Any chance you can update the slim rotor head to accept conveyor placements? Most square and round cannot be placed.

Mod ID :1728457223

Unsure which part exactly you mean.. the hinge shape for the upper portion?

I use/abuse the slim rotor a lot. It's especially effective for grid size conversion (using Build Vision (I think) you can add "small head" which on the small grid version adds the large grid head). But I notice that there is a rotor hinge that doesn't seem to have any use, not been able to attach it manually to the slim rotor (not tried vanilla rotors). Am I being thick, can it be placed? If so how?

Update: 1.0.12
Update for new RealStar API
Thank you SISK

New update to RealStars API. Will need an update for compatibility.

Isnt working

Thanks SISK, I found the problem, I had reordered the mods and for some reason the subparts were still available but the pole and rotor type itself were locked again with progression turned on.

Update by SISK:

Bug Fixes
limits were accidentally set on the wrong rotor (c803efd)

Features
add support for Real Stars (333723d)

Also added <IsAirTight>false</IsAirTight> to blocks that do not have the tag to reduce calculations.

The hinges will not spawn the base.
The other way around is the right way.
So try the Block "SmartRotor: Solar" or "SmartRotor: Solar, Type B".

having some issues with the hinges, type type A and B, the non part block, the base azimuth rotor is not spawning in with the elevation rotor. Is there something I'm missing?

What an improvement over having to set up a script (which was totally doable.)

I requested it by the mod author, he will look at it

Thanks for the quick reply! Do you know whether it's planned there already?

Thats true. I will implement support for it when the Real Star API has a method to get the sun direction.

Hey, seems to me this mod is not compatible with Real Stars mod, the rotors track where the sun would be without the mod :(

@Atreyu Wolfson
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3148640475

Thanks for the quick reply.

So I can (via Programmable block, event-controller or the like) just ...
1. ... rotate them to the desired positon
2. ... turn them off
3. fold / retract the arm

If so, I just need to figure out how to "override" the script and hope thet the concurring commands do not rip the vessel apart ;-)

A Home-Position together witth a Switch "Activate Tracking" woule be perfect.
So ig the "activate Tracking" is enabled, it has it's usual behaviour.
If that switch is off, the Rotor stops sun-tracking and returns to the home-position (0 degrees)

I do not know if that is possible or how much work it is, just playing with my thoughts.

Greets Tam

If the strength is turn down then the folding mechanisms can just overpower it. Also it should stop trying to track if you switch the block off.
Not the ideal solution but adding a parking position would be a custom script. Perhaps a custom version of the programmable block script.

Hi there,

great mod. I want to set it up on a rover, so it cen be extended to gain free space for rotation.
If I want to retract the rotor (lets say with a piston or hinge) it neets to be brought back to home-position (0 degrees) so it does not collide with the rover.

Is there a way to do that:
- stop automatic sun tracking
- return to home

Thanks

no problem, as said the mount point for the problematic conveyor are not the full one (what looks like doors) are fine as the mounting point is a flat surface but the "empty" one who are only the yellow side that have mounting point (an empty square made of 4 flat mount point) can't explain better :p the fix should be as easy to extend the mount point to overlap them, no idea if it would dause a problem for rotating (maybe just having 4 small mount point on the edge of the rotor to overlap the vanilla "empty" conveyors one) btw used a mod (I think it's build vision) that add overlay that help in theses case. See you soon after update xD

Btw again great mod (like pretty much all of them that you make xD)

good idea, i should add that. I can try to look at those mountpoints too.

@Hark000 it's the conveyor mount point being a full square vs just the edge of the connector that is the cause of the problem, I had the same but decided to change the design sightly to do it...

Anyway I came here to wonder if there is plan for a better looking support for the new colorable solar panel (I mean the round support in the last 2 screenshots) not that I currently use them for now as I use modded solar panel that use the old model but well:p

Is there any way to allow the 1x3x3 conveyor converter to attach to the slim rotor? I find I can attach the 1x3x3 sorter.

not worth the effort, just add the whole mod

@AutoMcDonough Would it be possible to extract the flat rotor out to it's own mod?

Would it be possible to add a conveyored T section smart rotor? :)

Problem Solved: simply reinstalled the mod :) hope it helps someone

@Gromit go to the Included in this mod: Solar support ---- this is what is missing to me

@QUADRA DONGO: it's because you did not read the "Additional notes" part of the description

i cant find the Solar Support in the Items section

thank you <3

These work great. No issues at all, they track the sun the second you build them and work great for holding 8 solar panels.

Also, they can, and do, track the sun through the planet , lolol

Found this in a random YouTube video. Excited to use it. Way more practical and easy to use than being forced to script every damn thing in this game. Great work, guys

Best mod ever

you need to conveyor it to an oxygen tank, the farms take a very long time (hours) to fill a tank.

thanks, working. i just dont get how the oxygen farm works how im supposed to store the oxygen from there

The hard-to-reach rotor part of the lower rotor is probably not welded up

The Azimut function didnt works, Elevation works well

Added a discussion in the issues area, this is to update in here, found the fix worked but didn't stick around after game restart, I can place again the main rotor piece with the bar, but seems to not stick after game restart.

Hi, I found a workaround for the hinges problem. There's a new discussion (in this mod page) where we talk about it. It's a tedious workaround but it works.

@DecadoMeridius I notice this on an old test world I had but then a fresh world was fine. We will dig into it, but inconsistent things like this new bug might take a little bit to pin down.

update: CTD fix

another bug:
options on all hinges (vanilla and modded ones) disappeared due to this mod combined with latest automatons update.

I also noticed that yesterday. Please be patient for a bit longer. A hotfix is currently pending for upload, but since we live in different timezones, it may take some time.

@pandawoods321 glad I'm not the only one seeing this, kinda lost my mind thinking i was using the wrong one. I hope this mod is updated cause I love it!

Part of the smart rotor is missing upon placement

I should clarify its the HINGE part that is not there when placing the Type B. The rotor and the base are working. The hinge support is there as well but no hinge to place the supports on

Quick question. The center part with the sensor does not appear when building the Type B so I can't attach anything to it. It seems to be tracking the sun tho

it needs power