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Hi,
In my recent game, I have gone through all stages of power armor and tried powering them with reactors and solar panels, and when I put another component in like a shield or a battery, They get no power, and the bars are all black and also when I put in a shield, the purple shield bar is not there

Hi,
Can you provide a savegame for us to investigate ?

I'm having the same issue. Is there something specific I need to do to power up the shields and battery? I've tried standing next to power sources and such.

If you need a copy of my save game, let me know how I can get it to you and I'll be happy to help.

Reply to this thread, scroll down past the submit button, and click "upload attachment".

Does the Forum allow attachments as big as a whole late-game save? The OP might have to use one of those file-sharing sites.

Question for the original poster: does your armor have personal roboports? I thought my armor was bugged for a while until I looked more carefully (right click on armor, hover over each item in the armor) and discovered my personal roboports were just charging - super slowly. Eventually all 7 filled up and then the battery did, too.

Thanks for the report,

Can you provide a savegame and/or steps to reproduce the problem?

Valr wrote:I've tried standing next to power sources and such.

You need to use a Portable Fusion Reactor (or special solar panels) to power your armor.