I can't get large hydro dams to work

[RandomLust]

It seems like the water leaks though the ground and the dam. The info tab to the dam report that the "low water level". I've done a few land modifications to try to hold the water back but no luck. Dam operates at a maximum of 6% but will intermittently fall to 4%. I would like this to be fixed.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

Have a "containment area."
Which has a water source dropping into it, with the only walls around the containment area, being higher than the dams water flow points, this means that water which comes in, has no escape except through the dam to power it.
      vv
      ||| 
    drop 
(   water  )
  \        / 
    \dam/
    drop


Kind of system.

Graphs and drawings not my strong point*

[RandomLust]

Yeah, your suggestion does nothing for my large damn. I made some changes and ran it for 2 hours, still no efficiency change- still 6% on average...

The water *literally* leaks through the damn wall, and ground wall around the edge of the dam-road. if the wall and ground do not hold back water, I don't think any design will effect this outcome.

Just another broken feature...

[RandomLust]

Stupid fu king game

[c0hKaine]

Originally posted by RandomLust:

Stupid fu king game

It's broken. I haven't used it because its too expensive and I didn't have the right water level (I don't think theres a map that has high-low combination levels).

Solution:
Turn on water flow overlay and terraform the water higher. If it flows out, water is broken, if it doesn't, check that the arrows are "pinkish" color and keep going.

[leftbehind]

Dams are broken, they only seem to work in certain spots but even then they are bugged like the rest of the game.

[Zero, Dark Knight]

Originally posted by RandomLust:

The water *literally* leaks through the damn wall, and ground wall around the edge of the dam-road. if the wall and ground do not hold back water, I don't think any design will effect this outcome.

Just another broken feature...

Well if magic water wants to ignore walls then of course it won't work, nothing will work.
but the graph I drew is how it works best, sorry to hear it's broken for you, but functional dams have been created by players - there're other topics showing it.

[grtninja]

I have 2 dams working fine in my city though the power output is low because of the small rivers on the map. It took quite a bit of teraforming but you need to ensure that your reservoir bottom is higher than the output bottom, just like with road quays you need to make sure the terrain is exactly lined at the dam mouth and that the only escape is through the center of the dam. you can also boost the output by putting a water pump after the dam and draw water from the exit pool to make the water level lower. Edit: I have shared a few screenshots publicly to show what I mean.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082915977

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082918114

[Apop85]

Have 3 dams on my map all working well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3079903578
You see two of them in the screenshot the third one is also back there behind the mountain on the right side.

0% efficiency sounds like there are no workers in your dam. Build some houses closer to the dam or provide some sort of public transport / parking for your cims

[s.aitken88]

If your city is left hand drive, dams simply do not work. The asset frame is mirrored but the texture and game logic are still 'right hand drive'. Zoom in closely and you can see the dam is backwards. And since, water is on the 'wrong side' of it, it generates no power.

Just another glaring bug that they have no yet fixed.

[RandomLust]

Originally posted by grtninja:

I have 2 dams working fine in my city though the power output is low because of the small rivers on the map. It took quite a bit of teraforming but you need to ensure that your reservoir bottom is higher than the output bottom, just like with road quays you need to make sure the terrain is exactly lined at the dam mouth and that the only escape is through the center of the dam. you can also boost the output by putting a water pump after the dam and draw water from the exit pool to make the water level lower. Edit: I have shared a few screenshots publicly to show what I mean.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082915977

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082918114

Dude, you the info on your damn says 38% efficient ... You think 38% is fine ? It's better than my 6%, but.. 38% ? I can get small dams to work like this also, and that's why the title of this post has the subject targeted to "LARGE HYDRO DAM"

Originally posted by Apop85:

Have 3 dams on my map all working well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3079903578
You see two of them in the screenshot the third one is also back there behind the mountain on the right side.

0% efficiency sounds like there are no workers in your dam. Build some houses closer to the dam or provide some sort of public transport / parking for your cims

And dude, you think your dams are working ? I can literally see water coming out the walls of the dams of both your giants. You don't give an efficient of your large dams; willing to bet money it's less than 10%


Why do you guys defend this game.

[RandomLust]

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/hydroelectric-dams-not-producing-power-low-water-depth-penalty-never-goes-away.1603953/

[Apop85]

Originally posted by RandomLust:

Originally posted by Apop85:

Have 3 dams on my map all working well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3079903578
You see two of them in the screenshot the third one is also back there behind the mountain on the right side.

0% efficiency sounds like there are no workers in your dam. Build some houses closer to the dam or provide some sort of public transport / parking for your cims

And dude, you think your dams are working ? I can literally see water coming out the walls of the dams of both your giants. You don't give an efficient of your large dams; willing to bet money it's less than 10%


Why do you guys defend this game.

And as you maybe already know - this is a visual glitch. If you get closer it's gone. I'm sorry for you if get distracted by such details so hard

[ViraCorp]

Seem to be working. I built a large containment area, and it is fed purely by the sewage output, the outflow pumps continue to put out sewage even after they are completely submerged.

Currently waiting for this one to fill, and then spill over into the 2nd containment/dam area.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3083327517

[grtninja]

Originally posted by RandomLust:

Originally posted by grtninja:

I have 2 dams working fine in my city though the power output is low because of the small rivers on the map. It took quite a bit of teraforming but you need to ensure that your reservoir bottom is higher than the output bottom, just like with road quays you need to make sure the terrain is exactly lined at the dam mouth and that the only escape is through the center of the dam. you can also boost the output by putting a water pump after the dam and draw water from the exit pool to make the water level lower. Edit: I have shared a few screenshots publicly to show what I mean.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082915977

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3082918114

Dude, you the info on your damn says 38% efficient ... You think 38% is fine ? It's better than my 6%, but.. 38% ? I can get small dams to work like this also, and that's why the title of this post has the subject targeted to "LARGE HYDRO DAM"

Originally posted by Apop85:

Have 3 dams on my map all working well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3079903578
You see two of them in the screenshot the third one is also back there behind the mountain on the right side.

0% efficiency sounds like there are no workers in your dam. Build some houses closer to the dam or provide some sort of public transport / parking for your cims

And dude, you think your dams are working ? I can literally see water coming out the walls of the dams of both your giants. You don't give an efficient of your large dams; willing to bet money it's less than 10%


Why do you guys defend this game.

You think all realistic dams are 100% efficient? this dam is tiny, it's not supposed to generate 1200 megawatts. the dams in cities 1 were not realistic. the dam should be appropriate to the map you're playing, if you want that much power build nuclear. Also if you're just here to trash the game, then why bother posting this? Maybe the devs designed it that way to prevent people from exploiting dams. Why don't you ask China how things are going with their mega dam project.

[Artist_Formerly_Known_As_Nutsack]

dams are not difficult, most people just don't wait for them to fill enough. I have two working just fine both over 90% efficiency and generating over 4k MW. They are exporting over 2 mil in revenue to other cities with my incinerators. You just have to spend the time to put them in the right place. My main issue with them is the cap export per dam, zero reason to go super big as you are only allowed to export so much power which is annoying.