How do I make the cyclops more power efficient?

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• jeod Stuck in Aperture Join Date: 2017-04-12 Member: 229591Members

  October 2017

  Look for Lava Larva
  That might be your problem

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• elfcrisis Join Date: 2017-05-13 Member: 230466Members

  October 2017

  Yeah, it shouldn't be acting like that. If you have shields on, or active sonar, or silent running, it'll consume power faster, though.

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• SnailsAttack Join Date: 2017-02-09 Member: 227749Members

  October 2017

  elfcrisis wrote: »

  Yeah, it shouldn't be acting like that. If you have shields on, or active sonar, or silent running, it'll consume power faster, though.

  I left my cyclops on silent running for like 5 minutes while i got out to gather resources and it went from 85% power to 0%... so yeah.

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• garath Texas Join Date: 2017-02-08 Member: 227730Members

  October 2017

  Also, if you've been playilng the game a long time, please be aware they changed how Battery and Power Cell Chargers work. It used to be these devices gave free energy... Now, they *DIRECTLY* transfer power from the Cyclops Power Cells to the batteries / power cells in the chargers. So, if you have either of these in your Cyclops, they would also explain why you are seeing a very large power drain.

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• Tyderf Join Date: 2015-12-31 Member: 210696Members

  October 2017

  Silent running is the problem

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• garath Texas Join Date: 2017-02-08 Member: 227730Members

  October 2017

  Cool. Thanks for the warning about Silent Running using so much power. I didn't now that.

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• elfcrisis Join Date: 2017-05-13 Member: 230466Members

  October 2017

  I noticed the active sonar ticking away my power rapidly, so I'm not surprised to hear Silent Running does the same thing.
  
  Thanks for confirming it.

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• garath Texas Join Date: 2017-02-08 Member: 227730Members

  October 2017

  Just saw this change:
  
  55133 /main 2017-10-16 16:21:38 Scott Thunelius Balance: Removed Cyclops power efficiency module stacking
  

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• kingkuma cancels Work: distracted by Dwarf Fortress Join Date: 2015-09-25 Member: 208137Members

  October 2017 edited October 2017

  Farm ion crystals if you can for ion powercells. it sextuples your max power.

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• adel_50 Join Date: 2016-09-01 Member: 221973Members

  October 2017

  garath wrote: »

  Just saw this change:
  
  55133 /main 2017-10-16 16:21:38 Scott Thunelius Balance: Removed Cyclops power efficiency module stacking

  
  Now the power efficiency module adds 300% and the cyclops's power efficiency is increased

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