Electromagnetic Generator - what am I missing?

[Bohican]

So I've been trying for hours to connect these generators to my main base with no luck, just wondering what I'm missing and why they aren't connecting, if they just aren't working yet or what, ran wires to them from my batteries that are working with the solar generators on my main base, thought maybe it was too far, or can't connect across bases (you have to drop a new base to be able to build the generators if they aren't inside current base radius).

I built a prefab room and a battery near them, just to show it not connecting easier.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836205682

Placed battery next to gen, then connected a wire between them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836205696

Gen Interaction aftering connecting to battery

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836205717

Battery while connected to Gen

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836205712

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836205735

Tried hooking it up directly to the building, in case the battery can't store the power, still didn't turn anything on, what am I missing? I got the solar panels to work and the bio generator to work in main base both pumping into the batteries, but the Electromagnetic Generators just don't want to connect to anything, any ideas or something anyone else got to work with them?

[SUDTIN]

bill님이 먼저 게시:

They are working, and I had no problem building and connecting from 200u +
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1836385231

One thing you never mentioned - Survey Visor. Did you use the Survey Visor to lead you to the location, then let it analyse and mark it, then build on that spot?
If you did - then you might just have a glitch.
If you didn't, they may only work properly one you scan, analyse and mark the spot before building on it.
Maybe not much help, but I can confirm they do work :)

Yeah mine IS working too... Red Bolt above the battery means it isn't powering anything else? Not sure.

[Bohican]

So, decided to just start over today and see how it goes, deleted all the gens and batteries and wires, put them back down and reconnected them, same way I had them set up in the picture from before, and it worked this time, so honestly have no idea why it didn't before, but it all connected and working, even worked running the wires from 1 base to the other, probably around 500u away or more, all the power shows up in the same grid in both bases, and the short distance teleporters working between them too, so still no idea why it didn't work before, but deleting it all and replacing it / rewiring it got it working.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1837542744

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1837542703

[Briggs]

glad to hear u got it working pal

[bill]

Mr.Briggs님이 먼저 게시:

glad to hear u got it working pal

me too - just another glitch in the matrix :)

[Dnote]

Anyone know what the limit is on solar panels? My main base is nowhere near a hotspot, so I tried solar, but seem to only be able to put down twenty of them, which is useless to power a bio farm.

[Briggs]

its such a dumb mechanic. how do you upgrade your base power if its rng if u get a power hotspot

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Dnote님이 먼저 게시:

Anyone know what the limit is on solar panels? My main base is nowhere near a hotspot, so I tried solar, but seem to only be able to put down twenty of them, which is useless to power a bio farm.

The key is the batteries. I have a three dome farm and was able to get my base running with 12 of the solar arrays....but you need to charge batteries for night. Modified it today and added the 3 big generators on a hotspot- had to move my base there. Now I have tons of power.

Using about 400 klw and producing 1200 klw with all of it.

[Dnote]

I figured out my issue, moved the metals plates to main inventory and it worked again, old saves have annoying bugs sometimes.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1838167531

This was horribly time consuming and expensive to build, and it was still insufficient to power my whole base. I had to remove several biodomes to get my energy cost down. I also disconnected everything except for the biodomes.

Base uses 619kP, at peak sunlight the solar panels produce 2000kP and I can store in those batteries just over 1000kP.

That is pretty much all I've done since Beyond launched.

[Briggs]

personally i think this whole mechanic needs revising.
We should be able to change mode on the scanner, be that standard or with upgrades. the hot spots should have smaller radiases and be more common.
Leaving it to RNG to be able to upgrade your base is down right terrible.
I found one hotspot right underneath my main base, never seen another one anywhere. ive gone as far as 1.5kua away in every direction and its just gas, all miles away from my base.

My advice to anyone is before building a proper base grind to get the electromagnetic generators, THEN wonder about aimlessly till you find a hot spot, because as this post proves bio fuel is pointless, and solar panals cant do the job.

How to ruin base building and progression in one easy step.

[Kal]

Entire power system is garbage, I fear it will end my interest in this game.

[Briggs]

All the bugs and glitches are killing it for me. Set up all these autonomous mining posts, before the update u could go off planet and theyd just get on with and work. now all the fuel and gathered materials just dissapear, so u have to stand near the base, completly removing the point as i could just wonder around and gather them twice as quick.
Multiplayer is broken af, my friend joins cant talk to any npcs without me leaciing the game, cant use the same teleporter, and sometimes hell just fall through the station into space, which tbf happens a shed tonne single player or not.

Update has taken the game back to early access.

[MrBlonde[GER]]

Captain.Jartyk님이 먼저 게시:

I'm building power lines between hotspots and the base now, it looks more realistic and professionally done.

see pictures.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153059743/8627A530B450E419BA3E03AE675253D7E095DD0C/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153060436/1977B4B19EFB9B927A5F7AF4D54EEE81A8D2D8DE/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061082/B4A9107D7280657F6904EE0EFE05DCF465CAA311/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061949/9406A52FE5D3488CEED795C639B5DF677C7A3DB8/

that looks awesome and i'm shamelessly copying that! but i can't extend my base building limits by placing batteries or anything... the EM field is over 1.000 units away and i don't want to build multiple "bases". :/

[Briggs]

MrBlondeGER님이 먼저 게시:

Captain.Jartyk님이 먼저 게시:

I'm building power lines between hotspots and the base now, it looks more realistic and professionally done.

see pictures.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153059743/8627A530B450E419BA3E03AE675253D7E095DD0C/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153060436/1977B4B19EFB9B927A5F7AF4D54EEE81A8D2D8DE/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061082/B4A9107D7280657F6904EE0EFE05DCF465CAA311/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061949/9406A52FE5D3488CEED795C639B5DF677C7A3DB8/

that looks awesome and i'm shamelessly copying that! but i can't extend my base building limits by placing batteries or anything... the EM field is over 1.000 units away and i don't want to build multiple "bases". :/

Only way to do so by my understanding, i wanted to make a road between my main base and a mining post which ment claiming the land in between, its made the base computer archives a pain in the backside

[MrBlonde[GER]]

Mr.Briggs님이 먼저 게시:

MrBlondeGER님이 먼저 게시:

that looks awesome and i'm shamelessly copying that! but i can't extend my base building limits by placing batteries or anything... the EM field is over 1.000 units away and i don't want to build multiple "bases". :/

Only way to do so by my understanding, i wanted to make a road between my main base and a mining post which ment claiming the land in between, its made the base computer archives a pain in the backside

huh, after saving and reloading (to get the new patch) i CAN build further out... interesting...

[Captain.Jartyk]

MrBlondeGER님이 먼저 게시:

Captain.Jartyk님이 먼저 게시:

I'm building power lines between hotspots and the base now, it looks more realistic and professionally done.

see pictures.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153059743/8627A530B450E419BA3E03AE675253D7E095DD0C/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153060436/1977B4B19EFB9B927A5F7AF4D54EEE81A8D2D8DE/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061082/B4A9107D7280657F6904EE0EFE05DCF465CAA311/

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/789739575153061949/9406A52FE5D3488CEED795C639B5DF677C7A3DB8/

that looks awesome and i'm shamelessly copying that! but i can't extend my base building limits by placing batteries or anything... the EM field is over 1.000 units away and i don't want to build multiple "bases". :/

I do it this way, check where the hotspot is, go back to the base, build at the border, go toward the hotspot, build again at the next border, and so on, when I'm there, build generators, and then I build the electric line back to base.
Easy once you get it.
Has without problem gone to 1000au with this method.