Ranakastrasz wrote:The generator seems to make a trickle of power even with no fuel.

OK i fixed it anyway lol

OP has been updated

Ranakastrasz wrote:The generator seems to make a trickle of power even with no fuel.

yisss 7.6KJ to be precise

I could fix it... but its only 7.6KJ

If you want to fix yours, just go into the control lua and fix the temperature value for the fluid when it spawns, from 25 to 15...

Sorry for offtopic, but maybe you could make a very lowtech (wood and iron) windmill as a weak and unstable but working all the day power source? Also it could be a source of the underground water. For the sake of the balance this water can have lower temperature.

Hey, nice idea!

I've made a mod ...

http://i.imgur.com/I79IbUS.png



** Updated Wind Turbine available as part of the KS Power mod **

Type: Entity/Item
Name: Wind Turbine
Description: A Wind turbine made from Iron and Copper Cable
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
Version: 0.2.4
Release: 2015/20/01
Tested-With ...

I think its a great idea!

The expansion chunks are really useful to see, but you're right that its not gameplay friendly to have it as a debug option.

Having it as a new radar system, maybe a equipment version too for mobile chunk revealing would be really nice, and balanced too. Making it a more ...

I think this is a flawed poll, and really doesn't help solve any of the issues with this discussion.

Some people say ' I want to craft faster'

And then other come to say 'Thats against the spirit of the game'

But i didnt read anywhere that you HAVE to play the game with that mindset.

For part of ...

Do you want to make this mod a little bit more complex by moving steam based stuff higher in the tech tree and making offshore pumps electricity dependent?

You can't do that without providing a way to generate power for the research. But it's a good idea, and I would suggest that the burner ...

I'm running a RSO/Marathon with Bob's mods and some more. Techs are expensive. Need to know if I should go for this one... ;)


well really its up to you, its not cheaper than standard boiler/steam engine energy setups, but you dont need water to make power, it can be set up more quickly and ...

What is the consumption in units/s?
What is the pollution? Is it same pollution per time for all fluids? or same per MW generated?

I'd like a complete tech spec in pdf, please :)


Consumption is 0.3 fluid/sec at max, but differs for the different oils

pollution is currently is 1.5 per second ...

Looking at the code, I don't see how you cleanup removed burner generators. It looks like they stay in the table forever, presumably using computer resources.
However, I am only familiar with JASS (Warcraft 3 Script) and mildly familier with C++, and unlike either LUA says it has some level of ...

I think it was a post-production pan/zoom effect rather than an in-game zoom change

I've been doing some tests with the latest version (0.1.3) and have the following information

Max output is as follows

Burning Petroluem = 1.6 MW
Burning Heavy Oil = 1.0 MW
Burning Light Oil = 2.2 MW

This is because Light oil has twice the energy per fluid as petroleum or heavy oil! But i've ...

So no liquid can reach 100% efficiency?

100% efficiency? In terms of oil burning, non of the options are 100% efficient.

in terms of 'Output', no, none of the oils can reach 100% output, since the default temp of oils is 25.

The oils are balanced around one another, using the following logic ...

This seems really useful.

I would note that this, and the burner generator have, despite being red tech, excessively long research times. 15-20 seconds would be more reasonable.

Thats because i copied the technology from one to the other :P

Also I'm not really sure if research time is that ...

Steam loco implies it would need both coal and water to run,

Reall it should be burner locomotive... i guess diesel is just a easier way to explain it

So, this is similar to https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=9873 , except this does not heat water but create power directly?

How do these two compare in terms of fuel efficiency?

Oil steam boiler is more efficient (and can burn crude oil too), its also cheaper, and a lower ...

I would be happy with just the diesel generator, really.


That's pretty cool! Is it actually realistic that generators are less energy efficient than steam plants though? What I envision is some sort of structure which has a higher power density than burners and steam engines, and hopefully ...

http://i.imgur.com/YMNtElN.png

** Updated Diesel generator available as part of the KS Power mod **

Type: Mod
Name: Diesel Generator
Description: Adds a generator for burning oil and straight up producing electricity. It can burn petroleum, light oil and heavy oil. It requires research. Pics ...

Looking at the code, I don't see how you cleanup removed burner generators. It looks like they stay in the table forever, presumably using computer resources.
However, I am only familiar with JASS (Warcraft 3 Script) and mildly familier with C++, and unlike either LUA says it has some level of ...

AlexTheNotsogreat wrote:This is actually a really nice mod for only one item! Just one thing, it gives a normal burner miner when you break it, so try and fix that.

Hey lol, didnt realise it did that!

I fixed up the mod, added research, changed up a bunch of stuff!

Should be better now, hope you like it