Connecting power to stone walls

[Galadhlinn]

Need some help with connecting power lines to the stone walls. I'm not seeing the green connecting points anywhere. I have tried pulling the power wire from the batteries and running around the inside and outside of the building. I have tried selecting the power wire from inside and outside the building with no luck. I'm sure I'm missing something here. :P

[Hellsmoke]

You don't connect power to those walls, you gotta connect it to the individual items you want powered.

[SumGumption]

Like a house. Run the power through the walls. I do like the ability to just power straight to the outer shell. I feel that it would be more convenient for all if all buildings were connected this way. But I am probably wrong.

[Galadhlinn]

seriously? So every single light, ceiling lights, floor lights, everything needs it's own wire now?

[SumGumption]

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

seriously? So every single light, ceiling lights, floor lights, everything needs it's own wire now?

I'm pretty sure the original round and square metal buildings, for land and water are still functioning the same. Also the cubic buildings. You just have to purchase the blue prints. I'm still seeing them in the Nexus blue print selections but I'm not sure if new users are.

[Hellsmoke]

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

seriously? So every single light, ceiling lights, floor lights, everything needs it's own wire now?

For the single part building system, yes. As mentioned there is the cuboid system and the prefab system, those let you connect to the building. The individual walls and parts do not. You gotta run some clean wiring to the parts you want to power. Good part is none of the new lights even require power.

Power is almost obsolete at this point.

[Galadhlinn]

Gotcha, well thanks for the clarification. I won't run around with a power wire try to find a place to plug it in anymore :p
And I spent last night finding a source and setting up three electromagnetic thing-a-ma-bobs and running power from 750u away. :P

[SumGumption]

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

Gotcha, well thanks for the clarification. I won't run around with a power wire try to find a place to plug it in anymore :p
And I spent last night finding a source and setting up three electromagnetic thing-a-ma-bobs and running power from 750u away. :P

Irritating, I know. I don't get why power, mining and gasses aren't all located in clusters either.

[Happy Monkey]

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

seriously? So every single light, ceiling lights, floor lights, everything needs it's own wire now?

No, most of the ceiling lights are always on. The pill lights need a power line. The large ring lights need to be in a prefab building, or have a nearby powered pill light.

[Galadhlinn]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Happy Monkey:

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

seriously? So every single light, ceiling lights, floor lights, everything needs it's own wire now?

No, most of the ceiling lights are always on. The pill lights need a power line. The large ring lights need to be in a prefab building, or have a nearby powered pill light.

Ahh! now it is becoming clearer. I put 8 large ring ceiling light in my new poly piece building, and they didn't light, so I figured I needed to run a power wire to the building. Funny really, that the ring lights were the first thing I added to the empty building which led me astray!
Thanks again.

[Happy Monkey]

You can also use the "nearby pill light" trick to power health stations and hazard protection chargers on non-prefab walls.

[Galadhlinn]

So the stone wall doors are stuck have open and don't open. That is a bug then? Again, I chalked it up to lack of power. : P I did notice that the timber and poly doors work just fine.

[Hellsmoke]

Początkowo opublikowane przez galadhlinn:

So the stone wall doors are stuck have open and don't open. That is a bug then? Again, I chalked it up to lack of power. : P I did notice that the timber and poly doors work just fine.

This is a bug yes.

[Happy Monkey]

The giant whole-wall doors are open unless powered (to allow a switch or other logic to control them), as are the metal doors you can place onto walls Other built-in doors should work without power. I've noticed that the frontage doors are in the wrong position (centered instead of off to one side), but haven't had any issues with them working otherwise, and I've mostly used stone so far. So it may be a less common bug.