Question on Wind Turbine

[Imortalin]

I built one and it was not turning. Anu idea why? And is there a way to see where the best place to build it before plopping it down?

[kiro the avenger!]

The windturbine have white boxes infront and behind it when you select them, you can't have any large structures (walls, trees, etc) in those white boxes otherwise they won't work.
Low structures (such as crops or solar panels) don't block the wind.

[𝔜𝔲𝔢]

Make sure there are no buildings/trees in the way.
You should be able to click on it and the describtion should tell you why it's not working (e.g. trees are blocking its path, ...).

[elipod]

All places are equal in terms of efficiency, but two marked rectangular zones near windmill should be clear of high obstacles: trees, walls, roofs.

Another possibilty - no wind today.

[Imortalin]

Ok thank you. It was Oak trees 2 of them lol. Now it says I need batteries but cant find them under power tab. Is it a researchable thing now?

[kiro the avenger!]

Yup, you need to research them.

[Imortalin]

oh ok thank you :)

[Imortalin]

one more question when looking to replace wooden walls ad doors with rock block do I need to remove the original contruction first or is there a way to upgrade?

[AquaX]

In vanilla, you have to manually deconstruct it then rebuild it with the new material. If it’s an important area, create an extra outer/ inner wall w / junk material before deconstructing the main wall. There is a mod that does it though.

[Imortalin]

Awesome thank you :)

[Myriad]

Originally posted by AquaX:

In vanilla, you have to manually deconstruct it then rebuild it with the new material. If it’s an important area, create an extra outer/ inner wall w / junk material before deconstructing the main wall. There is a mod that does it though.

The mod is simply named 'Replace Things.'

[Imortalin]

Thank you all so much...