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Implemented Losing Reactor Fuel - No reason

Discussion in 'TPPI' started by Tomuchan, Oct 14, 2014.

  1. Tomuchan

    Tomuchan Well-Known Member

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    I am having a strange problem with my big reactor. I noticed that after every crash/restart my reactor would lose around 25% of its fuel. I tried to make a similar situation by logging off and logging in after 10 minutes to see if unloading the chunk would lower my fuel - it did.

    Here you can see screen shots of the reactor. Screen shot 1 shows 97%.1 full of fuel. Then I logged off and waited 10 minutes to make sure the chunk was properly unloaded and then I logged in again. Screen shot 2 is 15 minutes after logging off, you can see that my fuel level has dropped to 75.2%. 25% of fuel costs nearly 5000 yellorium ingots so it's a pretty big loss each time.

    Does anyone know why this happens? What can I do to fix it?

    Thanks,
    -T

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  2. Xfel11

    Xfel11 Consultant

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    Does your reactor span multiple chunks?
     
  3. SirWill

    SirWill Founder

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    They are chunk loaded.
     
  4. Tomuchan

    Tomuchan Well-Known Member

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    Yes it does, 32x32x32 over 4 chunks.

    I don't fully understand what you mean. Yes, they are chunk loaded when I am online but they are not chunk loaded when I'm offline.
     
  5. SirWill

    SirWill Founder

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    Big Reactors are loading the chunk, so if you are offline the reactor is still running.
     
  6. Xfel11

    Xfel11 Consultant

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    Ok, I guess it's a chunk load order issue then. Try building one that fits in one chunk and see if the problem is still occuring.
     
  7. Tomuchan

    Tomuchan Well-Known Member

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    Oh I see, I was not aware of this. But it does not explain how so much fuel is missing in 10 minutes. The reactor has a positive gain on fuel (laser drills) if left loaded so in theory it should never go down.

    I understand, I will try this out but doesn't this contradict SirWilli's post that Big Reactors maintain a chunkload?
     
  8. Xfel11

    Xfel11 Consultant

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    no, the chunks still have to be loaded in some order, and if that is messed up, you might loose fuel
     
  9. Tomuchan

    Tomuchan Well-Known Member

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    I understand, if that's the case I don't think there is a solution. The reactor is too big to fit in a single chunk and building it took over 3 weeks. I will leave it as is and take the 25% fuel loss rather than rebuild a new one.

    Thanks for your help Xfel and SirWilli
     
  10. BookerTheGeek

    BookerTheGeek Patron Tier 3

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    How much power are you producing / needing? I hav a few designs that will fit inside of one chunk.
    • Passive cooled: One MFR Drill
    • Active cooled: Four MFR Drills.
     
  11. Tomuchan

    Tomuchan Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the help but I'm running 40+ laser drills. Judging from what you've said I don't think your solutions are well suited to my problem.

    The passive reactor can produce about 1 million+ rf/t though it normally hovers between 700k~900k depending on energy requirements.
     

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