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Transparent Solar Panels
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Mods: Tweaks, New Features
Compatibility: Base Game, Spaced Out!
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Dec 25, 2021 @ 5:41am
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Transparent Solar Panels

Description
This mod lets you place multiple tiers of solar panels and have light continue through them allowing for more compact solar power configurations leaving additional room for rocketry and other pursuits on the surface.

The mod also allows you to rotate solar panels so you can make spires of solar panels since light can now feed vertically down through them.

This mod changes existing solar panels, it does not add a new type of solar panel.

PLEASE NOTE:
As a part of this change to allow light to filter through the panels, the solar panels are no longer considered a solid surface and must be accessed via walkways rather than being innately traversable by duplicants. This makes them unsuitable to use directly as a roof or a walkway.



14 Comments
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Kiamera Dec 6, 2024 @ 5:52am 
Games crashes every time..


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Summer_Of_CA Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:43pm 
This mod crashed my game when I tried to build solar panels, so i turned off the mod, built the solar panels and turned the mod back on and game crashed when I loaded my save. Any idea what mods this could be conflicting with?
Valsazaar  [author] Jun 29, 2024 @ 12:32am 
Verified working as intended 29/06/2024 with current steam release version.

Suggest checking for mod conflicts and verifying lumens on the asteroid you're building them on is sufficient to support solar panels (hint: some aren't bright enough for good output levels)
Estebandido1232 Jun 25, 2024 @ 3:40pm 
Not working. Crashes/Panels don't produce much electricity.
Spontaneite Jan 28, 2022 @ 9:11am 
Photovoltaics are cool as heck! In the future, we'll be able to have buildings that are art installations as well as electricity generators - photovoltaics on coloured glass panels allowing generation of electricity from complex stained glass murals or architecture. The possibilities are frankly beautiful, and I see no reason why it would be 'illogical' to imagine that the ONI solar panels use photovoltaic coated glass as opposed to the panels we have strapped to various rooftops now, making this mod a lot more plausible than, say, teleporters.
caseyas435943 Jan 8, 2022 @ 9:47am 
Nothing about ONI is close to real life. Do I think this is a silly mod? Yes, it overpowers solar even more. But to ever say it's not like real life and you are playing ONI is just as silly.
Valsazaar  [author] Jan 2, 2022 @ 6:06pm 
@Oxamus I would suggest you check if there are other mods also affecting the solar panels, or mods that change some of the behaviour of lighting. There have been no changes made to the output of solar panels. They use the default calculations based on the light level of every tile in their footprint. If you are getting a super low output like this, you may be on an asteroid with weaker sunlight (yes, each asteroid has different sunlight levels). You can check this in the light overlay by looking at lux values.
Oxamus Jan 2, 2022 @ 3:42pm 
Think is isnt working as intended, panels are only producing like 15-40watts
cavillajo Dec 28, 2021 @ 4:26pm 
I like your responses
Valsazaar  [author] Dec 26, 2021 @ 8:55pm 
Thanks to those who have tried and enjoyed it :) Also, Photovoltaic glass is probably the most cutting-edge new solar panel technology that promises to be a game-changer in expanding the scope of solar. It is essentially transparent solar panels that look just like a sheet of glass. Pretty cool stuff if you want to have a look into it.