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Post by argonbalt on Apr 27, 2017 23:25:43 GMT
So with the new update most of my engines and other components got off scratch free, however my lasers certainly did not. The issue seems to be (realistically enough) with the internal arc lamp chamber pressure, presumably from dumping a small nuclear power plants worth of energy through it. Now the main issue is how to fix this, all of my designs use the optimised: Chamber wall fused quartz Chamber outer wall Silver This is the ideal as (previously) the fused quartz was strong but also transparent, and the silver was the most reflective substance so it was ideal for the mirroring on the arc lamp cavity. The in game provided solutions are somewhat limited. I cannot increase the chamber as it is already at maximum, i cant change the chamber wall composition because no material really beats fused quartz, i cant even really say i can turn the power down, as this issue is plaguing every laser i use from my 6 mw all the way up to my 1 gw. Also as these are still all arc lamp pumped arrays they are not really that efficient.
So basically that is the main crux of my problem, i had some big toys but non of these were omega-watt laser star level, just personalised Xenon-Titanium sapphire builds. So im wondering if i should finally start learning modded materials that might fix this? or is there something i am overlooking?
:EDIT: also i have attempted to turn the power down and the error persists until the power has decreased until it is only 1/50 then additionally it does not fix the arc lamp simply gets too small for the cavity.
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Post by Durandal on Apr 28, 2017 0:19:04 GMT
So with the new update most of my engines and other components got off scratch free, however my lasers certainly did not. The issue seems to be (realistically enough) with the internal arc lamp chamber pressure, presumably from dumping a small nuclear power plants worth of energy through it. Now the main issue is how to fix this, all of my designs use the optimised: Chamber wall fused quartz Chamber outer wall Silver This is the ideal as (previously) the fused quartz was strong but also transparent, and the silver was the most reflective substance so it was ideal for the mirroring on the arc lamp cavity. The in game provided solutions are somewhat limited. I cannot increase the chamber as it is already at maximum, i cant change the chamber wall composition because no material really beats fused quartz, i cant even really say i can turn the power down, as this issue is plaguing every laser i use from my 6 mw all the way up to my 1 gw. Also as these are still all arc lamp pumped arrays they are not really that efficient. So basically that is the main crux of my problem, i had some big toys but non of these were omega-watt laser star level, just personalised Xenon-Titanium sapphire builds. So im wondering if i should finally start learning modded materials that might fix this? or is there something i am overlooking? :EDIT: also i have attempted to turn the power down and the error persists until the power has decreased until it is only 1/50 then additionally it does not fix the arc lamp simply gets too small for the cavity. I've found that swapping the fused quartz for diamond serves as a quick fix until a better solution can be found. It drops the efficiency and the output power, but it allows the module itself to operate for now.
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Post by Inglonias on Apr 28, 2017 1:32:28 GMT
I've found that swapping the fused quartz for diamond serves as a quick fix until a better solution can be found. It drops the efficiency and the output power, but it allows the module itself to operate for now. This works for me until the people here can figure out what's up.
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Post by Rocket Witch on Apr 28, 2017 1:38:13 GMT
So im wondering if i should finally start learning modded materials that might fix this? or is there something i am overlooking? There is no such material mod to date. If we could change the thickness of the cavity walls it might be made to withstand the pressure.
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Post by argonbalt on Apr 28, 2017 1:43:39 GMT
Yeah that would do it
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Post by dragonkid11 on Apr 28, 2017 2:18:35 GMT
Eh, I just switch to diamond and then tweak the lasing rod until it goes back to its original state again.
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Post by bigbombr on Apr 28, 2017 5:50:29 GMT
So im wondering if i should finally start learning modded materials that might fix this? or is there something i am overlooking? There is no such material mod to date. If we could change the thickness of the cavity walls it might be made to withstand the pressure. Or add a seperate cavity reinforcement: make the cavity wall of silver or aluminium, and use vanadium chromium steel or graphene as reinforcement.
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Post by argonbalt on Apr 28, 2017 5:56:01 GMT
I was also thinking that as well, a structural backing would probably be very handy but also a significant external fix outside of simple material swaps
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Post by The Astronomer on Apr 28, 2017 6:06:24 GMT
Ce:LLF (mod) lasers remains unaffected though.
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Post by bigbombr on Apr 28, 2017 6:07:55 GMT
Ce:LLF (mod) lasers remains unaffected. Probably because the high efficiency. Less waste heat -> less pressure.
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Post by The Astronomer on Apr 28, 2017 6:08:59 GMT
Ce:LLF (mod) lasers remains unaffected. Probably because the high efficiency. Less waste heat -> less pressure. I wonder if this laser/molten gold coolant is actually realistic or not...
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Post by ash19256 on Apr 28, 2017 7:10:26 GMT
Probably because the high efficiency. Less waste heat -> less pressure. I wonder if this laser/molten gold coolant is actually realistic or not... I suspect that at least part of the reason that my Ce:LLF laser stayed working is that it already uses a Diamond envelope. It runs at as close to 1098 Kelvin as possible, so I needed the highest temperature materials I could find that were efficient enough.
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Post by The Astronomer on Apr 28, 2017 7:28:49 GMT
I wonder if this laser/molten gold coolant is actually realistic or not... I suspect that at least part of the reason that my Ce:LLF laser stayed working is that it already uses a Diamond envelope. It runs at as close to 1098 Kelvin as possible, so I needed the highest temperature materials I could find that were efficient enough. Mine uses fused quartz. It didn't break.
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Post by Enderminion on Apr 28, 2017 13:36:12 GMT
I suspect that at least part of the reason that my Ce:LLF laser stayed working is that it already uses a Diamond envelope. It runs at as close to 1098 Kelvin as possible, so I needed the highest temperature materials I could find that were efficient enough. Mine uses fused quartz. It didn't break. GRAMMER!!!
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Post by samchiu2000 on Apr 28, 2017 13:42:35 GMT
Mine uses fused quartz. It didn't break. GRAMMER!!! What a terrible OCD
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