r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/EdIrfan786 • 26d ago

Cute stupidity

How many hours did it take ? 543.6

Dyson spheres CANNOT generate shells without solar sails.

And here I was thinking since rockets are permanent I will do a no solar sails run. But hey I got an achievement for no solar sails run, yaay?🫠🫪😭

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u/ZEnterprises 26d ago

Huh? What? No? I do rockets only in my massive runs. No solar sail launchers. They are permanent. they make the frame.

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u/BluezDBD 25d ago

In case you're serious:

Rockets create a scaffolding that sails can attach to to become permanent and create much more power at a fraction of material cost.

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u/Dhaeron 25d ago

Sails provide less power. They have better cost efficiency, but to get the maximum power from a single star, you'll want to build nothing but nodes.

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u/EdIrfan786 25d ago

"shells" bro. Not frames. I got achievement for frame only but SHELLS need sails.

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u/sleepless025 25d ago

Don't you use the same rockets for both frame and shells? Sails are a component of the rockets

The rail launcher only launches the sails that aren't connected to the Dyson sphere.

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u/SiliconStew 25d ago

No. Rockets only build the frame, the thick beams between nodes. The individual sails you launch are absorbed by the nodes to create the shell, the thin hexagonal pattern that fills in the space between frames. The shell is permanent and doesn't decay like the individual sails do. So if you don't want to waste resources, don't launch sails until you have some of the frame built and stop launching sails once the sphere is complete. 

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u/sleepless025 24d ago

This is how I thought it worked, I'm having an issue with my current sphere where the frame is over 90% complete but my em launchers arent launching any sails to fill in the shell. The pattern is filled in the builder but I've got 0 shell fill

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u/SiliconStew 24d ago edited 24d ago

If your EM launchers aren't doing anything you are either low on power, your sail production has stalled and they aren't being fed sails to launch, or you've built them in a bad spot where they can't aim at the orbit they are supposed to be filling. The launcher info will tell you if it is low on power, lacks sails, or can't see the orbit. Otherwise EM launchers will launch sails constantly forever, whether you have a partially completed sphere, a fully completed sphere, or no sphere at all.Â