Up to date new player guide?

[MacGregor]

I died maybe 10 times already and finaly started to make some power. Now figuring how to connect to grid and stabilize. But is there any guide to make it easier on me? Everything I find here or on youtube is outdated.

[Midnyte]

same.,... tried the guide here and it fell short on some stuff... i dont think i ever figured out how to connect to the griid and when i did finally figure out how to generate power the reactor would always over heat and explode and just....it was chaos...

[Stonehammers]

Requesting connection to the city is in the tablet under the coms tab on the left side.

They will then give you a startup time after a few minutes.

[Rook]

Request start of operations on the datapad's comms tab, you will be given a start time. Start working on generating power before, or after, this time, as you desire. Once the start time is reached, you will automatically be "Connected" to the grid. Watch the Bus panel, top display is current demand. THEN you will need to Close the Circuit Breaker and "Sync" using the synchroscope. It looks complicated, but it's a low intensity mini-puzzle. You will want to have the turbine stabilized at maximum RPMs before messing with the synchronization.

Close the Circuit Breaker, not Open.
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[Skorj]

If you don't have your resistors on while spinning up your turbines to max RPM, the turbine generator will eat itself. Be careful there, it says the resistors can absorb 5 MW, but that's only for a very short time, stay below 3 to sync with the grid.

[Rook]

Bear in mind, Skorj's comment is assuming you aren't connected to the grid. In otherwords, if you don't have anywhere to send the power, your systems will start to fail.

So, with that, as a new player, you might want to wait until you are connected to the grid, with your circuit breaker closed, before starting the reactor. A few hours below demand is better than bank loans, and multiple days of downtime to repair the turbine. Still, turn on your resistor banks. Once the steam starts flowing, the power generated may quickly exceed the demand.

Three ways to combat excess power:
Easy - Engage the resistor banks, to absorb the excess power.
Medium - Increase the turbine bypass, reducing the total power generated.
Mediumer-Extreme - Reducing heat and steam in the loop(s) by inserting control rods and cooling the reactor.

[MacGregor]

Thanks guys. Managed to get stable power generation. I'm now into my second in game day. Now having hard time figuring out optimal generator operation
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