I'm not sure if they are supposed to but assembly lasers draw power even when idle.

If this was intended could their at least be a config option for it?

pipes now have no loss. the standby energy draw is a balance. in many
situations you have much more energy as a result of this change.

On 8/5/13, Rseding91 [email protected] wrote:

I'm not sure if they are supposed to but assembly lasers draw power even
when idle.

If this was intended could their at least be a config option for it?

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Thanks, I was looking for that
Duplicate of #1028

1 MJ/t idle draw is not a balance for pipes being lossless.

Lasers are often setup in large grids (30+ or 136 in my case) and used rarely (which is why a large number is needed - to provide the power when required). Changing the lasers to be loss-ly would be balance. All the idle draw does is force players to setup overly complicated systems to disconnect the lasers when not in use which just causes more drain on a server and adds nothing to game play.

All the idle draw does is force players to setup overly complicated systems to disconnect the lasers when not in use which just causes more drain on a server and adds nothing to game play.

I disagree, setting up such systems is indeed gameplay. Many techmods do this, making some aspect of the game easier or more convenient, but adds additional challanges instead.

Also, as I have mentioned elsewhere, we feel that the BC power system has been going the wrong way for some time and was trending towards a system too similar to other energy systems, for example IC2. Expect changes.