How are reactors configured?

[mordachai]

I'm trying to understand reactors...

They have obvious stuff like

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ReactorEnergyOutputPerSecond

, but much less obvious stuff like the relationship between

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ReactorEnergyStorageCapacity 

and

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ReactorFuelUnitsForFullCharge

, and how those determine fuel efficiency.

I'd love to just do away with fuel capacity in reactors (non-ftr), either by setting them to 0, or to a fixed number and letting the fuel efficiency then determine their range (rather than the amount of fuel they hold vary -- let that be the responsibility of the fuel storage systems).

But since I don't grok how those variables relate to fuel efficiency - or really what

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ReactorFuelUnitsForFullCharge 

means at all, I'd just be doing trial & error.

Does someone have an explanation, or a pointer to something that does? Maybe this was explored / explained in DW:U?

[Eventure]

Check out the descriptions of all values here (maybe it will help):
https://distant-worlds-2-mod-maker.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Data:_Components

[mordachai]

Excellent resource!!! Thank you!

Yeah, that makes sense, I think.

From the wiki:

Units of fuel required for a full reactor charge (ReactorEnergyStorageCapacity). This value strongly correlates to fuel efficiency – lower values mean better efficiency

So a ReactorFuelUnitsForFullCharge of .21 means it takes .21 of your fuel to generate your ReactorEnergyStorageCapacity, which is doled out at a maximum rate of ReactorEnergyOutputPerSecond.

Again, Thank You!