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For this reason, I hereby present you: HeatSwitches (commonly known as HD or HeatDissipator, HeatDistributer and Strange-Thing-Which-Can-Magically-Alter-Temeperatures).
The standard HeatSwitch can store 2500 heat, has a 'sideTransfer rate' of 12 and a 'coreTransfer rate' of 4.
All HeatSwitches work the same way: They calculate the % of heat stored in all surrounding tiles, themselves and the reactor hull, calculate a median and then attempt to reach that median on all components. A heatSwitch will first shift around (component <-> switch) the heat of adjacent components, to a max of sideTransfer. Then he will try to balance the heat between itself and the reactor to a max of coreTransfer.
The 'Core Heat Switch' does have a sideTransfer rate of 0 (thus no heat balance between adjacent components), but a coreTransfer rate of 72, and a maxHeat of 5000.
The 'Spread Heat Switch' does not have a coreTrasnfer, but instead 36 sideTransfer, and a maxHeat of 5000.
Lastly, the 'Diamond Heat Switch' has a sideTransfer of 24 and a coreTransfer of 8, and a maxHeat of 10000.
Opposed to the old HD's, the switches do NOT dissipate heat, have a LOW heat storage and do go by %, not my static values. F.e. you have a core heat switch (5000 max) and a reactor with some plating (20000 max). The system has a total of 5000 heat. The switch will balance 1000 heat to itself and 4000 to the reactor, resulting in 20% heat for itself and the reactor.
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I'm not understanding how the math is done above.
Start:
Reactor Hul = 5,000 Heat
Max Reactor Heat = 20,000 Heat
Core Heat Exchanger = 0 Heat
How exactly is the median heat value calculated?
The median value given the numbers {0, 5000} is 2,500.
The median value given the numbers {0, 5000, 20000} is 5,000.
The Hull is at 25% of its heat capacity.
The Core Heat Exchanger is at 0% of its heat capacity.
I'm not understanding how the Core Heat Exchanger finally determines that it should 1,000 heat in itself and 4,000 heat in the reactor.
I do see that when the Core Heat Exchanger is at 1,000 of 5,000 heat that's at 20% capacity, and when the reactor hull is at 4,000 of 20,000 heat it is also at 20% capacity.
So is it taking that initial 5,000 heat and trying to distribute it in such a way that the % capacity of each component it affects (itself & hull) are the same? That seems like the answer and makes sense after I've worked through typing all of this out. But how does it mathematically find that value?
Core Heat Exchanger
X/5000 = Y Where X is the amount of heat to store inside of the Core Heat Exchanger, and Y is the % of heat stored in the component
Z/20000 = Y Where Z is the amount of heat to store inside the Hull
Is that what it's doing?
X/5000 = Z/20000
4 = Z/X
X + Z = 5000
Z = 5000 - X
4 = (5000 - X)X
4X = 5000 - X
4X + X = 5000
X(4 + 1) = 5000
5X = 5000
X = 1000
Z = 4000
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Ok... so I think I've got that example figured out. Substitute an Advanced Heat Exchanger for the Core Heat Exchanger and also toss in a 60k Coolant Cell and I think I'll wait for the reactor planner to get updated.
