S+ Generator Question.

[DarkFire]

The S+ generator is a great item, especially the ability to make it turn on automatically when the wind drops.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to turn off again when wind power becomes available again. Is there a way to make it do this?

[retsam1]

Not currently unless you look to some other mod that has a low maintenance generator like PIU or similar.

[zerassar]

Vanilla generator does the same thing...
S+ is beneficial for a number of other reasons.
Cheaper to operate.
Configurable.
Does not take damage by default on Scorched.

[Serangel]

Just curious, but why not use it as a primary power source? At default it uses 1 element every 24 hours. All of the s+ things it powers is far more beneficial than trying to craft all of the alternative fuel for each individual one. Especially with how element hungry a tek replicator is.

[zerassar]

Originally posted by Serangel:

Just curious, but why not use it as a primary power source? At default it uses 1 element every 24 hours. All of the s+ things it powers is far more beneficial than trying to craft all of the alternative fuel for each individual one. Especially with how element hungry a tek replicator is.

I assume they were not referring to Tek Gen. But normal gen? Still though... cheap to operate.

[DarkFire]

Originally posted by zerassar:

Originally posted by Serangel:

Just curious, but why not use it as a primary power source? At default it uses 1 element every 24 hours. All of the s+ things it powers is far more beneficial than trying to craft all of the alternative fuel for each individual one. Especially with how element hungry a tek replicator is.

I assume they were not referring to Tek Gen. But normal gen? Still though... cheap to operate.

Yes, my bad, I was referring to the petrol powered generator not the tek variant. It does have pretty good fuel consumption but it just seems illogical that it's capable of turning itself on but not off again. I'll look in to some mod generators I think.

[Serangel]

Originally posted by DarkFire:

Originally posted by zerassar:

I assume they were not referring to Tek Gen. But normal gen? Still though... cheap to operate.

Yes, my bad, I was referring to the petrol powered generator not the tek variant. It does have pretty good fuel consumption but it just seems illogical that it's capable of turning itself on but not off again. I'll look in to some mod generators I think.

Ah ok, the only thing I would be worried about is it might end up costing you more fuel than saving. If the wind power cuts in and out between how long fuel lasts, it will waste a unit of fuel each time it turns on since once it's turned off any remaining time in fuel is lost.

[Tachyon]

I don't bother with wind turbines any more. I just rely on gasoline power generators until I get to use the Tek Generator. I've used various incarnations of S+ over the years and never yet have I got the S+ Generator to turn off when wind power kicks in again.

I prefer servers that use the Automated Ark mod as generators in that are wireless anyway and seem cheap to run. I like solar power mods too, but servers generally don't go for that kind of mod for some reason. It's great in my single-player game though.