Can't place base core

[Sprocket66]

I've only been playing for a few days but since the beginning I have trouble placing the base core. I'm playing solo on medium difficulty for my first playthrough. The tutorial/missions guided me to use some wreckage as a starting base. I couldn't find a core in the wreckage and so tried to place my core to claim the base. The core wouldn't attach to the base, so heck with it, after trying on 2 other wrecks I just built my own base next to the original wreckage.

Fast forward to the Titan mission. The whole ship was filled floor to ceiling with granite. Took 3 hours and 32 cans of biofuel (still just have the t1 drill). Finally found the core in the ceiling near where I entered (somehow missed it on the first pass). Destroyed the Titan core and tried to place mine but it won't let me place it anywhere in the darn ship. Google and youtube show people placing a core in the ship to get more salvage from it so I thought it would work for me.

What am I doing wrong?

Another question, can you place multiple energy sources in a base? My beginner base started with solar panels and a capacitor but it didn't generate much power, lights and constructor keep flickering on and off. The most charge I got off of 4 south facing solar panels and 2 capacitors was 4% even with keeping everything except the fridge powered off. So I added a small generator and fuel tank. Still have to keep everything powered off except for short periods with the large constructor. Took out the armor and the clone chamber (which would never turn on) to save power. It's generating MW's of power with 26 KW of draw, but it doesn't seem to get beyond the 4% on capacitor storage (fuel is at 89%. I'm sure I messed something up but can't figure out what.

Suggestions would be appreciated.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

can't help you with the rest, but . . . 4 panels on the South? Are you at the north pole?
Sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west. Look at the lights on the bottom of the panels. Place them and look to see how many lights are one. 4 is perfect, 1 or less is "pick it up again and place it somewhere else"

near the north polar cap you have them facing south. near the south polar cap you have them facing north. near the equator is east & west and laying flat facing up.

[Sprocket66]

I'm not at the pole I'm far enough north that it seemed to make sense. I didn't know about the lights, I'll look and fix it it it is facing the wrong way. Hopefully that will solve that particular issue.

[GTO]

Your core issue is more than likely this.....you are trying to place a base starter core. What you want is the green core which you can place into a base,hv,sv, or cv. The base starter core is exactly what it entails....to START a base.The green core can be made and placed into the wreakage and make it yours. Hope I helped.

[Sprocket66]

Sheesh. Had to look through the templates for a minute to find it but you were right. Was using the base starter block. Made the green core and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.

[GTO]

Originally posted by Sprocket66:

Sheesh. Had to look through the templates for a minute to find it but you were right. Was using the base starter block. Made the green core and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the help.

Awesome.....your welcome

[Merck]

As to the solar panels - watch the green lights. I believe they show the total 'possible' energy that the panel can gather, depending on location & how placed. The more green lights the better. Note: sometimes it takes a few minutes for the panels to "update".

Location & facing can greatly affect the panels. I have found that often best to lay flat when near the north pole side of planet. But angled when closer to the center of the planets.