Damaged / Destroyed comps question

[Phoenix-D]

"But I was under the impression that NOTHING could be repaired unless there was a Space Yard, either component or facility, present. Not so?"

Not so. Only the special components mentioned require a space yard, the others can use a repair bay.

Phoenix-D

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Ratqueen:
Am I correct to think that destroyed components can only be repaired by Space Yards, and not by Repair Bays?

I found the following information on a SE4 web site:

"I love the emergency propulsion mixed with a repair unit. 16 pods and 2 repair units creates a scout that can travel 90 squares a turn!"

Well, that got me all confused, since there can only be one Emergency Propulsion component per vehicle, right? So, I designed 2 different Scout ships: 1 with an Emergency Component and a Repair Bay, and one with an Emergency Resupply Pod and a Repair Bay. When I used the emergency components on both ships, the Repair Bays on the ships didn't repair anything (and when I brought other Repair ships to them, they didn't fix anything either.) I had to bring a Space Yard ship to them to repair them... Does that make sense?
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As Phoenix-D implied, the "90 squares per turn" scout ship was an exploit that got fixed by a later patch. That patch changed SE4 so that only 1 Emergency Propulsion component could be installed on a given ship, and also added the "must be repaired by shipyard" ability and applied it to the emergency propulsion component (among others - I think some of the Stellar Manipulation components have the same restriction).

Hope that helps.

[Phoenix-D]

"and also added the "must be repaired by shipyard" ability and applied it to the emergency propulsion component"

Another quick clarification: the change was done in HARD code, not the data files. In other words, no new ability, and you can't change it.

Phoenix-D