Power Q?

[39773]

I noticed a lot (not all) of buildings that don't require power also have the connectors for it, I hooked up a forester and warehouse but haven't noticed any difference, what happens when you hook up power to said buildings? Do they get a bonus or do they just transfer power?

[Williambear]

I think its just to transfer power.

[guppy]

It transfers power - connected buildings also share power, something that is not made all too clear, my original city is a mess because I connected each building individually xD

[Shas'O O'Kais]

All buildings that are touching power sources act as conduits basically.

So you can connect a water wheel to a warehouse, connected to another warehouse, that is connected to a lumber mill and the mill will be powered. But they must be directly adjacent to each other.

Likewise, you can use your gears to connect a powered building to an unpowered one in order to power it.

My current base has a long line of powered buildings side by side with an enormous amount of power generated through water wheels between them. It is glorious.

[Wolfen]

Dam, i didn't thought of powering buildings that doesn't need it to use them as conjunction.
Guess my Ironteeth settlement will look quite some different than the chaotic-lovely Beavershire of my Folktails.

[T-Gunn]

Originally posted by Shas'o O'Kais:

All buildings that are touching power sources act as conduits basically.

So you can connect a water wheel to a warehouse, connected to another warehouse, that is connected to a lumber mill and the mill will be powered. But they must be directly adjacent to each other.

Likewise, you can use your gears to connect a powered building to an unpowered one in order to power it.

My current base has a long line of powered buildings side by side with an enormous amount of power generated through water wheels between them. It is glorious.

WOW. I had no idea. that changes everything. It is absolutely NOT obvious. How did you find out? I did notice adjacent buildings highlight together but i had no idea why.

I have expanded to a second district and am surviving very well now about ready to do some expansion. this would have changed the layout of my city a great deal.

[Shas'O O'Kais]

Originally posted by T-Gunn:

Originally posted by Shas'o O'Kais:

All buildings that are touching power sources act as conduits basically.

So you can connect a water wheel to a warehouse, connected to another warehouse, that is connected to a lumber mill and the mill will be powered. But they must be directly adjacent to each other.

Likewise, you can use your gears to connect a powered building to an unpowered one in order to power it.

My current base has a long line of powered buildings side by side with an enormous amount of power generated through water wheels between them. It is glorious.

WOW. I had no idea. that changes everything. It is absolutely NOT obvious. How did you find out? I did notice adjacent buildings highlight together but i had no idea why.

I have expanded to a second district and am surviving very well now about ready to do some expansion. this would have changed the layout of my city a great deal.

That is the thing I enjoy about city builders. As you play and get experience, you can see so many things that you could've done better.

I remember when I first started and I saw Floodgates and I was like "wow, this is an essential block, I MUST have one 3 tiles deep to manage my reservoir!" and now I don't even research it because I found out how to make infinite depth reservoirs that are automated and don't require the manual use of flood gates. I also line my industry on both sides of the river and connect them by 2 water wheels connected buildings on opposite sides and ALL of it shares power. Its great.

[SpannerMonkey]

Also quite a neat idea for powering buildings in a discrete manner, is to blast out an irrigation channel, and lay the power shafts in the bottom, add hi level power shafts and t junctions, cover with decking.
There's no apparent penalty for running the shafts underwater, so it serves a few purposes, irrigation and power transmission, can remove all the industry from the water front, and power the carosel, almost anywhere.