Can't chain power?

[jboord44]

I just started the game. I'm trying to get power to all of my miners and smelters but it's not letting me connect multiple things to a biomass burner, it's acting like I need a separate biomass burner for every separate thing. Am I doing something wrong? I'm also not able to chain power; that is connect biomass burner to object A, and then connect A to B to get power to B. I hope I'm missing something

[bill]

Use poles for multiple connections. Connect Biomass burner(s) to Power Pole(s) :)

[Zara]

Those are things you cannot do. What you need to do is create power poles, and connect the biomass burners and other buildings to the poles, and the poles to each other. The Mk.1 Power pole has 4 connections, so for example that could be 1 biomass burner, 1 miner, 1 Smelter, and then 1 other pole to continue on.

Later on you get the Mk.2 Power Pole that has 7 connections, and eventually the Mk.3 Power Pole that has 10.

[Taco Cat]

Power Poles are your friend. You can connect up to 4 things to a mk1 power pole. You should be able to unlock them pretty soon at the beginning

[jboord44]

Originally posted by bill:

Use poles for multiple connections. Connect Biomass burner(s) to Power Pole(s) :)

That's what I was looking for, thank you. Somehow I missed the poles lol

[jboord44]

Originally posted by Zara:

Those are things you cannot do. What you need to do is create power poles, and connect the biomass burners and other buildings to the poles, and the poles to each other. The Mk.1 Power pole has 4 connections, so for example that could be 1 biomass burner, 1 miner, 1 Smelter, and then 1 other pole to continue on.

Later on you get the Mk.2 Power Pole that has 7 connections, and eventually the Mk.3 Power Pole that has 10.

This solved my issue but as a side question: how do you actually automate power in this game? I can only build biomass burners that require manual fuel insertion. Do you ever get any other power source that can be fully automated?

[Mister Fabulous]

You do. The first would be coal generators unlocked in tier 3 which is unlocked after you complete your first space elevator delivery.

This will likely require you to travel to find some coal and water. One of the most common ways people build these is to bring the coal to the water as trying to move water when you're first learning about fluids can be difficult. Also, you can run power lines as far as you want and transfer as much power as you want through a single wire. For ease of building, people often have a single power grid so they know where they stand when it comes to power use rather than maintain multiple power grids. Of course you can build individual power plants for your factories for the love of building :)

There are many guides and examples out there including the wiki, if you're ok with that kind of thing.

[jboord44]

Originally posted by Mister Fabulous:

You do. The first would be coal generators unlocked in tier 3 which is unlocked after you complete your first space elevator delivery.

This will likely require you to travel to find some coal and water. One of the most common ways people build these is to bring the coal to the water as trying to move water when you're first learning about fluids can be difficult. Also, you can run power lines as far as you want and transfer as much power as you want through a single wire. For ease of building, people often have a single power grid so they know where they stand when it comes to power use rather than maintain multiple power grids. Of course you can build individual power plants for your factories for the love of building :)

There are many guides and examples out there including the wiki, if you're ok with that kind of thing.

Thanks for the great info here, very much appreciated. I will check out some of these guides

[EntreNous]

Early power is a pain. Keep grinding away until you get off the biomass burners and get to coal power. That is when the game really begins.