Toonarmy wrote:Okay thanks so how would I make more power add more power lines? because I did add more and the consumption stayed the same I also made another steam engine and it didn't change unless I was using a lot more power than U thought
Hi Toonarmy. Glad you like the game! It is terrific, and gets better the more you learn how to play. Energy production is pretty straight forward, you need to get water from a lake, add a pump, attach boilers, then steam engine.
The thing you should know is the most efficient setup uses 14 boilers versus 9 steam engine. I included a pic of the best possible setup for an enormous amount of power. If you are just playing the campaign, this is a bit much, but you get the idea. If you need to go smaller, just divide the number of boilers by steam engine to see how many you can support.
You can see in the pic the way the boilers line up in groups of 2 for maximum efficiency, which saves on space. On the top, you can see that the 14 boilers attach to the steam engine, there are three of them, then they continue in the next row (at the top of the screen, above the boilers). They are connected in the back (extreme right side of the pic) by 4 pipes that join the openings on the back of the steam engine. This allows the hot water to the rest of them without having to stretch the steam engines all the way out.
When i start a game, I will usually connect the water with the pump, add 1-2 pipes, then go underground for 2-3 spaces (allows future passage of coal for future expansion), You can see the pipes go underground in the pic to avoid problems of laying belts through there later. Then I add 11 pipes, and 3 boilers at the end with 1 steam engine for the start. This allows me later to just add boilers and steam engines later without having to move anything. Just the way I learned to play.
Also, later in the game, you can build solar panels and accumulators to store power for at night which takes the load off the steam engines, and also can be used to power lasers. Its quite cool really!
Also, power lines do nothing for increasing energy, they just connect all your devices together.
Hope this helps, you can always ask questions here, but many times I get good answers just doing a google search or watching some vids on youtube, there is a lot of walkthroughs there.
