Solar panel problem

[Evo]

I have had this problem in 2 games (my other game was corrupted and i had to reastart). So basicly I put down a solar panel works really good for like 2 days (in game days) then its gone poof not there -25 power for my base this happened with like 1 on 1 day and then another day 2 were gone (i keep replacing them) THEN another day like 3 or 2 dissappered again. I really need help understanding this do they break because of water pressure or are creates attacking it or does it have like a 2 day use, is there a different method of power I can use (not biological or nuclear generates because thats out of my reach... i think) to power my base with. anything you guys could tell me would be great and really helpful.

[Cougarific]

Known bug, it's been around for almost a year. Low priority fix, I guess.

For now, I recommend building your panels as far away from your base as possible (while still providing power to your base).

[Dime]

Biogenerators are easy, just make a fish tank in your base and fill it with peepers (two will eventually fill the whole tank, but a handful is better for the start). They'll reproduce inside of the tank, just occasionally throw one or two of them inside the generator. Alternatively, grow edible plants in the growbed.

[tran_fors]

FWIW, and it might not be your glitch, but the known glitch that I've seen is that Solar Panel's disappear when you add new things to your base. Even if it's just a Water Filtration machine.

[broken condom]

Originally posted by tran_fors:

FWIW, and it might not be your glitch, but the known glitch that I've seen is that Solar Panel's disappear when you add new things to your base. Even if it's just a Water Filtration machine.

i've never had solar panels disappear when i'm building on my base, just exterior growbeds that are too close. thanks.... more for me to worry about....

[Evo]

Originally posted by tran_fors:

FWIW, and it might not be your glitch, but the known glitch that I've seen is that Solar Panel's disappear when you add new things to your base. Even if it's just a Water Filtration machine.

Ok, so I took a break from my game and I noticed that all 8 of my solar panels dissapperd accept this on solar panel just kinda chills there on a platform very close to my base, also sn't there some sort of shard that increase's electrity input and range or something.

[Evo]

Originally posted by Dime:

Biogenerators are easy, just make a fish tank in your base and fill it with peepers (two will eventually fill the whole tank, but a handful is better for the start). They'll reproduce inside of the tank, just occasionally throw one or two of them inside the generator. Alternatively, grow edible plants in the growbed.

I already have alot of fish in a aquarium and I have a ton of lantern tree, chinse potato plant and that one tree that give you alot of water for the biological generator but the problem is I don't know how to get a bio generator and i'm still busy looking for the mobile vehicle station, so im kinda busy and I don't really wanna go to some far reef and look for like 2 blue prints

[Evo]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Known bug, it's been around for almost a year. Low priority fix, I guess.

For now, I recommend building your panels as far away from your base as possible (while still providing power to your base).

Thank you for the information, do you know of any other way to get power besides the generator.

[tran_fors]

Originally posted by DiamondShard5:

Ok, so I took a break from my game and I noticed that all 8 of my solar panels dissapperd accept this on solar panel just kinda chills there on a platform very close to my base, also sn't there some sort of shard that increase's electrity input and range or something.

There's a Power Transmitter you can build, yeah - fwiw, it only works to transfer power from a source (solar/thermal) to a base.

Personally, whenever I lose a Solar Panel like this, I just turn on the NOCOST command and recreate the missing items - it's not cheating, to compensate for a bug.

[Evo]

Originally posted by tran_fors:

Originally posted by DiamondShard5:

Ok, so I took a break from my game and I noticed that all 8 of my solar panels dissapperd accept this on solar panel just kinda chills there on a platform very close to my base, also sn't there some sort of shard that increase's electrity input and range or something.

There's a Power Transmitter you can build, yeah - fwiw, it only works to transfer power from a source (solar/thermal) to a base.

Personally, whenever I lose a Solar Panel like this, I just turn on the NOCOST command and recreate the missing items - it's not cheating, to compensate for a bug.

First I don't really know what a FWIW is and second I have a lava hole that shoots out, well heat can I put the thermal transmitter by it and then make some sort of line back to my base so it will power it (my base is about 30-45 meter away from it).

[Cougarific]

You need to find and scan the fragments for the Thermal Power Plant. When you have the blueprint you can build a Thermal Generator near the "lava hole" for power and use Power Transmitters to get the energy back to your base.

And FWIW = For What It's Worth.

[Evo]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

You need to find and scan the fragments for the Thermal Power Plant. When you have the blueprint you can build a Thermal Generator for power and use Power Transmitters to get the energy back to your base.

And FWIW = For What It's Worth.

Ok so I got all of that accept how do you get power transmitters the only way I could think of getting that is going to aura wreckage for a fragment or something.

[Cougarific]

I don't think you need to scan anything for Power Transmitters? Or do you? I forget.

[Evo]

I do not have it I believe that it is a spike that you use gold to get but idk how to get it ill look it up tho thanks for helping guys!

[tran_fors]

Originally posted by DiamondShard5:

I do not have it I believe that it is a spike that you use gold to get but idk how to get it ill look it up tho thanks for helping guys!

Wellp, I found the Power Transmitter on the SW shores of the Mountain Island. YMMV (Your Miles May Vary), of course.

[Evo]

Originally posted by tran_fors:

Originally posted by DiamondShard5:

I do not have it I believe that it is a spike that you use gold to get but idk how to get it ill look it up tho thanks for helping guys!

Wellp, I found the Power Transmitter on the SW shores of the Mountain Island. YMMV (Your Miles May Vary), of course.

That's weird I was on the island to get the rooms and plant and i came up on 1 shore but i didnt check the other.