Heat Exchange?

[Nef]

Still trying to wrap my head around this game and getting frustrated now :/

I have one sector with 1 boiler and 3 turbines (all Tier 1) as the tutorial, and tried to set up the second with 2 exchangers and a turbine.

No matter how I adjust the heat and water settings that sector stays at 0 celcius while the first sector goes through the roof, although the F2 screenshot shows the transfer working in that setup.

What am I doing wrong? Are they bugged? Save/Load does nothing.

Thanks.

[RoflingRalph]

Im in 1990 now and my powerplant is producing 120TW constant nuclear power. IMO the game is amazing but lacks documentation about how stuff is working and affecting each other. I understood everything to an extend that im superrich now but i have no clue if 120TW is cap. :/

[Nef]

I finally figured this out; you can drag/drop parts into all the sectors but need individual unlocks to actually power them on.

I totally agree that it's a fun little game, but the UI and especially documentation leave a *lot* to be desired at this point.

[brainy19]

What do you mean "individual unlocks?" I'm having the same trouble you did.

[Landlocked]

You have one power plant. Even if you build another power unit, it's all one one power plant. Your power plant can have multiple sectors and you start with one sector. Your Control panel in the bottom of the screen applies to all sectors of your power plant in the same way. To get more sectors, build another power unit, or upgrade a power unit. The research 'Power unit expansion' allows the building of second power unit and the upgrading of power units to have another sector. If you build a second power station and then upgrade both of your stations, then you will have 4 sectors.

There is no graphical cue that a sector is operational. As sectors become available, It will open up top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right on the first page of sectors. Once you get more sectors than that, the pattern repeats on the next page of sectors. You can build/store components in sectors that aren't active yet but they won't do anything. If you build a second power unit and then think that it's represented by the second page and put components in the top-left sector of the second page and you can't get them to work, that's why.

[brainy19]

I appreciate your response. What I'm having trouble with tho is this: I don't know how to actually power on the 2nd section in my power plant (I have only one so far). I did ensure the power button is on (on the sector itself and of the power plant), but nothing happens.

[Landlocked]

If it has power and water coverage that should be all you need. You might find more in my guide of things I found confusing

[brainy19]

Hmm...this is odd then, I checked and both of my power plants with multiple sectors are both in the power and water network.

[brainy19]

Wait a minute, I figured it out. I just had the heat exchangers in the wrong positions.

[Rhekis]

i think, if you have 2 power units, each with one sector operational, it means you can't start using a 2nd sector (in either power unit) until you unlock a 2nd power expansion tech, right?

[Landlocked]

Not correct; 2 Power units with 1 sector each will unlock the top-left and top-right sector on the first page

[Rhekis]

thank you

[Vicomira]

Originally posted by Nef:

Still trying to wrap my head around this game and getting frustrated now :/

I have one sector with 1 boiler and 3 turbines (all Tier 1) as the tutorial, and tried to set up the second with 2 exchangers and a turbine.

No matter how I adjust the heat and water settings that sector stays at 0 celcius while the first sector goes through the roof, although the F2 screenshot shows the transfer working in that setup.

What am I doing wrong? Are they bugged? Save/Load does nothing.

Thanks.

Hi Nef,
I was a long time ago in your situation. First, water boils at 100 °C. When you unlock heat exchangers, it adsorb 30 °C by heat exchanger. Following your description I think your absorbing only 60°C for your turbine and it's not enough to produce power for that unit until your first sector is next to the temperature limit. On the upgrade tree you have some research to do in the aim to raise your heat exchanger performance. When it's done you will be abble to put 3 heat exchangers for 1 turbine. Put the heat exchangers at 100% and your sector temperature will raise up to 105°C allowing a little production of electricity.
On early game, the heat exchangers are efficient to allow to raise the temperature to produce more electricity with your first sector.