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====== <u>From first code inspection (Note: this is a draft of a explanation)</u> ====== | |||
All the energy and power values are proportional to the luminosity of the star, therefore, in the fellowing they are all given in the case of a 1L star. | |||
From a quick code inspection, the energy generated by tick (60 ticks per second as far as I know) by the dyson swarm is the product of the number of sails by a constant egal by default to 400. This would lead to 24kW per sail if the unit of the aford mention constant is Joule per tick. | |||
For the dyson sphere, it is not that much more complicated. | |||
Each node generates energy proportional to the amount of structures installed on the node. The constant is 1500 by default. Assuming the above units, 60 ticks per second and 90 structures per completed nodes, each fully built node would generate 8.1MW. | |||
Then each frame generates power too. It is calculated the same as for the nodes. So each structure sent in space generates 90kW (1500 * 60). Note the the constant used for nodes and frames have the same value by default, but in the codes, they are two distinct constants. | |||
Then each sails generates power. The calculation is also proportional to the number of solar sails present in the construction. The constant is 300 energy per tick. With the same assumption as above, the power per solar sail generated would be 18kW which is less than in the swarm. | |||
In conclution, the power generated is proportional to the amount of structures and solar sails present in the dyson sphere as it was suspected from the above sections. Therefore it is expected that the bigger the dyson sphere the more power it would generate. | |||
Further code inspection could lead to the complet understanding of the dyson sphere power computation. But I can understand that some people would prefer to make more "conventional" research and that direct code inspection could spoil that fun. So should I continue and extend this post with more information? |