Solar bugged ?

[gapper4]

Ok, well, I simply can't get solar power to work. I have 3 solar panels and a capacitator. Nothing, of course, is deco. I get plenty of sun on all three (3 -4 green bars) and the capacitor occasionally lights up blue. But battery charge remains 0% all the time. I've tried deconstructing and reconstructing several times with no luck. Anyone else experiencing this ?

[Anthony]

You on the pole(s)?

I had them acting weird on the north pole, had to put panels facing all angles to get it to work.

EDIT-- All = N, S, E, W

[gapper4]

Originally posted by Anthony:

You on the pole(s)?

I had them acting weird on the north pole, had to put panels facing all angles to get it to work.

EDIT-- All = N, S, E, W

No, not even close. I'm on the edge of a swampy lake.

[hound]

gapper
!. what devices do you have powered?--using too much power and never storing
2. Pick up cap and replace it---glitch
3. what size panels?---using too much power and never storing

[Dragorin]

You know you can have a total of 15. Just 3 aren't really going to preform very well for you esp if they are smalls.

Press P, how much power are you producing vs consuming?

[gapper4]

Originally posted by Dragorin:

You know you can have a total of 15. Just 3 aren't really going to preform very well for you esp if they are smalls.

Press P, how much power are you producing vs consuming?

I'm producing 2.56MW while consuming only 161KW. That should be more than enough to charge the batteries, right ?

[voxdei20]

Might be a dumb question but do you have the solar panel controller? (can't remember what it's called).

[Pantera]

Originally posted by gapper4:

Originally posted by Dragorin:

You know you can have a total of 15. Just 3 aren't really going to preform very well for you esp if they are smalls.

Press P, how much power are you producing vs consuming?

I'm producing 2.56MW while consuming only 161KW. That should be more than enough to charge the batteries, right ?

Can you send me your save game to have a look at it please here:
https://empyriononline.com/threads/bug-reports-alpha-8-0.38176/

SP saves are found here:
SteamLibrary\steamapps\Common\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Saves\Games

Right click on the save file & place your mouse cursor over 'Send to' create a compressed copy of it then drag & drop a copy into the reply box or use the upload a file option on the forum.
If the file is too large use a file hosting site like mediafire, dropbox or google drive then add a share link to it.
Thanks.

[margalus]

Originally posted by gapper4:

Originally posted by Dragorin:

You know you can have a total of 15. Just 3 aren't really going to preform very well for you esp if they are smalls.

Press P, how much power are you producing vs consuming?

I'm producing 2.56MW while consuming only 161KW. That should be more than enough to charge the batteries, right ?

No, the 2.5 is the backup generator you have. It won't charge solar.

[surge223]

Solar panel controller???

[Tal'ruan]

Originally posted by surge223:

Solar panel controller???

My thoughts to O.o and yeh I noticed not really gettign much of a charge either but I really don't know how to tell if I am overusing the power lol. I keep turning off my food processor and constructor when not using them but it;s annoying to have to keep track of when it;s done etc.. do they consume power when they are idle? Otherwise the only thing I know of that would be taking energy I think is my grow light and doors? and 'a fridge' I suppose.

[voxdei20]

Originally posted by Tal'ruan:

Originally posted by surge223:

Solar panel controller???

My thoughts to O.o and yeh I noticed not really gettign much of a charge either but I really don't know how to tell if I am overusing the power lol. I keep turning off my food processor and constructor when not using them but it;s annoying to have to keep track of when it;s done etc.. do they consume power when they are idle? Otherwise the only thing I know of that would be taking energy I think is my grow light and doors? and 'a fridge' I suppose.

I might be mistaken. For some reason i thought there was another device you had to put in your base in order for the solar panels to work :S. I've been watching a lot of youtubes and i might have gotten it confused with something else.

[Pantherr]

Originally posted by surge223:

Solar panel controller???

I would like to know this also. If I have some panels and a capacitor, then what is this "controller" thing please?

[EzRyder]

you need a core, a capacitor, and panels
there is no 'controller' that i know of

[Pantherr]

cool, TY

[shnelle]

Same thing happening here I have a base that has 15 panels core, capacitor , my base says its producing 2.86MW and only using 2.82kw so my battery should be charging up full easy yet its bouncing between 1 and 2 percent.