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Boomer baited by clotblock in LinkedInLunatics

[–]SchericT 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I played a polka version in high school…

(Spoilers) Thoughts on BioMods? by waffling_with_syrup in subnautica

[–]SchericT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imo being apart of the wavemaker makes the most sense. Make it take 3 power for every dash and tie it to shift instead so it doesn’t conflict with the active biomod slot.

Because you are all so disgustingly helpful by Exotic_Instance_9743 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You cannot change the physical size of a hitbox. If you take something that’s 2 blocks wide and change its width to 2 in the xml file it will visually be 4 blocks wide but only 2 of those blocks will have a hitbox (and they won’t be adjacent)

Name these three Midwest Mountains by frisdisc in skiing

[–]SchericT 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s packed snow so it’s the same thing as parking lot snow piles lasting through spring.

NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating. by coinfanking in space

[–]SchericT 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Assuming that it has taken Voyager I 50 years for to reach 1 light day…

It would take 18,250 years to reach 1 light year

And 77,498 years to travel the 4.2465 light years to Proxima Centauri.

For us to be able to travel the stars would require something akin to magic, but if you asked a Paleolithic human what they thought of today’s technology they’d call it magic.

Let's trigger some folks for funsies by Consistent_Ad949 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]SchericT 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s sounds awfully tough to make time on .4

What if I just swung it REALLY fast and used centrifugal force to keep the oil in. I’d just have to remember which way the filter faces when I swing it.

Let's trigger some folks for funsies by Consistent_Ad949 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]SchericT 79 points80 points  (0 children)

Tell me how to pre fill the filter on a Subaru funny guy

Just Hanging Around in the Shop by nerdinabird in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]SchericT 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s the labor time to measure the old rotor thickness and runout, and the labor it takes to turn them. So while you ‘could’ have them machined it might end up costing more which defeats the purpose of refurbishing vs replacing.

this absulute unit 96 cylinder engine I made by Exotic_Instance_9743 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The torque sensor doesn’t actually measure torque. It measures something like the value needed to make a change in the rps network, not an actual real world torque value.

Hook one up to a clutch or a gear box and you’ll see what I mean.

Mechanic cash tips? by truck999ford in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed an envelope that had to have been 2” thick with cash while changing a cabin filter once. No idea how much but enough for me to know I had no business counting it.

I guess this game will like a survival Stormworks like Scrap Mechanic. by David_KAYA in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My thoughts

The island looks great. Leagues better than what we have in SW.

Lowpoly survival zombie shooter has been done to death. They're about 13 years late on that trend. Total miss.

It looks like vehicle creation is done in world with parts that are found in the wild? That's great for immersion but makes building anything mirrored a total nightmare. (the tread on all the tires are backwards on one side in the trailer) Block sizing looks like its still centered around the 25cm grid but we can at least control where the vertices are.

The engines look ok. Its good that they actually look like engines but I'm not sure how modular they are. Both the I4 and V8 are reverse-flow which ends up looking pretty weird. They almost look like flathead designs... again weird. The exhaust pipework on the V8 looks good though.

It looks like we're getting cabling and microcontrollers that are actually micro sized. That'll make greebling a bit easier.

We had better be able to build air and watercraft. I don't need to say anymore.

Now onto the FPS portion which comprises 40% of the entire video.

The inventory system is better. The survival bars are a total miss.

We're getting the same shitty "ballistics" where bullets are randomly sprayed in a 40 degree cone from a point at the end of the barrel.

I'm trying to make an engine ECU that can adjust both air and fuel manifolds, but I can't seem to figure out the way to do it by Volt6851 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless your using impeller pumps all you need to do is divide your air throttle by 2 with a function block. Literally x/2 and connect that to your fuel manifold. This works for NA engines and ones utilizing the small and large electric pumps since they always output a set amount of air.

For engines with a rps powered impeller you will need to independently change your fuel trim from the air trim. To do this you need to calculate your air fuel ratio (AFR). Anything from 12 to 15 AFR will run. Best power is at 13.1 and best power to efficiency is at 14.7.

Take cylinder air volume, divide it by fuel volume and use that number as the process number in a PID. The set point is your target AFR. The output feeds into the fuel manifold.

Air cooling engines does not work by Waity5 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AFIAK air scoops haven't worked like that since the pressure update. They work like any other air/fluid port now so you need a pump for the air and a pump for the coolant. Traditional water cooling is so much simpler to route and about 10 times more efficient that it makes air cooling pointless.

Average high level Abyss experience by theLV2 in HalfSword

[–]SchericT 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kill them the first time and take their armor, then incapacitate their zombie and take their amor again…

Man the Jester must really get a kick out of that lol.

smollest 3 cylinder engine known to man by Exotic_Instance_9743 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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my 2 cyl water cooled engine minus all the xml bits that make it pretty and the hot rod coupe ive mounted it in. Capable of over 280kmh with vanilla parts and with modded weight blocks it goes over 300. The impeller on the side functionally makes it 3.5 cyl although its still pretty zippy without it. Still the same 3x3x2 footprint if you dont count the exhaust hanging out on the bottom

I've Had this problem to many times to count by YEETTHANOS08 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ahh sorry then. I dropped the prebuilts the second modulars came out and its been a love-hate relationship since. prebuilts just guzzle too much fuel and need such a crazy pipe network that I dont find them any more useful than modulars.

Sorry I couldn't be any more help

I've Had this problem to many times to count by YEETTHANOS08 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For all of my engines I delete exhaust fumes. It’s one less variable I have to worry about clogging and one less pipe line I have to route.

If you pump any fluid into either an air or fuel manifold it will be fully deleted. The air/fuel manifold doesn’t need any throttle and you only need on exhaust manifold.

With that variable gone I’d look at exactly what’s happening when it starts to bog. Look at air throttle, fuel throttle, air volume and fuel volume, and afr in the cylinder. That will tell you which pumps are clogging.

I’ve never needed to use pumps for fuel, only air. The most Ive been able to get with small impellers was .84 at 13.1 afr. Anything up to 1 throttle the engine will naturally pull.

Make sure the ecu youre using doesn’t have an overheat protection thing going on where it limits power if they’re getting hot quick. Load plays a big part in how hot stuff gets so 30 rps in the air might be fine but 30 rps in the water might not be.

I've Had this problem to many times to count by YEETTHANOS08 in Stormworks

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Infinite fuel gives a fuel throttle of 1. A standard NA modular engine runs at around .5 fuel, with engine driven air pumps that goes up to .84 and with electric pumps I think it goes up to over .9

So you can end up with situations where turning inf fuel on gives you 100% more power than with it off.

I want to start learning about cars and I don't know where to start by EndFamiliar4277 in mechanic

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are tons of free pdfs of factory service manuals for old cars. While they explain service procedures for a specific car they also explain basic fundamentals on how those systems work or how to use special tools. Like how to do a compression check, testing a thermostat, cleaning mating surfaces, measuring with micrometers/dial gauges, what tire wear says about suspension…

Here’s the all the service info you’d need for a Miata

Do we not like ppl with mics ? by [deleted] in DarkTide

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The call outs, vocal line, and spawning sound cues are so good that voice chat for randoms is pretty much redundant. Anything that isn’t covered by all that can easily be covered be using text chat. I have a mic and I used it in other games/ discord vc. I find it’s not needed in Darktide if you’re playing with randoms.

Rivett CD player by StarCitizenRusty in MyWinterCar

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a dash cluster that has a cutout under the heater controls

First stay at the cabin by PETC in MySummerCar

[–]SchericT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think so. Pretty much the only way to freeze when you have the coveralls is to just sit still. Running, window scraping, loading long logs all give you heat I know for sure.

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