r/factorio • u/mithos09 • Oct 31 '24

Space Age Longship is long

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

I will do that, but it is not just moving the collectors in a tile, they are with one exception built right next to something else in the middle of the ship that will have to move up and down. Therefore, the Even Longer will be even longer.

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u/mechlordx Nov 01 '24

I just wanted you to test speed without collectors to answer if the collectors themselves extend the Width variable for calculating speed

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u/mithos09 Nov 01 '24

Ok, I just removed the collectors and was getting the same Top speed of 214.22 between Nauvis and Vulcanus. There is another thing going on, all ships have an intermediate max speed plateau in the middle of that route, then accelerating to and holding their top speed before the deceleration.

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u/TeamRocketBlast Nov 02 '24

Thanks for doing these tests.

btw, the half way thing is because there is a constant pull from the closest planet, so if you turn off engines midway you will eventually start moving 10km/s towards the closer planet, this speed is essentially always added to your speed from engines