Removable Power Cells and ability to build a charging station

1bellb

Currently when a Power cell dies in a say a Seamoth and you have a fully charged one. When you click to change the cell, the 0% power cell disappears.
It would be great to switch the cells so that the 0% cell is put in your inventory and then be able to build a power station which takes say 4 power cells and charges them using your bases power supply. Just like docking the Seamoth, but instead you're just docking the Power Cells.

Saffron_baker

aggred

The_Shark

One of the most annoying things is spending a metric ton of resources to make your Cyclops go for like ten minutes.

Bloop

nice idea!

HeadHunter

After 8 hours of play, I have a small base (room with 3 windows, observatory, moon pool with 3 windows), the Seamoth and the Cyclops. I'm starting to have a harder time finding Quartz. I'd like to be able to recharge batteries (I think it's technologically feasible if I can build a Stasis Rifle and a Terraformer, no?) to preserve my resources.

The_Shark

HeadHunter wrote: »

I'd like to be able to recharge batteries (I think it's technologically feasible if I can build a Stasis Rifle and a Terraformer, no?) to preserve my resources.

My thoughts precisely. If you have futuristic tech, like a gun that stops time, why couldn't you have modern technology, like rechargeable batteries?

tarek

everyone wants this :P

Reefseeker

HeadHunter wrote: »

After 8 hours of play, I have a small base (room with 3 windows, observatory, moon pool with 3 windows), the Seamoth and the Cyclops. I'm starting to have a harder time finding Quartz.

Have you harvested the Sparse Reef and the Grand Reef already?

1bellb

Have you harvested the Sparse Reef and the Grand Reef already?

Theres a Grand Reef?

04Leonhardt

1bellb wrote: »

Have you harvested the Sparse Reef and the Grand Reef already?

Theres a Grand Reef?

Oh my sweet summer child


I feel like Power Cells should be rechargeable, but only to a certain point.
Like 3 recharges before they become un-usable and you have to make a new one.
Batteries shouldn't be recharged, as they're pretty cheap as they are.
Though tools could also be recharged at charging stations.

jjust19

I like the idea of rechargeable batteries. Maybe a new section of the moon pool could be used to place dead batteries in for recharging using the base's power? Even better, a simple bench etc. could just be placed in the base (like the area where you place the cyclops's upgrades). Though, the process of charging should be slow and use a lot of the base's power in order for the feature not to be over-powered.

The_Shark

jjust19 wrote: »

I like the idea of rechargeable batteries. Maybe a new section of the moon pool could be used to place dead batteries in for recharging using the base's power? Even better, a simple bench etc. could just be placed in the base (like the area where you place the cyclops's upgrades). Though, the process of charging should be slow and use a lot of the base's power in order for the feature not to be over-powered.

The rate of conversion from base power to power cell... power... should be like 4 to 1. Then you have about an equal transition of power from the base to the Cyclops, since the Cyclops actually operates at like 400% power efficiency.