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Bug #2018

Communication devices transmission speed display bug

Added by Hamster almost 11 years ago. Updated almost 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Severity:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Parts
Target version:
-
Start date:
01/05/2014
% Done:

100%

Version:
0.23
Platform:
Any
Expansion:
Language:
English (US)
Mod Related:
No
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Description

The data transmitters bandwidth values are wrong.
Example:
from part.cfg
title = Comms DTS-M1
packetInterval = 0.3
packetSize = 2

Displayed value in game: 0.6Mbit/Sec
which is wrong, since calculating the speed is: MBit divided by time.
In game it's multiplied, not divided. So the code is most likely:
packetSize * packetInterval , and it should be: packetSize / packetInterval

So in game it seems that every new antenna is slower and requires more energy to operate. But that's not the case.

History

#1 Updated by TruePikachu almost 11 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10

"In game it's multiplied" - only for the displayed value in the parts catalog, it preforms in flight as per the config file.

#2 Updated by xZise over 9 years ago

Okay after the 1.0.2 release I rechecked it and it's still a valid bug. I've send 174 Mits of data in 53.3 seconds with a Communotron 16 which is about 3.33 Mits/s which is what I get: 2 Mit/packet/0.6 seconds/packet = 3.33.. Mit/second

And this is exactly what the author suggested and only applies to the tooltip.

#3 Updated by TriggerAu over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Needs Clarification
  • % Done changed from 10 to 0

#4 Updated by sal_vager about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Needs Clarification to Ready to Test
  • % Done changed from 0 to 80

Antenna were reworked for commnet in 1.2

#5 Updated by JPLRepo almost 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Ready to Test to Closed
  • % Done changed from 80 to 100

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