Yeah, it was a tough choice in the battle of realism vs utility, but at the end of the day, it wasn't even working for what I designed it for, so I had to compromise, a bit.

Yep, ripped straight out of the real world, minus the noisy texture that I couldn't capture with a camera. The charger is actually still hanging in there, so it ended up lasting longer than my stint of SE modding.

Yes, you are absolutely correct. Even with two of my downgraded panels (1600W), you have to switch the batteries to charge only, as a rover with nothing other than wheels and a cockpit draws more than this while sitting still. Realistic, sure, but a level of nuisance that most people don't want to deal with. Also, my wife and I got a chuckle from your credit to your wife for the charger to take pictures of. 🙂

@[W] Wolfgang Oh, that makes sense. I originally had the small grid panels generate significantly less power, but they were too weak to really even keep the batteries running on their own, so I bulked them up considerably. They probably are a little overpowered, now, but I didn't want to coat every surface in panels, so I settled on the current power output. There probably won't be another update for a while, so the .sbc files should be safe for the foreseeable future.

I actually adjusted it down, (so the small grid single panels were only 800watts), to be the same per square area.

Sure thing, it's always nice to see people still using these. Modding SE is a pretty intricate process, so it was a fun opportunity to get to work with it again, as well.

Thanks again. Appreciate your lack of sleep and hard work!

@[W] Wolfgang just a heads-up, I released a separate version of the mod with twice the power output across the board.

@Acouthyt I added some armor panel blocks that are airtight. I tested them out and they were airtight, but let me know if you have any issues with them.

@[W] Wolfgang I didn't expect this update to take me all night, but since I need to go to work in less than six hours, I'll have to postpone making a separate mod with higher power output. I'll try to get that added tomorrow if I have time.

@Acouthyt I'm taking a look at these. It looks like those standard panels were not airtight by design. I still have the original files, so I'll make some armor panels, as well. Just a heads-up, it could take a while. It looks like my SEUT is way out of date, and last time it required some changes to make it compatible. It's also been quite a while since I've worked with these tools.

@[W] Wolfgang I'm glad you're enjoying them. I've gotten that request a few times, now, so I'll probably end up making a separate mod with more powerful panels.

I adjusted the wattage to match the output per area of the stock blocks, but the base mod was exactly what I needed. Thank you!

I just realized I never updated you. After grabbing build info and checking them all I found they're all pass-through (not airtight). While I do appreciate the idea of you coming back to make them airtight, I'd hate to bother you to do so.

@Acouthyt Thank you for saying so, I appreciate you leaving a comment to let me know you liked them. I honestly can't remember, but the flat panel blocks *might* be airtight. I don't remember them being very structurally solid, though, due to the low material cost. I do seem to remember busting the small grid ones pretty regularly on a miner.

You would have to use something like BuildInfo to determine airtightness, or just slap one against the side of a panel to see if it works. I don't think I've played SE for the past year, or so, and I can't remember how to check in Blender, or if that's even where I would find that out.

If you do test it out and find out that they're not airtight and would like them to be, I should be able to make some adjustments, or make a full-sized block that is airtight, and at least as strong as a standard block, or something.

I'm going to assume they're not, but are they airtight, and would you if they are not; consider making a variant that is? But I've got to say, I really like the way these look. Appreciate your hard work.

nice

@titanius anglesmith Alright, I did some work on these blocks and hand drew the texture to be higher res. I still kept the goofy placement from my original charger, as I originally thought it added some charm, but it's gonna have to go and I'm going to have to redo these textures again so I can get decent normal maps.

For now, I upped the power of the small grid blocks 5x, so they now output half as much as the large grid blocks (20kW). I'll take another look at the LG blocks later, but I think bigger panels would probably help there.

Hmmm... for the small grid ones? I feel like I tested the large grid ones and they were actually competitive with the same surface area of the standard blocks, but the small grid ones I remember being too underpowered. I haven't done anything on this mod in a couple years, and I have changed computers since I created this, and wasn't using GitHub for my mods back then, so I'm not sure I still have the source files. If I do, I can take a look at it.

I'll consider adding some more sizes, but I don't think I ended up making the texture tileable. If I did, and I still have the source files, it shouldn't be too much work to add a 1x2 and 2x1 block, at least.

can you up the power a little bit ?

hmmmhmmhhmhmhmhm not bad. more shapes and sizes ?

Thanks, I had fun making this one.

Love it!

fire the mac annon lol nice mod

There are both small and large grid variants for all blocks.

Can you precise in the description if it's made for small or large grids ;)