Making belt prototype consume power

[wahming]

Hi!

I'm trying to create a custom transport belt entity that will draw power from the grid. But I've had no luck so far with getting the belt to connect to the grid. Can anybody advise?

[Incinirate]

Hi!

I'm trying to create a custom transport belt entity that will draw power from the grid. But I've had no luck so far with getting the belt to connect to the grid. Can anybody advise?

Possibly something like this in the entity code, not tested though so I can't say for certain:

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energy_source = {
  type = "electric",
  -- will produce this much * energy pollution units per tick
  emissions = 0.15 / 1.5,
  usage_priority = "secondary-input"
},
energy_usage = "90kW",

[wahming]

Hi!

I'm trying to create a custom transport belt entity that will draw power from the grid. But I've had no luck so far with getting the belt to connect to the grid. Can anybody advise?

Possibly something like this in the entity code, not tested though so I can't say for certain:

Code: Select all

energy_source = {
  type = "electric",
  -- will produce this much * energy pollution units per tick
  emissions = 0.15 / 1.5,
  usage_priority = "secondary-input"
},
energy_usage = "90kW",

I thought so too. Sadly no, I already tried that.

[L0771]

I'm trying to create a custom transport belt entity that will draw power from the grid. But I've had no luck so far with getting the belt to connect to the grid. Can anybody advise?

I don't understand, yours belts are using electricity but you need connect eeeevery belt with a pole?

[Incinirate]

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I thought so too. Sadly no, I already tried that.

I'm sorry, maybe I am not understanding correctly, do the poles connect to the belts with that code and they just don't stop when you remove power or do they not connect alltogether?

[wahming]

I'm trying to create a custom transport belt entity that will draw power from the grid. But I've had no luck so far with getting the belt to connect to the grid. Can anybody advise?

I don't understand, yours belts are using electricity but you need connect eeeevery belt with a pole?

--snip--

I thought so too. Sadly no, I already tried that.

I'm sorry, maybe I am not understanding correctly, do the poles connect to the belts with that code and they just don't stop when you remove power or do they not connect alltogether?

No, my belts are not using electricity, and they are not connecting at all.

[Rseding91]

It's not currently possible to make belts use power through the prototype - the belt entity doesn't support it.

You could possibly do it through scripting but it wouldn't be efficient by any means.

[wahming]

It's not currently possible to make belts use power through the prototype - the belt entity doesn't support it.

Yeah, I thought so. Thanks anyway for confirming.

You could possibly do it through scripting but it wouldn't be efficient by any means.

Just for me to learn - how would I do that?

[Incinirate]

It's not currently possible to make belts use power through the prototype - the belt entity doesn't support it.

Yeah, I thought so. Thanks anyway for confirming.

You could possibly do it through scripting but it wouldn't be efficient by any means.

Just for me to learn - how would I do that?

You could check it the belt was in range of any pole that was connected to power, if so, drain power, and if not set the belts speed to 0. Possibly

[orzelek]

It's not currently possible to make belts use power through the prototype - the belt entity doesn't support it.

Yeah, I thought so. Thanks anyway for confirming.

You could possibly do it through scripting but it wouldn't be efficient by any means.

Just for me to learn - how would I do that?

You could check it the belt was in range of any pole that was connected to power, if so, drain power, and if not set the belts speed to 0. Possibly

You can't set belts speed to 0 - entity prototype can't be modified.

You could consume power per belt in pole range but you couldn't stop the belt itself from working.

[wahming]

It's not currently possible to make belts use power through the prototype - the belt entity doesn't support it.

Yeah, I thought so. Thanks anyway for confirming.

You could possibly do it through scripting but it wouldn't be efficient by any means.

Just for me to learn - how would I do that?

You could check it the belt was in range of any pole that was connected to power, if so, drain power, and if not set the belts speed to 0. Possibly

You can't set belts speed to 0 - entity prototype can't be modified.

You could consume power per belt in pole range but you couldn't stop the belt itself from working.

Belts can be deactivated - I've already got that working in my proof of concept. My major headache is with getting them to consume power.

[Rseding91]

... Belts can be deactivated - I've already got that working in my proof of concept. My major headache is with getting them to consume power.

You could look at how I implemented power usage for the chests in my "Compression Chests" mod - it's not perfect but it works great for the purposes of that mod. https://github.com/Rseding91/Compression-Chests

[wahming]

... Belts can be deactivated - I've already got that working in my proof of concept. My major headache is with getting them to consume power.

You could look at how I implemented power usage for the chests in my "Compression Chests" mod - it's not perfect but it works great for the purposes of that mod. https://github.com/Rseding91/Compression-Chests

Glancing through your code - so you create a custom pole that has to be placed near your chest, and drain power from that? Good idea. I can see how to modify it for my own use.

Edit: Does the power usage show up in the electrical overview?
Edit 2: Nvm, I realised it's based on the accumulator prototype, not electric pole as I thought.