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Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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It looks to me like putting efficiency modules in electromagnetic plants has no effect on electricity consumption. Am I seeing this correctly? Is this a bug? (See attached). In one screenshot, I have no modules in my electromagnetic plants (I only have 8... there are 7 in this screenshot), and my usage is 6.4 MW. In the other, I have efficiency (2) modules in my electromagnetic plants, and usage is 6.5 MW.
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Re: Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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They definitely have the expected effect for me. Check the e-plant tooltip, it should say -80% power consumption.
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Re: Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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jdrexler75 wrote: Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:28 pm They definitely have the expected effect for me. Check the e-plant tooltip, it should say -80% power consumption.
It does on each one, yes. But it doesn't reflect it in these screens.
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Re: Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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In the graphs you have the time scale set to 1 hour, set it to 1 minute and it should be reflected correctly in the graph.
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Re: Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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Your graphs are from the past hour. The shown value is average over that time (which includes half an hour of almost zero consumption).
On your first screenshot (Full), 4 EMPs seem to be working, total consumption should be 8*67kW + 4*0.2*2MW = 2.136MW, which matches the graph.
On the second screenshot (Empty), 3 EMPs seem to be working, total consumption should be 8*67kW + 3*2MW = 6.536MW, which again matches the graph.
I see ~34MW top consumption on the graph. I'd say those are from 4 or 5 working EMPs with some productivity modules.
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Re: Efficiency modules have no effect in electromagnetic plants?

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Duh.

Thanks to both BlakeMW and Muche. My brain stopped working temporarily.
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