2nd Cabin/ BCU Q-

[Ribalder]

I moved from a cabin that had everything refinery..workbench, frdge, mass an power storage, etc.. and took BCU with me. Funny I can dismantle all that stuff, but youre supposed to get half the resources back for stuff dismantled..I can tell you, I didnt for stuff like fridge, refinery..etc.
So I only dismatled the fridege an found that out, I left everything else, its now an emergercy shelter with wood n stuff to get you thru a night if needed.
I went back later, and put a 2nd bcu there thinking it would at least power the fridge but only puts out 150, the base starting power of a new BCU.
whats the sense even build an put a 2nd BCU there, nothing 'connects' to it and will run, nor will solar panels charge it. any solution? all that stuff is wasted? ought to at least go to 500 charge an recharge from solar, the rest of stuff dont work, ok, at least you could stock the fridge.
why not have a 2nd full power/Eq. base?
Limit it to 4 fully functional bases per profile/map or something like that, or the BCU only to 500 on 2,3,4th bases, but re-chargable

[John Raeder]

The solar should recharge it

[Ribalder]

no, nothing works with the 2nd BCU at old base I left. 150, thats it

[Zuleica]

I have multiple (like 6 on one profile) different bases, most with more than one BCU (8 on one) and I have no problem. Only one BCU will generate mass and power but other generations sources and storage work fine.

[keyvin]

Did you try a power generator on the second bcu? I have had a lot of games that I have added outposts to and powered the second, third, fourth and so on bcu's with solar panels, small power generators, and used a recycler for mass. And yes all the extra bcu's that I put down have 150 power and 25 mass and that is it.

[Ribalder]

zul- you mean solar panels charge the 2nd, 3rd, 4th BCU? up to what?
generator wont start, nuthin works there- fridege wont even run, thats all I want in 2nd cabin, an maybe a light at night, otherwise its set with a woodburner for a night or two there. fridge would be nice.

[keyvin]

Might have something to do with placing the bcu after all the other objects were already there. You might try dismantling the bcu, logging out of the game for a while and then reenter and place a bcu and see what happens.

[Ribalder]

hey that worked keyvin, now generator runs up the charge on BCU to the limit of power storage. Ill have to make a few more solar panels there an should be good 2nd base w everything

[keyvin]

Just a shot in the dark, but glad it worked for you. Bcu's are cheaper to build than everything else in your base. Hunters are attacking my second bcu as if it is my main base, (on experimental in single player). So that might happen in your game.

[John Raeder]

I have hunters target the other BCU's too, but revenge attacks always go for the main one.

[Ribalder]

so the only thing about 2nd, 3rd BCU is it does not charge itself at all?
so I have to go there each day an run the generator if no solar panels?

[keyvin]

Depending on what you are running there, if it is a fridge than you will have to make sure the power is up until you can get enough solar panels to power it.

[Ribalder]

yeah keyvin, takes 4 solar panels just to run the fridge. charged up 500, then its good to go. fridge is stocked with meat & veges, an a storage box with necessities, a poison antidote, couple fire start kits, some fuel bricks, protein bars..now I have a central cabin, and a south ridge base, on to the next- far north by deep pond an fence, then an east an west base.

[keyvin]

If it takes 4 solar panels to run the fridge during the day, I double the solar panels so they put that extra power in the bcu so there is enough power to run the fridge all night. So I would have 8 solar panels if it was my build, but each person does it in their own way. Glad you got it fixed.

[Ribalder]

went back a couple days later it was just about out of power, like 56 left, had to run gene.
4 solar panels is NOT enough for a dam 0.25 fridge, wth

[keyvin]

We need wind power to keep the power coming in at night.
Did you do all the power upgrades to the fridge?