1.6?

Cool... got one of these in my Shelter. But the Dynamo Generator has to be on the Back Wheel. LoL

Power values are absurdly inconsistent anyway, the chemfuel generator being 2x2 and only producing 1,000W, when a real-life generator fitting in a single tile could easily produce ten times as much. They aren't universally orders of magnitude too weak of course, the solar panel is roughly accurate to real life. This is just the latest example of solar panels being way more powerful than they should be in games, of course. At least this mod makes sense from a game balance point of view, since a realistic value would mean that a single human would barely be able to keep a single light running, which would be completely useless.

i tried editing the xml file, didnt work. changed the -500 to -200, but still shows about 500w per

i wish traders sold these, tho

u dont need mod options, just edit the xml

@Mid Favila
Agreed. I've tried to argue the same thing. But there are many others who claim that the output is "fine" as it is. I've also argued that if this mod had a [Mod Options] menu to adjust the output, that could satisfy everyone. But such arguments seem to fall on deaf ears. And the author hasn't replied to comments here since July of 2021, which was just to notify that the mod had been updated. The next most recent comment by the author was March of 2020.

Love the idea, but the output is far too high. You can see some estimates here for cyclists of various abilities.

https://bicycle2work.com/average-watts-for-a-beginner-cyclist/

Assuming an average weight of 200lbs/91kg and average body comp, an amateur cyclist should have a sustained output of 63w/min using some simple math: 3.5*91/5=63.7w

That's only sustainable for a few minutes, so in reality it should be a little lower... although I'm not sure how that would stack up taking into account minutes per game tic.

발전량 수정하고싶어서 ThingsDefs_building xml 파일의 전력소모 -500을 다른값으로 바꾸는데 인게임에는 변화가 없네요 ㅠㅠ 혹시 제가 잘못 접근하고있는걸까요

Nice!

I now have a use for all my "willing" prisioners that I force to work (:

Someone should make a retextured version that makes it look like the manual generator from Oxygen Not Included.

This mod plays good in optimization than its original target lol

lol

Rim Mirror

Gives useless pawns some actual good use. Unless they're incapable of dumb labor, in which case they become more valuable dead than alive.

This mod "fixes" the giant lag from Pick up and Haul mod btw

dude thanks you so much, i always tend to play with gigantic colonies and i end up with lots of pawns eating my memory for being idle, this was my life saver as now i have them all in priority 4 just riding the bikes instead of having to cryosleep in mass. My Pc and me Thank you!!

xd

@GwenBlanketSpecter
These human powered generators are not treated by the game as a recreation or joy activity... are they? If not, then how can the Prisoner Recreation mod help? Is it to prevent one's prisoners from being too moody or depressed to do labor?

maybe use the prisoner recreation mod?

I can't seem to get prisoners to actually use this bike!! Any ideas?

the same happens in kenshi with mods too
basically my kensi camp gets attacked by raiders, and i capture some and then the join me (at the cost of some food), and then they work the silver mines :)

hmm do you know what im thinking










































time to do le slave labor

would this be a decent way to level up melee stat or is the exp pretty bad?

@Dakon
If there was a setting in Mod Options, then everyone could set it to whatever they want without resorting to .XML file editing. Then everyone could be satisfied and this discussion would be moot. BTW: While I haven't tried it yet, I've read that
XML Extensions can allow for easier creation of mod settings.

@Thundercraft
I think the 500W is more about balance, not realism.
I think the value is fine.

Is there any chance of this mod getting a configuration menu (mod options)? I know the description tells us how we can modify a file if we don't like the amount of power this produces. but... come on. 500 W seems pretty OP. From one source:

"Fitness Level. Your sustainable power output depends on your fitness level. Some elite athletes can maintain 350 W or more for more than 30 minutes. A fit recreational cyclist, you can probably maintain about 200 W, while the average, untrained person can produce about 75 W."

Consider that some players want to play with multiplayer with friends. Or, maybe, they want to do a let's play video and provide a mod list for others to follow. Do we tell everyone else to load up an .XML and change the file like that?

can this help pawns with weight problems? note comment is made with humor do not consume side effect's include a funny taste in mouth and temporary obliviousness contact your clown to see if humor is right for you

updated.

update for 1.3 plz :D

@FlashPoint55 hi! Very pleased with your mod. Made a translation into Russian for the version from 11 Aug. 2020. I don’t follow the update of mods, if you need to update the translation, write to me in Discord.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gu5KbWEAikGI8NfuHkqUs9a8qIUt9xq9/view?usp=sharing

Can you make it so you can spin the bikes? Like if I want them faced the other way?

I was sure I had subscribed to this, but apparently I'm not any more. It's fairly useless but pretty funny

the square for cycling isn't in the work tab for my prisoners so i cant make them cycle they arent incapable of simple labor help

Is this generator locked behind any research?

This mod or "Rimbrellas!" caused my Caravan to get frozen after leaving and locking my world map.

update for 1.2 plz

I had this and my prisoners killed half my colony with their bare hands and got away.
Would use again

this mod is quite cute :D

Would it be possible to allow the seating spot on the cycle to not block out things like TV viewing area? It would be nice if my colonists could watch some tv while they do their workout :p

Pros: You can make prisoners generate power for you
Cons: Prisoners can get buff as fuck and snap your warden's neck with two finger.

increases melee stat, oh gosh darn prisoners

@FlashPoint55 Well，maybe at least you can try to use it like make a mirror image.

@烽燧煜明 no, i have only 1 picture. :)

well，can I just turn it to another side so that I can let my colonists to cycle it back to back？

No worries, I'll keep the re-balanced one up tho as I've other plans for tweaks with it.

Thank you Tad. updated. but I love 500W XD

This has been updated to 1.1 and rebalanced: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2007210842

update for 1.1 plz