Engie's tune up on automated hydrogen generator

[Front Bucket]

I have an issue that when the hydrogen generator is disabled by a smart battery, the dupes stop tuning it up, and when it starts back up again, they start over, never completing the tune up... way around this?

[Hedning]

The tune-up mechanic never seemed like a finished feature to me. When I last looked at it the tune-up time counted down even when machines were turned off. Maybe this has been fixed now, but I'm just not bothering with it.

To answer your question you can put a sensor or pressure plate to prevent the machine from turning off while worked at. Still most likely going to waste a lot of dupe time though for all the dupes who starts running to it to tune it, but gets cancelled half way there.

[Arieth]

I do believe that Dupes only tune up a running machine, Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Vardis]

add more batteries?

[GeminiEclipse]

My dupes tune up even if the generator is not running. But it's also not being disabled, just not running from smart batteries.

[L37]

They certainly do tune up generators disabled by automation. At least in specific case of petroleum ones.
I've been using 5*petroleum generators with ethanol and very small buffer (only 2-3 smart batteries) and if it was not the case they would have never been tuned up. But they almost constantly are.
So if what you are describing is happening is has to be somehow related to hydrogen generator or something else in your setup.

[GeminiEclipse]

I've done Coal, Natural Gas, and Hydrogen generators on smart batteries being tuned up. Maybe it's a mod or something funky with automation switches?

[Front Bucket]

Originally posted by L37:

They certainly do tune up generators disabled by automation. At least in specific case of petroleum ones.
I've been using 5*petroleum generators with ethanol and very small buffer (only 2-3 smart batteries) and if it was not the case they would have never been tuned up. But they almost constantly are.
So if what you are describing is happening is has to be somehow related to hydrogen generator or something else in your setup.

my petrol generators are fine, they tune them fine. It's JUST my hydrogen ones, and it very clearly coincides with when the automation system disables the generators. So IDK.

Originally posted by GeminiEclipse:

I've done Coal, Natural Gas, and Hydrogen generators on smart batteries being tuned up. Maybe it's a mod or something funky with automation switches?

no mods on my game at all, havent even used mods at all ever yet lol

[fluxtorrent]

Just checked on my world and even disabled they tune up hydrogens. double check to make sure you didnt run your automation cable into the power station, if that gets disabled by the automation they stop tuning up anything. (which is exactly the case its been each time this has come up before)

[Battleseed]

Got the Tune Up achievement on 4 Hydro gens, so it's not an issue with the gens.

[Front Bucket]

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

Just checked on my world and even disabled they tune up hydrogens. double check to make sure you didnt run your automation cable into the power station, if that gets disabled by the automation they stop tuning up anything. (which is exactly the case its been each time this has come up before)

i dont have my save loaded up at the moment, but i bet you 100% that is the issue, i ran the auto cable right across it without thinking about it. good call

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by Front Bucket:

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

Just checked on my world and even disabled they tune up hydrogens. double check to make sure you didnt run your automation cable into the power station, if that gets disabled by the automation they stop tuning up anything. (which is exactly the case its been each time this has come up before)

i dont have my save loaded up at the moment, but i bet you 100% that is the issue, i ran the auto cable right across it without thinking about it. good call

I did that enough myself, but he beat me to it.

[fluxtorrent]

Originally posted by Front Bucket:

Originally posted by fluxtorrent:

Just checked on my world and even disabled they tune up hydrogens. double check to make sure you didnt run your automation cable into the power station, if that gets disabled by the automation they stop tuning up anything. (which is exactly the case its been each time this has come up before)

i dont have my save loaded up at the moment, but i bet you 100% that is the issue, i ran the auto cable right across it without thinking about it. good call

Well I still had to check, devs aren't foolproof so it "could have" been a new bug lol

[zOldBulldog]

Did I understand the discussion correctly with the conclusion that tuning up a generator that starts and stops is just a waste of resources, and that we should save tuneup for just those generators that run constantly?

[CPT Chthonbeard the Pirate]

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

Did I understand the discussion correctly with the conclusion that tuning up a generator that starts and stops is just a waste of resources, and that we should save tuneup for just those generators that run constantly?

It all depends on whether or not you feel it's worth it. Probably not for coal generators unless coal's all you have and you're low, definately not for wood. Petroleum doesn't take long to make back the effort.

Then again, if you have a metal volcano, you got free metal, so who cares? It's operating experience too.

[fluxtorrent]

Originally posted by zOldBulldog:

Did I understand the discussion correctly with the conclusion that tuning up a generator that starts and stops is just a waste of resources, and that we should save tuneup for just those generators that run constantly?

Agreed with the captain, though I will add it entirely depends on the actual uptime of the genny.

If you have less than 50% uptime its a net loss. 50% uptime exact is a break "even" more or less and more than that is a net gain.

Personally its how I dispose of lead so it I only ever disable the tune up process if I'm taking the gennys down for a significant time block