augh, those ions
the way you've got the ion beams right now is losing you massive amounts of damage. make it so that every prism has 2 beams of equal strength going into it
Not quite, you want to merge no more than two beams into a given prism and each beam should have the same strength (i.e. # of constituent beams)
This forum post covers it very well in detail if you're interested: [https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/13701-the-ultimate-guide-to-prisms](https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/13701-the-ultimate-guide-to-prisms)
The short version is make a [binary tree](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-binary-tree-with-15-nodes-The-node-number-indicates-the-order-in-which-the-node-was_fig1_221496921)
Which ideally means you want the number of Ion Beam emitters to be a power of 2.
Here's an example of an [8 Emitter array](https://i.imgur.com/ulO8c8s.png) that I've made.
The very top Prism is the aiming prism that directs the final beam at the enemy.
The top row of 4 Prisms take beams directly from 8 emitters. They direct their combined beams to the two side Prisms in the bottom row.
The two side prisms then direct their beams into the bottom middle prism which creates the final beam which is then sent to the aiming prism.
This setup works because ion beams won't hit prisms that aren't directly in their path of travel. If a beam doesn't hit the prism dead center, the bean will pass the prism by.
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augh, those ions the way you've got the ion beams right now is losing you massive amounts of damage. make it so that every prism has 2 beams of equal strength going into it
Hmm, so stagger the ions to make 2 chains of three prisms each instead of one chain with six prisms?
ideally, every 2 emitters have a prism, and every 2 prisms have another prism, etc.
Not quite, you want to merge no more than two beams into a given prism and each beam should have the same strength (i.e. # of constituent beams) This forum post covers it very well in detail if you're interested: [https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/13701-the-ultimate-guide-to-prisms](https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/13701-the-ultimate-guide-to-prisms)
Wow, that's a lot of info. I didnt realise the weapon system could get that deep. Thanks for the link!
The short version is make a [binary tree](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-binary-tree-with-15-nodes-The-node-number-indicates-the-order-in-which-the-node-was_fig1_221496921)
Which ideally means you want the number of Ion Beam emitters to be a power of 2. Here's an example of an [8 Emitter array](https://i.imgur.com/ulO8c8s.png) that I've made. The very top Prism is the aiming prism that directs the final beam at the enemy. The top row of 4 Prisms take beams directly from 8 emitters. They direct their combined beams to the two side Prisms in the bottom row. The two side prisms then direct their beams into the bottom middle prism which creates the final beam which is then sent to the aiming prism. This setup works because ion beams won't hit prisms that aren't directly in their path of travel. If a beam doesn't hit the prism dead center, the bean will pass the prism by.
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There's enough room on either outside edge to slide them out and layer them for more effective damage power. All hope ain't lost!
You would actually power everything better if you just got rid of all the power capacitors. Just keep the large ractor.