (3 votes [18.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.75%

Would you like to be able to double click Engine heatsink slots to add/remove them?

  1. Yes (13 votes [81.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 81.25%

  2. No (3 votes [18.75%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.75%

Would you like to be able to Drag And Drop weapons from one location to another

  1. Yes (16 votes [100.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 100.00%

  2. No (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 Kaptain

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Posted 18 July 2017 - 03:10 AM

Additional Mech Lab functionality

"Max Armor" pretty self explanatory.

"Convert Ammo" Lets say you swap from an single AC10 to an Ultra10, or from SRMs to MRMs. instead of dragging each ton of ammo off one ton at a time and adding the correct ammo on ton at a time, this button would check to see if the ammo matched any currently installed weapon and if it didn't it would convert the ammo for you. With so many new ballistic and Missile weapons being released I feel this could be very handy. Obviously this only works in situations where you are using a single ballistic or missile type.

As an example on Maulers I switch ballistics often. Perhaps one is going from 4ac5s to 2Ultra10s. Instead of dragging off all the old ammo and adding it back ton by ton, you can simply swap the ballistic weapons themselves and then click "Convert ammo" and all ballistic ammo without a parent would be converted to ballistic ammo of the correct type.

Double Click Engine Heatsink slots to Add/Remove Heatsinks. Self Explanatory but perhaps even allow dragging of heat-sinks from the engine to the body so you never need to go into the drop down on mechs with a 275 or larger engine. Just double click the slot to populate it. Drag that heatsink to the body, and double click again to repopulate the engine heatsink slot.

Drag And Drop Weapons from one location to another. As it is right now when you drag a weapon off of a location and hover over another location (like from arm to ct) the weapon is removed instead of being moved. This additional functionality would make the mech lab more efficient to use.

Edited by Kaptain, 20 July 2017 - 02:26 AM.


#2 Rick T Dangerous

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Posted 21 July 2017 - 07:53 AM

The drag and drop thingie works already, but you need to be accurate and hit the empty slots.

Edited by Rick T Dangerous, 21 July 2017 - 07:54 AM.


#3 Kaptain

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Posted 26 July 2017 - 01:07 AM

View PostRick T Dangerous, on 21 July 2017 - 07:53 AM, said:

The drag and drop thingie works already, but you need to be accurate and hit the empty slots.


Just tried it again multiple times. It does not work. Maybe for equipment other than weapons? Definitely does not work for the weapons I tried.

#4 Jep Jorgensson

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Posted 27 July 2017 - 09:44 AM

These are all things that should have been in the game from the start.

#5 Rick T Dangerous

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Posted 28 July 2017 - 02:34 AM

View PostKaptain, on 26 July 2017 - 01:07 AM, said:

Just tried it again multiple times. It does not work. Maybe for equipment other than weapons? Definitely does not work for the weapons I tried.


Strange, I do it all the time. With weapons, heatsinks, ammo, electronics. Really strange. Good that you brought it up, Kaptain.

#6 Kaptain

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Posted 02 August 2017 - 12:34 AM

View PostRick T Dangerous, on 28 July 2017 - 02:34 AM, said:


Strange, I do it all the time. With weapons, heatsinks, ammo, electronics. Really strange. Good that you brought it up, Kaptain.


That is curious. No matter what I do weapons are simply removed when I try to move them from one location to another.

Could you make a video and I will try to recreate it?

Edited by Kaptain, 02 August 2017 - 12:35 AM.


#7 MasterW3

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Posted 03 August 2017 - 06:43 PM

what needs to happen with the mech lab...
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select a body part, then double click what you want to add.
want three heat sinks in the right torso? select the right torso, and double click away.
if it dont fit, or too heavy, just dont do it.

thing is, i just survived a stroke, and dropping things in a single spot was hard enuf berfore the stroke.
you think my typing ois bad . you should see my writnig
drunk 2 year old could makle ti more l;egible





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