Wireless power transmission?

[wastedfate]

Bug Description: It would seem that the wires on the Sulaco no longer matter. Though cutting wires on Ice Colony or Big Red still does, last I checked.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Cut wires going to any APC on the Sulaco.
2. Check the APC to still see it charging.
3. Optional: Leave a small bit connected to the terminal, multitool it to see the power on that bit of wire rise and fall as you change the output on the SMES.

I wired the Starboard SMES into the medbay wiring, and then tried to cut medbay out of the regular power grid, so that it would work as a backup for just medbay. No matter how many wires I cut, I could not isolate it. So I tried to cut the wire directly below the APC, and found that the APC was still charging, even with nothing connected to it at all.

This could have been a bug for that specific round, and I'll try to reproduce it ASAP.

[TheMusician321]

I reproduced it on Anna's request, I even fired the emitter a few times, changed batteries, none, no power loss at all, this wsas on ice colony the round just after.

[wastedfate]

I reproduced it on Anna's request, I even fired the emitter a few times, changed batteries, none, no power loss at all, this wsas on ice colony the round just after.

From what I've tested so far, if you shut off the SMES, the APCs all still die. It's just that every cable onboard the Sulaco upper deck, and maybe the lower, is part of the powernet. Even if it's NOT connected, somehow with the exception of those in the engine room.

[TheMusician321]

From what I've tested so far, if you shut off the SMES, the APCs all still die. It's just that every cable onboard the Sulaco upper deck, and maybe the lower, is part of the powernet. Even if it's NOT connected, somehow with the exception of those in the engine room.

here's a photo of the escape APC that's STILL on 2 hours and 30 minutes after the round with all wires cut.

[Snypehunter007]

Confirmed (?) then.

[ZDashe]

Bump. Just confirmed this same bug still persists after so long, even on the new Almayer.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install a cable leading to nowhere, and check that it is unpowered using a multitool.
2. Join said cable to another powered wire, and use a multitool to check that it is now powered
3. Cut the cable that you placed in step 2.
4. Check the isolated cable section with a multitool and notice that it's magically powered wirelessly.