Steam power, I'm missing something

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Steam power, I'm missing something

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Haven't played since .13 and apparently I've forgotten how to do simple things like get steam power up and running.
Placed offshore pump in water, its showing 100% water @ 1200/s
Connected boiler to pump, and added 50 coal. The boiler burned 2 coal and stopped
Connected steam engine boiler, the performance and available performance bars are empty, the unplugged triangle is flashing]
built lab connected to steam engine with power lines. The unplugged triangle disappeared but the red no power triangle is flashing above the lab
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What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Steam power, I'm missing something

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You have to connect it in the opposite way. The water goes in on the short side, and the steam comes out on the long side.

This was changed in 0.15, so it's not that you have forgotten it :)
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And whats wrong with my setup?! :x
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Re: Steam power, I'm missing something

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ps666 wrote:And whats wrong with my setup?! :x
I think the boiler is one too high (the input does not align with the output of the pump).
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Actually :oops:
Thank you!


Edit:
An die Deutschen hier: Ich wollte "tatsächlich" schreiben. Ist "actually" das richtige Wort dafür?
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Re: Steam power, I'm missing something

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saturn7 wrote:You have to connect it in the opposite way. The water goes in on the short side, and the steam comes out on the long side.

This was changed in 0.15, so it's not that you have forgotten it :)
Thanks, problem solved
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Re: Steam power, I'm missing something

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Make sure to press Alt to show where it can input and output. Boilers now show output only on the steam side.
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ps666 wrote:
Edit:
An die Deutschen hier: Ich wollte "tatsächlich" schreiben. Ist "actually" das richtige Wort dafür?
Baßtscho :-)

I am sure you were understood.

So 1 boiler for 2 steam engines is the new ratio ?
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Re: Steam power, I'm missing something

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Green_Baron wrote:So 1 boiler for 2 steam engines is the new ratio ?
Indeed; And one pump can feed 20 boilers.
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