Solar tracking on mars?

[chris-500]

is there any good way to track the sun on mars with the sensor and logic chips, as i tried and it didn't work good at all.

I had one sensor facing east on a flat platform, then 2 logic readers and 2 batch writers.

I had one logic reader reading the horizontal and the other logic reader reading the vertical.

and then the batch writers pushing that inputs from the logic readers to the solar panels but they don't do a good job at tracking the sun.

any reason why it doesn't track the sun correctly, i even tried to to get the logic readers to use the Solar Angle but that didn't work either.

I would use IC10 but have no idea how to write mips or let alone understand how it works, as i have never had any luck with coding any language (aka to dumb)

I really wish the devs would give us a computer motherboard that can do the solar tracking it would be a lot less of a headache

[JeanDeaux]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/544550/discussions/0/4029096764570852043/

[chris-500]

Originally posted by JeanDeaux:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/544550/discussions/0/4029096764570852043/

thank you, that will be a great help

[chris-500]

Originally posted by JeanDeaux:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/544550/discussions/0/4029096764570852043/

thanks for trying to help but my friend and i can't make sense of how it works, so we are just gonna find other games to play and maybe come back to this game one day if they make it playable for the dumb as a brick people like us

again thanks for trying to help but this game is not enjoyable anymore

[ItsDarthChaos]

Originally posted by chris-500:

Originally posted by JeanDeaux:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/544550/discussions/0/4029096764570852043/

thanks for trying to help but my friend and i can't make sense of how it works, so we are just gonna find other games to play and maybe come back to this game one day if they make it playable for the dumb as a brick people like us

again thanks for trying to help but this game is not enjoyable anymore

Well just in case, to offer a simplfied explanation of how Jean's system works... The objective is to get the Vertical and Horizontal angles from the daylight sensor, and translate them to the solar panels. To do that, you use two Logic Readers, one reading the Horizontal value, and the other the Vertical. However, you must note that the values provided by the daylight sensor, as well as the angles used by the solar panels, are entirely dependant on which direction either is facing.

Because of this, Jean uses two Logic Math cards, as well as a Memory card, to calculate the actual angle the panels need to be. In his example, he has the Daylight Sensor aligned in the same direction as the Power port of the Solar Panels. Because he has the sensor facing upwards, he has to subtract 90 degrees from the vertical axis. This new number is then read to a Batch Writer, which will send the Vertical angle to all the solar panels attached to the logic system. He does a similar adjustment for the Horizontal angle. With the way he aligns the system, he can use the Memory card, which holds a value of 90, for both calculations.

[chris-500]

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Originally posted by chris-500:

thanks for trying to help but my friend and i can't make sense of how it works, so we are just gonna find other games to play and maybe come back to this game one day if they make it playable for the dumb as a brick people like us

again thanks for trying to help but this game is not enjoyable anymore

Well just in case, to offer a simplfied explanation of how Jean's system works... The objective is to get the Vertical and Horizontal angles from the daylight sensor, and translate them to the solar panels. To do that, you use two Logic Readers, one reading the Horizontal value, and the other the Vertical. However, you must note that the values provided by the daylight sensor, as well as the angles used by the solar panels, are entirely dependant on which direction either is facing.

Because of this, Jean uses two Logic Math cards, as well as a Memory card, to calculate the actual angle the panels need to be. In his example, he has the Daylight Sensor aligned in the same direction as the Power port of the Solar Panels. Because he has the sensor facing upwards, he has to subtract 90 degrees from the vertical axis. This new number is then read to a Batch Writer, which will send the Vertical angle to all the solar panels attached to the logic system. He does a similar adjustment for the Horizontal angle. With the way he aligns the system, he can use the Memory card, which holds a value of 90, for both calculations.

I understand the logic system side to it, but once it comes to the maths side that's where it gets me.

we tried the system out again but noticed it does not track vertical very well it makes the system very bad at efficiency by not tracking correctly.

hopefully someone makes a video showing the build as that's how we built the solar tracking systems in the past, I looked on YouTube for a video but haven't been able to find one since the rocket update, it's a real shame there are hardly anyone making video tutorials.

This game could have a larger player base if there was good video guides to help players out

[JeanDeaux]

Sounds like your build is off somewhere, efficiency is typically 98-100%. I do make the occasional video, but isn't something I regularly make any time to do.

[ItsDarthChaos]

Originally posted by chris-500:

Originally posted by ItsDarthChaos:

Well just in case, to offer a simplfied explanation of how Jean's system works... The objective is to get the Vertical and Horizontal angles from the daylight sensor, and translate them to the solar panels. To do that, you use two Logic Readers, one reading the Horizontal value, and the other the Vertical. However, you must note that the values provided by the daylight sensor, as well as the angles used by the solar panels, are entirely dependant on which direction either is facing.

Because of this, Jean uses two Logic Math cards, as well as a Memory card, to calculate the actual angle the panels need to be. In his example, he has the Daylight Sensor aligned in the same direction as the Power port of the Solar Panels. Because he has the sensor facing upwards, he has to subtract 90 degrees from the vertical axis. This new number is then read to a Batch Writer, which will send the Vertical angle to all the solar panels attached to the logic system. He does a similar adjustment for the Horizontal angle. With the way he aligns the system, he can use the Memory card, which holds a value of 90, for both calculations.

I understand the logic system side to it, but once it comes to the maths side that's where it gets me.

we tried the system out again but noticed it does not track vertical very well it makes the system very bad at efficiency by not tracking correctly.

hopefully someone makes a video showing the build as that's how we built the solar tracking systems in the past, I looked on YouTube for a video but haven't been able to find one since the rocket update, it's a real shame there are hardly anyone making video tutorials.

This game could have a larger player base if there was good video guides to help players out

Sounds similar to my problem I had. We figured it out over here. Hope it helps: https://steamcommunity.com/app/544550/discussions/0/4041481833170432007/?tscn=1703234245

[chris-500]

thanks I will look into it later and see if i can fix the issue I am having, lets hope i can get it up and running correctly

[chris-500]

thanks you for trying to help but I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did.

but I got suggested this IC10 code for solar tracking and it works perfectly, it's probably the easiest way to track the sun tbh

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1698441282

[Proktor]

Originally posted by chris-500:

thanks you for trying to help but I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did.

but I got suggested this IC10 code for solar tracking and it works perfectly, it's probably the easiest way to track the sun tbh

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1698441282

Thank you! That helped!