Engineering Power#125
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FUCK I KEEP TRIPPING UP
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Really like the doc, keep up the good work
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| Limit Substation and APC throughput, forcing additional substations and APCs to be produced for higher power consumption projects. | ||
| Going over the limit randomly causes the network to shut down "blowing a fuse" that must be repaired. |
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And if no fuse is on the line, what about burning a cable or ten?
If it happens in maints near a fuel tank? Now Atmos has a job to do, and quickly ;)
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| When a generator is unable to output the power it *can* produce (EG the SMES are full) then it has a chance to overload. | ||
| This scales in the threshold of surplus power according to the generator, and in what an "overload" means. | ||
| Some generators may damage themselves on an overload, others may explode an SMES it feeds into, more still may have alternate effects such as the tesla causing arcing shocks from APCs on the station. |
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Actually, that's a great question. How do you regulate the engines that don't have a way to regulate their power, like the Tesla and RTGs?
Also, how would this affect things like the three portable generators? Will someone need to keep constantly updating the output?
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| Machines will be modified so that more advanced variants (e.g. hyper lathes) use much more power when engaged in addition to requiring secondary upkeep (EG cooling or lube) to prevent side effects. | ||
| This is intended to create situations where a dedicated APC and room may be required for the use of advanced machines. |
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Wizden has set the power limit for APCs to 20 kW, which is reasonable, but I would like to request that the last section (Larger Cells/Power Bleeding) also be amended to include at least one APC upgrade, as certain machines like Hellfire machines consume the power of 2 or 3 normal APCs combined.
This is needed assuming you want to get rid of connecting many APCs into one cable network
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Oh, random idea I can steal from Stationeers as an alternative for the LV mega power ring. |
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Spamming out hyper optimized 30 bjillion kila-giga-tera-gimama-watt power is lame, especially when the return for it is money. Who is the PTP even selling to? Who is buying all this power? Why cant we buy power ourselves?
No more!
Now power makes sense. Too much will cause overloads. The CE doesn't care about making money, they care about balancing fempto-rempto-crempto-mcbento-watt power generators to keep them within station tolerances.
One giant loop of LV cable? More like how to overload your poor APCs in 2 easy steps.
Confused? have a fuse!
All this and more is contained in this doc.