Broken - Batteries show up pink and break the game when you try to place them

link to that for the lazy
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1489425285

ok thanks for your mod while it lasted it was a great mod!

@thorman123456789 - Afraid not. There's Syrchalis' battery mod though which I'd recommend.

b19?

Whats the picture of that really big battery? It doesnt seem to be included in the list....

@willpill35 - I'm not sure if that'd be balanceable to the point it'd be considered 'vanilla-friendly'. I've basically gone on hiatus for modding now anyway.

Could you also make a High-Efficiency High-Capacity Battery?

@Slye_Fox That's a problem with the vanilla code; the alert only goes if you specifically have the vanilla battery active. Can't change that since it's hardcoded in the assembly.

When I only have the mod batteries, I still get the 'Need Batteries' notice.

This is exactly the mod I was wanting to write! Thank you!

Very nice to have quick charging batteries for power fluxuations, and long term large storage batteries for emergencies. Great mod!

@HMS-Captain Lurmey While that's not a bad idea, stuff like discharge rate is hardcoded and I don't really know any C#. It's probably not the direction I'd want to take this mod in either. Sorry!

Ideally using realistic statistics with material requirements to balance. Lead-acid batteries have roughly 50-92% efficiency and a self-discharge rate of 3-20% per month. Alkalines have 45-85% efficiency and 0.17% per month self-discharge rate. Lithium-ions have an efficiency of 80-90% and a self-discharge rate of 2% per month. Etc.

Could we get a mod that replaces the vanilla batteries with Lead-acid batteries and adds many of the types of batteries in real life? Like temporary alkaline batteries, Nickel-metal hydride, lithium-ion etc? I'd really like that instead of the usual normal, high capacity, high efficiency or level 1, 2, and 3 batteries.

First update has been pushed: a bunch of changes based on feedback from the community on both Ludeon and here!

Check the changelog for more info.

@Drizzly Maybe!

Thanks for the response.

I'll chuck this into my (evergrowing) modlist and see what happens. I use Fluffy breakdown mod so no worries! Keeps my colonists busy and saves components.

Only thing I'd suggest is maybe add a research requirement that includes both new batteries in one

@Drizzly Highly situational. Maybe the high capacity batteries for saving space and generally resources for a store that shouldn't need utilising too much, such as backup power for sun lamps or a short-circuit in the main line. Also only a third of the maintenance needed compared to three batteries when it comes to breakdowns.

Maybe efficient batteries if you don't mind building a huge battery house for something that charges very quickly. 2x the component upkeep though compared to standard batteries w/ breakdowns.

This is interesting. What would be some practical uses for these batteries vs vanilla?

And done.

@The Mad Hatter Good call actually. Just doing a quite re-write of a wiki page, then I'll get to comparisons.

I don't suppose you might be willing to add a vanilla battery to make comparisons more readilly available?