Talk:Skyranger - Revision history

Cobalt at 19:28, 24 July 2006

2006-07-24T19:28:22Z

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	Ah, found where the truncation's occuring - it explains why the Skyranger stays in the air longer than its fuel seems to suggest.		Ah, found where the truncation's occuring - it explains why the Skyranger stays in the air longer than its fuel seems to suggest.
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	A similar thing likely happens with the Interceptor. I'll edit the skyranger and 'ceptor later.		A similar thing likely happens with the Interceptor. I'll edit the skyranger and 'ceptor later.
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Cobalt at 19:27, 24 July 2006

2006-07-24T19:27:51Z

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			Ah, found where the truncation's occuring - it explains why the Skyranger stays in the air longer than its fuel seems to suggest.

			A Skyranger travelling at max speed is going 760 knots. This means a fuel consumption rate of 7.6, which is then truncated to 7.
			A Skyranger patrolling is going 380 knots. This means a fuel consumption rate of 3.8, which is then truncated to 3. Max fly time at this consumption rate is 3 days, 11h, 20m.

			A similar thing likely happens with the Interceptor. I'll edit the skyranger and 'ceptor later.

NKF at 06:23, 24 July 2006

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			The Skyranger can indeed stay up in the air for 3 days straight, but only if it's out on patrol and if it's near your base. The further you travel, the higher your craft's bingo points for returning to base (4% on my last test).

			I decided to do another test of how long the Skyranger can stay up in continuous travel. After running a test by constantly setting waypoints on the opposite sides of the globe after arriving at each waypoint, I was able to force the Skyranger to empty its tank in a single day. Not an exact 24 hours, but within the same day. That's still quite a lot of air time!

			So your air time really depends on how hard you're pushing the Sykranger and how far you're going.

			- [[User:NKF\|NKF]]

Cobalt at 02:51, 24 July 2006

2006-07-24T02:51:32Z

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	Methinks that the game truncates the value of the fuel ratio (whole tank/amount consumed per 10 mins) and this means that the terran fueled crafts will probably have slightly longer ranges.		Methinks that the game truncates the value of the fuel ratio (whole tank/amount consumed per 10 mins) and this means that the terran fueled crafts will probably have slightly longer ranges.

	-[[Cobalt]]		-[[User:Cobalt\|Cobalt]]

Cobalt at 02:49, 24 July 2006

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	Methinks that the game truncates the value of the fuel ratio (whole tank/amount consumed per 10 mins) and this means that the terran fueled crafts will probably have slightly longer ranges.		Methinks that the game truncates the value of the fuel ratio (whole tank/amount consumed per 10 mins) and this means that the terran fueled crafts will probably have slightly longer ranges.

			-[[Cobalt]]

Cobalt: The note!

2006-07-24T02:48:17Z

The note!

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			Mathematically, the Skyranger shouldn't be able to stay out for 3 days at a time. It just goes through its fuel too fast. (Ironic that I say that with a Skyranger, eh?) However, after just trying it for myself, the skyranger netted a whole 10 extra hours. I think it has something to do with truncation versus full decimal precision.
			I patrolled a Skyranger on top of my base in a new game, then waited until the "low fuel notice". This came 82 hours later. Doing the math in reverse:
			Staying in the air 82 hours means it is draining fuel 492 times, every 10 minutes.
			Assuming the tank becomes empty, it is then losing .203% of its fuel tank every 10 minutes, travelling at half speed.
			At full speed, this becomes .406% of its fuel tank every 10 minutes.

			Methinks that the game truncates the value of the fuel ratio (whole tank/amount consumed per 10 mins) and this means that the terran fueled crafts will probably have slightly longer ranges.
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Cobalt: Truncation

2006-07-24T02:35:47Z

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Hobbes: Discussion clean-up

2006-06-01T02:24:07Z

Discussion clean-up

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	~~The Skyranger does not have a weapons slot - the reason why you see one is because XcomUtil adds that ability. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] 09:48, 30 May 2006 (PDT)~~

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	~~Arg, XcomUtil bit me again. I forgot about that and thought I must've made a mistake back when. Thanks. You can erase this Discussion. -[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 15:24, 31 May 2006 (PDT)~~

MikeTheRed: Thanks Hobbes

2006-05-31T22:24:55Z

Thanks Hobbes

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	The Skyranger does not have a weapons slot - the reason why you see one is because XcomUtil adds that ability. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] 09:48, 30 May 2006 (PDT)		The Skyranger does not have a weapons slot - the reason why you see one is because XcomUtil adds that ability. [[User:Hobbes\|Hobbes]] 09:48, 30 May 2006 (PDT)

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			Arg, XcomUtil bit me again. I forgot about that and thought I must've made a mistake back when. Thanks. You can erase this Discussion. -[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 15:24, 31 May 2006 (PDT)

Hobbes: Reason for the rolling back of Mike's change to the Skyranger

2006-05-30T16:48:13Z

Reason for the rolling back of Mike's change to the Skyranger

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The Skyranger does not have a weapons slot - the reason why you see one is because XcomUtil adds that ability. [[User:Hobbes|Hobbes]] 09:48, 30 May 2006 (PDT)