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Night steam engines + accumalators

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Hi,

I used to play factorio in 2014 when there were very complicated ways to manage using accumulator energy before switching to steam engines.
However with all the new changes to the game, I'm wondering if there's a simpler way to use accumulator power before turning to steam engine.

Thanks.

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Koub - Please consider English is not my native language.

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Thanks man.
I tried searching earlier, but guess murphy's law screwed me over.
Thanks for helping me out.

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Still feels too complicated :(

I wish there was a simple way to do it.

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The easy solution should be to lower the no-load voltage on your steam engines' voltage regulators to that of your accumulators' full-load voltage so that the engines will only assume any load when the accumulators are not enough. Unfortunately, their voltage settings are hard-coded to the opposite. :(

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New content is expected for signal / combinator handling with 0.13 I think it's wise to wait and see what will be possible then. Until then, This solution does work.
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Koub wrote:New content is expected for signal / combinator handling with 0.13 I think it's wise to wait and see what will be possible then. Until then, This solution does work.
I promise myself, I'm going to figure it out when I learn combinator basics.

Or if someone has this setup in their maps, can some one share by uploading the map on any filesharing site and give me a link?
It would help me understand this by actually seeing it in action.
Thanks.

Ps - where are the youtubers when you want them :>D

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Here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJS1Z-t05QA
This one is without combinators :)
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
satiated sigh.

That seems more up my sleeve for now :)

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