Option to disable 'infinite fuel' when docked at outposts

[mild hound]

An option in the campaign settings allowing you to disable the feature that gives fuel rods infinite durability (no depletion) while powering the sub when it is docked at a station. While some players like the infinite fuel mechanic for convenience, others might want to turn it off because it breaks the immersion of the game.

[abstract lynx]

Either a toggle or having it not be hardcoded so it can be changed with mods would be great

[raw blaze]

I thought the implication was that we were stealing off of the outpost somehow, this doesn't work for unfriendly stations though

[mild hound]

you can already draw power through the docking port without using the infinite fuel rod

[ember swan]

I think a nice alternative is getting charged a modest fee when leaving for every kWh consumed. That might integrate better with modded stations and better balance battery based subs.

[frail atlas]

But like.... why

It has like literally 0 impact besides needing to turn of the reactor when you dock and turn it back on when you leave

[ember swan]

Some subs aren't designed to draw power from stations, so the option basically gives a shortcut to replicate that. That's my guess.

[mild hound]

This would be great if infinite fuel did not exist

[frail atlas]

Ok but then you'd just have to use the station fab and decon and have the ship off

I don't see like any reason to change this other than to just add a minor nuisance for no reason

[mild hound]

Mainly just because having infinite fuel doesn’t really make sense and is a bit immersion breaking.

But what I’m suggesting is an optional thing so by default you would still have the infinite fuel

[frail atlas]

Is it really that immersion breaking though? It takes quite a while before you even realize it's happening, and in terms of the game the time spent at a station is much much shorter than the time spent traveling so it makes sense you wouldn't notice the rods deteriorating

[ember swan]

Depends on what people want in their immersion. Some would rather just forget the sub while at the station and others would be going and doing full hull/system checks during the downtime

[pseudo marlin]

And I mean the part of the station we see is just the visiting area if I remember right

Atleast if I remember right from the things I have heard

[raw blaze]

We definitely don't see the full of it, the cities have thousands of inhabitants and best you can find is like 20 or something, so whether it's a visiting area or not, it's definitely a limited area

[pastel grotto]

I dont think its super immersive breaking that stations can provide power to submarines either and this is just a gameplay thing to demonstrate that

[frail atlas]

The only reason it doesn't use fuel is so that it doesn't randomly punish you for not turning it off, it still uses fuel at abandoned stations so I really see no issue for such a trivial thing