Ships & Modules

Please do test it out.

I've run around 10 tests. Mostly on the test server. It's all about the same.

With modules assigned to the following slots: (not rack positions)

Med 1 - AB
Med 2 - Large Shield Extender
Med 3 - Cap Booster
Med 4 and 5 Adaptive Invuls
Med 6 - Shield Booster

It comes out as:

I overloaded the AB to 69% and the rest of the modules are damaged as follows, cap booster 35%, Adaptive 35%, Adaptive 23%, Shield booster 23%. Shield extender doesn't overload so no damage.

I still don't agree with the rack thing either. If you overload a Rack and I have both medium and high slot modules in it, the rack should get overloaded. Hence the term "overload rack".

The whole thing is way to oversimplified. There is really no way to overheat one module.

I remember hearing that some people pvped with all their passive modules visible, because they have burnt out their sheild extenders or something. I have never tested that, but that's something else I will have to tinker around with tonight.

I am also not positive with the rack thing, but I don't think it OHs everything on the "rack", but it overheats all high, med, or low modules. Again, something to test.

Also, you definitely can overheat one module by clicking on the little green area at the top of a module in the rack, or you can shift click it (if not shift click, then i think its ctrl click)

Modules that are overheated generate heat. This heat builds up relatively quickly over time, and causes damage to the module, and any module next to it in the same rack. Heat damage is what limits the use of overheating and has to be balanced between the need for the extra boost, and the risk of losing the module entirely.

Every module has a certain amount of health (visible in the repair shop or when you compare multiple mods from the variants tab on the info screen) and overheating does a set amount of damage, found in the attributes tab of the info window for the module. When the amount of heat damage is greater than the module health, the module will 'burn out' and cease working until it is repaired in a station's repair shop.

Two modules overheated, and next to each other in the same rack will damage each other as well as themselves, causing them to burn out that much faster. Care has to be taken whilst fitting a ship to try and fit modules that are likely to be overheated away from each other. Note that whether or not modules are 'next to each other' is determined on the fitting screen, and not the location of the buttons on your screen in space. Moving the buttons around has no effect on heat transfer.

This is because in addition to taking the listed heat damage in the info tab, each overheated mod has a percentage chance to damage other modules in the rack. This "splash damage", when multiplied by having more than one module overheated, can lead to very rapid heat damage. The tachyometer-looking heat displays around the capacitor in the central HUD display a kind of damage multiplier, from 1-4, that increases the amount of heat damage taken the more heat is built up in the rack.

Some people fit offlined modules in between modules they plan on overheating to act as a 'heat sink' and limit the transfer of heat. Of course, this means a slot isn't being fully used, and could be a waste, so a balance has to be struck (however, this can be a good option for utility slots, eg. the 8th high slot on a ship with 7 missile or turret hardpoints). What happens is, if the RNG for the splash damage hits the offlined module or the empty slot, no damage is done and you can effectively overheat longer. Note that empty and offline slots are effectively equivalent for overheating purposes, so there's no need to place modules you won't ever online.

I overloaded the AB to 69% and the rest of the modules are damaged as follows, cap booster 35%, Adaptive 35%, Adaptive 23%, Shield booster 23%. Shield extender doesn't overload so no damage.