First mod attempt - making MPLs into true Mobile Processing Labs

[Tyko]

I'm playing around with Mobile Processing Labs. .

I was trying to make them more like what they're called - a lab that "processes your experiments from a mobile location" rather than some sort of long term research outpost as they're being treated now. Here are my goals:

• Cut back the multiplier to close to the same value that I would if I'd flown it back to KSC. I'm not touching the added multipliers for doing the work "on location" because it takes a lot of effort to get the MPL to a remote locale, so added reward makes sense.
• Speed conversion from data to science up a LOT - KSC gives the science instantly, I wanted to MPL to process it in days or weeks rather than years.

Below are the values I'm working with now. Is this getting close to my goal?

@MODULE[ModuleScienceConverter]
    {
        @scientistBonus = 0.25
        @researchTime = 5
        @scienceMultiplier = 1
        @scienceCap = 2000    
        @powerRequirement = 5
    }

Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks!

[rasta013]

On 7/9/2016 at 6:45 PM, tjt said:

Below are the values I'm working with now. Is this getting close to my goal?

I have played around extensively with labs and their settings in the past so I can tell you that the numbers you have listed above will get you close to what you're looking for for the most part I think.  It's been a while since I worked on them though so my lab math is a little rusty.  The biggest issue you'll face is not going to be reward totals though.  You can keep those under control with a combination of the scientist bonus and multiplier.  What you'll have the most problem controlling is time rewards.  Keeping a lab full of data makes the rewards payoff very, very quickly so delaying that process somewhat is damn near impossible with one exception - keep the science cap low.  You're going to have to play around with your numbers until you find a balance that is comfortable for you.  A science cap of 2000 though is really quite simple to get to and maintain at a full level and even with 2 three star scientists it will payoff in science very, very quickly.  By lowering the total data cap to something more along the lines of 500-750 you can reign that in somewhat but you might also have to drop the research time a little lower to balance it out as well.  If you want to see some examples of various configurations I suggest you take a look at Better Science Labs as those have been configured for various levels of performance the last time I looked at them (admittedly a while ago).

Hope this helps!

[ComatoseJedi]

On 7/14/2016 at 5:00 AM, rasta013 said:

 It's been a while since I worked on them though so my lab math is a little rusty

For a moment there, I thought you wrote "meth lab"... I need new glasses. And yes, that does look right for the MPL config you are going for

[rasta013]

My meth lab is rusty too.  It's been so long since it was used... 

[Deimos Rast]

hell, I thought this was a MLP mod at first glance at the title...not fully awake yet.

I'd be interested to know what you come up with in the final version, as I've been meaning to do something similar, just haven't gotten around to it.